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As written in my blog post from 2 days ago, I found carpenter ants in my house recently and decided to call a pest control company to help manage them.
Remind me does the saying go that you can or can't teach an old dog new tricks? I'm struggling to learn new things these days. Google Analytics isn't cooperating, and now Interfolio presents a challenge. For those wondering if I read the instructions for either no, but that's not the point.
Dear 4-H Families, Happy Valentines Day! We have a challenge for all the 4-H members in our program to help grow our 4-H program by 25%. Bring a friend to a 4-H event or 4-H club meeting to share your 4-H experience.
[Originally published as Pesticide Briefs: What Do These Terms Mean? in the Fall 2018 issue of the Retail Nursery and Garden Center IPM News.] Last summer, we defined what a pesticide is and gave a few examples.
If you like growing unusual fruit trees, you may want to consider growing a Japanese Raisin (Hovenia dulcis) tree. The actual fruit produced by the tree is small (only about a inch), hard, dry, brown and inedible.
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