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DO I NEED TO BE WORRIED ABOUT THE CICADAS COMING? A note from our Founder, Don Eaton, a ‘seasoned’ grower: I have been growing now through two major Cicada cycles. The last in 2004 was much less than expected. In...
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Dealing with deer is a fact of life in many rural and suburban areas. Deer lose their fear of people when they get hungry enough, making their way into homeowners’ backyards, where food is plentiful. If this sounds familiar to...
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Dogwood anthracnose. Dogwood borer. Powdery mildew. You may have heard these scary terms, and they may have discouraged you from planting flowering dogwoods in the past. Yes, dogwoods have recently been under attack from some troublesome insect pests and diseases....
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BAGWORMS: ARE THEY HARMFUL AND HOW DO YOU GET RID OF THEM? Bagworms are Native Pests in North America with heavier populations in the Eastern US, they can also be found globally. WHAT DO BAGWORMS LOOK LIKE? Bower & Branch...
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They attack by land and by air. Japanese beetles are one of our country’s most destructive insect pests, tunneling underground to eat turf roots and flying through the air to find leaves to devour. The USDA estimates that we spend $460 million...
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