Identify that fuzzy caterpillar you found with the help of this quick, easy, and authoritative guide, including pictures and descriptions of 20 caterpillars and moths.
Ants won’t damage your grass, but they can leave your yard covered in mounds of dirt, which can make many lawn care chores a challenge. They also can invade your home and bite you, your family, and your pets. This is especially true (and painful) if you’re dealing with fire ants,...
Sinziana Spiridon is an outdoorsy blog writer with a green thumb and a passion for organic gardening. When not writing about weeds, pests, soil, and growing plants, she's tending to her veggie garden and the lovely turf strip in her front yard. Posts by Sinziana Spiridon...
While not a direct threat to plants, the ghost of your wife standing over the grave you dug for her by the rosebushes may prevent you from properly caring for your garden. She won’t move, she’ll stand perfectly still, except for her eyes, which will always look right at you. You’...
From the first dandelion rosettes in the spring, edible weeds abound. Then comes the stinging nettle emerging near the berry bushes and the wood sorrel along the edges of the vegetable plot. Bowls of wild salad and cooking greens (“weeds”) will span the weeks until the arrival of our cul...
intermedius bat, which suddenly flew out of the bushes and bit a boy on the chest, remaining firmly attached until knocked to the ground (Baer and Smith, 1991). Bell (1980) observed a L. cinereus bat, which successively attacked another L. noctivagans, T. brasiliensis and E. fuscus bat...
After a basket of treats was left on the front steps and the doorbell rang, the recipient of the goodies was to seek out the deliverer. Busted! A result of a few scrapes and bruises was always a possibility, from chasing the May basket giver around trees and through bushes, but the exh...
He leapt, with agility, into the bushes and vanished in the dark. I sat, numb with surprise, in the slow lane on Highway 12. The airbag did not deploy, nor was I injured. I drove onto the right shoulder, stopped, and triggered my flashing hazard lights. ...
I had to have a 69’ fir 🌲 tree (basically a Christmas Tree) that was about 70yrs old removed from the center of my front yard as it had rot. A dang shame as my parents had a lightning rod on it and it was the first tree they planted after building the house. I’m seeing ...
This year’s fair will offer opportunities to drive up and recycle or donate materials. Residents can drop off metal (tools, pots and pans, yard furniture), electronics (printers, computer monitors), paper documents for shredding, and household items for reuse. ...