In the outdoors, cedar oil can be highly effective in battling Japanese Beetles. But those same repelling properties work against spiders to keep them from coming inside as well. In fact, with all of the repelling properties that cedar oil has, always keeping a small bottle on hand is never...
Flea beetlesInsectNumerous tiny holes in leavesUse row covers; mulch heavily; add native plants to invite beneficial insects Root-knot nematodesNematodeRoots “knotty” or galled; plants stunted/yellow/wilted; roots forked/pimpledDestroy crop residue, including roots; choose resistant varieties; solarize...
Pine trees are susceptible to pests and diseases like bark beetles, needle blight, and rust. Proper watering and fertilizing can help keep your tree healthy and resistant to pests and diseases. Regularly inspecting your tree for signs of damage or infestation can help you catch any issues early ...
The plants also attract various pests, including spider mites and Japanese beetles. How to Propagate Hybrid Tea Rose Hybrid tea roses are propagated by grafting, in which hardier, more disease-resistant rootstock is used for a new plant. A hybrid tea rose that you grow from cuttings is ...
Cherry pits require a process called stratification, which is subjecting the pits to a prolonged cold spell where the temperature does not go above 45 degrees Fahrenheit. The stint in the refrigerator accomplishes that. Even when the trees are planted, they need a certain number of chilling hou...
This weekend we visited four different libraries and the library with the best Halloween decorations was Waverley Library!! ️🦇🎃🐈⬛ Otto had his very first Judo grading!! He's so proud of his new belt Otto trying out some more paper
Perhaps due to the fact that they’re native plants, pawpaws are incredibly disease and pest-resistant – especially if you keep them healthy. During years when Japanese beetles are abundant, they will do some leaf damage to our trees, but not enough for us to bother intervening. The beetle...
Talking about the weather with a farmer isn’t like talking about the weather with anyone else. It’s prying into the soul of things. I venture the opinion that this long dry spell isn’t only California returning to drought form. It’s climate change hitching onto drought, creating an al...
Keep your domain name as short as possible. There’s less chance of making a typo in a short name that’s under fifteen characters. If people routinely misspell your domain name because it’s hard to spell, think about the potential traffic lost. ...
Aristotle to keep her mouth open while he counted. He did not do so because he thought he knew. Thinking that you know when in fact you don't is a fatal mistake, to which we are all prone. I believe myself that hedgehogs eat black beetles, because I have been told that they do;...