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Keeping Stored Produce Out of the Reach of Rodents

’Tis the season to store the produce from our gardens. While many fruits and vegetables will last for months when properly stored, keeping it safe from rodents and other pests is imperative. This month, I purchased a box of apples from a local farm stand and kept them in a corner of the garage where ...

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Sunburned Fruit: What It Looks Like and How to Prevent It

It is one of those cool summer mornings where the raspberries back and you to pick. It's also a good time because there are fewer wasps and yellow jackets on the fruit. But as I filled my bowl I noticed white blotches on a lot of the ripening berries that are facing south. It hit ...

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What Pest Deterrents Worked and What Didn’t

A month or so ago I talked about using the mesh bag on my apples to protect them from insects, birds, and of course, the deer. While I believe it helped dissuade the birds, I can't say it was effective any other way. Today I want to give you the results of a few of ...

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The deer caught me off guard and ate the garden

It looks like the garden has come to an end, but it wasn't by Mother Nature’s frosty hand. The deer, which have been absent for all of the summer, decided to pay us a visit and clean out everything that was ripe or even close to being so on a single night. So much for ...

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