Pest Patrol

Use Mesh Bags to Keep Pests Away

No matter what chemicals are available, sometimes the best pest protection is a barrier. It really hit home when I visited a commercial flower garden this past week. They had issues with thrips on their dahlias so they used mesh bags to keep the pests away from the blooms. When you think about it, a ...

The Bird Feeder: Taking it Down for the Season

It’s been a banner year at the bird feeder with hundreds of house sparrows, a few chickadees, and 2-3 house finches. And even though they ate voraciously during the day, we grew suspicious when the feeder (sometimes newly filled) was empty in the morning. The tracks in the deep snow told the story… it was ...