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Hort Blog: Emerald Ash Borer Update

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Tuesday, April 9, 2013. Emerald Ash Borer Update. Emerald Ash Borer feeding galleries. Last year at this time, we were consumed with figuring out how to deal with the reality that Emerald Ash Borer had been detected in Bucks County. A year later, this pest seems to have faded away. Not so! For a refresher on Emerald Ash Borer, see this site. Labels: emerald ash borer. Thanks so much for sharing this information! I have been looking into emerald ash borer in Minnesota. Thanks again for sharing! We'll expl...

Hort Blog: Yes, Kiss Your Ash Goodbye

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Wednesday, March 14, 2012. Yes, Kiss Your Ash Goodbye. Emerald Ash Borer larval feeding injury. Bad news for ash trees. You can read the blog of June 11. Last year and get the story … nothing has changed except that a detection has been made about 100 miles east (Warrington, PA, Bucks County) of the leading edge of the Pennsylvania EAB infestation. About the only good news is that a tremendous amount has been learned about this insect in the last 10 years. See this Penn State site. Two years of control.

Hort Blog: September 2013

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Friday, September 27, 2013. Fall is for Planting. Fall will probably always have a hard time competing with spring when it comes to generating gardening enthusiasm. I guess there is some natural rhythm that encourages us to plant in spring. But fall planting has many benefits. Soil is warm. warmer than in the spring. Roots continue to grow in the fall well past the time that leaves are shed. Fall is a perfect time for lawn care. The soil, not on it. See this Penn State publication. Weeds translocate herb...

Hort Blog: October 2012

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Monday, October 1, 2012. 8220;What’s up with the oaks? 8221; or “Are my oak trees are dying? 8221; were common questions from residents in the Hilltown/Perkasie/Bedminster area this year. Symptoms included whitening in the tops of pin oaks and, on closer examination, leaves that had been “skeletonized”. This means that all of the soft parts of the plant tissue were gone but the “bones’ remained… just the skeleton. Pin oak injury from sawfly feeding. PSU’s Greg Hoover thinks that natural predators a...

Hort Blog: Ten Terrific Summer Garden Ideas

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Tuesday, July 2, 2013. Ten Terrific Summer Garden Ideas. 1 Keep planting in the vegetable garden. 2 Try something new. You might be surprised to find you love them. Each of these is a great addition to the summer vegetable garden and will be ready for fall harvest. Even if your tastes are not adventurous, you’ll surely find a new kind of lettuce in the gardening catalog. My new garden plant this year is. Johnny’s Seeds Salanova. Lettuces. Check it out! Ok, not into vegetables? 3 Kill poison ivy. Do it in...