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Controlling cicada nymphs on the ground

Now that the cicada invasion has just about run it's course here in the Northeast does anyone know if there is any way...
13 comments posted 22yrs
posted by w_cohen
13 comments posted 22yrs posted by w_cohen

cricket-like bugs that aren't crickets

A friend (who's reasonably bug-savvy in the first place) has some bugs in the basement of a house he's caretaking. They...
4 comments posted 22yrs
posted by goldmoon
4 comments posted 22yrs posted by goldmoon

Mountain Ash Question

Fairly simple, uneducated question here. I honestly don't know. We had a mountain ash that lived some 20-odd years. Ove...
4 comments posted 22yrs
posted by amonroe
4 comments posted 22yrs posted by amonroe

Petunias

Hi, a novice gardener here.......... Does anyone dead head their petunias? If so, do you pull just the spent bloom? or d...
2 comments posted 22yrs
posted by lauraeg
2 comments posted 22yrs posted by lauraeg

unknown caterpillar

This may be off-topic - but I found no better place to post it. Some two months ago, I was in Guatemala, near to the bo...
0 comments posted 22yrs
posted by roger.van.loon
0 comments posted 22yrs posted by roger.van.loon

Ground squirrel problem

I live in California. I am experiencing a problem with ground squirrels in my garden. Early in the spring, I had a terr...
9 comments posted 22yrs
posted by jefffooz
9 comments posted 22yrs posted by jefffooz

OT: Bitten by a mole

My cat and dog caught a mole on saturday, I heard the poor thing squealing so I ran over and tried to get it away from...
28 comments posted 22yrs
posted by junk
28 comments posted 22yrs posted by junk

replanting shrubs in summer

I just got some shrubs from a guy that wants them removed. They have been planted about 5yrs ago. I want to replant the...
6 comments posted 22yrs
posted by romy
6 comments posted 22yrs posted by romy

Collecting Seeds - How to

Greetings all.... I have several flowering annuals and veggies from which I would like to collect the seeds to plant ne...
2 comments posted 22yrs
posted by Peter
2 comments posted 22yrs posted by Peter

Arbutus Unedo Marina

Have a three year old plant near my house foundation (eighteen inches). Does this species have lifting roots that might...
1 comments posted 22yrs
posted by peterhig
1 comments posted 22yrs posted by peterhig

Cats and Catnip

Planted a short row of catnip in the new grape arbor this year, figuring our cat would enjoy it. After reading the plan...
11 comments posted 22yrs
posted by DontSend
11 comments posted 22yrs posted by DontSend

need help identifying this salad green

hi, photo is located here: http://forums.egullet.com/index.php?showtopic=46784does anybody know what this is? i brought...
4 comments posted 22yrs
posted by shadowyfigure
4 comments posted 22yrs posted by shadowyfigure

strong smell of colored mulch

We got black cedar mulch and it has a very strong scent. not like the nice smell of cedar but more like a chemical. per...
3 comments posted 22yrs
posted by dannywork5
3 comments posted 22yrs posted by dannywork5

Novice question : pine tip borers

Hello all, I have about 20 white pine trees planted last year. I've been told I have pine tip borers. The tips at the t...
3 comments posted 22yrs
posted by Jack
3 comments posted 22yrs posted by Jack

How to get magnolia seeds from the pods?

I collected some pods from a magnolia tree, the pods that remain after the flower dies. I got some that look brownish,...
1 comments posted 22yrs
posted by jamesw
1 comments posted 22yrs posted by jamesw