Grapevine Articles
In this week's Grapevine, we are covering a unique bird in the Yellow Bellied Sapsucker, with all the rain we have had now is the time to scout for leaf spot diseases on your tomatoes, Rose sawfly larvae have been causing damage to rose bushes across the area, the increase in moisture and humidity has powdery mildew cases increasing across the region, and finally our June Gardening calendar.
In this week's Grapevine, we cover how English Ivy can damage trees or houses, ways to prevent pets from using your gardens or flowerbeds as a restroom, our Insect of the Week is Colorado Potato Beetles, the Weed of the Week is Little Barley, and our Activity for the month is making beautiful suncatchers.
In this week's Grapevine, we are covering a popular movement in No Mow May, how to care for your trees after a storm (whenever they may occur), a common disease of the rose family in Fireblight, how to treat scale on houseplants and outdoor trees or shrubs, and finally talking about whether or not you need to seal pruning wounds or damaged parts of a tree.
What a beautiful weekend across Butler County. It was a lovely weekend to work outdoors in my vegetable garden and flowerbeds, trying to stay ahead of those darn weeds. In this week’s Grapevine, we cover some tips on planting warm-season vegetables, how to stay ahead of the weeds in your garden and flowerbeds, the Bronze Cutworm that has been found already in Butler County, and finally, a tasty recipe in Kale and Pasta Salad.
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