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• Rain gardens: Part 2 - Rain garden plants

  Published on March 25, 2014
  Rain gardens resemble regular perennial gardens and borders, but have a more important function in the landscape. Learn more about which plants to include in your family’s rain garden.

• Late fall oak caterpillar causing nuisance

  Published on October 10, 2011
  Got tiny caterpillars dangling down on threads and laying tiny, white, rice-like cocoons everywhere? Sounds like you have a bad case of oak skeletonizer!

• Natural Shoreline Landscapes program coming to NW Michigan

  Published on April 5, 2011
  Two programs on natural shoreline landscaping to be held in Frankfort and Traverse City, Mich.

• Pests of boxwood

  Published on May 4, 2007
  

• Fourlined plant bug feeding injury can easily be confused with disease symptoms

  Published on June 13, 2008
  

• Honeybee swarms: They’re a good thing

  Published on June 13, 2008
  

• How to select and care for poinsettias

  Published on November 1, 2011
  Michigan produced nearly 2.4 million poinsettia plants last year. Try these tips to enjoy beautiful, fresh poinsettias this holiday season.

• Dogwood sawfly larva: a wood destroying pest?

  Published on September 8, 2006
  

• Forest tent caterpillar in northern Lower Peninsula

  Published on May 21, 2010
  

• Cluster flies: A fall invader that lives up to its name

  Published on October 16, 2012
  An annoying fall invader of homes, cluster fly adults are now on the move, looking for a warm spot to overwinter.

• Agriculture in Michigan is amazing!

  Published on July 28, 2011
  Michigan’s farmers produce more than 200 food and fiber products and lead the nation in the production of 18 commodities.

• A few Bah-Hum-“Bugs” amidst your holiday cheer

  Published on December 14, 2015
  The holiday season is full of traditions, many which involve the use of plants that are used for decoration, such as trees and wreaths.

• Home preparedness calls for three days of stored food

  Published on April 1, 2011
  Food availability for at least three days during an emergency is the April 2011 goal on website www.do1thing.us.

• The usual suspects for yard and garden damage

  Published on April 17, 2012
  Know your critter by the damage that they cause.

• Tree cattle roaming the range

  Published on August 22, 2008
  

• Rose chafer beetles

  Published on June 11, 2010
  

• Formosa termite in mulch paranoia

  Published on March 17, 2006
  

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  Update on brown recluse spiders in Michigan

  Published on April 21, 2017
  Three additional populations of brown recluse spiders have been confirmed in Michigan since 2011.

• Interesting insect architecture

  Published on May 1, 2009
  

• Vegetable garden issues

  Published on August 7, 2009