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• Corn gluten acts an alternative organic weed control

  Published on May 8, 2012
  Tired of weeding, but don’t like the ecological impacts of synthetic herbicides? Controlling weeds with a natural product makes good sense.

• Oak skeletonizer complaints

  Published on July 16, 2010
  

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  Do not mow Japanese Knotweed

  Published on November 3, 2015
  Japanese Knotweed, a destructive invader, will proliferate if mowed.

• Scouting for weeds: Common St. Johnswort

  Published on June 20, 2008
  

• Wooly worms and winter weather predictions

  Published on October 17, 2011
  Those crazy caterpillars are talking weather again.

• 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.

• Home for the Holly Daze

  Published on December 16, 2010
  

• Spotted Mediterranean cockroaches

  Published on August 8, 2008
  

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  When animals invade your attic

  Published on March 29, 2016
  What is a simple, easy and quick fix to get animals living in attics to pack up and leave?

• Critter-proof, spring-flowering bulbs

  Published on October 19, 2011
  The future happens today for spring color from flower bulbs. Here are some varieties that do not seem to attract deer and rodents.

• Fall webworms beginning to appear

  Published on July 25, 2008
  

• July is the best time to treat for European chafer grubs on home lawns

  Published on July 1, 2011
  If you haven’t taken steps to deter grubs and your lawn has suffered from grub damage in the past, now is the time to apply an insecticide.

• Early fall ant swarms

  Published on September 7, 2007
  

• Tree cattle roaming the range

  Published on August 22, 2008
  

• Don’t ya just hate fruit flies?

  Published on September 7, 2007
  

• What’s hovering over my flowers?

  Published on July 31, 2013
  Several sphinx moth species look a lot like hummingbirds or bumblebees.

• Strawberry root weevils on the move (into your home)

  Published on August 11, 2006
  

• 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.

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  A native Michigan shoreline: We did it, so can you! Part 2

  Published on September 15, 2015
  A lakefront property owner describes next steps in restoring his typical lakeshore into a native lakescape that protects the lake and provides a home for birds and butterflies.

• Why are there worms in my swimming pool?

  Published on July 2, 2009