South central Pennsylvania has a whitetail deer overpopulation problem. There is a decrease in the number of hunters going into to the woods each fall and continued development pressure is decreasing the area of natural areas for deer to subsist. Due to these...
In any successful marriage, the phrase “yes, Dear” will become prominent. However, when it comes to the marriage between the health of your landscaping and the common whitetail deer, we must resoundingly say “no, deer.” While the vision of a herd in your backyard can...
In the summer on the East Coast, it’s no secret that there are a plethora of bugs flying about and landing on nearly everything. Many bugs that frequent our plant life aren’t the best possible visitors for the plants’ livelihood, but standard pesticides aren’t...
Day and night, your yard is abuzz with activity, much of it a life-and-death struggle between predators and prey. Though they are seldom noticed, tiny heroes of the agricultural world aka “beneficial insects” (the bugs that eat other bugs) — patrol their surroundings...
Sometimes big problems come in teeny tiny sizes. Mites are small garden pests that can be easily overlooked, that is until you see their effect. You’ll see their damage to your lawn immediately– mites can wreak havoc on your labored-over stretch of...
They’re coming. Pests threatening your landscape this spring could very well affect the health and beauty of your trees and shrubs. Spring is the typical time when insects begin to emerge from inactivity and fungi begin to spread with the increased moisture and warmer...
