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Growing Herbs Indoors
Growing many favorite herbs indoors during the winter months is easy and a fun activity for the whole family.
Pantry Pests
There are a variety of different insects that attack your cereals, flour and other dried products while stored in your kitchen or pantry.
Caring for Holiday Plants
Because most of the plants that you will get as a holiday gift like bright light it is important to select a sunny window or well lighted area to showcase your holiday plant.
Fall Planting of Trees and Shrubs
If you just did not get to that job of planting a new tree or shrub in your landscape this spring, it is not too late.
Harvesting and Storing Root Crops in a Trench
Developing a trench storage area in or around your home is often an easier, more economical and quicker way than the normal storing methods of freezing, canning or dehydration.
Fall Webworms
These insect pests produce a light grey, silky web in trees throughout the Juniata Valley in late summer and early fall.
Beneficial Garden Insects
Beneficial insects can prevent or limit pest problems in your garden and lawn.
Potato Leafhoppers Have Arrived in PA
They are considered the number one economic pest of alfalfa across the US.
Tank Mix to Save Glyphosate’s Usefulness
Be sure to increase glyphosate rates when required by larger weed sizes.
Garden Soil is the Key to Success
All of the rain has made it very difficult to work in our garden’s soil.
Lawn Care in Spring
In the spring you should not apply heavy amounts of fertilizer, this task should have been done last fall.
Spring, a Time of Planting Trees
A major addition to a home landscape can be the incorporation of a new tree, and early spring is a great time to plant a tree.
Solar Heating Systems Can Lower Utility Bills
Solar Water Heaters have become readily available for consumers and have helped to drastically lower utility bills.
Starting Seeds
What can you do with those seed packs you’ve been buying through the many garden catalogues that show up in your mail, or those packets you bought from the enticing seed displays at the garden center.
