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Arboricultural mutilation
JUN 27, 2023
I was mortified this morning when I spotted this arboricultural massacre in my neighborhood. These silver maples are admittedly weak wooded but this butchery will make the situation far worse.
Box Tree (Boxwood) Moth Confirmed in Southwest Ohio
JUN 27, 2023
The Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA) has announced that the Box Tree Moth (BTM) (Cydalima perspectalis (family Crambidae) has been confirmed in southwest Ohio near the borders of Hamilton and Cl...
On Sad Cemeteries and Greener Alternatives
JUN 23, 2023
Home/Gardening on the Planet/On Sad Cemeteries and Greener Alternatives
While cycling past multi-million-dollar homes and upwards of million-dollar landscapes in Henlopen Acres, Delaware, I came upon...
It’s sad to see more trees headed for the burn pile. Some will die a slow, painful death. Others will suffer from pruning wounds, wrong selection, but most will eventually perish!
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The Year of the Aphid: Is Help on the Way?
JUN 17, 2023
Environmental conditions coupled with biological properties have conspired to make this “The Year of the Aphid” with honeydew spewed onto leaves, stems, sidewalks, cars, etc., across Ohio. There hav...
Where Are The Lightning Bugs? Soon Friends!
JUN 15, 2023
Last summer, a neighbor asked why we don’t see Lightening Bugs anymore. This summer, there are already posts on social media asking about the lightning bugs and fireflies. Each of these concerns wer...
Naked Sycamores! Are they OK?
JUN 15, 2023
You may have noticed that some Sycamores have lost many of their leaves. Are they going to be OK? The short answer is, probably.
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Thomas deHaas
I Spy……….Poison Hemlock.
JUN 15, 2023
As I drive down the freeway, I am seeing Poison Hemlock everywhere. What’s a gardener to do?
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Thomas deHaas
Cottonwoods are Living Up to Their Name in Ohio
JUN 15, 2023
Questions are coming into OSU Extension offices about masses of white, cottony, fiber wafting through Ohio’s forests and landscapes. Charles “Chuck” Behnke, retired OSU Extension educator, was known...
Turfgrass Team Times, 06.09.2023
JUN 15, 2023
Check out this week’s latest edition of the OSU Turfgrass Team Times that was posted yesterday, June 9, 2023.
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Amy Stone
