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Pollination Syndromes
By Emmy Ulmschneider, Master Gardener If you have ever visited a garden in full bloom, maybe you noticed the vast array of different...
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- Jul 25
- 2 min
How Do We Help?
By Emmy Ulmschneider, Master Gardener I became a septuagenarian this week and in those seventy circuits around the sun I have seen many...
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- Jun 4
- 2 min
History and Pollinators
By Debbie Roland and Emmy Ulmschneider, Master Gardeners As we have been in our yards this season, we both have noticed how few...
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- Apr 2
- 2 min
Insect Power
By Debbie Roland, Emmy Ulmschneider, and Shirley Kelley, Master Gardeners Insects are the cogs that keep our Earth’s machinery running. ...
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- Feb 13
- 2 min
Where Do Butterflies Spend the Winter?
By Debbie Roland and Emmy Ulmschneider, Master Gardeners Last year when the monarchs were migrating, I wondered where the rest of the...
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- Jan 30
- 2 min
Attracting Native Bees
By Debbie Roland and Emmy Ulmschneider, Master Gardeners Most of us are familiar with the European honeybee which was brought by...
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- Sep 26, 2020
- 2 min
Snails and Slugs
Debbie Roland, Master Gardener Several years ago I lucked into a 6’ in diameter tub from the recycling center. It’s about 30” tall and...
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- Nov 18, 2019
- 2 min
Spiders
Debbie Roland, Master Gardener I love most living things but I have never been able to warm up to spiders or snakes. I do feel like I am...
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- Dec 15, 2018
- 2 min
Spider Mites
by Karen Miller, Master Gardener Entomology Specialist There are bad bugs, and then, there are bad, bad bugs. Spider mites are bad, bad,...
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- Aug 18, 2018
- 2 min
Beware of the Mealybug
by Carl White Master Gardener To those who are unaware, this is one garden pest whose life objective is to destroy your garden or...
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- Jun 9, 2018
- 2 min
Assassin Bug
by Carl White Learning to recognize the insects of the garden is so helpful in order that we don’t destroy the beneficial predators which...
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- May 19, 2018
- 2 min
Praying Mantis-The Most Reverent Insect
by Carl White, Master Gardener To observe this most beneficial insect, the preying stance in which the powerful forelegs are folded into...
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- May 5, 2018
- 3 min
Watch out for a Few Insects!!!
by Karen Miller, Master Gardener At the risk of sounding a bit dramatic, we as gardeners put ourselves in harm’s way each time we do what...
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- Jan 7, 2017
- 2 min
Honey Bees
by Carl White, Bee Enthusiast, and Ron Nelson, BeeKeeper, Master Gardeners The soft buzz around the flowers, the constant flow of bees...
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- Dec 17, 2016
- 2 min
Keep an Eye out for the Christmas Beetles
By Karen Miller, Master Gardener Entomology Specialist Christmas is almost here, and what better way for an entomology specialist to...
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- Nov 5, 2016
- 3 min
Army Worm
By Karen Miller, Master Gardener Entomology Specialist Our “Ask a Master Gardener” program has received several inquiries about a pale...
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- Aug 20, 2016
- 3 min
Squash Bugs, UGH!!
by Karen Miller, Master Gardener, Entomologist Specialist As Master Gardeners we are here to answer questions regarding gardening. This...
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- Aug 13, 2016
- 2 min
Grasshoppers
by Karen Miller, Master Gardener Entomology Specialist Are you one of the people who enjoying sitting on your porch at night listening to...
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