This is a lot of skunk damage!
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Posted July 28, 2010
Watch Japanese Beetles in Action!
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Posted July 19, 2010
What are those white spots on the back of the head of the Japanese beetle adults?
Many of the early-emerging Japanese beetle adults have had eggs of the "winsome fly" attached to the thorax. In one site a little north of Rochester, New Hampshire, USA; about 30% of the beetles appear to be parasitized. If you see beetles with small white specks on the thorax or back of the head, let those beetles go. The parasitoid will kill the beetle quite quickly, and the attacking larva needs the cadaver to survive until next spring. Usually the rate of parasitization goes down as we move into the summer
Posted July 12, 2010
Watch the Asian Beetle in Action!
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Posted June 14, 2010
How to keep your ladybugs happy in your yard!
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Posted June 7, 2010
Ladybug Up-Close
Watch this fascinating video of ladybugs up-close. Enjoy the ladybug larva feeding on aphids.
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Posted May 31, 2010
Give Earth a Hand!
This fragile Earth deserves a voice. It needs solutions. It needs change. It needs you.
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Posted May 4, 2010
Help our Bats! White-nose Syndrome has devastated bat populations across the eastern United States during the past four years, causing “the most precipitous wildlife decline in the past century in North America,” according to biologists.
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Posted April 22, 2010
Where are the Martins!
Welcome to the Purple Martin Conservation Association's 2010 scout-arrival page. At this site, we collect and disseminate Purple Martin migration reports from all across North America.
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Posted April 5, 2010
Know your Risks!
See excellent 10-minute video Lawn and Garden Pesticides: Reducing Harm by Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment.
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Posted March 22, 2010
Let’s get Seedy
Many gardeners are thinking about starting their seeds indoors. Here is an informative article to get you ready. If you are looking for a gentle natural fertilizer for your seedling, try our kelp or fish.
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Posted March 15, 2010
Everything you ever wanted to know about Bluebirds. Great educational resource for bluebirds in North America.
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Link to Ontario Eastern Bluebird Society:
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Posted March 8, 2010
I am Canadian and we dream big and green! Check out what our winter Olympics are doing for the environment. Also do you recognize this graphic? We have used it for the past seasons for our marketing campaign.
WHISTLER, B.C. _ There´s more than one kind of Olympic gold in them thar hills.
Whistler Village is turning mountains of garbage, and rivers of - well, let´s just say gold and bronze into black gold at its spanking new, if rather malodorous, multi-million-dollar composting facility.
The 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver and Whistler have been selling themselves as the greenest Games ever. The municipality of Whistler, along with nearby Pemberton and Squamish, are doing their part.
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Posted March 1, 2010
Check out these incredible natural predators, the Praying Mantis.
Worldwide there are 2,000 species of praying mantis, most of them in the subtropical and tropical regions of the Old and New Worlds, although some also inhabit the temperate zones. Wherever they may live, all mantises have one thing in common: they are voracious predators and will devour any creature they can overwhelm. This program explores the world of these 'real aliens'. In Unprecedented images it shows how mantises live, reproduce and die. But, biological processes are not the film's only focus. It features the largest and rarest representatives of the mantis family, several of which have never been filmed before.
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Posted February 22, 2010
This goes beyond ladybugs and 100 mile diet. Can the small farm survive?
While 100-mile dieters provide a ray of hope, small-scale farmers the world over continue to face intense pressures, and many are still forced out of farming each year. In response, we need to think carefully about our aspirations for the 21st century food system.
From a sustainability perspective, what are the advantages and disadvantages of farming and food distribution on a small scale? And what policy measures or distribution models need to be in place to ensure that any advantages of small-scale food production systems are retained in light of the pressures on farms to grow and adapt?
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Posted February 16, 2010
Thinking about Fly Control on your Farm? We offer fly parasites and predators and beneficial nematodes to control your flies. Ask us for a free recommendation!
Beneficial Insects: Good Buys For Flies
Courtesy of Natural Horse Magazine
Wouldn't you love to say good-bye to biting, stinging, pesky flies? And mean it? Better yet, wouldn't you love to never have to say hello to them? I would. Flies are a part of the horse world where there is a horse, there is manure, and where there are horses and manure, there are flies. Flies such as house flies, horn flies, stable flies, greenhead flies, deer flies, snipe flies, black flies and whatever other unfavorites you can think of breed in the manure and feed on the horse's (and your) blood. Flies are annoying and can cause many problems. There is no escaping them; or is there?
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Posted February 12, 2010
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