For as long as the American experiment has been going on, the American Bald Eagle has been revered as a symbol of strength and ideals of the United States with this bird of prey portrayed on the Great Seal with spread wings, a clutch of arrows in one set of talons and… 
What’s there to do in the garden the last half of June? Plenty! If not already accomplished, all evergreen azalea, deciduous azalea and small-leaved rhododendron need sprayed with a pesticide containing the active ingredient called acephate such as in the product with… 
As the days grow longer and warmer, the rain keeps falling so that this year so far is not a repeat of the hot and dry June of 2016. The one and one half inch rainfall from last Saturday through Sunday was enough to replenish our water supply for irrigation for at… 
Our trials with beneficial “bugs” in the greenhouse have gone well except that there were some “hot” spots of aphids. Due to the limits of using many insecticides that would kill harmful and beneficial organisms, adequate aphid control was lacking. Two species of… 
With the first day of June comes the start of the long, long daylight hours and warmth that push growth on all plants in the garden and landscape. Then too, rainfall has been adequate as just last Friday one and one fourth inches of rain had fallen in a 30 minute…