Tag Archive for: pest

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

July 22, 2017 The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Dog days of summer are here. Tomatoes are ripening, zucchinis are looking like footballs and aphids are blanketing the vegetables and flowers. With no rain to help wash the pests off, what’s a gardener to do? In order to grow plants organically, the first step […]

Winter Moth on Attack

May 3, 2017 On April 21, I noticed a rolled leaf on the Twinberry at our house. I shuffled over to our apple tree. Hmm. More rolled leaves. I jogged up to the orchard and every fruit tree that had leafed out showed this same leaf damage. What was this small green larvae with a […]