Tag Archive for: pests

The Rapacious and Rowdy Rodent

September 24, 2025 You might be thinking this is about rats No. It’s about squirrels that are driving us bats The squirrels are fat pigs They ate all the figs They are basically behaving like brats To Ravenna Blvd, I pointed the way Hoping that there the squirrels might stay The oaks fill the street […]

To Net or Not

September 30, 2023 To Net or Not This year I got the hang of netting fruit trees. Not by choice. Our fruit trees were hit by apple maggot fly larvae damage two years ago. The larvae tunnel throughout the apple and ruin the taste (unlike other pest damage that can just be cut off.) City […]

State of the Onion – 2023

June 28, 2023 The State of the Onion – 2023 To offer a quick snapshot of the State of the Onion at FECO, we will get the perspective of a few of our residents. from the voice of the newly hatched Southern Green stink bug ( Nezara viridula), having just crawled out of their egg […]