We’ve started seeing Eastern Tent Caterpillars this week. They form webs in the crotches of trees and shrubs in spring to early summer. If reachable and small in size, in the morning take the web and contents of squirmy worms down and step on them – (a simple method that avoids chemicals). If you prefer […]
If you have mugho pines in your landscape, be on the lookout for sawfly larva. Our crews started seeing them this week. They can strip a mugho pine in short order, so an inspection is in order The following excerpt is from the University of Illinois extension: “The European pine sawfly (Neodiprion sertifer) is found […]
As soil temperatures warm, seeds that have been lying dormant all winter will begin to sprout and grow. To save yourself a lot of work this year, get landscape bed weeds under control now. In another week, you’ll have more weeds to pull or spray. Our weed control program begins early when we apply Snapshot, […]
