Winter solstice has ushered in a cold start to 2022. An impeding winter vortex is on its way- which made me think about my own garden- how will I prepare? I learned hard lessons the during my first central PA winter, 7 years ago. Imagine my surprise, as we had…

The Monarch Migration is upon us. It happens to coincide with a very wet late summer- which brings the temptation to fog/chemically spray lawns for mosquitoes. To avoid indiscriminately killing beneficial insects, chemical free alternatives in our landscapes should be considered for controlling the mosquito population naturally. For mosquito control…

“We no longer hear crickets at night.” It was a warm summer evening as I was socially distancing on the back porch of a suburban home with a former colleague and his family near Richmond, Virginia. All the memories of a southern summer evening came flooding back, but one element…