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Fall Pruning

I have begun to see all of the pruning debris on the side of the road as I drive …

Cover photo for Wait…Roundup Is No Longer Roundup?

Wait…Roundup Is No Longer Roundup?

Perhaps you missed it? Back in July, the commercials that once plagued our evening television commercial space stopped. Have …

Chart is from climate.ncsu.edu using their data for the Tidewater Research Station in Plymouth, NC.

Large Patch in August

I have been away at training this week. Every time we have training, there has been a tropical storm …

What Happened to My Dogwoods?

What happened to my dogwoods (Cornus florida)? This was the question form the caller this week. I needed more …

This picture shows S. truncata on the right and S. russelliana on the left, both in flower. Photo by Gene Fox.

Christmas Cactus in July

I was working outside this past weekend, cleaning up the yard and had been helping my son with a …

Fire ant mound with bait places around the mound. Photo by Gene Fox

Fire Ants?

I was working in the yard this past weekend, finally getting to a few of those clean-up projects I …

Leaves of three and leaves of five, side by side in an overgrown flower bed. Picture by Gene Fox

Is This Poison Ivy?

When spring weather comes around like we had over the past week, I want to be outside. I have …

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