Our Garden: What’s bugging you?
The title -- Integrated Pest Management -- may seem like one of those complicated plans that bureaucrats like to impose on unsuspecting taxpayers, but in this case, it's just a fancy phrase describing...
View ArticleLeaf Beetle Key To Ridding S. Florida Of Destructive Vine
The newest weapons in Florida’s long and mostly losing war against exotic plants seemed in no real rush to enter the fray on Friday, clinging to their plastic containers, the hands of young students...
View ArticleMore About West Nile Virus from Dr. Jorge Parada
What are West Nile virus symptoms? I think they key thing to know is that the vast majority of people have virtually no symptoms at all. Virtually 80 percent have no idea they’re infected, don’t seek...
View ArticleNuclear ‘birth control’ helps farmers fight flies
At the height of the tangerine season in Croatia's Neretva river delta, two pickup trucks scour a maze of water channels carrying an odd-looking contraption: a mortar-like pipe spraying orchards with...
View ArticleSquirrel population boom frustrates fruit growers
Don't let the bright eyes and bushy tails fool you. These squirrels are up to no good. Last year's mild winter and a bumper crop of nuts have caused an apparent explosion in the squirrel population in...
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