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Beware of pine straw scammers
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Homeowners in the metro Atlanta area are reporting pine straw scammers. Here's what happens. A scammer offers to spread pine straw mulch, then presents the resident with an outrageous bill.
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- Tags: gardening, landscape maintenance, scams
You can help Monarch butterflies survive
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According to Richland County Urban Horticulture agent, Jackie Jordan, there are things you can do to help Monarch butterflies survive.
Monarch Butterflies are now officially endangered
Posted by John Marshall on
Fox News, among many other outlets, posted that the Monarch butterfly is now officially on the endangered species list. "The International Union for the Conservation of Nature added the migrating monarch butterfly for the first time to its 'red list' of threatened species and categorized it as 'endangered' — two steps from extinct."
Japanese Knotweed is a menace
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John Pitarresi in a "Special to the Observer-Dispatch" declared that "Japanese knotweed is a menace.Even more than we knew. Knotweed is that tall, big-leafed plant that grows most commonly along creeks and rivers in dense stands that can be almost impossible to walk through. Some call it bamboo, which it superficially resembles. It makes recreation in some areas very difficult, and it displaces native plants in a big way. And more than that.
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- Tags: invasive species
Threat from a superwasp
Posted by John Marshall on
A superwasp able to produce 1,000 offspring is threatening vast forests in North America, a new study has revealed.
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- Tags: pest management