Tag: insect repellents

Arborvitae Destruction in a Bag

  A couple of summers ago, our family took a trip to the Antietam Civil War Battlefield.  I love history as much as I do plants.  You can imagine my joy as we walked out of the hotel parking lot and I saw an insect I had not seen since childhood.  I got my kids…
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Let’s Talk Ticks, and Powassan Virus Risk

The snow has finally melted, so it’s time to talk ticks. Unless you’ve had your head buried in the snow, you know why. Over the past couple of weeks, news media stories about the “new” tick-borne Powassan virus — have multiplied exponentially, as has the public’s growing alarm. Concern, certainly, is justified because the virus…
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