Plastic fruit traps and zero spray garden tips
An era article explains using imitation apples coated with sticky material to trap apple maggots and BT spray after petal fall to reduce worm damage. It recommends pheromones for codling moth, beneficial insects, trunk bands, resistant apple varieties, and shaping a low spray approach for fruit quality. It covers crabapple leaf spot control, seed ordering, and herb and bulb care with practical home garden steps.
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Spring snow ruins garden blooms and bulbs in Birmingham notes
The author reports heavy snow damaging early bulbs including White Scilla Siberica and yellow winter aconites. Glory of the Snow and Easter lilies at a Birmingham church are discussed, with tips on planting Lilium longiflorum and cultivar hardiness, plus reflections on hemerocallis care, silver maples, and a February Gold cyclamineous daffodil in bloom.
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