Groundhogs, Skunks & Squir. eating me up.

QuestionAnything work to keep Groundhogs and Skunks, etc OUT of my Veg. garden...Eating everything! Not aloud to use fencing! AnswerIf you are not allowed to use fencing then the only other effective method of cont

fungus on my tree

QuestionHi, I just bought a chokecherry and it has this black stuff growing around a branch. It feels like a cork and I was wondering if this is going to take over the tree and kill it or can I do something.

organic garden pest

Questionmy sqaush and pumpkins have powdergray bugs on them that turn brown when they mature there are thousends of them i grow organic AnswerKen, what you are experiencing is an infestation of squash bugs, otherwi

Crabapple Tree Pest

QuestionThanks Jim - while wtg. for your response I plugged the hole with vaseline, duct taped over it & then spread the duct tape with vaseline. The borers stayed in, I am assuming they will suffocate & die. Is thi

Weird Noise in the Night

QuestionSeveral times this summer our family has been awakened to the strangest animal sound weve ever heard. Its sort of a cross between a goose honk and a cat dying (or what you would think a cat sounds like

getting rid of moles and or voles

QuestionHaving trouble getting rid of moles (they may be voles)in my lawn and garden. Trap was not effective, perhaps I am not able to determine avctive paths. Hesitate to use grub control because it may poison bird

Catalpa worm

QuestionI believe I have found a Catalpa worm in my garden feeding on a Guara plant. It is about 2 inches long and has a horn on the end. Do they live in Nevada? Are they dangerous to my plants and

Rat control

QuestionI had a rat or what looked like to me, a giant grey mouse about 8 long plus the tail trash out my storage shed. It had a huge nest and had urinated and pooped in every corner it could. I set several mouse &

hibiscus infestation

QuestionHello, I live in WV and a few months ago I bought an orange hibiscus plant. A few days ago I noticed white, lice-like bugs all over the leaves and the buds. What are these, and how do I get rid o

moles eating up everything in alabama

Question Hi i live in alabama and am having problems with moles eating or veggy garden and eating our hostas and anual plants in the flower beds. We have over 2 acreas of land and the moles are realy bad in our open

Keeping squirrels away from bulbs

QuestionI just purchased a large amount of spring bulbs. I want to plant them right away (like the directions advise) but Im concerned about the squirrels. I seem to have quite a few of them. They

horrible, large green caterpillers!

QuestionI live in Miami Beach, Florida, have a large Angels Trumpet shrub (yes, I know the flowers could be poisonous), and it is infested with HUGE light green caterpillars that just eat up the WHOLE tree if left u

moths eating plants

QuestionI have a friend who lives in Spring Hill, FL. She has a lot of Blue Daze plants which get killed every year by a moth similar to a clothes moth. When she weeds these little bugs come up from out of the groun

Birds Trying To Get In The Attic

Question------------------------- Followup To Question - Hello Stephen: Hi Stephen: Sorry, I should have noted that its a Northern Flicker .. rather commonplace. As for the nests, they had been abandoned and t

pods/cocoons

QuestionWe have 4 Leland Cyphrus trees that get gray pods or cocoons on them that contain worms. These worms seem to suck the sap out of the trees. My question is what can be done to eliminate these pods from the tr

Bees---Wasps

QuestionI just purchased a house. while the painters were painting around the ceiling fixture they noticed what they identified as wasps (four of them) also in the kitchen we have a ceiling fan where som

we have raccoons in the attic...

Questionwe have raccoons in the attic of a new house we just bought; we found out where there getting in and out , the animal control people set a trap and caught one, can we used any type of electronic devise to dr

cottony scale on rose bushes

QuestionI am in Miami florida and am in a constant war with cottony scale on my rose bushes. I hose them off with very strong water spray from my hose, but is that enough? Does that kill them or do they crawl back?

Rabbit Damage

QuestionWe have a tremendous problem with rabbits eating all of our flowers and greens as sooon as they sprout. I have tried every deterrent on the market, as well as some proposed by others, (mothballs, peppe

Lady bug infestation

QuestionHi Rich: I am infested with ladybugs! Both the dark red and the brownish orange colored ones, that in fact bite! We live in the country and for the last 2 years have noticed an increase in them d