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Pest Alert - Shothole Disease on Cherries

Each year we get questions about holes in the leaves of flowering cherries and cherry laurel. Concerned gardeners find the holes and wonder if an insect is eating their plants. The cause is shot hole…

Reducing Pesticide Use in the Home Garden

Environmentally Friendly LandscapingCan we all agree that it would be a good thing to reduce the amount of chemicals that we put into our sensitive mountain environment? I think it would be a safe…

Pest Alert - Boxwood Blight

Boxwood blight is a fungal infection that kills boxwoods. The fungus is highly contagious, sticking to both people and animals. The disease is incurable. Here is an image of boxwood blight. In the…