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    Mosquito Management

    As the weather warms ups, mosquitoes start to come out in full force. Typically, we see an increase in mosquitoes from June to November, but they can arrive earlier or stay longer with mild weather conditions. Learn how to protect your family, pets, and livestock against mosquitoes. 

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    August Garden Solutions

    For August, our experts are getting questions about insect pests and about browning leaves. Read on for some good tips and advice about ants, beetles and watering in low-water environments.
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    July Garden Solutions

    With the hotter July temperatures, there may be some unwelcome visitors in your garden and yard. Our experts have been getting questions this month about ants, leaffooted bugs and spider mites. We have advice on how to control them if they get out of hand. 
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    May Garden Solutions

    As summer arrives with warmer temperatures, our garden gurus are answering questions about how to care for plants during this transition. For the month of May, we're providing advice about watering, tree trunk care, and pests.

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    April Garden Solutions

    April brings higher temperatures with just the right amount of humidity, and earwigs, mosquitoes and aphids start showing up in the garden. Our garden gurus have been getting a lot of questions about these pesky visitors, and we have answers about the best way to take care of them. 
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    March Garden Solutions

    Our garden gurus have been getting questions about insect pests this month, 
    and we’d like to share with you the best practices for taking care of some
    unwanted visitors. Snails and slugs, aphids, mosquitoes, spittlebugs and more, 
    top the "to-do" list this month.
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    June Garden Tasks

    June is when summer comes to stay and everything is growing! Our June Garden Tasks keep your yard and garden humming along beautifully with pointers on fertilizing, weed control, and managing insects and disease.

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    Beneficial Insects, Part II

    In this second part of our series on beneficial insects, we're focused on the superhero beneficial insects to take care of those larger garden pests. 

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    Beneficial Insects, Part I

    Did you know that 98% of all known insects are considered good bugs? If your plant is suffering due to a bad bug, there are beneficial insects out there hungry to get at that bad bug. Let's look at a few....

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