Least Wanted Plants of the Upper Valley
The Hanover Garden Club has printed this brochure about invasive plants in the Upper Valley. They also have an informative web site with other resources.
Webworm
For those who may have noticed the webbed nests in the trees on the edge of Girl Brook, they are not tent caterpillars. They are in fact “fall webworm”. Because they develop in the fall after the foliage has already developed, they don’t really do much damage to the tree. So no cause for concern….
Garden Spider and Beetles
Our friend Barbara sends the following news: For the past few weeks we’ve been in the asparagus patch daily, picking Japanese beetles off the plants. At first, there were hundreds, but of late just a few or none. At one point, this wonderful spider appeared with her web in the tops of the plants. She [...]
You Say Tomato, I Say Agricultural Disaster
Here is a good article from the New York Times about blight.
Late Blight in Garden
Our tomato plants have been attacked by blight. It is very bad news. William has removed all but three of his tomatoes (those remaining will be gone soon). He also cut back his potatoes to the ground. We only have a week to really deal with the issue. If you have any qualms about removing [...]
Late Blight Strikes Tomato and Potato Growers Statewide
Press release, July 30, 2009 by Dr. Vern Grubinger, University of Vermont Extension It’s been an exceptionally rainy and cool summer and one of the consequences is that Late Blight disease has been reported in every corner of Vermont and across the Northeast. With these weather conditions Late Blight rapidly kills the foliage of tomato [...]