Bugging a little early
By Dennis Sherer The Shoals is abuzz with an invasion of creeping, crawling and flying pests. Insect populations that are typically reduced during the winter have survived the mild winter en masse and...
View ArticleThe pests of spring
Really, spring is the most beautiful season of the year. You look out at your backyard and it is a lush carpet. The yard is framed with a variety of beautiful flowers. Certainly, you burst with pride...
View ArticleApril showers … us with bugs
I've been rehabbing and resuscitating peace lilies and philodendron since I joined EMSI public relations six months ago and discovered an office full of lively people and comatose plants. The near-dead...
View ArticleWeird weather tales of our jump-started season
After wildly warmer-than- normal temperatures in March, April turned cooler — cooler, in fact, than March. But once nature gets a jump-start on a season, there’s no going back, so the weird weather...
View ArticleGuest Column: Don’t Let Pests Ruin Spring
Days are getting longer, flowers are blooming and songbirds are singing – all signs that spring is here. However, spring also brings pests. While all pests play a unique role in our ecosystem, they can...
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