Category Archives: Plants, Pests, Rescue
You too can be a New Jersey Environmental Steward
Would you like to understand the relationship between pollution, grass nutrients, construction, flooding, deer, wildlife, denuded forests and Lyme disease in New Jersey? You can learn all this and more in Rutgers Cooperative Extension’s New Jersey Environmental Steward program. It … Continue reading
Found a baby bird orphan?
Whew, baby animals are so hard to take care of! Their little stomachs are delicate and small, so we need to be careful what we feed them and feed them often (as often as every 15 minutes if they’re weak). … Continue reading
Too many deer, forest damage and Lyme disease
It’s worthwhile for people who are spending time out of doors to learn about ticks and Lyme disease. Northeast states share this problem, and there are two solutions for it: prevent tick bites in people and lower the population of … Continue reading
Transgenic foods, GMOs and clear labelling
I don’t know a whole lot of transgenic foods, but I think there’s something wrong, anyway, in adding salmon fish genes to say, whatever plant my tortilla chips are produced from in order to make those plants not as susceptible … Continue reading
Death of the Honey Bee: the Decline of Mankind
Sadly I’m finding more support for something that I have long suspected. Monsanto is a major player in the deaths of honey bees, which could in turn cause mankind to starve. The shame is that it is not a direct … Continue reading
What We Don’t Know About Bear Hunting
Here’s the travesty of justice the New Jersey bear hunts represent. It begins with the fact that there were no bears left in New Jersey. The Fish and Wildlife Commission imported new bears and encouraged the population to grow so … Continue reading
Get Rid of Flies in Compost and Other Places
A Green Drinks member mentioned that she did away with her compost pile because she couldn’t stand the flies that hovered around it constantly. I had some time to look into possible fixes for this and found an interesting solution, … Continue reading
Banish Fruit Flies
Q: Some fruit flies have taken up residence at my house. I don’t want them to be fruitful and multiply. Does anyone have any good (preferably inexpensive) methods of getting rid of them before they become a real problem? Thanks, … Continue reading
Ladybug Swarms In Spring
Q: Our house is suddenly full of ladybugs, they are everywhere! As harmless as they seem, it’s starting to get kind of creepy. Any ideas as to why this is happening, and is this something that needs an exterminator or … Continue reading
We Need Honey Bees – Don’t Kill Them!
If you find honeybees in your backyard or near your business, think a minute before picking up the phone to call an exterminator. People need honeybees to pollinate plants so the food we eat will grow, and thanks to mass … Continue reading