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Working now will help lawn for next season
August 28, 2020
By Rick Nelson Aug 23, 2020 Battling weeds and bare spots in your cool-season lawn? September is the perfect time to help your lawn thrive. Area lawns flourished with rainy, cooler weather in late July. Early summer heat and drought had taken their toll, but seemingly overnight, brown lawns sprung back to life. The weeks before fall arrives are an excellent time to assess your lawn. September is the most important month of the year to fertilizer and seed for another season. Is your lawn...
Read MoreCDC: Scientists Find New Natural Ingredient That Can Protect You From Ticks And Mosquitoes
August 21, 2020
August 10, 2020 at 6:00 pm MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Tick and mosquito-borne illnesses have been rising in recent years across the country. Now the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says scientists have found a new natural ingredient that repels and kill the biting bugs. “Insecticide resistance, of course, is a problem that we have to constantly tackle,” explained Dr. Kristy Murray. “And so when we use different things and they become less and less effective, we need to come up with novel...
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‘Green Yard, Green Pond’ Selectmen Stress Reducing Fertilizer To Aid Santuit Pond
August 21, 2020
By RYAN SPENCER Aug 14, 2020 Mashpee selectmen are concerned about the impact of lawn fertilizers on the health of Santuit Pond. FILE PHOTOGRAPH BY RYAN SPENCER/ENTERPRISE
Read MoreFor a healthy lawn in 2021, seed and feed now
August 21, 2020
Story by Chad Campbell August 17, 2020 "You may notice that some areas of your lawn have declined or died this summer,” said Cale Bigelow, a professor of horticulture at Purdue University. “That can happen to anyone. It is nothing to beat yourself up over and does not mean you are a failure as a green thumb. You can fix the problem.” Bigelow shared advice on preparing a lawn to look its best the following spring.
Read MoreIN THE YARD: Now's the time to prepare for grass care in fall
August 21, 2020
By STUART SUTPHIN Contributing columnist Aug 18, 2020 Metro Creative Connection
Read MoreNanobubbles, more tech deployed to combat rise of algae blooms in NJ lakes
August 14, 2020
William Westhoven Morristown Daily Record State environmentalists, armed with new funds, data and technology, are attacking the growing problem of potentially toxic algae blooms that closed Lake Hopatcong, Greenwood Lake and other popular bodies of water in New Jersey for much of 2019.
Read MoreAfter Treatment, Potentially Harmful Algae Bloom Takes Over Lake Thoreau
August 14, 2020
Fatimah Waseem August 13, 2020 at 1:15pm
Read MoreMarin Civic Center lagoon fish kill blamed on algae bloom
August 14, 2020
By LORENZO MOROTTI | [email protected] | Marin Independent Journal PUBLISHED: August 12, 2020 at 3:10 p.m. | UPDATED: August 13, 2020 at 2:13 p.m. Algae bloom killed more than 100 fish in the Marin Civic Center lagoon, a state biologist said this week. A California Department of Fish and Wildlife scientist met with Marin County Parks superintendents on Tuesday.
Read MoreAlgae bloom at Virginia Beach Oceanfront resulting in ‘foul smell’ and discolored water
August 14, 2020
by: WAVY Web Staff and Kara Dixon Posted: Aug 10, 2020 / 09:10 PM EDT / Updated: Aug 10, 2020 / 09:10 PM EDT VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — An algae bloom at several spots at the Virginia Beach Oceanfront is resulting discolored and “foul-smelling water.” According to an algal bloom surveillance map from the Virginia Department of Health, there are currently four spots at the Oceanfront where the algae bloom was reported.
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