http://www.amygrisak.com Author, Blogger, Photographer, Gardener Sat, 21 Jan 2012 05:55:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.amygrisak.com/2012/01/20/pest-patrol-at-planters-place/southern-dreaming/ http://www.amygrisak.com/2012/01/20/pest-patrol-at-planters-place/southern-dreaming/#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:53:09 +0000 admin http://www.amygrisak.com/2012/01/20/pest-patrol-at-planters-place/southern-dreaming/ This time of year I dream of living in the South. It was -21 degrees F a couple of days ago, and yesterday’s high didn’t crack zero, so when I interviewed a gentleman in Texas who deals with the…

]]> http://www.amygrisak.com/2012/01/20/pest-patrol-at-planters-place/southern-dreaming/feed/ 0 http://www.amygrisak.com/2011/12/14/pest-patrol-at-planters-place/the-puppy-in-the-garden/ http://www.amygrisak.com/2011/12/14/pest-patrol-at-planters-place/the-puppy-in-the-garden/#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2011 23:43:43 +0000 admin http://www.amygrisak.com/2011/12/14/pest-patrol-at-planters-place/the-puppy-in-the-garden/ Look at that face. Is that the mug of a garden destroyer? It certainly is! This is the pup we’re going to pick up in about a month. When we visited the breeder a week ago to meet the parents and pick…

]]> http://www.amygrisak.com/2011/12/14/pest-patrol-at-planters-place/the-puppy-in-the-garden/feed/ 0 http://www.amygrisak.com/2011/12/14/pest-patrol-at-planters-place/the-puppy-in-the-garden-2/ http://www.amygrisak.com/2011/12/14/pest-patrol-at-planters-place/the-puppy-in-the-garden-2/#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2011 23:43:43 +0000 admin http://www.amygrisak.com/2011/12/14/pest-patrol-at-planters-place/the-puppy-in-the-garden-2/ Look at that face. Is that the mug of a garden destroyer? It certainly is! This is the pup we’re going to pick up in about a month. When we visited the breeder a week ago to meet the parents and pick…

]]> http://www.amygrisak.com/2011/12/14/pest-patrol-at-planters-place/the-puppy-in-the-garden-2/feed/ 0 http://www.amygrisak.com/2011/11/18/pest-patrol-at-planters-place/bye-bye-birdies/ http://www.amygrisak.com/2011/11/18/pest-patrol-at-planters-place/bye-bye-birdies/#comments Sat, 19 Nov 2011 05:00:46 +0000 admin http://www.amygrisak.com/2011/11/18/pest-patrol-at-planters-place/bye-bye-birdies/ I went to a wonderful local toy store this afternoon to a buy a paper refill for the boys’ easel, and chuckled when I watched a woman carefully pick out 2 plastic snakes. She noticed my expression…

]]> http://www.amygrisak.com/2011/11/18/pest-patrol-at-planters-place/bye-bye-birdies/feed/ 0 http://www.amygrisak.com/2011/10/13/pest-patrol-at-planters-place/not-so-spooky-spiders/ http://www.amygrisak.com/2011/10/13/pest-patrol-at-planters-place/not-so-spooky-spiders/#comments Thu, 13 Oct 2011 06:16:20 +0000 admin http://www.amygrisak.com/2011/10/13/pest-patrol-at-planters-place/not-so-spooky-spiders/ I thought I’d give a nod to Halloween since it’s right around the corner, and talk about the web-weavers that inhabit the garden. This summer our place was a veritable playground for spiders – you…

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]]> http://www.amygrisak.com/2011/09/02/pest-patrol-at-planters-place/trying-to-stay-positive/feed/ 0 http://www.amygrisak.com/2011/08/25/pest-patrol-at-planters-place/stop-the-spread-of-the-asian-longhorned-beetle/ http://www.amygrisak.com/2011/08/25/pest-patrol-at-planters-place/stop-the-spread-of-the-asian-longhorned-beetle/#comments Thu, 25 Aug 2011 06:29:57 +0000 admin http://www.amygrisak.com/2011/08/25/pest-patrol-at-planters-place/stop-the-spread-of-the-asian-longhorned-beetle/ China’s in the news a lot lately about what they send over to us, and it’s not always cheap sneakers. One of their latest exports looks like something out of a horror movie. The Asian Longhorned…

]]> http://www.amygrisak.com/2011/08/25/pest-patrol-at-planters-place/stop-the-spread-of-the-asian-longhorned-beetle/feed/ 0 http://www.amygrisak.com/2011/08/18/pest-patrol-at-planters-place/bringing-out-the-bigger-guns-to-battle-cabbage-loopers-and-hoppers/ http://www.amygrisak.com/2011/08/18/pest-patrol-at-planters-place/bringing-out-the-bigger-guns-to-battle-cabbage-loopers-and-hoppers/#comments Thu, 18 Aug 2011 22:45:57 +0000 admin http://www.amygrisak.com/2011/08/18/pest-patrol-at-planters-place/bringing-out-the-bigger-guns-to-battle-cabbage-loopers-and-hoppers/ I’m losing my mind this year. Between the grasshoppers and the cabbage loopers, many of my vegetables look like someone peppered it with buckshot, at best, and completely skeletonized at the worst. I…

]]> http://www.amygrisak.com/2011/08/18/pest-patrol-at-planters-place/bringing-out-the-bigger-guns-to-battle-cabbage-loopers-and-hoppers/feed/ 0 http://www.amygrisak.com/2011/08/12/pest-patrol-at-planters-place/the-lack-of-pollination-affects-squash-development/ http://www.amygrisak.com/2011/08/12/pest-patrol-at-planters-place/the-lack-of-pollination-affects-squash-development/#comments Fri, 12 Aug 2011 19:58:01 +0000 admin http://www.amygrisak.com/2011/08/12/pest-patrol-at-planters-place/the-lack-of-pollination-affects-squash-development/ You know how I’m always harping about being light on the pesticides so you don’t kill the beneficial insects? When your zucchini, squash or cucumbers start growing a cute little fruit that eventually…

]]> http://www.amygrisak.com/2011/08/12/pest-patrol-at-planters-place/the-lack-of-pollination-affects-squash-development/feed/ 0 http://www.amygrisak.com/2011/08/04/pest-patrol-at-planters-place/keeping-the-leaf-eaters-off-of-hops-and-virginia-creeper/ http://www.amygrisak.com/2011/08/04/pest-patrol-at-planters-place/keeping-the-leaf-eaters-off-of-hops-and-virginia-creeper/#comments Thu, 04 Aug 2011 06:05:09 +0000 admin http://www.amygrisak.com/2011/08/04/pest-patrol-at-planters-place/keeping-the-leaf-eaters-off-of-hops-and-virginia-creeper/ I love vines. Anything that overtakes an ugly fence is a must-have in my book. We have a fenced back yard, which is lovely for the kids and the dog, but frankly, I think it’s hideous. Two of my…

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