Category: Other

Silent, but Itchy and Painful

Most of us are familiar with poison ivy and know to avoid its shiny three leaf plants and vines, but not everyone recognizes even poison ivy and knows the painful itching that can occur from contact with this plant, especially those who have never seen it. We have many visitors from Quebec here, and apparently Read More …

Let’s Create Pesticide Free Green Belts

Here in Ogunquit we have a bee, butterfly and bird garden, a gift to the town, on the Marginal Way. The idea is that this garden, planted with sweet fern, butterfly weed and cone flowers among other plants, will attract these insects and birds, a noble plan. However, it’s not clear to me if pesticides Read More …

Native Trees and Plants are for the Birds!

Have you heard of Doug Tallamy?  He’s chair of the Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware. He’s visiting Maine this summer, lecturing as he moves up the coast, and recently he spoke here about the necessity of planting nativetrees and plants. Why? What’s wrong with planting ornamental plants from Japan Read More …

Crabgrass Got Your Lawn?

I know there have been a lot of jokes about crabgrass – that weed that infests so many lawns. Growing up, I don’t recall we ever had crabgrass. We had a back field that had, well, field grass and wildflowers, but we kept that pretty much mowed down, but in our lawn? Just good old Read More …