What’s Bugging You? – Missed Opportunities
“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.” – Chinese proverb When it comes to integrated pest management, we talk, a lot, about prevention. Keeping mice and brown...
View ArticleWhat’s Bugging You? – Weeds in the Lawn
No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow. – Proverb Okay, weeds in your lawn might not be a problem right now. But it always amazes me how we go from yearning to see any growth at …...
View ArticleWhat’s Bugging You? – Birdseed Pests
Birds spark a deep wonder and endless fascination. They help us understand the living world and our connections to it. – Ian Owens, Executive Director, Cornell Lab of Ornithology February in New York...
View ArticleWhat’s Bugging You? – Fungus Gnats
“Truth in advertising. We have had fungus gnats in the IPM house” – NYSIPM staffer Just because we spend our working hours thinking, researching, and educating about pests does not mean we don’t...
View ArticleTick Bite Prevention – Dressing the Part – Rubber Boot Myth
When you see someone putting on his Big Boots, you can be pretty sure that an Adventure is going to happen. – A. A. Milne Last week I wrote a blog post on Tick Bite Prevention – Dressing the Part …...
View ArticleTick Bite Prevention – Dressing the Part
You can have anything you want in life if you dress for it. —Edith Head I don’t know about you, but what I want in life is to go outdoors and enjoy beautiful weather without contracting a life-changing...
View ArticleQuestions and Suggested Links from our VEGETABLE IPM CONFERENCE, April 2021
A big thank you again to both our speakers and our attendees. You made this year’s virtual conference a huge success! Here are some questions that came into the chat during the conference: Pam W: Is...
View ArticleVegetable IPM – Gardening from the Ground Up! Meet our Day Two (virtual)...
Join in with other garden lovers! Two virtual half days: Tuesday, April 27, and Wednesday, April 28, 2021. REGISTER TODAY. Registration closes April 21 Open to the public via Zoom. Registered...
View ArticlePermethrin treated clothing – watch your timing
“One can never have enough socks.” ― Albus Dumbledore For Christmas, I gifted my step-family… socks. To be honest, I was a bit surprised by the delight with which the 8 and 10-year-old boys received...
View ArticleBuy Local Christmas Trees
“Freshly cut Christmas trees smelling of stars and snow and pine resin, inhale deeply and fill your soul with wintry night.” – John Geddes Fresh cut Christmas trees look and smell beautiful. But did...
View ArticleAvoiding tick habitat
“Tick species differ in where they prefer to hang out, but it is possible to come into contact with a tick anytime you leave the pavement.” – Don’t Get Ticked NY There are many tick resources out there...
View ArticleThe leaves are falling, manage wisely for ticks
CreThe time of the falling leaves has come again. Once more in our morning walk we tread upon carpets of gold and crimson, of brown and bronze, woven by the winds or the rains out of these delicate...
View ArticleCover Crop’s Double Success for Soybeans
Mature fields of grain crops moving in the wind is a lovely sight. Having admired the beauty of ‘cereal rye’ in a field, I asked NYSIPM Integrated Weed Management Specialist Dr. Bryan Brown if rye has...
View ArticleBack to School – Keeping the Rodents Outside
“We should have little trouble with vermin if builders would hear and understand the ‘language’ of vermin and do a better job in eliminating their entrances and hiding place.” – Hugo Hartnak, 1939...
View ArticleBest Wishes for a Pest-Free Retirement to Lynn Braband, NYSIPM Community IPM...
Lynn Braband has a favorite story about how he came to be employed by the New York State Integrated Pest Management Program. It occurred back in 1999 when Lynn’s experience with wildlife management...
View ArticleOur 2018-2019 Annual Report #7 Organic Farming…and Don’t Get Ticked NY
Stubborn Pests: Organic Solutions All crops have pests. Managing them on certified organic farms is firmly rooted in IPM practices such as crop rotation, sanitation, and the use of pest-resistant...
View ArticleHelp! I found a tick on me! – Spring Edition
It’s spring fever. That is what the name of it is. And when you’ve got it, you want — oh, you don’t quite know what it is you do want, but it just fairly makes your heart ache, you want … Continue...
View ArticleTimely School IPM Tip #3: Sanitation
This is the third and final post dedicated to tactics of school IPM most appropriate to the current situation of shuttered schools. (If your building is open to provide meals for at-home students, we...
View ArticlePermethrin Treated Clothing? Do it the right way.
“Frugality, I’ve learned, has its own cost, one that sometimes lasts forever.” – Nicholas Sparks Some pesticides containing permethrin can be applied to clothing, footwear and gear to protect against...
View ArticleProtect yourself from spring ticks
“In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt.” – Margaret Atwood The spring of 2020 might have everyone’s yards incredibly tidy, as gardening and yard work are on the short list...
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