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More Controls for Pest Nematodes
Are these products commercially available? To the best of our knowledge, the answer is no […]
We can’t possibly know it all or offer it all, and some of the juicy goodness out there is bound to slip by. Some information is caught by others and brought back to us — and we appreciate that. When this happens, the least we can do is share what we found (or rather what was found for us). The information in this post is an example of this. This information comes to us from a customer, Julie.
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Practitioner Interview: Aimee Andersen
This is a practitioner interview with Aimee Andersen. Aimee has 21 years of research greenhouse experience at Cornell University. She enjoys learning about and using biocontrols. She also taught an IPM internship for Cornell students for a couple of years. Currently she is the Safety, Health and Environmental Management Coordinator for the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) Greenhouses.
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The Green Marketing Era
Green, green, everywhere it’s green. That seems to be a big focus in 2008, green power, green cars, green computing. It amuses us in a way — since we’ve been green since 1992 as a company and gardened green our entire lives — that the marketplace has suddenly turned so green, but it’s all good. We know it’s nothing new, but to those who have previously never embraced the concepts of environmental responsibility, sustainability, and other green goodness, this is a dawning moment and we’re happy to see it. It seems a good share of the world has decided to trade in their Hummers for hybrids in 2008 and that’s good, since we sure do need it.
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A Timely “Say No To Grubs” Sale
It’s that time of the year when getting lawn grubs — before they munch turf roots causing yellow patches later or grow into troublesome adults — is priority one. Last year Japanese beetles, as a classic example, laid their eggs in your lawn around attractant plant material. Those eggs hatched and the small larvae began to feed, building reserves for the winter. Now that winter’s over the larvae have resumed their activity and will do so until mid- to late-June. Then they pupate as a segue to adulthood. This plays out the same way, or close to it, for many grubs. You can do something about it, and save money.
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Did Someone Say Recession?
Word has it that a new trend is afoot. It’s called a recession by the press, and it’s a state of being that begins as simple pessimism. Individuals and business have a reason to be pessimistic, but they learn it from the press — whom the general public, apparently, regards as the pundits of pessimism. Let’s face it, bad news and unrest sells.
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Help Us Reuse Our Old Catalogs
Waste is a terrible thing, that’s why we reuse everything we can here at The Green Spot, and what we can’t reuse we recycle. The items we reuse are ice packs, foam boxes, even packing materials like packing peanuts (which we get from the University of New Hampshire), and shredded paper (which we make from our own in-bound junk mail). Not only is this action expected because we are a “green” company, but it is our responsibility as stewards of our planet. But not everything can be reused by us. We need your help, in such a way that you may find benefits your needs.
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