Perennial Resource

http://www.perennialresource.com/

Walters Gardens Inc. in Zeeland, Michigan.

Wholesale perennial grower for over 60 years.

EAB brown bag

Today, I attended the monthly brown bag at the Milwaukee County Extension offices.

The topic was Emerald Ash Borer (Agrilus planipennis).

The presenters were Robert Tomesh and Phil Pellitteri.

They offered a summary of the problem and some possible remedies in terms of insecticidal treatments.

The outlook remains bleak, similar to the Dutch Elm Disease and Chestnut Blight disasters.

They recommended three websites to keep up with developments:

http://www.entomology.wisc.edu/emeraldashborer/

http://www.emeraldashborer.wi.gov/

http://www.emeraldashborer.info/

What is most frustrating to me is that we did not learn our lessons from the previous episodes. Too many communities that were particularly hard hit by the Dutch Elm Disease replaced elms with only ash trees rather than a diversity of trees.

How many times are we going to repeat this mistake?

Precocious Hazelnut

http://www.oikostreecrops.com/store/product.asp?P_ID=264&PT_ID=74&strPageHistory=cat

"Excellent as an under story plant in a woodland setting" is exactly what I am looking for.

No more pictures

I called Cabela's this morning and they told me to ship the scout camera to Bushnell so it went out today.

No more pictures until they either fix it or ship me a replacement.

Very disappointing.

Christmas cactus

Only 6 pictures on the camera, including 3 of this Christmas cactus that I took on manual mode in the kitchen.

This cactus already bloomed once before Christmas, went into a rest period, and now is blooming again. This is the first time we have ever had a repeat bloom like this.

The camera seems to have died. It would not go into setup mode when I brought it in today. Will have to make the long drive out to Cabela's to see if they can figure it out.

The View from the Garden

Only 3 pictures on the camera this morning (all 3 from yesterday afternoon).

Obviously, whatever triggered the camera moved away and avoided having its picture taken.

Last night we got a very sticky snow that coated the camera and prevented any additional pictures.

Major disappointment.

Rabbit in the garden

96 pictures on the camera today, most of them are of me hauling tree trimmings.

A burst of three night pictures featuring a rabbit. I am surprised that we have any rabbits since we have foxes and coyotes around.

No pictures of the opossum from dusk yesterday, even though it was in the vicinity of the camera. Does the opossum move so slowly that it does not trigger the camera?