AUTUMN Many folks consider fall their favorite season. The cooler evenings are welcome after a blistering hot summer like we had this year. The changing tree colors we enjoy in the northeast are famous worldwide and my reason is the…

SQUIRRELS Squirrels are familiar to almost everyone. More than 200 squirrel species live all over the world, with the notable exception of Australia. A group of squirrels is called a scurry. A baby squirrel is called a kit or kittens.…

USING WEED CONTROL CHEMICALS WISELY I have posted this information in the past, but as a Master Gardener Of Union County since 1995 and an active member of the Rahway Environmental Commission I know there are few things in gardening…

MOSQUITOES I originally wrote this article in September of 2020 when Covid made mosquitoes the least of our problems. Now with people out and about, I was encouraged by friends at mosquito control to post it again. To control mosquitoes…