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If you've noticed large populations of flying insects that look a lot like giant mosquitoes congregating around your lawns and screens, you're not alone. They're crane flies, says Jody Mills, horticulturist with Broccolo Tree and Lawn Care in Henrietta. Three species of these insects are appearing in our area, says Mills, who notes they all look alike and won't bite you. One is our native crane fly, which doesn't hurt turf. There are also two European species, the larvae of which can cause serious damage. Should you fertilize?
Fall fertilization is a good idea if there aren't enough nutrients in the soil or they're in a form that can't be absorbed by roots, says Dave Dailey, president of Birchcrest Tree & Landscape in Webster. Fall fertilizer should have higher quantities of phosphorous (middle number) and potassium (last number) for root strength and overall plant health.
GALESBURG - There's good news for Galesburg motorists who have been navigating a maze of barricades downtown. Gunther Construction has completed all asphalt and utility adjustments for the downtown resurfacing project and all downtown streets are open to traffic. The contractor will have all barricades and cones removed this week and, weather permitting, will finish striping on Main Street and Cherry Street by Friday. Crews worked 12- to 14-hour days in order to get the work done in as short a time as possible. By contract, Gunther's had until Friday to get the streets reopened. Instead, the contractor worked long hours and paid his employees overtime in order to get the streets opened ahead of schedule. Due to those efforts, stage four, which was planned, is no longer necessary and the project will be completed one week ahead of schedule.
Yards are getting so tiny that in some cases you practically need to substitute a hibachi for a barbecue and a potted plant for a tree.
As land costs continue to rise, a type of urban housing more common in densely populated cities in the East, California and Europe is showing up more in the Valley, even in suburban communities such as Ahwatukee Foothills, Avondale, Chandler and Gilbert.
It's a normal-size, single-family, detached house, usually two-story, on a small lot with virtually no yard. .
The number of unsold homes in Madison is continuing to increase creating an even bigger competition in the housing market to get homes sold... that's where one local group's job begins... These days you see them everywhere,House For Sale signs posted up and going no where fast. It is clearly a buyers market. Local realtors say while interest rates for homes are low. Selling a home in Madison is also down. "this past summer was the slowest in the past 32 years that I could remember" But the slump for home owners is helping businesses like Showcase Home Stagers in Madison. "we try and create that wow factor as soon as they see the home is wow I love the home." The company helps you makeover your home, creating the right lighting...doing away with clutter and eye soar furniture.
A lawyer and a contractor yesterday dropped the charges they had filed against each other after they agreed to forgive each other for what had happened.
Dr Claire Bonello and contractor Charles Polidano decided to make friends and forgive each other after he apologised for having slapped her and she, in turn, apologised for insulting him.
The incident took place on 20 June at the Le Meridien Phoenicia in St Julians and continued outside the hotel. The hotel is owned by Mr Polidano, known as Ic-Caqnu.
Mr Polidano had slapped Dr Bonello after she passed a comment which Mr Polidano felt was insulting and provocative.
Following this incident, both Mr Polidano and Dr Bonello filed police reports about what had happened.
As a result, Dr Bonello, 32, from Sliema, was charged with insulting Mr Polidano and the latter was charged with assaulting Dr Bonello.
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