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Good vs. Evil: Asian lady beetles and Japanese beetles

cindyha wrote 4 days ago: Asian lady beetle - a good bug (photo/Cindy Hadish) Their names are similar and they’re from t … more →

Tags: aphids, asian, beetle, Beetles, Bug, Control?, copper, eat, Grapes

Sweet corn has arrived (sort of)

cindyha wrote 1 week ago:    It’s a mixed bag on Iowa’s sweet corn season. Some of the farmers I spoke to today ha … more →

Tags: BBQ, Blades, Bob Shepherd, Cedar Rapids, Farmer's Market, Find, Iowa, john moore, pork chops

Pond and garden walks2 comments

cindyha wrote 1 week ago:       Pond, and wildlife, at Larry and Erma Thompson's Cedar Rapids home (photo, Cindy Hadish) … more →

Tags: Gardening Events, Cedar Rapids, County Gardens, Eastern Iowa Pond Society, Erma Thompson, Fairfax, Friends of Hickory Hill, garden walk, Gardens

"Screaming for attention" Chinese chestnut

cindyha wrote 2 weeks ago: Chinese chestnut (photo, Brucemore)    Deb Engmark, head gardener at the historic Brucemore estate i … more →

Tags: Brucemore, chinese chestnut, Deb Engmark, douglas, Gardener, historic, image, oldest, orchard

Ticks on the uptick1 comment

cindyha wrote 2 weeks ago: Johnson County Public Health is reporting an increase in the tick-borne Lyme disease. Ticks seem to … more →

Tags: black-legged, deer ticks, HOW TO?, Iowa, Lyme Disease, Removal, symptoms, ticks

Japanese beetles are back

cindyha wrote 3 weeks ago: They’re back. Japanese beetles I spotted the first Japanese beetle of the season yesterday on … more →

Tags: Beetles, bugs, Butterfly, Control?, copper, eat, Eating, Grapes, japanese beetle

A look at rain gardens

cindyha wrote 1 month ago: Gazette photographer Brian Ray takes photos of Lucy Hershberger in the rain garden at Forever Green … more →

Tags: Cedar Rapids, Coralville, dwarf arctic blue willow, flag iris, Flood, flooding, Flowers, Forever green, Gardens

Flood photos part 2: Czech Village1 comment

cindyha wrote 1 month ago: Photos shot post-flood June 2008. Gazette photographer Cliff Jette and I were allowed to accompany s … more →

Tags: 16th avenue, Bessie Dugena, Bozenka's, Cedar Rapids, Cindy Hadish, Cliff Jette, Czech Village, ernies, Flood

Looking back: flood photos from inside and outside of The Gazette

cindyha wrote 1 month ago: Watching rising Cedar River from 16th Avenue SW on June 10, 2008. (Cindy Hadish photo) One year ago … more →

Tags: 2008, Cedar Rapids, Cindy Hadish, Czech Village, Dan Geiser, Dave Storey, flooding, Floods, Gazette

Not into cooking right now...

texaswomantoo wrote 1 month ago: But was fascinated with what this lady can do with fruit.  Nice coooool fruit… http://www.frui … more →

Tags: Uncategorized

Getting ready for Japanese beetles

cindyha wrote 1 month ago:    I’ve been keeping a careful watch for Japanese beetles in my garden and enjoying my roses before … more →

Tags: Advice, arborist, Cedar Rapids, Chemicals, Daniel Gibbons, destructive, Iowa, japanese beetle, lacy damage

Five Master Gardens

cindyha wrote 1 month ago:     Darrell and Joanne Hennessey turned a former cow pasture into a breathtaking landscape. Their ho … more →

Tags: acreage, Darrell Hennessey, dwarf conifers, Flood, garden walk, Images, invasive, Iowa, Joanne

And the winner is...

cindyha wrote 1 month ago: Debbie Walderbach of Cedar Rapids was the winner of the drawing for Dandelion Earth -Friendly Goods … more →

Tags: Cedar Rapids, corn-made, Dandelion Earth Friendly Goods, Debbie Walderbach, Downtown, Farmer's Market, Iowa, organic

See you at the Farmers Market 1 comment

cindyha wrote 1 month ago: Remember to stop by the Gazette/KCRG tent between 9-10 a.m. at the Downtown Farmers Market on Saturd … more →

Tags: Blog, Cedar Rapids, Dandelion Earth Friendly Goods, Downtown, Farmer's Market, Gazette, Homegrown, Iowa

Emerald Ash Borer larva found in Iowa; UPDATE: ash tree protection3 comments

cindyha wrote 1 month ago: An infestation has not been confirmed, but officials are scouting northeast Iowa after an Emerald As … more →

Tags: Clayton County, detect, discovered, DNR, Elkader, Emerald Ash Borer, forest, found, infestation

What do lightning bugs eat / An Evening with Fireflies

cindyha wrote 1 month ago:      An upcoming event at the Indian Creek Nature Center prompted me to call one of our awesome ento … more →

Tags: beneficial, Cedar Rapids, Dandelion Earth Friendly Goods, donald lewis, entomologist, fireflies, Images, Indian Creek Nature Center, Iowa

Gnat Attack

cindyha wrote 1 month ago:    If you’ve spent any time outdoors this spring in Eastern Iowa, you’ve probably seen them. Swarms … more →

Tags: Bite, black flies, Breed, Buffalo, bugs, gnats, infestations, Insects, larvicide

Where do you go for strawberries?1 comment

cindyha wrote 1 month ago: Now that Iowa’s largest “you pick” strawberry farm – Hagen’s Berry Farm near Palo – is out of … more →

Tags: Iowa, Strawberries, flooding, Flood, Prices, Hagen's Berry Farm, Max Hagen, Palo, you pick

Milk rally Saturday

cindyha wrote 1 month ago: No milk dumping, but farmers plan to rally Saturday, May 30, 2009, at the Manchester Livestock Aucti … more →

Tags: Bryan Gotham, Dairy, Dave Knipper, Disparity, Dumping, Farm Aid, Farmers, Grain, Iowa


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