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Mark Kepler's Newspaper Column's

This is a service of the Fulton County Extension Service.  Mark's column appears weekly in theRochester Sentinel.   Here are some recent columns that may be of interest to you.

Strawberry Varieties and Care

Bumblebees

Stuck in a Rut?

 Wet Weather

Salamanders of Indiana

Crabgrass Outlook

 Deer Ticks

Soil Survey Maps

Phragmites

 The Wildlife-Agriculture Quandary

Great Destructive Forces

Thankful for Givers

Global Warming

Something for Everyone

Digging Fenceposts

Guilt by Association

Robert Kepler's Legacy

Wood Mulch Makes Good Insulation

Persimmon Trees

The Who in Whoville

The Yule Log

 Go Against Tradition While Pruning

The Twelve Days of Christmas

No Burying  (Planting )Without Permission

From Burning Bushes to Burning Bridges.......

Bloodsuckers!

Fall & Spiders

 White Washing Trees

Fall Tree Planting Tips

Three Legged Stools

Walnut Trees

Clod-an interesting word

To Kill A Mulberry

Yellow Jacket Wasps

Kill Them With Kindness

Over-Watering Problems

Pruning Tree Branches

Watering Landscape & Garden Plants

Mites

Some Like It Hot

Radical Corn

Cressleaf Groundsel

The Inchworm

Rototilling

Sweet Corn Varieties

Fixed

Some Things In Life Are Just Too Simple-Honey Bees

Unseasonal Weather

Hypoxia

 Gypsy Moth

 De-icers and Landscape Plants

 Grapevine

 New Year and Tree Rings

 Santa Reindeer and Lawn Damage

 Christmas Tree Facts

 Mark's "Theory of Relativity"

 The Wind, and Willows, and other trees...

 Thankful for Photosynthesis

 All the leaves are brown and the sky is gray..

 Chiggers!

 Wood Burning Facts

Asian Ladybeetles

 Fall /Seasonal Garden Opportunities

 Control of Scales

 Bug of the Month Club

 Fall Lawn Care Tips

Pesticide Product Information

 Award Winning Weeds?

  Multiplication Problems

 Crime Scene Investigator

 Smart Bugs  vs. Dumb Bugs

 Emerald ash borer

  Pitchforks, Hoes and Other Tool Woes.........

 Rose Chafer

  Tree Leaf Disease

 Stealth Bugs

  Earth Worms.pdf

 Purple Dead Nettle

 Wet Spring Soils

 Pheromones

  Crabgrass

The Song of Hiawatha

Ginkgo, A Favorite Landscape Tree