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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