Sperry: General-purpose insecticide should control Genista caterpillars
Dear Neil: Our Texas mountain laurels get worms on them in May each year. The caterpillars devour the leaves. What are they, and what should we do to stop them? Also, what are the finger-like things...
View ArticleWhy would anyone eat a live cockroach? Man's roach-eating death raises questions
MIAMI — As a Florida medical examiner tries to determine how 32-year-old Edward Archbold died after eating insects during a contest to win a snake, people around the country are asking: Why?Why would...
View ArticleMan's roach-eating death raises question: Why?
MIAMI — As a Florida medical examiner tries to determine how 32-year-old Edward Archbold died after eating insects during a contest to win a snake, people around the country are asking: Why?Why would...
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hen it comes to accessorizing for fall and winter, bigger is better. Pile on the style with several eclectic pieces or embellish with one strong statement piece.Shara Konechney, owner of 10-20...
View ArticleSperry: Styrofoam patches are mealy bugs
Dear Neil: I have a medium-sized cactus that I’ve had on my patio since 2007. In the middle of this past summer, it began developing little white patches on a couple of its leaves. The patches look...
View ArticleRemodeled Red Lobster features new look, new menu
Red Lobster has new look, new menu Red Lobster has completed the remodeling of its Lubbock restaurant in a style inspired by the New England coast. The new restaurant design was developed by an...
View ArticleSteamed clams deliver big flavor and lean protein
I’d love to claim that this wonderful recipe required hours of arduous research and testing (not to mention the expert application of all of my hard-won culinary skills) before I was able to settle on...
View ArticleMarch Gardening Calendar
■ Complete pruning of evergreen and summer flowering trees and shrubs early in the month.■ Apply summer oil to trees and shrubs that have scale, aphids, thrips or whiteflies.■ Prune spring flowering...
View ArticleGardening Calendar
APRIL■ Thin peach trees after blooming to one fruit every 6 inches; plum, three to every 4 inches; and apple, one to every cluster.■ Complete rose pruning.■ Feed spring bulbs after blooming.■ Plant or...
View ArticleSpiders to frogs: Nature's full of garden helpers
Looking for some help in the garden? Many of nature’s most useful critters lie literally at our feet, underappreciated and ignored despite their ability to eliminate insects, condition soils and...
View ArticleU.N. urges eat more insects; good for you and world
ROME — The latest weapon in the U.N.’s fight against hunger, global warming and pollution might be flying by you right now.Edible insects are being promoted as a low-fat, high-protein food for people,...
View ArticleApurba Barman joins staff at AgriLife as entomologist
Like cotton, Apurba Barman is native to India. But Barman and cotton now call the South Plains home.Texas AgrilLife Extension and Research Services recently hired Barman as an entomologist. His new job...
View ArticleRoaches quickly lose sweet tooth to survive
NEW YORK — For decades, people have been getting rid of cockroaches by setting out bait mixed with poison. But in the late 1980s, in an apartment test kitchen in Florida, something went very wrong.read...
View ArticleCockroaches quickly lose sweet tooth to survive
NEW YORK — For decades, people have been getting rid of cockroaches by setting out bait mixed with poison. But in the late 1980s, in an apartment test kitchen in Florida, something went very wrong.A...
View ArticleZebra mussels found at lake
AUSTIN (AP) — Experts say invasive zebra mussels have turned up in another popular North Texas lake.The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department says biologists with the U.S. Geological Survey found a zebra...
View ArticleTexas officials try to slow zebra mussel migration
LEWISVILLE — Carl Pearson dusts cobwebs off his boat as he prepares to push off into Lewisville Lake for some summer relaxation. At a nearby boat ramp a sign reminds him he'll need to clean off more...
View ArticlePanel outlaws giant octopus hunting in Puget Sound following outcry over beating
OLYMPIA, Wash. — A Washington state panel on Friday prohibited the recreational hunting of giant Pacific octopuses at seven popular scuba diving sites in the Puget Sound region, following an outcry...
View ArticleSperry: Nemotodes worst on warm-season garden crops
Dear Neil: We have a small garden plot where we have been successful with tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers and okra in the summer and greens and spinach in the fall. Over the past couple of years the...
View ArticleAssumed names
■ Assumed Name: Orient’s Pearl Asian Market; owner: Carlos Piccio■ Assumed Name: Orient’s Pearl Asian Market; owner: Rita Piccio■ Assumed Name: Hope Deliverance Church Inc. Church of God in Christ;...
View ArticleNew rules to fight zebra mussels to take effect Dec. 10
AUSTIN — In the state’s ongoing effort to combat the spread of invasive zebra mussels, new rules take effect Dec. 10 requiring that all boats operating on public water in 17 Northeast Texas counties be...
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