At Navlet's Garden Centers, we love to share our gardening experience and look forward to your visits so we can help keep you informed about timely gardening tasks. Between store visits, however, you can check this website periodically for seasonal tips and advice on garden care.
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The Buzz About
Yellow Jackets
Yellow jackets become very active in the months of September and October. Mating season is right around the corner, so they are easily agitated and can be very aggressive. They are particularly attracted to sugars in fruit and soda, so backyard BBQ or picnic areas are their favorite targets. Navlet’s recommends using yellow jacket traps to protect children and pests from these stinging insects. If you already have traps, September is a good time to wash out the receptacle with warm water and refill it with new yellow jacket bait.
Yellow jackets become very active in the months of September and October. Mating season is right around the corner, so they are easily agitated and can be very aggressive. They are particularly attracted to sugars in fruit and soda, so backyard BBQ or picnic areas are their favorite targets. Navlet’s recommends using yellow jacket traps to protect children and pests from these stinging insects. If you already have traps, September is a good time to wash out the receptacle with warm water and refill it with new yellow jacket bait.
Keep Everything
Coming Up Roses
Roses require more attention than some other flowering plants, but the results can be spectacular. Don’t worry if they look a little stressed from the summer heat. Prune them back a bit, then give them a boost with Dr. Earth Rose Food and some additional watering. The extra TLC will have them blooming in no time.
Roses require more attention than some other flowering plants, but the results can be spectacular. Don’t worry if they look a little stressed from the summer heat. Prune them back a bit, then give them a boost with Dr. Earth Rose Food and some additional watering. The extra TLC will have them blooming in no time.
Fall Into a Better
Garden
Summer can take its toll on any landscaping. So if you need to replace some plants or do a garden makeover for the fall season, the “Plants and Landscapes For Summer-Dry Climates” book from the East Bay Municipal Utilities District is the perfect reference guide. The book lists and provides color photographs of over 650 varieties of plants that thrive in our local climate. It’s also an excellent resource for a water-wise planting project.
Summer can take its toll on any landscaping. So if you need to replace some plants or do a garden makeover for the fall season, the “Plants and Landscapes For Summer-Dry Climates” book from the East Bay Municipal Utilities District is the perfect reference guide. The book lists and provides color photographs of over 650 varieties of plants that thrive in our local climate. It’s also an excellent resource for a water-wise planting project.
