![]() ![]() To do this, Benita Middleton, head gardener at Benita’s Garden Services, recommends cutting back on your use of chemicals in the garden, including reducing your reliance on pesticides to ensure ant well-being. If you are looking to encourage a natural, balanced ecosystem in your garden or yard naturally, then there are a few ways you can encourage ants into your space. ![]() If this is becoming the case, it may be a good idea to introduce ladybirds to your garden to help discourage both aphids and ants and protect your growth. The same goes for getting rid of carpenter ants to protect the integrity of your home and outdoor furniture.įurthermore, despite the ant’s protectiveness of aphids to encourage a self-sustaining ecosystem, too many of these tiny green bugs can ultimately damage your plants as they cause white mold or chomp away at the leaves in droves. ![]() ![]() On the other hand, certain types of ants, such as fire ants, can be incredibly troublesome and even dangerous if you frequently garden or have pets that roam in your yard, adds Chris Call, pest control expert, and region manager of Fox Pest Control, New York.Īs a result, you will want to get rid of red ants (or fire ants), as soon as you spot them. (Image credit: All Canada Photos / Alamy Stock Photo) ![]()
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![]() ![]() Lo is unparalleled at invoking the teenage experience, where your feelings are huge and undefined and you don’t yet have the life experience to have perspective. I cannot recommend this book highly enough. ![]() ![]() I listened to the audiobook and had a fantastic experience. In A Scatter of Light, Lo attempts to recreate that same sense of teenage discovery and feelings in a more recent decade and succeeds wildly. I was ecstatic when I heard that Malinda Lo was writing a loosely connected follow up to Last Night at the Telegraph Cub because Last Night at the Telegraph Club is a hugely important lesbian coming of age novel set in 1950s San Francisco Chinatown that A) I wish I had had access to as a teenager and B) I’m so happy the youths have access to today. ![]() ![]() ![]() T erry, who has Tourette syndrome herself, offers enormous insight into an often-misunderstood condition, writing in verse for Calliope’s chapters and prose for Jinsong’s. ![]() “Terry’s debut novel thoughtfully traces the fragile emotions of two seventh graders: Calliope, a girl painfully self-conscious about having Tourette syndrome, and Jinsong, a popular boy she meets in her new town. Partially in verse and partially in prose with two intertwined points of view, Ellie Terry's affecting debut will speak to a wide audience about being true to oneself. But is he brave enough to take their friendship public?Īs Calliope navigates school, she must also face her mother's new relationship and the fact that they might be moving-again-just as she starts to make friends and finally accept her differences. Only Calliope's neighbor, who is also the popular student body president, sees her as she truly is-an interesting person and a good friend. But it isn't long before the kids at her new school realize she's different. When she and her mother move yet again, she tries to hide her TS. A girl tries to hide her quirks at a new school in this middle-grade novel from debut author Ellie Terry.Īstronomy-loving Calliope June has Tourette syndrome, so she sometimes makes faces or noises that she doesn't mean to make. ![]() ![]() She’s looking forward to cultivating something other than a corporate brand. Stung personally and professionally by an ill-advised affair, PR guru Jillian Matlock has rented an old Victorian with a promising garden. His family is supportive, but it’s his art that truly soothes his troubled soul. There’s just one small problem-she can’t control her attraction to Clay.Ĭolin Riordan is recuperating from a horrific helicopter crash, the scars of which he bears inside and out. ![]() Lilly can’t deny his gift for gentling horses, but she’s not about to let him control her. In her eyes, Clay’s earthy appeal is just an act used to charm wealthy women like his ex-wife. ![]() Lilly has encountered her share of strong, silent, traditional men. He’s been welcomed with open arms by everyone in town-everyone except Lilly Yazhi. Now a Netflix Original Series.Īfter years spent on ranches around Los Angeles, Clay Tahoma is delighted to be Virgin River’s new veterinary assistant. Welcome back to Virgin River! Now available in a box set collection, return to this charming small town with more beloved stories form #1 New York Times bestselling author Robyn Carr. ![]() ![]() ![]() Whatever is happening to this town, they’re going to make it through this Halloween. ![]() And one very odd boy is kept locked in a shed by his family-for reasons too horrible to imagine. One newly sober singer with the voice of a fallen angel is tempted to make a deal that will seal his fate. fiction horror young adult adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced. Fyx is a four hundred and thirty seven year old professional soldier living in The Balkans. Others are beginning to wonder if they’re losing their minds, or maybe their souls. We’re thrilled to have here today Mister Fyx from Patrick C Greene’s new vampire novel THE CRIMSON CALLING. Some of the citizens are experiencing dark, disturbing visions. Parents stock up on candy and prepare for the town’s celebrated Pumpkin Parade. Children scramble to create the creepiest, scariest costumes. ![]() He is the author of the novels Progeny and The Crimson Calling. Truckloads of pumpkins are sent off to be carved into lanterns. About the Author Photo by Scott Treadway Patrick C. In the epic tradition of Stephen King, Dean Koontz, and Jonathan Maberry, a chilling new masterwork of small-town evil, centuries-old traditions, and newly-risen terror…Įvery year at harvest time, something strange and wonderful happens in the sleepy farm community of Ember Hollow. ![]() |