Ontario Fruit Explorers

["Thomas Olenio" <tolenio@sentex.net>]

Hi,

I have seen a large increase in thistle the past couple of years.  Even  
attempting to come up in the lawn.

Tom


On Mon, 24 Jul 2006 09:05:47 -0400, Biz Storms <biz.storms@sympatico.ca>  
wrote:

> Hi Tom
> I will have a look at your pictures when back in the city tonight. The  
> powdery mildew is starting to arrive here. It has shown up on just the  
> Golden Nugget so far. We have also had lots of young deer roaming  
> around. There are far more this year than I can remember for previous  
> years. We are even seeing them late afternoon. Not in multiples but just  
> one at a time. It is likely the same deer in our vicinity. We have  
> started to call him Oscar. Thank goodness the Plantskydd is working.   
> Many of my apple neighbours are having their trees "pruned" in the last  
> week. Three dogs, fences and Plantskydd have been protecting us so far.
>
> Aside from enough blackberries to sink a ship, the only remaining crop  
> that showing in great numbers is the thistles. They are everywhere.  
> Yanking them every day that we are here.
>
> Cheers. Bizmark
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