winter did not stop bugs ByMorfcAnderaon For same strange reason I thought that the long cold winter we just endured would decrease tome of the insect problems from die last few years I was wrong Wood boring insects have damaged innumerable trees this season Grasshopper populations boomed in the last few weeks and the little pests just can’t get enough food And Isn’t it a link early for insects in the lawn? I’ve seen a few but now is the time to prevent diem if you have had problems in the ( past- Before I discuss a few common insect problems that have popped up this year I wanted to elaborate on a new bird repellent that I mentioned briefly a few articles ago It is called Binlshield and it is made from Concord napes Birds despise die smell and it is safe to use on cherries com sunflowers and you could certainly experiment with it on other fruits and vegetables as well It lasts about days 'and anyone who has experienced firsthand die utter destruction that birds can wreak on ripe AP photo flegeiein right points to a pack of Pokemon canto that he wanta as his father Chris center and Glen Bailey left of Dragon's Lair 7-- 10 c Alex Nine-year-o- ld co-own-er L ©m diaries wifi appreciate how well this stuff works Oh by the deer those repellent tablets way worked betta than I could have pos- riMy imagined on my tulip experi- -: had blossoms that meaL I've reached maturity until this yean They nibbled when the leaves first appeared then avoided them like the plague afterwards Wait until you see our tulip display next spring— I : think I ordered about 700 bulbs Hie other day I was out looking at some of my trees and I noticed thiit one had broken in half Upon closer inspection I realized that borers had tree to the point damaged that a slight breeze of wind had summed it in two It was an ash tree ana iliac borers had girdled the tree-inumerous places then exited the tree as adult moths leaving their pupal casesprotrodiiig from their ' exit holes Tnese borers affect lilacs ash privet and otha related plants The very best way to control tins type of borers is to kill the adults while they lay die next generation of eggs In otha words: right now An application a$ soon as possible of Spinosad Dursban (if you still haye sane around) or Pennethrin with a V follow-u- p application in three weeks should prevent any new infestations of borers this year Spray the trunks main brandies and branch crotches as well as the soil mound the trunk with a coarse spray Avoid spraying the leaves as it may bum the tenda : tissue Other types of barer will emerge from arc ho planta in the next few weeks as well including poplar and willow borers (quaking aspen ana peacn tree oorers Grasshoppers are invading my ' yard what can I do about it? I haven't seen much grasshopper activity thisyear— until now Small grasriioppers have Quickly materialized out of the woodworks and the vacant lot next door and the fermer’s field down the streetand the nearby foothills The hot dry weatiia will hpidly deplete the hoppers’ food source and they have to eat so they move to our' yards and plants' : Controlling grasshoppers in a yard id garden nuation usually poses very a few problems The arises when new homes are built hear vacant lots radge or fields— all sites' Insecticides prime m homeowner use include Sevin Diazinon PomethrUiTsnjo and ' ii Malathion in the form of baits at t One do abdication won’t just sprays it either-you’ll have to reapply' you use about every 4 days until they are under control V S Martha Irvine National Writer i lex Negelein admits that whor there’s something he really really wants he’s willing to ask his dad for it ’150 times” The pestering may be on die extreme side but he’s hardly alone Anew survey has found that even when their parents say “no” nearly six of 10 young people keep nagging — an average of nine times The survey released Monday also found that 10 percent of 12- - and said they ask their parents more than 30 times for products they’ve seen advertised Officials at die Centre fora New American bream who commis-sioned the survey call it the “nag factor" They say it shows that kids — while annoying their parents — are feeling pressure from peers to buy the latest products i "They are bong made to feel that if they don’t have the right low-cire jeans tiie right video game orthe right designer watch they aren’t going to have a friend — that they’re gong fo be rejected by other kids” says Betsy Tfeylor executive director of the Tbkoma Park Md n based centre which promotes responsible consumption of resources and goods Of those polled about a third said they feel pressure to buy certain products and more than half said that buying those products makes than feel better about themselves When it comes to nagging 33 said they can usually get thdr parents to give in The poll which has a margin of ' error of 35 percentage points included the answersof 750 American youth ages 12 to 17 who were contacted by phone last month But experts say nagging is a habit learned much eariia ' Marian Salzman chief strategic officer for the ad agency-EurRSCG says about 60 percent of the young people (he agency has inter- viewed for research said they knew how to manipulate their parents on "small things” before they started pre-ce- Of (Sgm Of say in family decisions “Kids sit at the center of today’s households” Salzman says Alex’s dad Chris Negelein has instituted atule: "Ask once and grass to pass laws only'once” Marvin Berkowitz a developmental psychologist at the University of Missouri -- St Louis and an expert in character education agrees He says giving in to a child who “asks and asks and asks” only ' rewards the behavior "The child essentially learns to be a nagga” he He says with the help of counseling Alex is learning to follow it And if he doesn’t he knows what nt happens “We have to leave the toy sec- tion” Alex says with a sigh As a reward for good behavior Negelein takes his son to a Pokemon tournament near their home in Pom- pano Beach Fla on Saturdays That way Alex can actually play With the cards he has from the Japanese game rather than just collect them and continually ask for Melissa Cooney a from Indianapolis believes that’s true “If we are spoiled" she says “it’s kind of the parents’ fault too' for giving in to us” : But she says sometimes teens just want to be heard — and to have more control over their lives That’s why she bugged her parents until they agreed to let ha visit ha olda sister in Florida this summer ‘‘They got rick of ine asking" Says Cooney who: saved money from her birthday and baby-sittifor the trip “And I proved that I could get the money to do it” more : - 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