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The Bird Report detailed a mob of starlings dominating the
Chances birdbath, a great blue heron at one of Quailhill's
ponds, and a confrontation and contest of skills and wills
between blue jays and Orioles...armed with bats and chewing
tobacco, I might add.

The Bee Report brought Ted Fletcher forward to describe how
he treated his bees with menthol for trachial mites and it
made them (the bees) mad...we hope the menthol made the
mites bloomin' deceased.

Questions

John Hartge has a 5 year old peach tree with bacterial wilt.
It is said that pundits recommend that the tree be cut down
and replaced with a resistant variety. The prognosis is
bad. A less extreme approach centers around experimentation
and reporting back.

Lucy Hussman has a sour cherry tree that died but not
without sending up shoots from the roots. Are these the
same variety as the tree or are they from the rootstock?
Advised to plant new tree.

Ellen Hartge put lilies of the valley on the north side of
the house and they turned brown and died back. Is this
normal? Yes.

Bettes Hartge asked if the Hussman's awful looking peonies
are normal? Yes and no but what's important is to cut them
down before or after the frost and remove them from the
premises.
Also she has a white poplar that's turning black.
Attributed to aphids and not considered fatal. Advised to
plant another tree.

Buzz Hussman recommends putting tree fertilizing holes
around dripline of trees to increase their strength and
resistance.

Mary Seiler has spotted tiny black worms that may have legs
and seem to be nocturnal. Perhaps they are roly polies - a
name they get from curling into a ball when they are
touched.

Nancy Preuss has hoxta that seems damaged by shade-producing
violets. Told that hoxtas are tough and will come back. Be
happy don't worry.

Ellis Manning transplanted a japanese maple that did well
but now the top branches are eaten away with no evidence of