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Expert: Still time to re-plant summer crops

Expert:  Still time to re-plant summer crops

The summer growing season is off to a slow start for some.  Larry Caplan, Extension Horticulture Educator for the Vanderburgh County Extension office has some information and advice if you've been trying to grow some things without success:

New life in the nest

New life in the nest

It's that time of year.  Birds have built nests and their babies are hatching.

Here's a robin's nest, creatively placed underneath the porch cover of an Evansville home.  You can see three little heads popping up, hoping mom is on the way with more food.

Soon, they'll be ready to leave the nest and try their hand at flying and the weather should be good for the next few days if you see some youngsters ready to take to the air where you live.

If you have any spring time nature photos, please forward them to community@14news.com.

The time is right for termites

The time is right for termites

 

Termites are already swarming in places in the tri-state, according to Larry Caplan, Extension Horticulture Educator for the Purdue Extension Service in Vanderburgh County.

“What we’re seeing are the reproductive adults looking for a new place to set up a nest.  If you see them somewhere outside your home, you may have an infestation in a nearby dead or dying tree, or in your home; however, they could have just flown in from somewhere else,” Caplan writes in his latest newsletter.  “A quick spray of any insecticide labeled for use outdoors or around the foundation will kill off these swarmers.”

"Roseanne House" on the market

"Roseanne House" on the market

The house made famous by a TV show is on the block--and you can buy it for less than $130,000.

The exterior of the home at 619 S. Runnymeade Ave., was used in the opening sequence for the popular Roseanne show which aired

The home has four bedrooms and two baths and was recently updated, according to the real estate listing.

Rare bird: Varied Thrush makes a stop at Wesselman Woods

Rare bird:  Varied Thrush makes a stop at Wesselman Woods

Wesselman Woods Nature Center is a hosting habitat for a bird rarely seen in this area, the Varied Thrush. This is a west coast species that only rarely migrates to the eastern US. The thrush is similar in size and shape to a robin, but with much brighter color markings. The bird, a male in its first year, has been seen at the bird feeders near the Nature Center for over two weeks and at all times of the day.

The thrush can be easily seen from the bird viewing room inside the nature center, which provides very convenient viewing and photo opportunities of this unusual species. This is a rare opportunity to see this unique species up close in Indiana.

Traps yield no emerald ash borers in Vanderburgh Co.

Traps yield no emerald ash borers in Vanderburgh Co.

A survey conducted over the past seven months of the 13 southwest Indiana counties in which emerald ash borer had not been previously detected showed no signs of the invasive insect that kills ash trees.

As part of the survey, traps were strategically located in five southwestern counties—Gibson, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh and Warrick.

“The 82 purple traps placed on the designed grid did not capture any of the beetles,” said Phil Marshall, state entomologist.

Visual surveys were also conducted by DNR experts during spring and summer in the eight other southwestern Indiana counties (Crawford, Daviess, Greene, Knox, Martin, Perry, Pike and Sullivan). No new EAB infestations were detected.

See the biggest trees on Evansville's east side

See the biggest trees on Evansville's east side

Ever wonder where the biggest, oldest trees on the east side of Evansville are located?

Find out with the TreeMendous Tree Tour of the west side on November 3.   

The tour begins at 8 a.m. and runs until 11.  For $15, you'll tour of Freedom Tree, Founding Tree, National Champion Catalpa and Princess Tree, and attend the planting of ceremonial TreeMendous Tree.