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  1. How do I control red squirrels? Updated: April 24, 2012
  2. Can pets such as dogs and cats be harmed by eating rats and mice that are poisoned? Updated: April 18, 2012
  3. How can I kill rats that are in my house? Updated: March 21, 2012
  4. How do I kill rats or mice that are living in the wall of my apartment? Updated: March 19, 2012
  5. Do I need a pest control company? Updated: March 08, 2012
  6. I live in Texas, in a neighborhood with lots of deer. What can I plant that the deer won't eat? Updated: March 08, 2012
  7. How can I keep shrews out of my house? Updated: March 07, 2012
  8. A bat was in my room, but now I don’t know where he is. How can I find him so I can get it out of my house? Updated: March 07, 2012
  9. What can I do to prevent squirrels are eating tops of gladiola plants about 1" above the dirt? Updated: January 12, 2012
  10. Can the peaches be picked before they are ripe and ripened later? Birds are working on my peaches. Updated: January 12, 2012
  11. What are some suggestions for reducing a large population of ground squirrels? I live in Colorado. Updated: November 28, 2011
  12. Moles have been a problem in my lawn for years. If I eliminate the grubs, will I control the moles? Updated: November 20, 2011
  13. We have a critter who comes in the night, chews on our lilies, leaving leaves on the ground and up a trellis (it can climb). Any suggestions on how to stop it? Updated: November 20, 2011
  14. Is there a list of safe plants for cats? Updated: November 20, 2011
  15. I want a crabapple tree that is hardy for Zone 3, that drops its fruit, and is disease resistant (Red Cedar are nearby). It would be for the deer to feed on. Updated: November 17, 2011
  16. When my pumpkins are getting a nice size, I discover holes in them. Were they made by a bird or other animal? How can I prevent this? Updated: November 15, 2011
  17. I live in NW San Antonio in a neighborhood with lots of deer. How would Indian paintbrush and bluebonnets do here? Updated: November 09, 2011
  18. Each year I lose a large portion of my sweet cherries and blueberries to birds. What is available for the control of birds in my garden? Updated: November 07, 2011
  19. How can I save my blueberries from the birds? Updated: November 02, 2011
  20. My Bath grape vines.are having the new growth ends cut off; what is doing this? I live in New England. Updated: October 31, 2011
  21. Do poisoned peanuts, windmills, etc. sold to kill or repel moles really work? Updated: October 21, 2011
  22. Will placing a backyard birdbath in the shade versus in the sun make a difference in how quickly bacteria grow? Updated: October 19, 2011
  23. How do I get turkeys to stop roosting in the trees? Updated: October 18, 2011
  24. What is making all the nicely drilled holes on my wax myrtle trunks, and is it going to kill my trees? Updated: October 18, 2011
  25. Is there a humane way to discourage pocket gophers from setting up residence in a yard and garden area? I do not want to use traps or poison. Updated: October 17, 2011
  26. We have too many destructive chipmunks around! What can we do? They get in the garage, they chew on the landscape edging and they have chewed into electrical cords. Updated: October 17, 2011
  27. How do I rid a lawn of moles? Updated: October 17, 2011
  28. We had a lot of crows in our pecan trees and suffered a sizable crop loss. We used a "Crow in Distress" dispersal call and shot several with not much improvement. Updated: October 16, 2011
  29. Squirrels are digging up newly planted crocus, hyacinth, and tulip bulbs. How can I prevent this? Updated: October 16, 2011
  30. What would cause lines of holes—about the diameter of a lead pencil—throughout the trunk of a 10-year-old white pine tree? Updated: October 14, 2011

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