About 15 years ago as I left the library with canvas bag overflowing with books I found myself diverting from front steps to gently-sloping ramp...LOL And about then I started gardening mostly in containers, small pots on shelves and really large pots about knee height. Nowadays if a crayon is left on floor by visiting granddaughter it gets kicked under chair until someone else is here to pick it up. I can and do get down and up again but it has to be for something important. lol josh

The problem with beneficial nematodes is that the are very sensitive to chemicals and dry weather. Hope that you have been organic for a while otherwise the nematodes won't work. Keep the lawn as wet as possible while they do their work. Praying Mantis may work also to kill some bugs. I have had two properties with lots of moles. First time I tried to kill them. This time I let them live and once they ate up all the grubs they moved to another spot. They used to be in my front yard. Now they are all in the back yard. Had to add a little grass where the moles tunneled, but they ate more pests than they ruined grass. Don't give up and go back to TruGreen. TruGreen does short-term cures but looking at my neighbors who use TruGreen, the magic of the chemicals doesn't last and they're so bad for you and your neighbors. The TruGreen employees are not well-trained. Today I watched one spray grub and weed killer on my neighbors' lawn with only gloves and no mask or protective clothing. His cotton pants were soaked to the knees with chemicals. This is the guy who tells you his chemicals are safe. Doesn't that tell you something? I've been working on improving the soil on my lawn for years. Natural fertilizer, some lime and my lawn is green and lush as could be. I get complemented on my lawn by all who walk by, but if you get up close, I have lots of weeds, but they are green and when I mow them, they look like lush grass. The weeds and natural grasses are native so the thrive better in the local climate. I think the better lawn care is to improve the soil get as close to native grass as you can, without heavy fertilizer use, but with compost perhaps a little added topsoil each year. TruGreen overfertilizes so the grass roots stay short and when you have dry weather or a drought the grass all dies. Personally, I wish people would worry more about their health than their lawns. My backyard is now half wildflowers and wild grasses which require no care and If I choose to mow them, they would look like a lawn too. Good luck with your lawn, but I hope you can worry about more important things than bugs and dead patches. It isn't the end of the world. Leukemia and lung disease and chemical sensitivity from lawn chemical exposure could be the end of the world.

All of your beetles are already identified, and that takes all the fun out of the normal forum function, answering questions about insects. Sales will be extremely slow using this website.

John and Marlena are leaving the show. They tried to havde Marlena leave once not long after I first started watching the show. A serial killer killed her. But fans picketed the studio and they decided to make it her twin sister who was murdered and Marlena came back. She has left a few times since. Remmeber she did that drama on tv for a few years with Wilfrid Brimley (the oatmeal commercial guy). She can do other stuff besides Marlena. John, on the other hand, I don't know. LOL His acting isn't the best but I've seen worse. hehehehee Will the show survive without them? Why not? Other soaps survive without them. It'll just be like another show, that's all. I would stop watching though, if Sami's character was let go. She makes this show and I love her! Alison Sweeney grew up in front of us and while I wasn't crazy about her acting skills as a teen, she sure has gotten good! I really like her with this cop. I hope they put these two together. The fact that he's cute to boot, sure helps...........