Is Milky Spore Disease any Better for Grub Control Than the Parasitic Nematodes Mentioned Last Week?
by Art Drysdale by Art Drysdale email: art@artdrysdale.com Art Drysdale, a life-long resident of Toronto and a horticulturist well known all across Canada, is now a resident of Parksville, British Columbia on Vancouver Island, just north of Nanaimo. He has renovated an old home and has a new garden there. His radio gardening vignettes are heard in south-western Ontario over two radio stations: Easy 101 FM out of Tillsonburg at 2 PM weekdays and CD98.9 FM out of Norfolk County at 11:40 AM weekdays. Art also has his own website at http://www.artdrysdale.com May 19, 2002 Above, just one example of the prolific white grub that causes so many homeowners grief as raccoons and squirrels dig for them. If you’ve heard about milky spore disease as a ‘cure’, you’ll want to read on! Below, ‘Eddie’s White Wonder’ is considered the best of the flowering dogwoods out here in British Columbia. They are in full bloom now. Is anyone trying this zone 7 plant in Ontario? Author photos. This past week Hans
