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Tomatoes are one of the most popular foods for home canning. While we typically consider tomatoes to be acidic foods, studies have found that they have a “borderline” pH of around 4.6. So how do you safely can tomatoes? Add bottled lemon juice, vinegar or citric acid to tomatoes in amounts recommended by the USDA…
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July began with three consecutive calls about dying oak trees. In each of the cases, evidence pointed to construction-related injuries to the trees’ root systems that had occurred about a year earlier. The injuries included severed roots, smothered roots from several inches of applied concrete or piled soil, and/ or severe compaction of soil from…
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Japanese beetle – This shiny, metallic beetle was introduced to the U.S. through New Jersey in 1916 and has been spreading – and damaging crops, lawns, and ornamental plants – ever since. Japanese beetles are pests in both the juvenile and adult stages of life. As larvae, they live in the soil and eat the…
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