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February 20, 2019 |
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It looks as though the twin polar vortexes that hit Manitoba this winter have failed to kill the emerald ash borer. Ash trees will continue to be at risk, pest management biologist Fiona Ross says.
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While British Columbia's Lower Mainland continues to deal with an abnormally challenging winter, salt usage on roads and sidewalks has been excessive to the point where such covered areas feel like salt flats, one horticulturalist says. The city is putting down just the right amount of salt, but homeowners and businesses are overdoing it, he says, posing an environmental challenge.
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A Kamloops landscaping company is literally melting away winter. While storms continue to dump snow in the region, Lyons Landscaping is using a CT-15 Trecan Snowmelter that melts as much snow as six dump trucks can haul away in an hour.
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Arborists are on the watch for the potential Canadian arrival of oak wilt disease, a sweet-smelling fungus that can kill oak trees in much the same fashion as the emerald ash borer is killing ash trees. Currently, the disease is as close as Belle Isle in Michigan, a scant 600 metres from the Canadian border in Windsor.
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A new solution has been initiated in the United States that allows dogs to do their business indoors on days when it's just too cold for them to go outside. DoggieLawn is a service giving dogs the chance to answer nature's call inside on a patch of natural turf. So far, the service is not available in Canada.
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February 20 - 21, 2019
Location: https://www.turfandrec.com/events
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