I think Dendy nailed it, never heard of them before, I like the pickled fiddleheads.
Osmunda cinnamomea (Cinnamon fern) | Native Plants of North America (wildflower.org)
When that happens to me I'll put $20 in and fill up when I get back home. I always found your area to be cheaper for gas, not sure why Springfield sells it cheaper but when I worked out there, I'd fill up before I came home.
Did you try Seresto, I swear by it, in 5 years no flea problems and there have only been two ticks on my dog in that time and they were dead when I took them off.
Bad news was on the 6th hole and it down poured and with the wind I got soaked. Good news, we won the match anyway. Didn't even have time to get my raincoat out it came so suddenly, I just got the bag cover down in time so my bag didn't get soaked.
There's a golf course in Oakham MA that has tons of bird houses throughout the course, they even use bird houses as yard markers. I saw so many different birds when I played 18 there last summer I had to get my bird book out to see what they were.
The cat jumped on the bed and my wife found three crawling on the bed, she got them before they found her as they surely would have. I'm going to have to stay on top of pesticide this year if the ticks are going to be bad, the winter did us no favors in the department.
How do you treat your dog? I've been using the Seresto collar with great success last few years.
Just pulled the first tick of the year off my leg, must have just got there, it wasn't attached yet. I sprayed around the perimeter of the house yesterday with Demon and treated the lawn with the Bayer product. Also got a new Seresto collar for the dog, still I got one.
I planted some a few years ago, they do grow like weeds, not sure if it was 4-6 feet but it was quick. I planted 6 burning bushes too, they really grow fast. Two years ago I cut them down to 3 feet high, they're already 7 feet high this year.
I would say based on what I see in my area over 90% of new homes are built with central ac now, percentage might even be higher overalll. The high priced homes it's 100%.