5 garden tips for this week, Sept. 29-Oct. 5

1. Pest patrol
This time of year, chewed flower buds and leaves are a strong indication that katydids, grasshoppers or caterpillars are at work in the garden. Katydids have green, leaf-like wings but otherwise resemble green grasshoppers. BT (Bacillus thuringiensis) stops grasshoppers, katydids and caterpillars dead in their tracks.
Carbaryl (the active ingredient in Sevin and Bayer Advanced Complete Insect Killer for Gardens RTU) works well also, but be sure to follow safety precautions on