Arborvitae and junipers shed their oldest branchlets in the autumn, while the foliage of spruces and firs thins more sporadically and over a longer period of time. Evergreen needle drop tends to be magnified when trees were especially drought-stressed during the summer, Carree says. It can look like your tree is going out fast, but all of the trees in your area will look like that. With an insect or disease problem, you see a tree here or a tree there or only part of the tree will be affected. No matter what we do, our morning glory weeds come back every year.
Diligence is probably the key word there.
When we eat outside, the yellowjackets keep fighting us for our hamburgers. Actually, they're probably coming from your lawn or from under your shrubs, says Bob Stoltz, University of Idaho extension entomologist. Yellowjackets build their nests underground, leaving a hole about an inch in diameter. That stirs them up and gets you stung. Yellowjackets pollinate our flowers and destroy plant-chewing caterpillars.