http://greenmethods.com/site Biological Pest Control and Integrated Pest Management Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:01:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 en This is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site, subject to copyright and fair use. http://greenmethods.com/site/weblog/2009/11/problems-printing-our-pages/ http://greenmethods.com/site/weblog/2009/11/problems-printing-our-pages/#comments Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:01:48 +0000 Mike Cherim General News Site News http://greenmethods.com/site/weblog/2009/11/problems-printing-our-pages/ copyright allows this. To facilitate better page printing we use a standards-compliant style sheet specific to a print media- type -- it's activated automatically when you print. Offering this isn't a common practice, but doing so allows you to print proper pages without having to print stuff like our lengthy navigation menu and other non-content. Up until now this has worked flawlessly.]]> http://greenmethods.com/site/weblog/2009/11/problems-printing-our-pages/feed/ http://greenmethods.com/site/weblog/2009/11/hypos-on-sale-for-the-fall/ http://greenmethods.com/site/weblog/2009/11/hypos-on-sale-for-the-fall/#comments Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:01:54 +0000 Mike Cherim Site News Specials http://greenmethods.com/site/weblog/2009/11/hypos-on-sale-for-the-fall/ Again deciding to go with what's being ordered, we opted to put our soil-dwelling mites, Hypoaspis miles on sale. Use H. miles for the prevention, management, and control of fungus gnats and/or thrips (and maybe even some spider mites). Since they last a long time -- even though they establish themselves more slowly than some controls -- putting out these soil dwelling mites at this time of year is a very wise move. Now it's a less expensive one, too.]]> http://greenmethods.com/site/weblog/2009/11/hypos-on-sale-for-the-fall/feed/ http://greenmethods.com/site/weblog/2009/10/order-now-for-2010-orchard-mason-bees/ http://greenmethods.com/site/weblog/2009/10/order-now-for-2010-orchard-mason-bees/#comments Mon, 26 Oct 2009 04:01:30 +0000 Mike Cherim General News Good Bugs http://greenmethods.com/site/weblog/2009/10/order-now-for-2010-orchard-mason-bees/ We don't actually offer orchard mason bees, Osmia lignaria, in our catalog -- we used to back in 1999 to 2004 -- and we don't offer them online, yet it has been brought to my attention that I should announce that folks should order them now if they want them for 2010. Confused?]]> http://greenmethods.com/site/weblog/2009/10/order-now-for-2010-orchard-mason-bees/feed/ http://greenmethods.com/site/weblog/2009/10/delphastus-sale-continued/ http://greenmethods.com/site/weblog/2009/10/delphastus-sale-continued/#comments Mon, 19 Oct 2009 04:01:18 +0000 Mike Cherim General News http://greenmethods.com/site/weblog/2009/10/delphastus-sale-continued/ Our latest sale, a discount on the regular price of our whitefly predatory beetle, Delphastus cataliniae, has been very helpful to people since this fall there seems to be an unusually high number of growers reporting troubles with whiteflies. Since this sale has been so useful and utilized, we decided continuing it instead of posting a new sales item would be in the best interest of many.]]> http://greenmethods.com/site/weblog/2009/10/delphastus-sale-continued/feed/ http://greenmethods.com/site/weblog/2009/10/some-interesting-numbers-about-landfills/ http://greenmethods.com/site/weblog/2009/10/some-interesting-numbers-about-landfills/#comments Mon, 12 Oct 2009 04:01:32 +0000 Mike Cherim General News http://greenmethods.com/site/weblog/2009/10/some-interesting-numbers-about-landfills/ Biocontrol and IPM can be a difficult topic to write about on a regular basis. The science is fairly static -- or it seems to be -- and most writers we know of tend to do the same thing we do: Rewrite and refresh old material. This isn't necessarily a bad thing. Having old stuff in a top position puts it in the hands of newcomers which eat it up voraciously. Moreover, as we age and refine our thinking, the most current draft is usually the best draft. What's all this lead-in for, you may wonder. You caught us. It's an excuse to branch out into other environmental topics of possible interest to you. Such as landfills.]]> http://greenmethods.com/site/weblog/2009/10/some-interesting-numbers-about-landfills/feed/ http://greenmethods.com/site/weblog/2009/10/fall-whitefly-delphastus-sale/ http://greenmethods.com/site/weblog/2009/10/fall-whitefly-delphastus-sale/#comments Mon, 05 Oct 2009 04:01:12 +0000 Mike Cherim Site News Specials http://greenmethods.com/site/weblog/2009/10/fall-whitefly-delphastus/ As folks start moving their plants indoors, we're been getting a record number of calls from those who have been discovering random populations of whiteflies. As always, trying to be responsive to people's needs versus selling something not moving right now, we've decided to put our whitefly predatory beetle Delphastus cataliniae on sale.]]> http://greenmethods.com/site/weblog/2009/10/fall-whitefly-delphastus-sale/feed/ http://greenmethods.com/site/weblog/2009/09/in-our-defense/ http://greenmethods.com/site/weblog/2009/09/in-our-defense/#comments Mon, 28 Sep 2009 04:01:53 +0000 Mike Cherim Company News Editorial http://greenmethods.com/site/weblog/2009/09/in-our-defense/ We have found it necessary to say some things in defense of our company, to explain who we are in the grand scheme of things. To reveal the day-to-day and what lies on our hearts here. Our inner workings. We'll mention why we're doing this near the end of this entry.]]> http://greenmethods.com/site/weblog/2009/09/in-our-defense/feed/ http://greenmethods.com/site/weblog/2009/09/plantskydd-animal-repellent-goes-on-sale/ http://greenmethods.com/site/weblog/2009/09/plantskydd-animal-repellent-goes-on-sale/#comments Mon, 21 Sep 2009 04:01:05 +0000 Mike Cherim Site News Specials http://greenmethods.com/site/weblog/2009/09/plantskydd-animal-repellent-goes-on-sale/ Up here in the northern tier states late summer and fall start two particular natural cycles that can give us some grief. Specifically herbaceous plants and foliage starts dying off, and animals feed insatiably as they fatten themselves for the coming winter. We can't help you stop the turning of the seasons to extend your growing season, you need a greenhouse if you want to cheat nature, but we can help you keep deer, rabbit, moose, and elk at a distance. We offer this protection with our blood-based Plantskydd Animal Repellent -- and now it's on sale.]]> http://greenmethods.com/site/weblog/2009/09/plantskydd-animal-repellent-goes-on-sale/feed/ http://greenmethods.com/site/weblog/2009/09/work-will-soon-begin/ http://greenmethods.com/site/weblog/2009/09/work-will-soon-begin/#comments Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:13:04 +0000 Mike Cherim General News Company News http://greenmethods.com/site/weblog/2009/09/work-will-soon-begin/ Work will soon begin on our 2010 catalog. Wow, 2010. It seems like we slipped into the new millennium a lot less than a whole ten years ago. But numbers don't lie, do they? Ten years, and it'll be our 18th year as a company. Where does all the time go? If you know the answer, please respond, but it's not the reason for this entry. We have more important things to discuss than the mysterious slippage of time. We here to ask you if you have any requests. Ribbit?]]> http://greenmethods.com/site/weblog/2009/09/work-will-soon-begin/feed/ http://greenmethods.com/site/weblog/2009/09/end-of-season-aphidius-sale/ http://greenmethods.com/site/weblog/2009/09/end-of-season-aphidius-sale/#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2009 04:01:31 +0000 Mike Cherim Site News Specials http://greenmethods.com/site/weblog/2009/09/end-of-season-aphidius-sale/ Since Aphidius spp. handle cool weather well -- just like aphids -- and so many folks are growing mums at this time, we decided to offer our Aphidius spp. parasitoids on sale for a limited time. There are other reasons for this sale, too. We know using Aphidius spp. now can help set you up for a better spring next season since some of these parasitoids will overwinter, ready to start on day-one next year.]]> http://greenmethods.com/site/weblog/2009/09/end-of-season-aphidius-sale/feed/ http://greenmethods.com/site/weblog/2009/09/starting-your-own-insectary/ http://greenmethods.com/site/weblog/2009/09/starting-your-own-insectary/#comments Fri, 04 Sep 2009 04:01:48 +0000 Mike Cherim General News IPM Savvy http://greenmethods.com/site/weblog/2009/09/starting-your-own-insectary/ It's so easy even a cat can do it. At least according to a cat named Marge. One that just so happens to be a popular writer -- and loving companion to one P. Allen Smith, gardening legend. Her cat's eye perspective is certainly unique. In a recent pallensmith.com article, she relates how she wanted her owner to slow down and relax. To accomplish this she talked him into making an insectary by starting a garden just for bugs -- to encourage them to stick around and take care of all the plants so he didn't have to. Come to find out, it wasn't that hard to do.]]> http://greenmethods.com/site/weblog/2009/09/starting-your-own-insectary/feed/ http://greenmethods.com/site/weblog/2009/08/thriving-on-experience-please-share/ http://greenmethods.com/site/weblog/2009/08/thriving-on-experience-please-share/#comments Sun, 30 Aug 2009 04:01:03 +0000 Mike Cherim General News Contributors http://greenmethods.com/site/weblog/2009/08/thriving-on-experience-please-share/ A few times a year we do this shout out calling to writers who grow and growers who write. We want you to write an article or two for us, to be published right here in this blog, and to be seen by all. We want to learn, and further teach, from the experiences you share. University-level research is extremely beneficial to our understanding of IPM, but truth is, we've gotten just as much from people just like you. Anecdotal evidence is what some will call it, but in our eyes it's gold.]]> http://greenmethods.com/site/weblog/2009/08/thriving-on-experience-please-share/feed/