Paulette Ball, a lawn and garden supervisor at Alsip Home & Nursery, offers tips for homeowners on the subject of how to kill grubs and deal with Japanese beetles.
In the annual backyard fight against pesky grubs and Japanese beetles, Paulette Ball has come to be viewed as a heavyweight champion. She has worked at Alsip Home & Nursery in Frankfort for the last five years. During that time, she thought she had seen and heard it all—until this spring. “The grubs are already close to the surface,” Ball said. “Usually, this doesn’t happen until around Mother’s Day. This is a very strange spring.” Ball, a lawn and garden supervisor, recommends customers hit grubs hard now—with a right and a left. She offers these tips: 1. Apply a 24-hour grub kill product such as Bayer Advanced Grub Killer Plus. “That’s going to get the ones that are up close to the surface,” she said. “Usually, they don’t put this down …
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Alsip Home & Nursery will turn its two stores and greenhouses into a showcase of all that's new and green Saturday and Sunday for the annual Flower & Garden Show.
For Southland gardeners, it's one of the most anticipated events of the year. The arrival of spring? No. The annual Flower & Garden Show Saturday and Sunday at Alsip Home & Nursery. Alsip will turn its Frankfort store and greenhouse into a showcase for the two days and offer visitors a look at must-have plant varieties and a chance to see what's new in lawn and garden products and home decor items. Seminars and demonstrations will run almost continously throughout the two-day show. Also, there will be free food samples, concession stand options and an opportunity to win prizes, including a new Apple iPad. Alsip's Frankfort store, located at 20601 S. LaGrange Rd., will be open from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday and from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday…
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10:45 pm on Thursday, April 5, 2012
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