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Well, the news of the Cicada apocalypse has come true in Saugerties, NY, or at least some parts of it. My home is an old property, the house itself was built in 1882 and I’m sure a few of the trees around here are at least as old as the house. I, like most people, […]

Continue Reading Cicadas Brood II in Saugerties, NY 2013

Tags: ants, bugs, Cicada, General, summer

I know I’ve been posting a lot of these thunder storm and wild rain downpour videos. I tend to get a lot of search hits for the specific areas and dates though, so I will continue to do so. People seem to be interested in it for personal reasons, or perhaps to show friends, or […]

Continue Reading June 30, 2009 Thunder Storm in Ulster County, NY

Tags: rain, storms, thunderstorm, Video

Yes, the ants have been driving us crazy around here. There have not only been a lot of them outside, but also inside. It’s time to get rid of the ants! Near the beginning of Spring I went into one of the local Home Depot’s looking for some pesticide to kill ants with.  At the […]

Continue Reading Controlling Ants in the Home and Around the Home

Tags: ants, pesticide

Having had to grow a new lawn in 2 areas covering around 2000sq ft we really needed some sort of sprinkler timer system. I had actually spent some time searching online to see what it would take to put an in-ground system in at one point.   Although most of the components are extremely price friendly, […]

Continue Reading Review of a Couple of Brands of Sprinkler Timer / Watering Timers

Tags: Electronics, Lawn, Orbit, sprinkler, Vigoro