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On the first day of the Christmas Cookie Challenge …

I gave in to peer pressure. Today was a rough day – and not just for me. It seemed everyone on the features desk was putting out small fires, so when someone mentioned craving a cookie, I mentioned that I had considered taking on a 12 Days of Christmas Cookies challenge for Everybody Eats. “That’s a [...]

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Bad "worms" 4

Iowa State University Extension gardening experts answer questions on damaging worms:   Worms are devouring the needles on my mugo pine.  What should I do?   The “worms” that are eating the needles on your mugo pine are the larvae of the European pine sawfly. European pine sawfly larvae are grayish green. Two light stripes and one [...]

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