By Lesa Hartley, Hall County Master Gardener Summer Storytime, presented at Gardens on Green, has been a great success this year, with 80+ children present on our busiest Wednesday morning. Please bring your children or grandchildren and join us! We meet on Wednesday mornings from 10:00 -11:45 am, June 3rd through July 29th. The activities are designed for preschool to second grade, but older siblings are welcome to attend. Hall County Media Specialists present our story of

By Wanda Fuller, Hall County Master Gardener Photo credit: Giacomo Davanzo Called many things, this rotund rodent lives only 2 to 3 years but ensures the longevity of her species by producing an annual litter of up to 9 kits, pups, or chucklings. Even naming this creature is problematic. Try evicting her from your garden! Think of an appetite big enough to devour a pound of vegetation a day when you weigh no more than nine pounds! No, cubby. Find your salad elsewhere! I don

by Wanda Fuller, Hall County Master Gardener Image from Carole Knight's "Tomato Troubleshooting" At four to five inches in length, the hornworm caterpillar can strip a plant’s foliage overnight and leave holes in ripening tomatoes. Less active during the day, it clings, camouflaged, under leaves. At night, with a black or ultraviolet light, it’s easily found glowing in the dark! You can recognize the hornworm by white diagonal markings over its body an