As I sit here looking out my window at the pouring rain, I thought of the benefits of a water feature in your landscape. Water features can range from a birdbath, a fountain, a reflecting pond, an actual personal pond/lake, and a recirculating waterfall. What is right for your landscape, property, and budget?

Join over 1,000 turfgrass and landscape leaders for three days of world-class education, unmatched networking, and one of the region's largest trade show - December 9 - 11, 2025. This is the can't-miss event to grow your business and your career. Here is what you can anticipate: Expert-Led Education where you can earn ODA credits with sessions from The Ohio State University's leading researchers and industry pioneers, along with other continuing education credit opportunities; Check Out the Trade Show where you will discover the latest products, technology, and innovations from top industry...

It is time to registration for the 2025 Ohio Community Wildlife Cooperative Conference! The Conference will be held on November 20, 2025 at the Nationwide and Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center in Columbus, Ohio.

The Fall Semester of Emerald Ash Borer University (EABU) is underway. Check out the offerings in November and December.

Check out the last recording of the seasonal updates that includes all things turf. The recording was made on October 24, 2025.

Joe Boggs started off the lively active ingredients (a.i.) discussion on BYGL by sharing his experience over the weekend about going to his local ACE Hardware store.  He admitted he had another reason for going to the hardware store but of course while he was there, why not see what pesticides were available.  We suggested that because he is an entomologist, the shelves of pesticide products are equivalent to insect pheromones, which lure or draw in unwitting insects to check them out!

 

...

The handiwork of Pit-Trapping Antlions is becoming obvious in dry soil in Ohio. The antlions excavate a funnel-shaped pit, measuring around 3/4 - 2" wide and 1/2" deep, with the antlion buried at the bottom.

Beech Blight Aphids have a horrible-sounding common name; however, they cause little to no damage to the overall health of infested American beech trees, which is their primary host. On the other hand, don't put your hand in a colony because they will attack and stab you!

Curtis Young (OSU Extension, Van Wert County) showed participants in this week’s BYGL Zoom Inservice pictures of the parasitoid wasp Itoplectis conquisitor (family Ichneumonidae). The wasps were all males, and they were milling around on this season’s bagworms (Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis, family Psychidae) in northwest Ohio.

 

...

As the season is winding down, there is still a lot of information to share as it relates to turfgrass. Be sure to keep up-to-date on this timely information.