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vegetable from a weed, they may injure or contaminate your crops.
• Prune rhododendrons immediately after flowering. Old clusters should be snapped off when partly dry, but remove with care in order not to decrease or prevent bloom next year.
• Red and silver maples, willows, poplars, and elms can clog septic lines with their roots. Plant these species well away from water lines and sewers.
• Toads eat cutworms and other insect pests. Give them a home in you • garden by placing inverted, clay flower pots in shady spots. Chip out a piece of the pot rim to give the toads an entrance to their home. ,
• Of the 39 snakes found in Virginia, 35 are beneficial to the farmer and gardener. They eat insects and rodents. Of particular value is the large, black rat snake which consumes large numbers of mice, rats and other small mammals.
Anyone with questions or desiring more information should contact the Rappahannock Extension Office at 675-3619.
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