By JEFF BURBRINK Extension Educator, Purdue Extension Elkhart County GOSHEN — It’s been about to three years since the first Palmer Amaranth (Amaranthus palmer) was found in Elkhart County. Since that first confirmation, there are now four or five confirmed sites. Now is the time of year to be looking for Palmer Amaranth in your …read more.

By JEFF BURBRINK Extension Educator, Purdue Extension Elkhart County GOSHEN — One of the least used and most under-rated methods to control scale insects, and some species of aphids and mites on fruit trees, crabapple, euonymus and other woody plants is the oil spray. If you had problems with these critters before, now is a …read more.