How to handle the cicada invasion, tomato-planting tips, and hanging baskets: This Weekend in the Garden
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Have you heard a loud screeching hum in the yard yet?
Seen any pinky-sized, hard-shelled bugs flying around that look like locusts with bulging, orange-red eyes?
Keep your eyes peeled for the emergence of Brood X of the 17-year cicadas, a remarkable feat of Pennsylvania nature in which a massive quantity of native, locust-like bugs appears for just a few weeks after spending 17 years underground.
While these bugs might look and sound foreboding, there’s no need to cower behind the compost pile.