It is an ill wind that blows no good. The past winter may have been long and hard with spring late arriving. And while consequent tree and shrub damage was excessive overwintering pest populations were reduced. This is no excuse for reducing vigilance but it does make a gardener’s life a little easier – for the moment at least. As Lubarsky’s Law of Cybernetic Entomology reminds us: There’s always one more bug.
