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Composting
Starting from Seed
Making Newspaper Pots and Seed Garden
Raised Bed Gardening
Native Bee Hotels
April Transitions in the Garden
Planting Tomatoes
Grow Sweet Potatoes in Containers
Earth Day in York County
Vertical Gardening
The Amazing Honey Bee
Eastern Black Swallowtail Butterflies
Gardening in the Fall
Leave your Leaves
Tour the York Learning Garden
Tour the Poquoson Learning Garden
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Vegetable Gardening Resources Video
A list of Vegetable Gardening publications you can read onlineAsian Giant Hornet "Murder Hornets"
Asian Giant Hornets (Vespa mandarinia) named ‘Murder Hornets’ in popular media are not expected to be in VA in the near future. The European Hornet (Vespa crabro) is commonly found in the United States. It was first reported in North America around 1840 in New York and has spread to most of the Eastern United States. They are about 1½ inch long and resemble a large yellowjacket wasp. Other species that are commonly misidentified as Asian Giant Hornets are Asian yellow-legged Hornet (Vespa velutina) and the Cicada Killer wasp (Sphecius speciosus). Here is a VCE link to help you identify the difference between these species: https://www.ento.vt.edu/News/Asian_Giant_Hornet.html.
