verslagen1 wrote on 05/31/14 at 15:36:21:Tip: Discouraging Tent Caterpillars
We live in southern Ontario, Canada, and tent caterpillars are a big problem. We always had them on our few fruit trees until I read somewhere of a cheap way to discourage them. Just wrap aluminum foil around the tree trunk before it starts to branch out and secure with string. Make sure you do it as soon as possible in the Spring. I was skeptical but for two years now, we have been free of the pesky things.
By Marion
Ok......shut off hose bib, extract handle..... you earned it
Its not a yearly thing up here, about once a decade, this is by far the worse I've seen. I have about 75 acres around me, not all mine, but the whole island is about 75% forest, some think its a natural mother nature thing, as the alders get so thick they chock out sunlight to the forest floor which can trigger root issues for the evergreens, etc.
This is the very same alder you all buy to smoke meats with, but just like our blackberries, they are a weed up here!