In March, frogs are looking for Backyard buddies in Grenfell. Right now, tadpoles are growing legs and will soon be leaving their ponds looking for suitable new homes.

It's spring! You've been looking forward all winter to being outdoors with both your dog and your garden. But now you remember that to dogs, seedlings are for trampling and dirt is for digging

NEW YORK — Ears twitching wildly, Nikki and Lucy hovered near the telephone, aroused by the caller on the other end. He was their "cat whisperer," and the girls had something to tell me: "Their food tastes like sawdust."

Dear EarthTalk: What green-friendly lawn and garden pesticides are available today? I'm particularly interested in options that won't harm my cats. -- Nancy Blanchard, via e-mail

A bill requiring that an environmental report be completed before pesticides are sprayed over urban areas to eradicate the light brown apple moth was approved Thursday by the state Assembly. Two other bills dealing with the aerial spraying passed out of t