Several area farmers markets are opening or have opened for the summer season.  Here's a shopping tip from Larry Caplan, Extension Horticulture Educator for Vanderburgh County:

The Vanderburgh County Farm Bureau's Farmers Market is starting early this year with a Pre-Market Early Crop Days  starting Friday May 3, and continuing on each Friday through  Sept 27.   The Market hours will be 8 AM to 1 PM each Friday.  The Market will be offering Local grown produce, handmade crafts, fresh baked items, pet treats, Kettle Korn, homemade soaps plants , fresh flowers and herbs.   This year breakfast and lunch items with coffee and drinks will be offered.   Picnic tables are available for shoppers’  use.

Termites are already swarming in places in the tri-state, according to Larry Caplan, Extension Horticulture Educator for the Purdue Extension Service in Vanderburgh County.

“What we’re seeing are the reproductive adults looking for a new place to set up a nest.  If you see them somewhere outside your home, you may have an infestation in a nearby dead or dying tree, or in your home; however, they could have just flown in from somewhere else,” Caplan writes in his latest newsletter.  “A quick spray of any insecticide labeled for use outdoors or around the foundation will kill off these swarmers.”