Author: Larry Hodgson

A Cuppa for Your Plants A great way to fertilize plants, whether indoors or out, it is with compost tea. To makeContinue Reading

Mowing: Never More Than 1/3 at a Time When you mow the lawn, never remove more than one third ofContinue Reading

Tomato Fruits Prefer Some Shade There is an old garden myth that says you should remove the upper leaves of tomato plants to exposeContinue Reading

Learn to Live with Tar Spot Maple tar spot (Rhytisma acerinum) is a disease of the Norway maple (Acer platanoides)Continue Reading

Dwarf Evergreens Get Big! There is really no such thing as a dwarf conifer. All grow throughout their lives. SoContinue Reading

Garden Tools Can Be a Tree’s Worst Enemy! Probably the worst enemies of young trees are the lawn mower and theContinue Reading

The Biggest Zucchini in the World I often see reports in local newspapers or on television which showcase a gardener withContinue Reading

Warning: Eggshells Actually ATTRACT Slugs A very popular gardening myth claims that coarsely crushed eggshells are very sharp and that slugsContinue Reading