Answers to Your Questions: Summer Vegetable Garden
Cucumber beetle My vegetable garden is overrun with cucumber beetles that are eating my cucumber flowers. How can I getContinue Reading
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Answers to Your Questions: Resistant Moss and Sandy Soil
A “moss-like” ground cover that tolerates salt and compaction I have a front yard landscape with no lawn—just perennials, trees,Continue Reading
Answers to Your Questions: Prostrate Knotweed in the Lawn
We have a problem with our lawn, which is overrun with prostrate knotweed, and we don’t know how to getContinue Reading
Answers to Your Questions: A Diseased Mountain Ash and a Mysterious Yellow Flower
A mountain ash in distress We cut down a beautiful, large mountain ash tree, leaving 2 meters of trunk aboveContinue Reading
Answers to Your Questions: Messy Maple Trees, Spring Flowers, and Invasive Grass
Messy maple My neighbor’s maple tree is causing me trouble. Most of its branches hang over my driveway and myContinue Reading
Answers to Your Questions: How Do You Overwinter an Indoor Chili Pepper Plant?
II have an Espelette pepper plant that I started from seed in September 2024. This plant has never been outsideContinue Reading
Answers to Your Questions: Plants That Are Truly Suited to Your Climate
Mock orange Can you recommend a species of Philadelphus that is well-suited to our climate? Answer Try the Lewis mockContinue Reading
Answers to Your Questions: Leeks That Won’t Grow
I recently figured out why my beets weren’t getting any bigger. However, I’m having the same problem with my leeks:Continue Reading
Answers to Your Questions: Problems and Solutions for Your Trees
Russian olive Is it possible to prune a Russian olive tree that’s about 14 years old, since it’s growing quiteContinue Reading
Answers to Your Questions: Brown Leave Tips, Unexpected Blooms, and Hidden Scents
A blooming mother-in-law’s tongue Here’s a snake plant that’s been sitting in the corner for at least five or sixContinue Reading