Answers to Your Questions: Cold-Climate Plants That Are Deer-Resistant
Hello, I live in La Macaza, Quebec. I would like to have a list of flowers and shrubs that areContinue Reading
Category: Harmful animals
Answers to Your Questions: Apples, Pears and Voles, Oh My!
Pear and Apple Trees Do Not Fertilize Each Other Question I had two ‘Flemish Beauty’ pear trees that I boughtContinue Reading
The Rabbit, My “New” Horticultural Challenge!
Two years ago, I began my glorious spring with a grand project in mind: experimenting with organic soybean varieties forContinue Reading
Moles in the Garden: How to Get Rid of Them or Not
Early spring and sometimes autumn, after heavy rains, mark periods of high activity for moles. These insectivorous animals (no, it’sContinue Reading
Answers to Your Questions: Mothballs Against Voles?
Question I’ve got voles on my lawn and I’d like to get rid of them. A neighbor advised me toContinue Reading
Juicy Fruit Gum to Control Moles: The Debate Continues
I recently noticed a few unpleasant replies to my father, Larry Hodgson’s, article Garden Myth: Juicy Fruit Gum to ControlContinue Reading
The Beaver: Friend or Foe?
Cute in cartoons, rarely seen in the wild, our beloved beaver is a renowned landscape architect. It’s one of theContinue Reading
A Plant that Repels Cats and Dogs?
Sometimes you’ll see plants that are that are supposed repel cats and dogs and keep them out of the garden due to their repulsive smell. ThisContinue Reading
Voles Beware!
If there’s one animal that seems harmless, it’s the field mouse, or rather, the eastern meadow vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus), aContinue Reading
Revisiting the List of Deer Resistant Plants
When I do my conference tour in the various horticulture and ecology societies in Quebec, as soon as I moveContinue Reading