How to Tell If a Plant is a Weed
Here’s an old gardening adage you might want to apply. If you’re not sure if a plant is a weedContinue Reading
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The Other Edible Parts of Common Vegetables
By Larry Hodgson We’re used to eating just one part of most common vegetables, two at the most. Immature flowersContinue Reading
When a Tree is Struck by Lightning
By Larry Hodgson Lightning often strikes the highest object of a given sector … and that is frequently a tree.Continue Reading
Does Weed Barrier Landscape Fabric Really Work?
By Larry Hodgson Question: My girlfriend and I don’t share the same point of view on the use of landscape fabricContinue Reading
How to Create the Perfect Outdoor Living (and Work) Room
The pandemic thrust us into a new reality and the backyard has a starring role. With a year of limitationsContinue Reading
What’s That Strange White Plant?
By Larry Hodgson Question: I’m sending you a photo of what I believe to be a white hosta. I was wonderingContinue Reading
The Orchid Nobody Wants
The following article was first posted to this blog on June 26, 2018. I’m reposting it today because I’ve beenContinue Reading
Japanese Beetle Control: Catch and Freeze
When I do my daily rounds collecting Japanese beetles and other unwanted insects in the garden, I catch them usingContinue Reading
Turn a Shoe Organizer Into a Vertical Garden
By Larry Hodgson To make an inexpensive vertical garden, just recycle an old vertical shoe organizer, the type with pockets,Continue Reading
What’s the Difference Between a Turnip and a Rutabaga?
By Larry Hodgson Question: I read with interest your article Why Didn’t My Turnips Produce a Bulb?, which made me think yetContinue Reading