Yes, You Can Compost Poisonous Leaves
As you harvest your rhubarb stalks this spring, you’ll find several websites warning you against putting the leaves in theContinue Reading
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Keep Cats Out of Your Garden
You just love your cat! He (or she) is smart and affectionate and would never hurt a fly, let aloneContinue Reading
Rhubarb: Just Let It Bloom
Our ancestors must have had a bit of Puritanism flowing through their veins, because they firmly believed that it wasContinue Reading
Cabbages Without Cabbageworms
There is a beautiful white butterfly with black markings called the cabbage butterfly or small white (Pieris rapae) that willContinue Reading
No Need to Dig Deep When Planting
When I started gardening about 50 years ago (I started very young!), the recommendation for planting was to dig aContinue Reading
Getting Rid of Goutweed
Whether you call it goutweed (as we will here), ground elder, bishop’s weed or any one of over its dozenContinue Reading
Bud-Hardy Forsythias for Northern Gardeners
The spectacular spring bloom of the forsythia (Forsythia spp.), with its countless yellow bells stretching right to the tip ofContinue Reading
The Myth of Starter Fertilizers
When scientists first started studying how minerals affected plant growth back in the 1940s and 1950s, they discovered that theContinue Reading
Pelargoniums against Japanese beetles?
Not that I want to scare you, but… Japanese beetle (Popillia japonica) season starts in late June/early July and ifContinue Reading
Pears for Cold Climates
Gardeners in Canada and the Northern USA often have a hard time growing pears. While most pears do fine inContinue Reading