Trapping Slugs with Beer: Myth or Reality?
In yesterday’s blog, I explained why an anti-slug barrier made up of crushed eggshells is not effective. I received plenty of flackContinue Reading
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The World’s Best Moisture Meter
You’re not sure whether it’s time to water your vegetables, your flowerbeds, your houseplants, etc.? I know the perfect moisture meter, oneContinue Reading
When A Conifer Loses Its Head
Many conifers have a naturally pyramidal shape. This is the case of, among others, firs (Abies), spruces (Picea), pines (Pinus)Continue Reading
Why Does My Fleeceflower Flop?
Question: I have a problem with a plant that collapses every year at the slightest gust of wind or rain:Continue Reading
Plants Can’t Read Fertilizer Labels
There is a wealth of fertilizers on the market, each more extraordinary than the next, specifically designed to suit anyContinue Reading
250 Deer Resistant Plants
White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) and mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) are causing more and more damage to gardens, not only in the countryside,Continue Reading
Groundcovers for Shade
Gardening in the shade is not always obvious. Just planting among the roots of the trees that cause the shade isContinue Reading
Installing Your Own Rain Barrel
Why let rainwater flow off your roof and into a storm drain? You can easily collect it using a rain barrel. AndContinue Reading
What to Grow Under a Walnut Tree?
Black walnuts (Juglans nigra), and, to a lesser degree, other species of walnut, produce a toxic substance called juglone fromContinue Reading
Allelopathy
The chemical inhibition of one plant by another due to the release into the environment of substances acting as germinationContinue Reading