Everyone’s had this problem: keeping that frondy palm tree you bought at a home improvement center alive in your own home. Here’s a solution!
Q. I brought a home palm tree. At first it was put in the sun. After a while we saw that it got brown and yellow so we put it in the [...]
Where does that asparagus come from, anyway? Our experts give our questioner several options:
Q. I was wondering if you might have a source for asparagus. I’ve never found any at local nurseries in the bay area, seeds or otherwise, and think maybe I’ll have to dig on-line to find some place that sells the seeds [...]
Q. I have a lavender bush which I planted last year that is still tall from last year but looks like it may be dead (or maybe that is just how they look now). Should I cut it back now, or should I have cut it back at the end of the season last fall?
-Boston, [...]
Q. I’ve had an issue with a granny smith green apple tree, and moth larva it appears, which for years, have decided to imbed themselves in the blossom and eventually the core of the apple, rotting out the center of the apple. I’m not into chemicals/poisons/pesticides, so is there a non-toxic alternative to get rid [...]
Attack of the monstrous dahlias! Here’s a suggestion for keeping dahlia height and habit under control.
Q. I am quite new to gardening, but learning as I go along. I planted Dahlias last year. They were beautiful. I dug them up in the fall and replanted last weekend. Although they were beautiful, I was hesitant to [...]
Cute in cartoons or children’s books, not so much in your lawn. Here’s a suggestion:
Q. We have moles. I was told to kill the grubs and the moles would leave. Will grub control effect the worms and birds?
-Gibson City, Illinois
A. This past winter created a huge mole problem here in Massachusetts. The moles may be [...]
Butterfly bushes, one of my favorite sub-shrubs! But they look like heck in early spring. What to do? Here are two answers to that question:
Q. My six-plus year-old Buddleia (butterfly bush) has never really been pruned. It’s about six-ft. tall now and very thick and unwieldy. It has new growth emerging. Should I prune? [...]
Another question answered! Here goes:
Q. A two-part question—I have planted lettuce (spring mix mesclun greens) in biodegrateable cells inside. They have started to sprout and I want to know (a). how big they need to get before I move them outside? and (b). how much room should I give them for growth once they are [...]
From last night’s NBC Nightly News broadcast. And the little girl is right - if a 10-year-old can do this with her garden, think of what we can all do together.
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I’m going to post selected questions and answers in the blog. I start off with tomato blight. Enjoy!
Q. We have that tomato blight in our garden soil. We have moved our tomatoes to the other side of the garden but still seem to have it. I know that it is in the soil, so how [...]
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