battling mice and voles (but never with mothballs)
THE SNOW MELTS, revealing the horror: Mice and voles have had at it in your garden, coldframe or greenhouse. As [read more…]
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clivia, staking, viburnum leaf beetle, chestnuts & more: q&a with ken druse
YES, IT’S US AGAIN, me and Ken Druse, here to answer your latest crop of Urgent Garden Questions about topics [read more…]
what garden ‘pests’ are trying to tell us, from eliot coleman’s ‘the new organic grower’
WHAT ARE OUR vegetable garden “pests” trying to tell us, and how can we move past the mindset of it [read more…]
what to do about fall webworm? (usually, nothing)
IT’S A BANNER FALL WEBWORM year in my corner of the Northeast, more than I’ve seen in 30ish years here. [read more…]
fighting dodder, propagating pineapple lily and more: q&a with ken druse
WHO AMONG US doesn’t have at least one Urgent Garden Question? This month on my public radio show and podcast, [read more…]
moquitoes & water gardens; ants in pots or on peony buds, and more: q&a with ken druse
THE LATEST CROP of Urgent Garden Questions ranges from peonies that just didn’t bloom, to ants on peony buds and [read more…]
fighting back against rose rosette disease, with christina king of star roses
I DON’T GROW a lot of roses, just a few favorites, but birds plant the occasional multiflora rose seed here [read more…]
getting to know your garden insects, with dr. david shetlar
WHEN THE NEW SECOND EDITION of “Garden Insects of North America” arrived recently from Princeton University Press, I quickly went [read more…]
16 things i know about growing tomatoes
FROM THE FIRST SEED SOWN to the last fruit stashed in the freezer, homegrown tomatoes are a labor of love. [read more…]
asian jumping worms: what we know, with uw-madison’s brad herrick
I GET A LOT of questions about invasive species, and lately a week doesn’t go by without at least one [read more…]
