A Look at Rubber Mulch
March 26th, 2014
I get occasional questions about whether rubber mulch is a good idea or not. Research it and you’ll get two entirely different schools of thought. Here’s what I think…
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Don’t Kiss Those Stinkbugs Goodbye Yet
March 12th, 2014
The multiple “polar-vortex” episodes of the 2013-14 winter spelled death for some bug populations, but don’t expect any 90-percent stinkbug kill-offs, as you might’ve heard.
Healing Your Winter-Damaged Yard
March 12th, 2014
Here’s a game plan on how to cope with winter damage to your landscape.
A Salty Problem
March 10th, 2014
Salt from plowing and ice-melting in the winter is one of the more insidious causes of plant damage. Here’s a look at how salt can injure plants and what you can do about it, including lists of salt-sensitive and salt-resistant plants.
A Threat to Garden Tours?
November 13th, 2012
An accident during a Connecticut home garden tour led to a threatened lawsuit that not only ended a 20-year-old charity event but may make people think twice before agreeing to open their garden gates to a garden tour.
What Plants Know
October 23rd, 2012
Israeli bioscientist Daniel Chamovitz says plants are more like people than we think. They can see, talk, smell and even remember in their own curious way. Here’s a look at what a plant really “knows…”
Doom for impatiens?
August 21st, 2012
A virulent new strain of downy mildew disease threatens to wipe impatiens off our gardening map. And that’s a shame because this plant is our favorite annual and our go-to choice for shade.
Plant Sunburn
July 17th, 2012
Dry soil isn’t always the cause when plants brown out in summer. Some plants just aren’t keen on heat and sun…
Another Rose Woe
July 2nd, 2012
Just what we need… one more thing that can go wrong with roses. The latest problem is rose rosette disease, and it’s a deadly disease with no known cure.
Weeds Off to a Happy Start
April 12th, 2012
The warm start to 2012 has boon to weeds as well as cool-season plants. Winter annuals such as chickweed, creeping veronica, purple dead nettle and hairy bittercress are flourishing.