Ask a Master Gardener: Tool Libraries
We’re almost there, folks: the shortest day of the year. Photography is a dream right now—the golden hour lasts all day long. If only I…
We’re almost there, folks: the shortest day of the year. Photography is a dream right now—the golden hour lasts all day long. If only I…
My gardens are still not quite put to bed yet for the year—I’m still harvesting collard greens, kale, walking onions and a variety of herbs….
Like many gardeners, I’m concerned about the depletion of peat resources around the world. The main ingredient in many potting mixes, peat comes from slow-forming…
While North America is home to several species of native stink bugs, those getting the most attention recently hail from Asia—the brown marmorated stink bug…
The usual summer suspects are showing up in northern gardens: Japanese beetles, squash vine borers, tomato hornworms, magnolia scale, brown marmorated stink bugs and, maybe…
Full disclosure: today’s question is more of a rhetorical one, but it’s one Master Gardeners are commonly asked. Is this plant a weed? The answer,…
It’s tomato season! Delicious tomatoes, sun-ripened and fresh from the vine—what’s better than that? Of course, any gardening endeavor produces questions, and you may be…
Summers are short here in the North, and we obviously want to maximize our garden harvest as much as we can. That’s easy if you…
Typically associated with vintage farmers and haystacks, a modern pitchfork actually deserves a place in your garden toolshed. Similar in appearance to a garden fork,…
Today’s question came to the hort via Facebook, and I sadly have personal experience with it. You’re trying to grow native plants and support pollinators…
That was the craziest May in recent memory. I could finally get outside and into my garden and the to-do list was anxiety-inducing—especially since I…
Sunny days! Warm weather! It’s definitely time to get the garden moving again. And while the warm temperatures of spring are busy waking up your…
If you’re looking for a solution beyond fencing to keep rabbits and deer away from your plants, onions can help. Allium is the genus for…
As we dig out from this very snowy winter, we’re seeing lots of photos of rabbit damage to trees and shrubs. Whether fruit trees, evergreens…
The solid steel vise at the business end of a weed wrench grabs ahold of the base of a 2” caliper buckthorn tree. As you…
We’re having a wild winter—buckets of snow, the occasional freezing rain and subzero temperatures (remember December?). Weather like this can be rough on trees and…
Bugs. I’m not generally a fan – I don’t want them in my house, my hair or my stuff – and it’s taken a lot…
Resistance may be futile, but try these tactics for keeping squirrels out of your garden. I like to imagine what a squirrel real estate listing…
Do you have Japanese beetles in your garden? I’ve had them for many years now, and I’ve tried several solutions for dealing with them. I’m…
July’s to-do list always starts with scouting for squash pests for me. Both squash bugs and squash vine borers usually show up right around the…
Deer can be an occasional irritation or a constant threat to the garden, and the Internet is full of remedies. But much of this flood…
If you have magnolias in your landscape, there are two things I know about you: you adore these fabulous spring-blooming trees and would be heartbroken…