How to Choose a Landscape Maintenance Company

The slips of paper with scribbled phone numbers are passed …

Black Walnut

Juglans nigra
Black Walnut is native to North America and …

Blackberry

Rubus cv.
Blackberries and raspberries are very similar. They are …

Raspberry

Rubus cv.
Fresh Raspberries are nearly impossible to find in …

Vantage Herbicide – Label

It is difficult to keep up with all of the …

Image Herbicide Products – Labels

It is difficult to keep up with all of the …

Basic Tools for Beginning Gardeners

Here is my list of basic tools for beginning gardeners. …

Pesticide Toxicity to Earthworms

by Daryl Pulis, Mrs. Green Thumb

Once called the “intestines …

Homeowner Pesticides – Active Ingredients

As if gardening weren’t complicated enough, the subject of pesticides …

Labels – Read Before Buying

Some people collect stamps. Others accumulate coins. I collect garden …

Tools (Gifts) – Choosing

I was out working in the garden last weekend, doing …

Cool Tools and Funky Fertilizers

Interesting items I’ve collected or that have been sent to …

Foaming Root Killer

From a reader:
We planted a river birch near the …

No BS! Free HS! – Getting Horse Manure for your Garden

Gardeners have used animal manure for thousands of years to …

Pink Hibiscus Mealybug

If you think fire ants and armadillos are terrible exotic, …

Goosegrass – Control

Q: What is the best way to get rid of …

Roundup – Breakdown in Tap Water

Q: Several weeks ago you wrote about the half-life of …

Roots – Removing from a Drain Pipe

Q: I have a tree root that has grown into …

Why not use Vinegar instead of Roundup?

Q: You always recommend the popular brand name weed killers …

Centipede Grass – Pre-Emergence

Q: I cannot find pre-emergence for centipedegrass at the local …