Rodents – Limiting Carrying Capacity

Q: Do you know of any Internet sites that discuss …

Honey Bees – Fewer and Fewer Every Year

Q: I have been pruning ornamentals professionally for over twenty …

Squirrels – Messing With My Tomatoes!

Q: How can we keep squirrels from taking a bite …

Bird Seed – Red Pepper To Deter Squirrels!

Q: I heard that putting red pepper in bird feeders …

Carpenter Bees – Beneficial For Pollinating?

Q: Are carpenter bees good pollinators in my garden? Some …

Georgia Cities and Their Flower Festivals

Many Georgia communities are proud of the flowers that easily …

A Gardener’s Thanksgiving – Prayer

Q: Any chance you could repost the “Gardener’s Thanksgiving” from …

Bird Feeding – Seasons

Q: We have been feeding the birds black oil sunflower …

June Landscape Tips

Collect the seeds from foxglove stalks. Scratch the soil around …

Raccoons

Q: I started feeding birds several years ago. Then squirrels …

Millet – Identification

Q: This plant voluntarily appeared in our back yard this …

Flowers for Damp Soil

Special note about coastal plants and plants for wet/damp areas …

Jerusalem Artichoke (sunchoke)

Helianthus tuberosus
This tall, fall-flowering perennial sunflower is native to …

Most Distant Radio Listeners

Recently I got an intriguing email:

“I’m a long time …

Bulbs from My Bubber

I believe I received my penchant for gardening from my …

How to Make Homemade Bird Suet

Some time ago my newspaper colleague Charles Seabrook wrote about …

Fruit – Pollination Requirements

In order for a plant to produce fruit, the flowers …

Deer Control – Resistant Plants

Judging from the messages I’ve received from gardeners in Big …

Squirrel – Control

Squirrels present us with one of the most vexing wildlife …

Sunflower – Phototropism

Q: Why do my sunflowers not follow the sun? They …