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Former Great British Bake Off champion and keen gardener Nancy Birtwhistle shared her simple solution for keeping bugs away ...
LAST week saw the hottest day of the year so far, when temperatures hit an incredible 33.2C in Charlwood, Surrey. Chances are ...
Wet weather during the hot summer or cooler winter months can cause disease problems for our lawns and shrubs.
They impact tomatoes, marigolds, beans, squash, and a variety of other landscape and garden plants. Thump leaves from a ...
Have you ever sat beneath the branches of a stately weeping willow in full bloom in late winter? Or have you ever taken in ...
The Western flower thrip is a notorious pest for gardeners, as it nibbles on the tops of petals, causing them to emerge with ...
Kern, who is chair of the West Los Angeles chapter of California Rare Fruit Growers, finally gave up growing Gros Michel, but ...
Roses are timeless and easily identifiable flowers, making them a perfect fit for nearly any garden design. Blooming ...
Using a pruner, cut a 3- to 4-inch-long piece of stem and let it dry for a day or two to form a callus. Then plant it in a ...
Generally, start spraying in early April as the weather warms (or earlier at the first sign of fungal lesions/spots).
"Think of plants as people. They do suffer stress in hot, dry conditions and if there's competition. If you get the ...
A reader from Mohicanville contacted me around June 15 a few years ago to ask aboutthe deformed branches on her sour cherry tree. My reader’s tree had elongated, rough black swellings or knots that ...