Squirrels – Eating leaves in tree
Q: I planted a maple tree last fall and have been waiting for it to leaf out. The leaves started disappearing and to my surprise, I spotted a squirrel in the tree, climbing the branches and munching on the leaves
Q: In the past few days, I have noticed a white, foamy spittle on the stems of some of my plants. Do you have any idea what is causing this? A: Theresa Schrum replies: "Your description is accurate…
Q: We found from one of the trees in the back yard a small ball about the size of a golf ball with spiny projections eminating out of it competely around the ball. It also had one thicker stem from which it hung
Q: I need help in identifing a plant that grows in numerious locations around the property. Description: It is a purple stemmed plant, and has bright green leaves when the plant is young. The leaves darken a litt
Fire Ant – Control in Pastures
Q: We would like to treat our 84 acre farm pastures for fire ant mounds. We don't have any livestock there but we mow them regularly. Our two dogs, though, are trained on the fields. We can't stand ho
Q: I have a flower growing in my yard that I would love to buy more of. It was here when I bought the house and I haven't been able to identify it yet. Can you tell me what it is? A: You have a balloon flo
Dark Winged Fungus Gnat – Larvae
Q: Recently, large groups of worms have been crawling onto our patio from the lawn. It is hundreds of them moving as a single unit. When sprayed with insecticide, the cohesive group breaks up and they die quickly
Q: I am making a small wood bridge to go over a creek about 1 1/2 feet wide. Is there a book that you know of that tells you how to build it ? A: Here are a couple of ideas: Building My Bridge Bridge Ideas Pict
Q: I planted a sugar maple a year ago. Buds had already formed when we had a hard freeze in March. The buds never opened. I only see one small group of leaves near the base of the tree. My husband wants me to r
Vines – Growing on pressure-treated wood
Q: Is there anything about pressure treated wood that would discourage vines from growing on it? A: I have never heard of anything about pressure treated wood repelling vines. I just finished a trellis that ha
Fescue – Looks Better at Commercial Sites
Q: Why do the fescue lawns at commercial establishments look so beautiful? What are they doing so different? The lawns are so dark green and they are cut very tall. According to all the books fescue should be cut
Scarlet Hibiscus – Propagating
Q: Last Saturday on radio you talked about a Hibiscus coccineus. I have had one of those hibiscuses for several years and never knew the real name. My question is, how do you propagate them? A: Theresa Schrum rep
Q: I found two black rat snakes tightly wound around each other in one of my bluebird houses. They stayed about a day and then departed. I have a good idea what they were doing! A: This is certainly different fr
African violets – Online resources
Q: I am trying to find out what local retailer or online nursery retailer offers SEVERAL varieties of African violets. Online websites offer descriptions of many types of African violets, some with different foli
Blackbird – Dropping Feces in Pool
Q: We are having problems with black birds defecating in our swimming pool and do not know how to resolve this. We watch them fly over the pool and drop feces. Is there anything we can put in the pool or float i
Vegetable garden – Till in Rye
Q: I have raised beds for vegetables in which I planted annual rye grass as a green manure. When should I till it under in order for it do do its thing providing nitrogen to the soil? I'll probably put in m
Organic Lawn Care – Fertilizers
Q: I've been reading some lawn care forums on the internet where many people advocate an organic lawn care program. For fertilizer, a protein based feed, such as alfalfa or corn meal is used. It supposedly
Vegetable garden – Using Pre-emergent
Q: Could you please tell me what I can put in my vegetable garden before I till the soil to keep from having weeds and grasses take over this year? I try to plant a nice vegetable garden each spring, but spend m
Q: This grass appeared in one of my flower beds three years ago. It is massively aggressive, and has choked out everything in the bed. Frequent attempts at pulling it up are futile. It is about waist high, tough,
Q: I have a large area of this flowering plant growing at the back of my property. The plant looks like honeysuckle of some variety. Could you help me identify it? A: The flowers certainly resemble honeysuckle
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