Puss Caterpillar – White (and Venomous)
Q: I've never seen a white caterpillar before, nor one that looks like it is covered with fur like an angora kitten. Do you know what kind it is? Is there such a thing as an albino caterpillar? A: Yikes
Raising Chickens – Rules for DeKalb County
Q: I’ve heard that the DeKalb chicken-keeping ordinance has recently changed. The problem is, I cannot find any official documentation about that. Do you happen to know the latest? A: Anne-Marie Anderson (The Cel
Japanese Maple – Moving a Big One
Q: I am in the process of moving my girlfriend from Dunwoody to Woodstock Ga. She wants to take her 2 Japanese Maples with her. One is about 3 feet tall, with a 6 ft canopy and a 3″ diameter trunk at the ba
Muscadine/Scuppernong – Fruit Disease Identification
Q: I have black spots on my scuppernongs. What disease could it be? A: Several diseases cause spots on muscadine grapes. I don't know which one you have but this guide has excellent pictures. Muscadine Dise
Sweetgum – Deeply Lobed Leaves
Q: This is located in a residential yard in Southern Alabama. It is not a sweetgum tree. No "balls" underneath and the leaves are similar, but not exact. We have sweetgum trees here and the leaves do
Tomatoes – Growing in Cinderblocks
Q: This is amazing! Check out these tomatoes growing in cinderblocks. A: Looks like the gardener put small plants into the compost-filled holes in the cinderblocks and the plants grew roots down into the soil und
Squirrel Damage – To Bluebird House
Q: What happened to my bluebird house? Was it squirrels or raccoons? A: I think either a gray squirrel or a flying squirrel did the damage. I lean toward flying squirrel because I took down a damaged bluebird box
Winterizing Warm-Season Lawns – Not Necessary
Q: I heard you say on radio that it is not necessary to apply a winterizer to bermuda lawns. Why not? A: Mostly because you will be wasting your money except in limited cases. Bermudagrass starts slowing its grow
Pandorus Sphinx Moth Caterpillar – Identification
Q: Any idea what this is? (The caterpillar, not the quarter ;o) A: It’s a pandorus sphinx moth caterpillar. I’ve never seen one before. I suspected it was a sphinx moth due to the body shape and the prominent spo
Q: What are these mini pears? My tree is loaded with them! A: They’re most likely fruit from a "wild" callery pear but they could be the fruit from a callery pear that cross-pollinated an edible pear.
Apple – Repairing Broken Limbs
Q: My 80 lb. dog broke some lower limbs trying to get to an opossum in my apple tree. The leaves are still green so I assume they are still getting enough nutrients. Are these limbs repairable? Can I prop them up
Q: Our older cluster home has a large Japanese maple just outside the front door. Its roots have damaged a drainage pipe. Would a landscaper want to remove the tree for transplanting? A: It all depends on the for
Q: I have a Samantha camellia but don’t know much about it. A: Unlike our familiar Camellia sasanqua and Camellia japonica species, ‘Samantha’ is a Camellia reticulata. The leaves have very defined veins. The are
Green June Beetle – Crossing Road
Q: I have seen many of these crossing the streets in my neighborhood lately. Could you please identify for me? Looks like a cross between a large maggot and a caterpillar! A: It’s the grub of a Green June Beetle
Horntail (Woodwasp) – Identification
Q: We noticed the insect below swarming in our yard. Can you help us identify it? A: It looks like a horntail also known as a woodwasp. It bores into weak trees and occasionally into lumber. It does not sting. U
Dogwood Twig Borer – Identification
Q: Today I found this stuff on one of my kousa dogwoods. It appears to be isolated to the one branch of one tree. When I split the twig there was a worm inside. Any suggestions on what it is? A: Congratulations!
Q: I live in Nevada and would like try growing kudzu as a indoor house plant. Do you know where I can purchase seeds? A: As we say in the South "Margie, Margie, Margie….are you tetched in the head?&#
Q: My brother has a small cinder-block cabin in the Virginia mountains. There are two separate spatter marks just below the roof. The spatters appear on two sides of the cabin, and there are maybe 6 – 7 spa
Fertilizer – Burning Vegetable Seedling Roots
Q: We planted lettuce, cabbage, collards and cauliflower. We fertilized around the plants with 10-10-10 (teaspoon full for each plant). Many of the plants just wilted, and we don’t know why. A: One teaspoon of fe
Q: We revamped our landscaping in the fall of 2008. We planted American boxwood on the south side of the house. As you can see, one is sick but the other boxwoods are doing great. A landscape company maintains th
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