Cat urine in the garden

QuestionOur neighbors cats run wild through the neighborhood and urinate and defecate in our flower garden plots. We can now get nothing to grow there. Is there something we can treat the soil with to ne

high salt content

Questionin my veg gard i had my soil tested & its a 18. partly because of the water coming through the house through a water softner. but my ? what is the salt content of rabbit manure, on average? & what r some way

White leaves on Deutzia - pH problem?

QuestionQUESTION: Hi James. Maybe you can help me with the unusual appearance my deutzia has taken this spring. I have been enjoying this 6 foot plant for many years, and over the past 3 years I have been rej

mossy residue on soil

QuestionI have a large area in front of some mature pines where Id like to plant some annuals. The soil is partially covered with a spotty greenish moss. I can remove it with a hoe or rototill it into the soil but I

Memphis weeds

QuestionI live in Southaven and have a fair lawn of bermuda; however crabgrass and other broadleaf weeds typical to Memphis area thrive in my yard. Other than MSMA what will kill them and how do I feed the bermuda?

clumpy soil

QuestionI tilled my garden a couple weeks ago and it was real clumpy so I figured it was to moist and let it dry out for a week and tilled it again. still clumpy. So I tilled it again to help dry it out. Now I have

female urin on grass causes brown spots

Questionwhat is the best solution to eliminate this problem. I was told to use lime. TIA Lloyd Drew AnswerHi Lloyd, Lime will help raise the pH, but the grass is browned by the urine. Unless you can sto

acid soil under lawson pine hedge

QuestionI think I may have made a grave era. 9 months ago i had removed, a quite large and old lawson pine hedge. I have since planted 4 Melia azaderach trees 2m high and under planted this with Star Jasmine. they h

Creating a planting area

QuestionHi, James, Ive been reading over the internet that I can creat an area for planting in an area where grass (or grass and weeds I should say) is currently growing by laying wet newspaper (about 12 sheets thi

worms in soil

Questionhi! i bought a songs of india plant about 2-3 weeks ago & it was in a pretty big ,cheap quality platic pot.i wanted to r-poy it in a nice ceramic pot & i did so 2 days ago.after it was planted in new p

mold in new sod

QuestionI was given about 25 rolls of sod from a landscaping site that has some mold in it. How can I get rid of the mold. I live in Redding, CA and the hot weather is only a few weeks away. AnswerHi Sara, Id

Pesticides

QuestionWe believe our grass is full of pests (for sure we know it is full of spiders, as we woke up in one fogged fall morning and saw the lawn covered by spider webs). Also, our two little dogs itch constantly, an

Planting or pairing alternating seasonal crops for quality in a chemically balanced soil ????

Question What crop is best planted prior season to yield quality watermelon crop? We want to plant several vegetables and flowers (plants) in a garden. We want all of our crops

dead grass over septic

Questiona round patch of grass dies each year right over our septic tank (which was emptied but not chemically treated last year). what we do, though, is flush a yeast/hot water/brown sugar mixture down the to

Lawn over hard clay soil

QuestionJames, my question is two fold. Can i spray liquified sheetrock over the lawn, and can I make a compost tea with microbrewery renderings to followup spray with and render the clay soil more fescue friendly?

growing grass on hard clay soil

QuestionJames, We have a acre lot where we just built a home, grass,weeds, are all pretty much gone from the building process. We are now left with a lot of hard clay soil. What is the most economical wa

Corkscrew Willow Salt Water Damaged by Neighbor

QuestionI have a corkscrew willow tree that I moved last year. It seemed to be doing well and then I noticed the leaves looking a little brown and curled. I also noticed some dead branches which I trimmed off. Then

Two different grases

QuestionWe had our house built (near Raleigh, NC) two years ago. The contractor was nice enough to sod the front half of the lawn and seed the rest. What I didnt realize was that it was two different grasses. The fr

smell from the soil

QuestionHi. I have 4 different plants in the same area- Goldfish plant, Mother-in law Tongue plant,Jade and Lipstick plant. The plants themselves look normal, but there is unpleasant smell coming from the soil surfa

Sewage Lines in back yard

Questionwhy would these line that run from septic tank grass turn brown. most yards are a darker green color? AnswerHi Carol, two reasons I know of. One, some septic additives (root killers) etc. may be toxic to th