Q. Hi Pete, My wife and I moved into a great house last year, with some fruit trees and several gardens from the original owner. i have many questions but i’ll just ask you one. i cleaned out an area on the south side of the house (it gets alot of sun too!) and very…
Category: Gardening Q & A
Here you will find answers to questions from gardeners around the country. Some answers pertain to all but others are more regional so have a look at them all. You will also see that the Gardening Q & A is broken down into the following regions so please use the drop-down Categories menu to the right to see specific regions :
Dogwood Anthracnose Battle
Q. For years we have been fighting a losing battle with an anthracnose infected dogwood. We finally decided to cut and remove it this fall. However, next to the dogwood is a mountain ash that has also been infected, but not as severe. With the removal of the dogwood, will we have better success against…
What’s the matter with my front lawn?
Q. Peter: Any idea what’s the matter with my front lawn? Photo’s enclosed. It is about six years old, new sod installed by Blue Sky Nursery, replacing an old lawn. They also went down about a foot/foot and ½ replacing the soil. We had an older gentleman mowing our lawn for several years and continued…
Maple early fall colors and drop
Q. Some of our maple trees barely developed leaves at all, or bore seemingly stunted leaves this year – and now are dropping them, in August no less. There also seems to be an early “fall” on other trees, not just maple, around the area. Is this related to our extremely mild winter and possibly…
Mystery plant is Jack-in-the-pulpit
Q. Can you identify this odd looking plant? It is 8 ¾” tall. The berry look-alike seeds on the top are 1/8 to 3/8” in size. No leaves. I first noticed it last year when there was a single stalk. This year there are three stalks, several inches apart. Other plants in the immediate area…