by Stephanie Suesan Smith | May 23, 2011 | diseases
A damping off Pinus taeda seedling. photo by INAKAvillage211 Have you ever had your seedlings wilt and fall over suddenly? They were growing great guns when you checked on them. A few hours later, they were sprawled over the ground like drunken sailors, never to...
by Stephanie Suesan Smith | May 18, 2011 | herbs
Fennel is one of the lesser-known herbs that people grow. It has to be separated from dill because they are related and will cross-pollinate, resulting in an inedible (nasty tasting) mutt of a plant. Fennel grows well in containers and can be kept away...
by Stephanie Suesan Smith | May 13, 2011 | Black berries
Dewberry flower There are wild berries in my area that the locals call dewberries. They look and taste like small blackberries. I always thought they were just wild blackberries. It turns out there are some differences between the two. Dewberries...
by Stephanie Suesan Smith | May 11, 2011 | weed control
Vegetable garden, herb garden on the Kirchberg plateau, Reinhausen (Gleichen) One of the biggest frustrations in a garden is how fast grass can invade and take over. This is especially true in a new garden when you have just tilled the existing grass under and...
by Stephanie Suesan Smith | May 9, 2011 | entomology
Asian Tiger Mosquito Image by WikiImages from Pixabay The picture I grew up with of mosquito control is of a slow-moving vehicle spraying poison out the back while children ran along behind and played in the spray. This does not exactly conform to best practices for...