Question from Tressa: I don’t have a question just a note for you.  I bought your organic gardening book last year and sent you a message asking for help with snails.  I was so impressed that you take the time to answer emails.  Anyway, we couldn’t use your suggestion of chickens but found deccollate (spelling […]

Question from Bonnie: I planted my winter vegetable garden, and something chomped my brussels sprouts and cauliflower seedlings. I think it is crows. Can crows be a problem for a vegetable garden? I don’t think it is rabbits. It could be a possum or something like that. Answer from Pat: Too bad about the veggie […]

Question for Mary: I have a query regarding succulents. I bought two tiny cathedral plants about 30 years ago on Canal Street in New York. They grew into a huge gothic cathedral, so beautiful, 11–feet tall in my livingroom. Had to cut off the tops, and now they are 11 feet tall, too. Very easy […]

Question from Kathy: Something is having a picnic on my Geraniums! I never had any problems (ever) with insects doing this. I 1st thought it was the Brown Grasshopper, cause they would hang around on the leaves. Again, it was the 1st time I saw that color of Grasshopper anywhere B-4. So, I read about […]

Question from Cynthia: Our yard seems to be over populated with spiders of all shapes and sizes including black widows. Webs cover the creeping fig on the walls and spring up over night on the play equipment. We have a two year old granddaughter. I don’t want to spray for both her sake and the […]

Question from Julie: I am new to your site and appreciated reading through your info. on the leaf miner and worm castings for ants. I am concerned about a new citris threat, asian physillid??? and a greening disease called “yellow dragon”. How prevalent is this new disease. There seems to be no cure. Answer from […]

More from Teri: I like to wear suspenders AND a belt, so I’m thinking of using a combination of 1/2″ hardware cloth AND 6″ of rock at the bottom of my 20″ raised beds. Mostly the rock would be to take up space and provide more drainage and also as a further discouragement to the […]

Question from Dave: A couple of observations to share: Lacewings from Gardens Alive arrived in a tiny container – like the one that contains salsa with your take out taco’s. Hard to believe there’s 10,000 lacewing larvae in there. They are cannibalistic so they are packed in wheat husks to provide some separation. I was […]

Question from Trinidad: Would you know what creature is eating the Aeonium heads? There is nothing apparent. I think it is a grass hopper coming in the night and flying away….but it is hard to tell. There is no damage elsewhere, so it cannot be an animal crawling around. Any help would be appreciated. Answer from […]