Click below to listen to my 2 min. Garden Bite radio show: Produce and flooding, late starts and zucchini
The waning days of July, a month that brought a lot of moisture to many areas in the Upper Midwest. I talked about water conservation and got a flood of emails regarding soaked gardens.
The University of Minnesota noted that floodwaters can be contaminated with all kinds of things, including raw sewage from septic systems or municipalities, manure from farms or fields, and chemicals or other contaminants.
So, when it comes … [Continue reading]
Anyway, the reason I brought her up is she had just shared about variegated shrubs reverting back to their old ways. And I was amazed by that, … 
It’s easy to overlook nests when they’re small and there are only a few wasps hanging around. However, that’s the best time to treat them when you can find them. Some wasp nests are built out in the open, like under eaves, and are the easiest to find and control.
If I had to do it again, I would just cultivate and lay down the wood chips right on the ground. The weeds find a way no matter what. The landscape fabric ends up …