As director of horticulture at New England Botanic Garden, my team and I answer a lot of questions about plants and gardening. Did you know you can submit yours to [email protected]? Here are answers to ...
Interspersing herbs and flowers with vegetables makes for a healthier, more prolific and a prettier garden. Question: I don’t want to use chemical fertilizers and pesticides. What can I do to make ...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) – Flowers and ornamental plants can beautify a space and bring you joy. But if your plants start to wilt or die, you might need help to determine what’s wrong with it to bring ...
Dear Master Gardener: The leaves of my spider plant are a sickly pale green. I have it near a south window. Is it getting too much light? Answer: There are several reasons why a spider plant loses its ...
Dear Master Gardener: I got excited with the 80-degree weather and planted some herbs and poblano peppers. When I watered them today, I noticed black on the edges of the leaves of the basil and they ...
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The onion family is a familiar workhorse of the vegetable garden with cousins leek, shallot, garlic, chives and garlic chives joining the mainstream yellow, white and red slicing onion. Much less ...