Pests and Disease - Fine Gardening
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How-ToHow to Clean Up the Garden Without Harming Beneficial Insects
Traditionally in our region, gardens were cleaned up in fall for practical and aesthetic reasons. By spring, with weeding, watering, sowing, and dividing all begging for attention, time can be…
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How-ToPrevent the Spread of Plant Diseases
When faced with a plant disease, the first response most people have is, “What do I need to spray to get rid of it?” Unfortunately, killing the disease is often…
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How-ToHow Are Disease-Resistant Plants Created?
Plant breeders work to develop disease-resistant plants using a mix of traditional breeding and hybridization techniques. By selecting the strongest traits and enhancing natural defenses, they can create plants that…
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DesignDisease-Resistant Alternatives to Problem Plants
If I had a nickel for every time I’ve been asked what product should be used on a lilac to stop powdery mildew, I’d be on a beach somewhere tropical,…
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How-ToTips for Protecting Plants
Winning tip: Contain flying soil while drilling for bulbs I have garden beds on both sides of a turf path. After years of trying to keep bark mulch in the beds…
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How-ToRoot Rot Identification and Treatment
Roots are the foundation of a plant, vital organs that anchor it in the soil, absorbing water and nutrients. Unfortunately, because roots are rarely seen in full, the problems that…
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DesignGrowing Hellebores: Beautiful Varieties and Care
Few genera have gone through the incredible upgrade of flowers, foliage, and performance like hellebores have in the last 20 years. I began growing them in the early 1990s in…
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ArticleWhat You Need to Know About Genetically Modified Plants
GMOs are something we’ve all heard a lot about when it comes to large-scale commercial crops like corn and soybeans, but what about the plants we grow in our gardens?…
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How-ToDeer Ate My Evergreen. Now What?
So deer have carved their way into your arborvitae (Thuja spp. and cvs., Zones 2–8), rhododendron (Rhododendron spp. and cvs., Zones 3–11), or yew (Taxus spp. and cvs., Zones 5–8).…
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How-ToThe Science of Garden Soil Health: What You Need to Know to Keep Your Garden Growing
Beneath our feet lies a vibrant yet under-appreciated ecosystem. Far more complex than mere dirt, soil is a matrix of mineral particles, organic matter, living organisms, water, and air. Scientists…
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