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Pleasant Parks Provide Pastimes for All Ages Jul. 26, 2025
By Victor Block Millions of Americans have been spending the last few months tilling soil and planti... Read More
Florel the Little Chemical that Could Feb. 28, 2024
Q: Didn't you write about a product that could stop all the stinky ginkgo fruit from falling off my ... Read More
6 Houseplants That Are Really Hard to Kill Feb. 14, 2024
I love houseplants, and boy, do I have some beauties! The truth is I don't have a green thumb; I jus... Read More
'Tis the Season to Kill Holly Dec. 12, 2023
What could anyone have against holly? Plenty if you are an ecologist in the Pacific Northwest. This ... Read More
Daffodil Problems Oct. 04, 2023
Q: I am moving some perennials and I found some daffodil bulbs in the ground. They have some brown s... Read More
These 7 Plants Are Natural Repellents to Keep Fruit Flies Out of Your Home Jun. 12, 2023
Fruit flies are perhaps the most annoying of household pests. They barge right in and make themselve... Read More
Grafted Tomatoes? May. 10, 2023
Q: I saw your YouTube short video that gave a couple of tips on buying and planting grafted tomatoes... Read More
Is Your Lush, Green Lawn Killing Mother Nature? Jan. 18, 2023
Growing up, I learned a lot of valuable lessons from the example set by my Ol' Texas Daddy: a strong... Read More
All-America Selections Flower Winners for 2023 Jan. 04, 2023
One way that I know a plant could work well in my garden is by looking for the red, white and blue l... Read More
Gardener Gift Ideas Dec. 07, 2022
I wish I had Sili-Seedlings seed starting trays a long time ago. Every spring, gardeners plant seeds... Read More
The Dumbest Union Ever Aug. 30, 2022
In September 2020, at the first presidential debate between him and President Donald Trump, Democrat... Read More
Foxglove Plants Toxic to Pets Jul. 21, 2022
Q: I planted foxgloves because I love their spikes of colorful, speckled, bell-shaped flowers. My ca... Read More
Garden Problems Jul. 06, 2022
Q: We went on vacation at the end of June and now our vegetable garden has been taken over by weeds.... Read More
Making a Terrarium Jun. 22, 2022
Q: I thought it would be a fun project for my elementary-school-age kids to start some terrariums ov... Read More
Announcing 'Greener View Gardening' Book and Videos Jun. 01, 2022
In two months, I will have been writing a weekly newspaper column for 32 years. During that time, I ... Read More
Where to Buy Plants and Moving Bulbs May. 25, 2022
Be sure to read this column next week because there will be a big announcement that you won't want t... Read More
Vegetable Garden Seed Question Mar. 16, 2022
Q: Can you suggest a way to buy good vegetable seeds? I can't afford to get a lot of plants, so I bu... Read More
Vegetable Seed Catalogs Mar. 02, 2022
Q: I saw an article that you wrote that said there were garden vegetable seed catalogs available at ... Read More
Groundhog Day Feb. 02, 2022
Feb. 2 is Groundhog Day. On this day, if a groundhog sees its shadow, there will be six more weeks o... Read More
Winter To-Do List Jan. 05, 2022
The North American landscape is almost entirely dormant. Just because the landscape is dormant doesn... Read More
