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The Greener View: Cures for Lumpy Lawns
Q: My lawn is getting lumpy, for lack of a better word. It is mostly shady, but I don't think it is tree roots. There are grass plants and bare spots plus little worm dirt piles. What would be a good way to smooth it out? It is getting hard to mow and to walk on.
A: There are several causes of lumpy lawns, and you hit on two common ones. Lawns ...Read more
On Gardening: Supertunia Mini Vista petunias a plum choice for 2025
Four years ago or so, Supertunia Mini Vista Indigo was extensively used in our area and was like the shot heard round the world. We all looked at each other with a sense of bewilderment asking how a Mini Vista could compete with the Vistas for a long, hot summer show of color. With every new variety or addition to the series, it has been the ...Read more
The Greener View: Fall Vegetable Garden Questions
Q: Help! I planted my tomato plants late, and then we had a lot of hot, dry weather, so there were no tomatoes. Now there are dozens of green tomatoes, but our average first fall frost is coming soon, so I think that many of the tomatoes are still going to be green when the frost comes. Can I cover the plants? Can I spray water on them like in ...Read more
On Gardening: Hollywood VIP a hibiscus for the ages
The Garden Guy has always been a tropical plant geek, and not a closet one either. My second book was "Paradise Found: Growing Tropicals In Your Own Backyard." The years I was the host of Mississippi State’s Southern Gardening TV, I was most always decked out in a tropical floral shirt.
So, when Proven Winners announced this year that ...Read more
The Greener View: Saving Garden Seeds
Q: When I was a kid, my mom and the neighbor ladies would gather seeds from the marigolds and other plants. They spent the afternoon doing something to them, and then in the spring, they replanted them with great success. I want to do that with my daughters; what do I need to do?
A: I hope your daughters have as great of memories of gardening ...Read more