Video: Plant bulbs the easy way
An electric drill and special bulb auger bit make quick work of planting spring-blooming bulbs in fall.
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October 2008
Chickweed
This broadleaved annual creeps low to the ground, growing roots at nodes that touch the soil.
Saving sweet potato tubers
Instead of buying new sweet potato vines every year, try saving the tubers.
Boxelder bug
Chances are, you’ve noticed a swarm of these 1/2-in.-long, black-and-red insects loitering in sunny spots as the weather turns cool.
Juglone toxicity
You may have heard that you can’t grow anything under or around a walnut tree. Well, there’s some truth to …
‘Color Flash’ astilbe
Most astilbes are grown for their flowers, but who needs flowers when you can have foliage like this?
Ficus leaf drop
If you’ve grown a ficus, you probably know that it can be a little finicky about where it calls home; …
