Gardening and Landscaping Stack Exchange
Gardening and Landscaping Stack Exchange

Most Popular

more tags
1500 questions
9
votes
1 answer

How can I maintain a permanent shade lawn?

My Fescue Grass does fine here in my shady South Carolina yard. However, it needs to be re-seeded every year or it gets bare patches. Are there any alternatives that do not involve buying more seed every year (besides chopping down my trees and…
Dale
  • 2,056
  • 2
  • 18
  • 25
9
votes
2 answers

What's name of a small black fish/worm with a tail that just magically appears on top of garden pool/pond?

They are about 1/2 inch in size. Appeared from nowhere in the last ~1 week. Video attached for a better viewing angle: https://youtu.be/CkxJaD1Oor8
adamsfamily
  • 243
  • 2
  • 6
9
votes
1 answer

Can sunflower be used in Three Sisters planting instead of corn?

The Native American Three Sisters technique traditionally uses corn, beans, and squash as companion plants. The corn provides a trellis for the beans, the beans fix nitrogen for the corn, and the squash creates a cover layer on the ground to retain…
Drake P
  • 225
  • 2
9
votes
1 answer

Disagreeing info on growing black pine from seed

I recently came to possess a bonsai starter kit, and among the contents were some black pine seeds. The booklet included with the kit instructs me to prepare these seeds by soaking them in water for 3-5 days, then putting them on wet tissue and…
Rav Cone
  • 91
  • 2
9
votes
2 answers

Strange Fruit from Tomato Plant

Does anyone know what type of fruit or growth this is? We thought we were growing tomatoes, the companion plant is producing tomatoes as expected but we don’t know what to make of this and whether it would be edible. The white spots are hard and…
James
  • 91
  • 1
  • 2
9
votes
3 answers

How should I 'close out' a garden bed before moving?

I am moving out of a rental in zone 6 of eastern USA where I built two small garden beds using thin cedar wood in an urban yard. The landlord is okay with the beds staying there or going with me, but I'm happy to leave them - enough to move already,…
cr0
  • 1,945
  • 2
  • 15
  • 24
9
votes
1 answer

Oak leaves turn white

My oak sapling was doing well all summer, until a few weeks ago. It has these leaves that turn white. I removed one branch with white leaves already but it still seems to 'spread'. Anyone know what it is? Is it lethal or harmless?
benn
  • 13,023
  • 2
  • 18
  • 39
9
votes
1 answer

What are these insects on my pepper plants?

They seem to have come out of nowhere in the past week.
brandon
  • 513
  • 2
  • 7
9
votes
2 answers

Can any one help identify this plant/small tree?

I bought this plant/small tree from a very small nursery specializing in Succulent and Cactus. I absolutely love it, but have no idea what it is. The leaves almost look like a squash or melon (in fact, that's all that came up when I tried using a…
C.Camp
  • 91
  • 1
9
votes
3 answers

How to rid a colony of ants from my yard

The photo is deceiving: It looks like just a few ants. Actually there is a million of them over a 200sf section of my lawn. I believe a can of ant spray will not do the trick outside. How can I kill these pests???
Marinaio
  • 447
  • 2
  • 8
9
votes
1 answer

Can I grow fava beans as a fall crop in New Jersey (USDA Zone 7A)?

I grew fava beans this year for the first time and really liked them. The issue I had is that about half my seeds didn't come up, so I have a fairly small crop. If I started more seeds in July would they do well over the summer and produce a fall…
Brian Surowiec
  • 1,877
  • 3
  • 19
  • 40
9
votes
2 answers

How do you tell when pumpkins are ready to harvest?

I have several large pumpkins on a vine but am not sure when to pick them. I have heard they are similar to potatoes in that you wait till the vine starts to die before harvesting.
Simon
  • 193
  • 1
  • 1
  • 4
9
votes
3 answers

What is the best type of grass for high-wear areas in England, and how to use?

We have started a nursery school in our garden in northern England, it has a large lawn but after the first winter there are bad bare patches on heavy-use areas. Clearly we need to be more actively maintaining it because a dozen kids running around…
Mr. Boy
  • 2,427
  • 3
  • 21
  • 36
9
votes
4 answers

Plants to grow over and cover up an ugly wall?

On my property there is an ugly wall/fence, made of concrete, with vertical pieces of concrete and gaps between, like a picket fence. but far, far less attractive. I want to plant some plants at the base of a fence that will cover it. I'm looking…
Ollie C
  • 191
  • 1
  • 3
9
votes
3 answers

Difference between Espalier and Topiary

I'm looking into decorative Topiary. In my studies I've come across a similar process called Espalier. They're both shaped trees. Here's my question: What is the difference between espalier and topiary? Is it plant species, shape or function?…
Coomie
  • 2,864
  • 6
  • 21
  • 35
1 2 3
…
99 100