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Heatstroke Causes Brain Damage and Multiple Organ Failure Jul. 23, 2020
Q: My sister, who lives in the South, turns her air conditioning up from 75 to 90 degrees when she l... Read More
Worm Castings Jul. 15, 2020
Q: I have a problem in my lawn. Worms make it so bumpy that I can hardly walk in my yard without twi... Read More
Shade Tree Jun. 24, 2020
Q: I have just moved into my newly built house and would like to plant some shade trees near the hou... Read More
Honeysuckle and Bugleweed Jun. 03, 2020
Q: I don't know if I have a good problem or a bad one. There are a bunch of new shrubs growing in my... Read More
Lawn Aeration Apr. 29, 2020
Q: I had a remodeling project going on in the back of my house just before the government put limits... Read More
Holiday Gift Ideas Dec. 11, 2019
One of the ways that I like to give gifts to a gardener is to create a basket of items they can use.... Read More
Government Bullies Jul. 10, 2019
The city of Dunedin, Florida, wants Jim Ficken's home. Ficken's mom died, so he went to South Carol... Read More
Make Your Own Compost Bin for Recycling Feb. 28, 2019
Dear James: I am not very handy with tools, but my daughter wants me to build a compost bin for our ... Read More
Sullied Grass May. 22, 2018
Dear Annie: I've never written to one of these columns before, but I do read them. My family recentl... Read More
Ice, Snow and Pigeons Feb. 21, 2018
Q: Our area recently received a lot of ice and snow. Some of our trees were bent over during the sto... Read More
Dealing With Yellow Grass Oct. 18, 2017
Q: We had large, soft maple trees taken out this summer; the large trunks were ground down. We took ... Read More
Weed Killer May. 24, 2017
Q: We are having an argument. We use a 2-gallon pump sprayer for our garden. Sometimes we use insect... Read More
Have a Healthy Lawn Apr. 19, 2017
Q: I want a nice lawn, but some of my friends say that this is selfish and wasteful. Is there a way ... Read More
Lawn Mushrooms and Tree Sap and Resin Sep. 21, 2016
Q: In the many years I've lived in my home, I'm noticing mushrooms in my front lawn for the first ti... Read More
You're Not Invited Jul. 04, 2016
Dear Annie: My college sweetheart, Ryan, and I are now engaged. We met at a bar because of a mutual ... Read More
Dethatch a Lawn Jun. 08, 2016
Q: We live in the south and have a zoysia grass lawn. It feels spongy when we walk on it. We have be... Read More
Long Story Short
Aug. 11, 2014
The Joys of Mowing the Lawn May. 02, 2014
If you ask me nothing is more depressing than the first lawn mowing of spring. You could combine the... Read More
Blood Green Thumbs Apr. 26, 2014
I guess it started when my son went all Mr. Miyagi on a bee. I pointed out the stinger-happy insect ... Read More
Strange Brew
Mar. 22, 2014
