Hopefully some lawn junkies can help me out! Any ideas what this dead patch could be and the best way to treat it? This area has gone brown/dormant ever since we moved in three years ago. There’s another more widespread, less defined area that also goes dormant very early in another area. I think the [...]

I bought a hardy Almond for my zone 5 yard a few years ago, it promptly died so I got another from the rip-off company, I’ve waited for 5 years or so for Almonds, Last year it bloomed but there were no almonds This year it bloomed again, almost enough reward for taking care of [...]

Okay I am making a raised garden bed on a slight hill. I will need to flatten the area out and I figured I could just used fill dirt. But I was also wondering about the typical ratio of fill dirt to top soil for my raised bed. It’s going to be 20″ tall so [...]

One of my other hobbies is keeping two freshwater aquariums. When I do a partial water change, it feels like such a waste to put the water down the sink. So. I know that aquarium plants like nitrates, but what about my flowers? – The fish are betta, tetras and cory cats (corydoras catfish) – [...]

last week i got mushrooms in two of my houseplants — i’ve owned both for over 4 years and have NEVER seen a mushroom. what’s that about?? what could be causing this?

Every year my mom gets a couple of mandevilla that she puts in pots near a trellis. She didn’t get any this year, though, because they’ve been too expensive. When I saw in the Lowe’s circular that they have them on sale this weekend for $6.98, I called Mom to see if she still wanted [...]

So Im confused and need some help. Its my first year gardening, and well my yard is covered in English Ivy (Hedera) I mean it is EVERYWHERE…up the trees, in my front yard, going up the back of my house etc etc…i would LOVE to plant my veggies, but im worried if I put it [...]

I have next week off work (YAAAAAAY!) so I’m going to get some stuff done around the garden. I have plans to plant some potatoes as well as some garlic and need your hints and tips please! I’ve never grown them before. How much sun do they need? How often should I water? I’ll probably [...]

I know this is probably a shot in the dark, but my parents gave my husband and I some flowers boxes and one was already filled with dirt. We planted flowers in it and all of a sudden, mysterious plants started popping up. I called my parents and asked if they put seeds in the [...]

I am messaging you in your LJ with my phone number. There are some Hosta I need to relocate asap. And with this humidity it gets harder for me to function.