Tag: advice
How Realistic is A Beehive-Friendly Hill Garden?
Newspaper articles tell how urgent it is to save bees, whose numbers have been decimated from changes in farming, climate, chemicals and predators all...
How to Rid Yourself of Bamboo Roots
We planted a stand of bamboo years ago, thinking it would be a wonderful screen – and boy, it has been. But I never...
Don’t Fence Your Tree Boxes
My healthy indoor Clivia plant has not bloomed since we moved across the street. I swear I have put them in identical light and...
How to Improve Compacted Soil
Gardeners spend January sitting by a cozy fire reading garden sales catalogues. I can't. My New Year's Resolutions are too URGENT. Please help me...
Plant Your Fritillaria Bulbs Sideways
I plan to buy some Fritillaria bulbs this fall. Judging from pictures they’re very tall and stunningly beautiful. But a gardening friend made a...
What to Do When Wisteria Has No Blooms
What can I plant to hide the old leaves of daffodils? And, when my Virginia bluebells die back to nothing, as they do –...
More Flowering Quince, or No?
In April I realized my Flowering Quince, which burst suddenly into glorious peachy-orange blooms, is the biggest star of my garden. It has lived...
Remote Small Business Legal Clinic
The DC Bar Pro Bono Center is operating the Small Business Brief Advice Legal Clinic remotely on a rolling basis. Once they have your...