Pecans – Where to Have Shelled
Q: I have a big bag of pecans I picked up. Where can I have them shelled? A: Try Akins Feed and Seed, Griffin770.227.4914 Stone Mountain Pecan, Monroe(770) 207-6486
Sweetgum Defoliator Caterpillars – Birds Eating
Q: I've noticed an odd thing happening to the sweetgum trees outside my office. Birds are eating the leaves, to the point where some limbs are picked clean. I've even seen a hawk clip and fly off with
Q: How do you get rid of broom sedge in the pasture? A: Broomsedge is a perennial grass that self-seeds rapidly when it finds open soil in a pasture. This plant doesn't invade a pasture, it just takes adva
Q: I have seen hundreds of these "droppings", apparently from trees above my driveway. They almost always come in pairs and, to be frank, they look like two tiny testicles joined with a little stem st
Pregnant Onion – Identification
Q: What exactly is a pregnant onion? A: There are lots of different species of onion. Some are edible and some are not but two different plants are called "pregnant onion." In the first place, there
Q: What kind of fruit tree is this? The fruit looks like little green apples when on the tree. The tree was there when we moved in and is native, I think, because it grows at the edge of the tree line that was
Q: My allamanda vine has what I think are seeds on it. They look like sweetgum seed pods. Is my guess correct? A: My friend and professional landscape consultant Katie Price says "I used to live in Boca Rat
Q: I have an unusual problem. Pigeons like to roost on my roof during the day. Is there anything I can do to discourage them? A: The pigeons are not there by accident – they are on your roof because there i
Q: We have a pond plant looks very similar to a four leaf clover, with emersed roots. We are already seeing it begin to proliferate in our pond. What can be done to control it? A: It's Marsilea quadrifoli
Q: I have a big groundhog on my place in north Georgia. What can I do to keep him out of my garden? A: We don't think of groundhogs as common pests but they are numerous in the northern part of the state.
Q: I live on Lake Nottely. Each year the lake level is drawn down 20 feet, which exposes a large area of muddy bank. Is there any plant that could survive being covered with water part of the year and still grow
Japanese Maple – Red One Turns Green
Q: I planted a ‘Bloodgood' Japanese maple this spring. The tree has made it through the summer in fine shape, except the red leaves have faded to green. What gives? A: Fox McCarthy, owner of Fox Holl
Q: I needed to transplant plant some azaleas to a spot where Bermuda grass was growing. I went to a garden center and purchased a product that promised to kill all weeds. The active ingredient was prometon. A fri
Q: I had my ex-husband's dog in my apartment for the weekend and he left lots of fleas (the dog, not the husband). My apartment sent a pest control guy who put borate powder in the carpet. The fleas didn
Q: How can I clean weed killer chemicals out of my sprayer? A: Using the same garden sprayer to apply weed killer and also insecticide can be costly! It is difficult to remove all traces of some herbicides from a
Q: I received a small greenhouse for Christmas, which I plan to heat with electricity. Which is the most efficient electric heater? A: Jeff Tiller from Southface says that a watt is a watt is a watt! Whether y
Q: Can vegetables be planted in an area that had brush killer sprayed one year ago and in an area that was sprayed two years ago? I do not know the type of spray. A: In general, herbicidal chemicals for a lawn
Science Project – Effects of Nitrogen
Q: I am doing a Science Fair Project on, ‘How does the amount of nitrogen in a fertilizer affect the height of a bean plants stem under normal growing conditions'. I was wondering if you could give
Q: My wife and I put up a new bird feeder after Christmas but we see very little feeding activity. Can birdseed go bad or can birds even tell that it is old? A: "Heck, they eat worms and dead bugs!" s
Q: Sadly, the deer population in my neighborhood is short one member of it's herd. I don't know if a Dodge or a dog did the dirty deed, but the carcass is smelling up our neighborhood. We've
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