The little buggers were definitely yellow jackets, & had to be removed as their underground nest was next to my back stairs - the main entry to...
Will try anything at this point. Thankfully, the hornets I have are the yellow & black, but still powerful stingers. A friend's daughter was stung...
No worries there - not a clem fancier food-wise (hmm, dark chocolate covered clem?). Any ideas where to buy the malathion? Nursery, hardware...
One friend used boiling water to no effect. It was my 1st thought. Guess I''ll get the malathion. An autumn clematis is planted at the base of the...
Any eco-savvy ways to stop a nest of Western Yellow Jackets? I think that's what they are since the nest is in the ground. These stingers are next...
lazy composting I've been composting for about 10 yrs. at 2 houses. After reading in a Farmer's Almanac about an old farmer who never turned his...
Mahonias Any of the Mahonia varieties would work. I would think the wild roses would too. Rosemary can actually get shrub-sized.
don't baby euonymus Euonymus is fairly easy to grow, but it doesn't like much attention. Plant it in the hottest section of your garden, & don't...
My Vancouver garden has been organic for 28 yrs. There are lots of herbs, including bay leaves (it's a tree!), sages, rosemary, lavender, thyme,...
