Ask The Gardener: Squash plants, poison ivy, red thread and more

Everybody Gardens editor Doug Oster answers questions about struggling squash plants, poison ivy removal, red thread in grass and more.

June 22, 2019

Ask The Gardener: Harvesting garlic, cooler temperatures, bees and more

Everybody Gardens editor Doug Oster answers questions about harvesting garlic, dealing with cooler temperatures, bees and more.

June 4, 2019

Ask The Gardener: Unknown invasive, rhododendrons, plant IDs and more

Everybody Gardens editor Doug Oster answers questions about an unknown invasive, rhododendron issues, mystery plants and more.

June 3, 2019

Ask The Gardener: Changing rose colors, tomatoes, caterpillars and more

Everybody Gardens editor Doug Oster answers questions about a rose that’s changed colors, tomato growing tips, whether a caterpillar is dangerous and more.

May 31, 2019

Ask the Gardener: Moles, grafting tomato plants, Southern plant and more

Everybody Gardens editor Doug Oster answers questions about mole control, grafting tomato plants, whether a Southern plant will survive up north and more.

April 2, 2019

Ask the Gardener: Planting grass, starting tomatoes, zinnias and more

Everybody Gardens editor Doug Oster answers questions about planting grass now, starting tomatoes, zinnia problems and more.

March 17, 2019

Ask the Gardener: Starting peppers, fungus flies and pear tree pruning

Everybody Gardens editor Doug Oster answers questions about starting peppers this early, fungus flies and pruning pear trees.

February 22, 2019

Ask the Gardener: Poison ivy, amaryllis troubles, tomatoes and more

Everybody Gardens editor Doug Oster answers questions about getting rid of poison ivy, dealing with a struggling amaryllis, tomato fungus and more.

February 8, 2019

Ask the Gardener: Memorial gardens, orchids and tomato advice

Everybody Gardens editor Doug Oster answers questions about memorial garden flowers, orchids that aren’t blooming and tomato advice.

February 1, 2019

A soldier brought home seeds from a World War II battlefield, and the tomatoes still live on

You can grow seeds from the historic tomato

November 11, 2018

New Gardener: Tomatoes still growing strong and planning for the fall

Tomatoes are still going strong in October for the New Gardener, and it’s time to start planning for the fall, but warm weather is causing some delays.

October 15, 2018

Ask the Gardener: Butterfly weed, tomato seeds, rose bushes and more

Everybody Gardens editor Doug Oster answers questions about butterfly weed, saving tomato seeds, winterizing rose bushes and more in this week’s mailbag.

October 12, 2018