This is probably not the correct place for this question but perhaps you can direct me to the proper site: I have a wood rack filled with wood infested with powder post beetles. Now that it is colder, is it safe to store this wood in my garage for up to two weeks and in my home for up to three days? Thank you , Dan in Novi

Hello, Could you please identify this insect? It has recently molted and now has noticeable wings. I am attaching three photos. The one with the tape measure was taken two weeks ago. The other was taken recently after it molted. A photo of the molted exoskeleton is also attached. Thank you. Susan Jamison

I have 3 junipers in my yard that endured so much snow and cold damage in 2005 that all the lowest branches died. We removed those branches and have been able to keep the trees growing but without branches that reach to the ground.

The three are much taller than our two-story house and, although the area beneath them receives a little bit of sunlight most days, the tiny area beneath them is too shady to keep grass growing (although tropical plants did very well there a couple of summers ago!).

I was all set to plant ground cover when I remembered that my dog - who refuses to walk in ground cover - depends on those trees to protect her when she has to go out to take care of business during rain or snow. I'm hoping you can suggest a grass or grass-like plant that grows in a mostly shady area but won't grow terribly high nor produce seed stalks that might hurt my dog between weekly summer mowings. My soil is mostly clay, so I'd like to know, too, what soil that plant would require. A sprinkler head that waters that area regularly during growing months.

If you can recommend anything, please also let me know where it is available for purchase.

Thanks very much.

I have 40 bare root hostas 10 bare root daylily and 100 spring crocus corns that just arrived the day after Thanksgiving. (Ordered in August) What should I do with them? Is it too late to plant? Can I put them in pots in my unheated garage over winter? Do i need to water them?

Do you know of any seed companies that grow their own seed? What does it mean when some charts have stark in zone 5 and some 6a? I’m reading and watching videos on succession and companion planting but most of the people are from other countries or warmer climates. Do we have any local information on what to plant when and what grows best together or keep apart? Now that I’ve expanded my garden, I thought about buying a small solar power electric fence. I don’t know the first thing about these, any advice? Last question is about squash, is there a chart or pdf that tells you how long squash vines get or if it is a bush squash like zucchini or vining like a pumpkin?