While I was out of town 2 Cages of finches died. Other cages of birds were fine. I don't know if my pet sitter is to blame or if it could be the flu. I'm talking about 50 birds. Thoughts?

Green Giant Arborvitaes located in Pasadena, MD. Homeowner has repeatedly sprayed trees with BioAdvanced Insect Disease and Mite Control. (see pic) (3 times in last 2 months.

Three pines in our back yard are showing significant browning of their needles. This seems to have happened in the last month. Is there anything I can do to save them?

I recently canned some homemade pasta sauce my fiance and I made from home grown tomatoes and herbs. Prior to researching the answer, we added approx. 1/3 to 1/2 cup of ground parmesan cheese to 2 1/2 gallons of sauce for flavor. After doing this I briefly looked this up on a website to see if we should have done this. The site said not advisable. Well, it was too late, so I went ahead with the pressure canning under the recommended times and temps for pasta sauces. The jars sealed up like my other products, but I wanted to reach out to see if I should just dump these jars or if I am safe to still use them. They have been on the shelf at room temps since which has been a week.

Hi - just wondering if I should leave the 3 branches (see photo) of 6-foot length?

I am interested in locating a nursery near Raleigh where I can purchase dwarf fruit trees, apple, cherry, plum and pomegranate.

I planted some Callies in my yard/ground this year because the pots that I had them in previous years broke. Because I didn’t have any other pots, I planted them in my yard in the ground to enjoy them. I’m aware that they will not live in the ground in Michigan over winter so I have, dug them up. How can I preserve/save them over the winter to plant them again next year? Should I put them in some soil in a disposable pot and put them in my garage? Should I put them in a brown paper bag without any soil? I would appreciate your advice on how I can save them to replant them next year in a pot or in the ground. I live in Grand Rapids Michigan. I have included a picture of what they look like after I have dug them up

A local CSA squash had green streaks inside. We worried whether this was just under-ripe or if it was dangerous/toxin? I see that solanine doesn't affect squash as it does potatoes, but we still erred on caution side and composted about 2/3 of the squash. But, we'd like to know for future if we were overly cautious and wasted what we could have eaten, or if we did the right thing. Thank you very much!!

My plant has a white chunky fungus. At least that is what I think. It is growing up one of the stalks. It also has white spots growing which I assume will also form chunky fungus. Do you think it may be a mold instead? I greatly appreciate any help you can give me. Thank you

I am looking for a class to learn how to look and analyze soil under microscope. I have a science background and that is a natural way for me to learn and remember. Does OSU offer any extension classes on that? Thanks, Golnaz