I am the agriculture teacher at Neuse River MS. We have raised bed gardens and I am interested in possibly having someone come out and tell us how to improve our gardens. We grow our plants from seeds and many of them die when they get planted in the gardens. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

Hello,

I planted several Gardenia Jasminoides August Beauty last fall. In reading online, it appears that the spring is when their leaves turn, however, it's hard to know how much is "normal" versus "in distress". Could anyone take a look at the attached picture and give me a thumbs up or down? If not looking great, any tips on how to make them happy would be appreciated. :)

THANK YOU!

Hello again, Please excuse my persistence, but I just wanted to send a quick note to see if you had any interest in receiving the article submission I emailed you about recently. As a reminder, I’d like to put together an article for your site on how to prevent anxiety attacks. Do you think your readers would find an article on that topic intriguing? Best regards, Sophie Letts – Please propose another topic if you'd like to. I'm pleased to write on a topic that would best suit your website. Would you rather not hear from me again? Let me know, please.

The house I purchased in Monticello has a ton of thatch. When can I power rake the lawn? Also, do the liquid dethatchers work? Thank you.

Hello! I have an issue with my English Laurel. I can’t decide if I have front damage or an issue with fungus. Any ideas? Thank you.

I see the U of MN Lawn care calendar lists mid-April thru mid-May as a good time to put on crabgrass preventer. In consideration of the weather we've had this spring I'm wondering if there is a recommendation on the best week to do the application this year for the Twin Cities? Thanks

hi I am thinking about building some raised beds for use in the garden this year. i was looking into self watering alternatives and had some questions. 1) I was looking for an alternative to stone for the reservoir layer can you use wood chips, logs or soil in the reservoir layer or will they draw nitrogen away from the plants roots? 2) Alternatively would you get the same self watering benefit by just putting logs in the bottom then covering with composted soil or do you still need the geotex fabric layer? 3) Finally is there an optimal ratio of reservoir to soil layers. i read about a 1ft of reservoir to 1ft of soil to allow for optimal capillary action

We have recently placed bee hives on our farm land. We were googling pics of what is growing along the thicket. We can upon poison hemlock growing wild. How do we get rid of this? Thank you! Debby

Branch from backyard White Oak tree fell last week, has purplish slimy looking growths.Can it be identified, is it a serious concern? Both the oaks in back have had brown spot and aphids the pas 2-3 years. Thank you much. SK.