Hello,  I am a librarian at the Bloomfield Township Public Library, and I am reaching out to see if you could recommend a person who would be interested in speaking at our library. We would love to host / hear presentations on gardening. If you know someone who is interested, please let me know. Thank you for your consideration. 

We have planted 20 plus trees of varying size in our large back yard and would like to keep them properly watered this fall and winter. Would greatly appreciate information. We came by your office this AM to get literature, but it was a holiday (11/29). Anyway, would greatly appreciate info. Thanks so much.

Need to know how safe is frozen seafood ie shrimp, from Shamrock foods, they will not tell me

Hi there! I enjoy growing various wildflowers from seeds in my basement and had a question regarding the control of their growth process. In the past, I've grown liatris ligulstylis from seed successfully, but they are a very slow grower (root development-wise) but the seedlings do get taller, which becomes an issue for the seedling rack. During the root growth period, I observed from some of the test seedlings that they seem to be storing energy/spending more of their development into developing the corms, which is definitely what I want. From past experience in growing various vegetables like peppers, tomatoes, etc... I often "topped" or pruned the tops of the plants to limit height and encourage bushier/thicker growth. My question is essentially whether or not I can do the same for wildflower seedlings (safely) to control growth within the seedling rack and encourage bushier growth and root/corm development. My plan is to sell the seedlings as starter plants in the spring. I understand that topping them may cause them to look "unnatural" the first year but my goal is to sell healthy plants that are as developed as possible and since most of them won't bloom until the 2nd/3rd year anyway, the first-year appearance is not such an issue. Since liatris ligulstylis requires 60 days of cold moist stratification (along with other plants such as ironweed, etc.), I'm hoping to start the seed stratification process on December 1 if possible, but I want to make sure the "topping" of the plants isn't going to hurt them. Sorry for the short novel, just trying to provide as much information as possible. Thank you!

Hello. About a year and half ago I ordered a money tree plant thru Amazon. It was very healthy for the first year or so. Now it appears very ill. Yellow spots on leaves and dropping leaves. I water about every 7-10 days as needed. It’s near a window in our sunroom and I’m wondering if it’s too cold? Any advice for me? I’m actually not sure I can save it at this point…see pictures. I don’t see any evidence of spider mites.

Hi I make a delicious quick pickle recipe for red onions, but I was wondering if the recipe would be safe to can via water bath and if not, how I can tweak it, so I can make them in bulk. The recipe is:

-2 Red onions, sliced

-1.25 cup water

-1.25 cup vinegar

-3 tbsp sugar

-1 tbsp salt

- 1/8-1/4 tsp crushed red pepper

Thanks for your time 

When should Canadian hemlocks be trimmed?

our peace lily has white spots on its leaves, otherwise perfectly healthy as far as we can tell. any ideas? (unable to download a photo)