Anyone with a garden is used to matching plants to cultural conditions. This is because we understand that plants only grow in sites that provide the conditions they need. It’s a mistake to plant ...

Spring is the perfect time to prepare for everything summer brings. The warmer weather and later sunlight bring people outside of their homes and into their yards. From filling container gardens to ...

It is the most wonderful time of the year — if you are a weed! I feel like I am growing an experimental test field for weeds, and they are being very, very successful. The heat and the rainfall are ...

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – ‘Tis spring, and for many homeowners that means a yard covered in weeds. But what type of weeds do we get in New Mexico and are they the nuisance most people see them as? Some of ...

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Got weeds in your lawn? Me too. And although it’s tempting to reach for a spray bottle, that shouldn’t be our first impulse. Believe it or not, weeds aren’t just freeloaders crashing our garden party.

Many early spring weeds are easy to pull up, preventing future growth. Avoid using herbicides on easily removable weeds and consider the environmental impact. Some weed killers can damage trees and ...

Dear Eartha, I was admiring the flowers in my yard the other day when a friend told me some of them are actually noxious weeds! How can I tell what’s what—and why are noxious weeds such a big deal? Ah ...

Vinegar is a non-selective herbicide and can harm any vegetation it touches, including lawn grass. If you want to kill weeds in the lawn with an herbicide, use a selective herbicide instead. You can ...

Dear Readers: Here’s a column that was published originally on Aug. 29, 2021. Dear Johnnie: What are those tall dark brown weeds — I assume they’re weeds — that are so prevalent this year? If you want ...