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Sunday, May 11, 2014

Leafcutter Bees Will Probably Use Houses for Blue Mason Bees

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Q. Someone gave us a Mason bee house to use. I saw in a July 2011 post on your blog that there really aren't mason bees in the Las Vegas...

Artificial Grass Not Damaging Lemon Tree

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Q. My lemon tree is about five years old and it has a lot of flowers and tiny lemons.   The tree looks healthy but I have noticed the leaves...

Cold Damage is Different for Different Oleanders

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Q. For the past couple of years my oleanders have suffered severe frost damage and slow to recover in the spring. They are all mature plants...

Can I Use Chipped Pine for Mulch Around Fruit Trees?

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Q. Our neighbor's pine trees are going to be cut down soon. I would like to use the wood chips from the tree as mulch for our recently p...

Smokey Grey Color in Your Lawn Means Water

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If you see that smokey, green or grey color in your lawn it is a good sign that the grass is not getting water in those spots. Check for blo...

Don't Forget to Thin Apples and Pears When Fruit are Small

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Apples and pears require aggressive thinning particularly if you did not space your bearing limbs far enough apart.You can still do some sum...

Harvesting Early Can Keep Fruit from the Wind and Hungry Birds

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The fruit in the grocery store looks good. But frequently when you taste it the taste does not match the look of goodness that you thought w...

Gopher Plant Adds Interest to a Desert Landscape

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Gopher plant adds a lot of interest to an otherwise boring desert landscape due to color and texture during bloom and even after bloom. Use ...
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Thursday, May 8, 2014

Tomato Transplants Wilted and Died. Disease?

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Q. Last weekend I started putting some tomatoes into raised garden beds. I had started these from seed about 8 weeks ago, transplanted them ...

I Told You to Spray Your Vegetables!

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Here is what to do when protecting your vegetables from insects:

This Question on Drip Irrigation Made My Head Hurt!

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Q. I have a LOT of different shrubs and trees on only 2 valves. I don't know how to water them.

Never Plant or Transplant into a Dry Hole

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Compost and soils amended heavily with composts can present some problems with transplants and seeds if you are not careful. I did some of m...

Brown Bumps on Quince Branches Probably Scale Insects

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Q. We have a three year old Quince tree which looked very good to me until today when I noticed brown or dark purple, small, pee-sized bumps...

Asparagus Production in Kosovo Just Taking Off

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Kosovo is now an exporter of asparagus inside its own country, to the EU and beyond. I was there consulting in 2013 and 2014. They are filli...

Leaf Cupping Normally Aphids...But Not This Time!

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Q. My Blenheim apricot tree planted in 2012 is not doing well. A few branches have lost all their leaves. Other leaves are starting to curl ...

Meet Local Producer Janet Knight in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

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Here is one local producer in Las Vegas, yes IN Las Vegas, who has a backyard farm and welcomes visitors. If you like this, I will help you ...

Harvest Garlic When the tops Dieback About 1/3 Where it is a Hot Climate

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Q. I planted garlic back in the fall. It is close to harvest now, fully grown and some tops starting to brown. I pulled one the other day to...
Sunday, April 27, 2014

Prepare Your Lawn for the Summer Disease Problems

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If you have tall fescue for a lawn in southern Nevada, here are some tips to help prepare for the diseases that will threaten your lawn th...

Stinkbugs Come in Different Colors

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Q. What is this bug? Have hundreds or them in my yard. Are they harmful to my plants (vegetable and flower). How do I get rid of them?

You Don't Need to Pick Up Grass Clippings if you Manage Your Lawn Correctly

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Q. The landscapers for our HOA are using mulching mowers on our grass. The cut grass often remains on top, browns and causes the grass under...