I just finished a wonderful fish lunch at a local restaurant named “Mercado Acapulco”, near our campus, a place that features a restaurant along with its well-stocked grocery store. Such a lunch it ...

Question: The worst weed in my garden this time of year is horsetail. I have heavy clay soil. I have tried digging it, pulling it and solarizing it. It has come back with a vengeance this year. Help!

A: Field horsetail (Equisetum arvense) is a primitive perennial native to North America and Europe. Horsetail is the common name for 30 species in the Equisetum genus. Meadow pine, green foxtail rush, ...

This week, Mike explains why you should leave your tree bases bare, how to get your blueberries to thrive, why plants should not be handled after it rains, the reason to keep kitchen scraps out of ...