Your plants are looking weak? No need to resort to pesticides: Liquid manure made from nettle or horsetail can make your plants more resistant to diseases and pests. Mascha Brichta/dpa An ailing plant ...

I LOVE IT here on the Peninsula, gardening heaven, but our gardening Nirvana has also been shattered by the omnipresent horsetail. I get this question all the time and my answer is always the same.

Horsetails are in their full glory now, looking crisp and green even as the season’s wind, rain and pests have taken their toll on most other plants. Horsetails’ toughness is no surprise. They’re ...