Q: How do I eradicate horsetail rush? It appeared in my garden about a year ago. Roundup seems to have no effect on them. Merwin Chambers, email Q: My staghorn fern is heavier than I can handle and ...

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.

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 ...

Equisetum arvense, commonly called field horsetail or common horsetail, has been around for hundreds of millions of years. You can’t help but admire the longevity of this survivor from Jurassic times, ...