Miss Floribunda: Betting on hedges
Dear Miss Floribunda, What would be an easy thing to plant for a hedge tall enough to screen out…
Miss Floribunda: Keeping up appearances
Dear Miss Floribunda, The forsythia in my backyard is blooming, so I’ve gone out and pruned my roses, as advised…
Miss Floribunda: Native intelligence to the rescue
Dear Miss Floribunda, I’ve been in this area a little less than a year, and am only now thinking about…
Miss Floribunda: Saving beans by sowing seeds
Dear Miss Floribunda, I’ve been looking at the HHS seed sale website published in last month’s column. I’m tempted to…
Miss Floribunda: The outs and ins of winter gardening
Dear Miss Floribunda, I am puzzled that “Nostalgic on Nicholson Street” wrote to you last month about having routinely planted…
Miss Floribunda: Pining for the past
Dear Miss Floribunda, December is a time when my thoughts go back to childhood Christmases. My family always brought in…
Miss Floribunda: Getting a jump on jumping worms
Dear Miss Floribunda, My new next-door neighbor has come up here from Georgia. She has been bagging the leaves she’s…
Miss Floribunda: Plain talk about climate change
]Dear Miss Floribunda, I’ve read with great interest about the effects of climate change on home garden planning. I have…
Miss Floribunda: Casting shade on nonnative trees
Dear Miss Floribunda, You wrote about silver maples last month, but you didn’t warn that their roots can get…
Tanglefoot tales: snares and contusions
Dear Miss Floribunda, The huge silver maple in my backyard is a monster and a menace. Not only do its…