Although they may look cute from afar, gophers can pose a real problem in your yard. This is especially true if you're a garden enthusiast. Gophers are herbivores. As a result, when they enter your ...

Q I hope you can give us some suggestions as to what is best to plant on a hillside in poor soil and is not liked by gophers. Red apple iceplant (Aptenia hybrid) seems to do well but is eventually ...

Gophers are a huge problem for gardeners in much of the US, destroying plants from Minnesota (nicknamed the 'Gopher State') to California, and even Florida. Any yard where the soil conditions suit ...

Q: I found fuzzy things on my oak leaves. What are they and should I be concerned? A: These are plant galls — swellings of plant tissue on the roots, stems, trunk, leaves and flowers. Galls can be ...

Q: I moved from the Bay Area to the coast of Oregon. The weather patterns are similar, though a bit cooler and rainier, so your plant guides work well here. I still visit my mother in the Bay Area, ...

Q I hope you can give us some suggestions as to what is best to plant on a hillside in poor soil and is not liked by gophers. Red apple iceplant (Aptenia hybrid) seems to do well but is eventually ...