QUESTION: I am losing portions of quite a few of my boxwoods. It doesn’t seem to be boxwood blight, but an insect, due to pods for incubation. What is it? Can I spray, and with what? ANSWER: As the ...

I am now trying to figure out what kind of thing is on my forsythia, butterfly bushes and bee-balm stems and branches. I did not cut down the garden over winter, so the birds had seeds and cover. When ...

While always looking for nature’s wonders while hunting, a praying mantis egg mass is always a keeper. Just break off the small twig it is adhered to, put in your pocket and bring it home. Just don’t ...

Q. I have a friend who told me I need to go out in my garden and remove and destroy any invasive Chinese praying mantis egg cases I can find in my landscape and garden. I thought mantises were ...