Now that spring is turning the corner, every gardener has their eye on the ground for bulbs and early blooming plants to pop up at any time. The last thing we want to see, though, could be some of our ...

The lowly dandelion (Taxaracum officinale) is another yellow weed carpeting our area now. However, ecologists are not raising the same alarm about dandelions because they are most troublesome in ...

My yard is a hot mess. Multiple years with a broken mower will do that. And I love having flowers around my deck, but they have to be tough to survive my plant-it-and-forget-it approach to gardening.

Weeds are easiest to control when they are establishing and actively growing. The perfect time to tackle dandelions and other weeds is in autumn. Courtesy Johnson County Extension Give a weed an inch ...

One of the breakfast buddies at Richard’s BBQ brought me a flower one of her friends asked to identify. It was a beautiful yellow flower growing alongside the road. My first thought was, “Is a flower ...

Many early spring weeds are easy to pull up, preventing future growth. Avoid using herbicides on easily removable weeds and consider the environmental impact. Herbicides can damage trees and lawns, so ...

There is a small plant with shiny green leaves and yellow flowers that seems to be taking over sections of my garden, and is even growing in the lawn. It disappears later in spring. What is this, and ...

Many early spring weeds are easy to pull up, preventing future growth. Avoid using herbicides on easily removable weeds and consider the environmental impact. Some weed killers can damage trees and ...