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The May flowers are fading, so now decisions have to be made about whether to deadhead the flowers or not. Deadheading is clipping off the faded flowers. There are good reasons to deadhead, and good reasons not to deadhead. This...

No room for a lemon tree? Try lemony herbs.

Q. We are having our house painted, and this seems an ideal time to deal with a big problem we had in recent years. Birds perch/live behind our shutters on all sides of the house, and their poop has created streaks on the house that look terrible. Before the shutters are put back up, is there anything we can do to stop them from moving back in? Our painter suggested carpet strips. Any help would be appreciated.

Green Anoles are voracious eaters that can munch on a cricket nearly half their size. First they have to catch them and that is no problem as they can stay still for long lengths of time, move very quickly and...

Turn wanderers' ways to good use.