Q. I divided some large hostas last spring and moved one to a bed at the foot of my driveway. It did well for several weeks, then something ate it. It grew back but was eaten down to the ground again.

David Kuchta, Ph.D. has 10 years of experience in gardening and has read widely in environmental history and the energy transition. An environmental activist since the 1970s, he is also a historian, ...

The flagship product made by Liquid Fence — its deer and rabbit repellent — is prepared using a recipe of nontoxic ingredients. The repellent contains eggs. "When we first started this thing, we were ...