Q: I just put in an all-native garden this spring, and it is getting a lot of leaves falling from trees near it. Unfortunately, most of the trees are black walnuts. Due to the juglone these trees give ...

News Leader reader Sue writes with the following dilemma: “I have always heard you need to be careful planting around black walnut trees as they leach out toxins or something like that into the soil ...

Harsh, eco-unfriendly synthetic herbicides are definitely one of those things that you shouldn't be using if you don't have to. Japanese researchers are thus now developing a green alternative, ...

We compost all of our vegetable kitchen scraps and have just moved our compost area to under a black walnut tree. We know black walnut roots are toxic to certain plants, but are their leaves toxic as ...

For many urban gardeners, black walnut is a not-friendly tree. Though black walnut is valued for its fine quality timber, they have a detrimental property that inhibits many plant species from growing ...

Gardeners are about ready to call it a year. With Thanksgiving almost here, most gardeners are focusing on making sure their gardens are prepared for winter. About 80 percent of my vegetable garden is ...

Q: I have always let the mower mulch the leaves from our pecan and small walnut trees. Will leaving the leaves on the grass until spring protect it? A: I would remove leaves, no matter the type.