Question: For the past two years, I have planted root crops including carrots, radishes and beets, and most of these vegetables are small, twisted and misshaped when I harvest them. I have tried ...

Overcrowded seedlings compete for resources, leading to stunted, misshapen root vegetables. Wildlife repellents containing capsaicin do not harm pollinators like bees. Brown or orange arborvitae will ...

Editor’s note: Throughout the growing season, Mike Hogan, OSU Extension educator for Agriculture and Natural Resources in Franklin County, will answer gardening and home landscape questions submitted ...