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Home & Garden – Albuquerque Journal

'Leggy' tomatoes can be planted using the trench method

Tomatoes are peculiar in that if you plant them deep, the buried trunk will sprout roots, making for a bigger root system.

Published: Sunday, June 11th, 2023 at 12:02AM
Updated: Sunday, June 11th, 2023 at 1:15AM

Mysterious white spots a tomato plant puzzler

My first question is, when the plant is bumped or jostled do the little white things come off the plant in a cloud?

Published: Sunday, June 4th, 2023 at 12:02AM
Updated: Sunday, June 4th, 2023 at 1:15AM

Mysterious garden holes are the traps of antlions

At this stage of life they create those perfect round holes which are actually traps for unsuspecting ground crawling insects.

Published: Sunday, May 28th, 2023 at 12:02AM
Updated: Sunday, May 28th, 2023 at 1:15AM

Happy cupflower can be an perennial delight

I don't know if the cupflower will handle too much hot sun, but since yours have popped back up you are doing something right.

Published: Sunday, May 21st, 2023 at 12:02AM
Updated: Sunday, May 21st, 2023 at 1:15AM

Rose of Sharon, oak trees may compete for water

I would not recommend applying any sort of herbicide on the rose of Sharon, since it could too easily affect the oaks.

Published: Sunday, May 14th, 2023 at 12:02AM
Updated: Sunday, May 14th, 2023 at 1:15AM

Northeast Heights home to 'wild' poppies

If you know the direction of the prevailing winds in your area, you might just be able to trace back to the original planting.

Published: Sunday, May 7th, 2023 at 12:02AM
Updated: Sunday, May 7th, 2023 at 1:15AM

Poppies probably planted too deep to pop up properly

Poppies are typically a wind sown type of seed. The mother plant grows to fruition and then as the flowers are buffeted by the wind, she lets go of the seed.

Published: Sunday, April 30th, 2023 at 12:02AM
Updated: Sunday, April 30th, 2023 at 1:15AM

Daffodils can be separated, spreading the bounty

If your daffodils have been in the same spot for two complete bloom cycles you can unclump them and spread the wealth.

Published: Sunday, April 23rd, 2023 at 12:02AM
Updated: Sunday, April 23rd, 2023 at 1:15AM

Stopping breeding areas key to thwarting mosquitoes

I want to suggest that you watch out for and continually monitor any place in your yard where water collects, offering the mosquitoes a place to breed.

Published: Sunday, April 16th, 2023 at 12:02AM
Updated: Sunday, April 16th, 2023 at 1:15AM

Don't worry, crepe myrtle stays asleep until late spring

Be patient for several more weeks before you determine that your crepe myrtles, that grew perfectly and were watered during the dormant season, are in fact dead.

Published: Sunday, April 9th, 2023 at 12:02AM
Updated: Sunday, April 9th, 2023 at 1:15AM

Holy History: A look at five church buildings of New Mexico

With guidance from State Historian Rob Martinez, the list gives "a nod to the many…

December 24, 2022 5:02PM

A look at five items from the National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

The National Museum of Nuclear Science & History provides an objective, accessible window into the…

November 26, 2022 5:02PM

A look at five murals by Native artists worth taking a drive to see

'Walls of Resistance Walls of Pride: New Mexican Murals by Native Artists' features 24 murals…

January 21, 2023 5:02PM