weed and feed n.— «Many landscape trees and shrubs are damaged or killed each year by the careless application of weed killers to lawns, including those found in mixes of weed killers and fertilizers (commonly called “weed and feeds”)...
BOB n.— «But the mason bee earns an “A” for effort from orchardists and gardeners. This native of Washington, common throughout the West, is one of our hardest-working pollinators. Mason bees have a sweet tooth for fruit trees, and for...
slug pub n.— «A dish of beer, which Conrad and Petterson like to call the “slug pub,” does away with the slimy critters. “The slugs are attracted to the beer, and they die happy.”» —“Gardeners keepin’ it...
gold miner n.— «Every summer, it seems, more jobs fall to what residents deride as “gold miners”—mainlanders who commute to the island by ferry; Mrs. Luce, for example, said she had long relied on locals but now has a gardener from off...