Q. Peter, Our family has about four acres a few miles west of Colville. A gravel road and a highway border it and we would like to plant something to help keep out the dust, noise, and increase privacy. The soil is sandy and there are many small volunteer pine trees. Can you suggest something…
Month: August 2006
Pulpy Tomatoes
Q. I used to get the most perfect tomatoes, but last year and this year, most of the tomatoes are excessesively pulpy. It can be all the way through or just the top half. I thought it was because I had to put them in the same area each year, so I put in all…
Douglas Fir looks Spray painted white
Q. Dear Peter: I have a large Douglas fir tree. About a month ago I noticed that the needles on the end of a branch looked as if they had been spray-painted white. Now it’s spreading to other branches at different parts of the tree. What’s going on and how do I treat it? Marilyn…
Fruitless Plum Tree
Q. I have a plum tree that is 2 or 3 years old. Every year it blossoms beautiful white flowers but doesn’t bare fruit. I’d like to know what I can do to have the tree bare fruit. Thank you, Leona Massier – Tacoma, WA A. What you can do is exercise one of…
Sudden Birch Tree Death
Q. Good morning. A year ago my wife bought two-birch trees. They looked great until now. One seems to be healthy; one has lost all its leaves. They just dried up and dropped. HELP! George Simmons – Tacoma, WA A. You have not indicated that there are any extenuating circumstances or differences in the care…