Q: My fellow gardeners encouraged me to contact North Dakota State University Extension with my hosta issue. The hostas are planted in a shady area, are three years old, and have been happy until this ...

Editors note: Throughout the growing season, Mike Hogan, OSU Extension Educator for Agriculture & Natural Resources in Franklin County, will answer gardening questions submitted by Dispatch readers.

Q: My hostas get holes in them every year. Do you know why? – Dee V. A: Although grasshoppers were a plague this summer, shredding leaves in many gardens, flowers, and fields, the damage to your hosta ...

Ugh. Slugs. A Swedish woman is in the news for battling Spanish “killer” slugs in her garden. She picked off 1,773 of the repulsive looking things. While I don’t face any slugs that are known as ...

They may not turn into Prince Charming, but a toad can wipe out 10,000 pests in a season. Here’s why your yard needs a toad ...

Slugs and snails are the nemesis of every gardener's existence, particularly those who dedicate themselves to cultivating nutritious, delicious-leafed plants such as hostas, dahlias, and delphiniums.

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Researchers here are working on a natural way to kill slugs that is just as effective as poison, but safer to use around plants and animals. This work may give Americans a new way to ...