Ask the Chuckster
Each month, Chuck Marsh answers reader questions in the Useful Plants Nursery newsletter. This page contains a compilation of the "Ask the Chuckster" columns.
January 2010: winter tasks, site assessment from a Permaculture perspective
January 2011: winter planting and pruning, native plants for forest transition areas
February 2010: winter pruning, taking dormant wood cuttings
February 2011: pruning muscadines and grapes
March 2010: early spring pruning, planting
April 2010: using urine for fertilization, phosphorus
May 2010: fertilizing plants that are already planted
June 2010: maintaining plants under disease and insect pressure
July 2010: summertime planting, pruning, fertilization, and insects
August 2010: strategies for drought
September 2010: fall planting
October 2010: preparing for winter
November 2010: winter protection for figs and other cold-sensitive plants