Garden columnist Dan Gill answers readers' questions each week. To send a question, email Gill at [email protected]. I purchased a sack of 50 daffodil bulbs. How should they be stored ...

NEW ORLEANS — More than 200 downed trees were reported to the 911 call center in New Orleans from Hurricane Zeta and many of those trees fell because they were termite infested and couldn't withstand ...

Q: I bought a house with a lemon tree planted 4 feet from the garage. The building must be treated for termites with a chemical around the foundation. Will the lemon absorb these chemicals? The lemons ...

When it comes to termites, identification is the key to effective treatment. Tenting is best for drywood termites, and insecticides and baits work on subterranean species. Contact your county ...

At first the 15-foot by 4-foot plexiglass case looks like a massive piece of art — an abstract of a river delta or the veins of a leaf. But then you see tiny pale things scuttling, moving their way ...

A water oak tree infested with Formosan termites. (NOLA.com|The Times-Picyaune archive) Formosan termites typically have their biggest flying swarms in the New Orleans area right around Mother's Day.

Loose drywall, sagging paint or tiny pinholes on the surface Wood that is soft, spongy or sounds hollow when tapped Tiles that become dislodged Sawdust-like piles in or around walls and floors “Tubes” ...

Each year, thousands of Arizona residents email or call Rosie Romero’s radio show with questions about everything from preventing fires in their chimneys to getting rid of tree roots invading their ...