Monarch butterflies

Do all monarch butterflies migrate south or do some of them overwinter in our area? Especially any that are in the beginning stages of the life cycle?

Grub and skunks!

Grub control

I have a grub problem in my vegetable garden. Its those white grubs. I need to treat it with something that wont harm other insects or soil. We cannot get milky spore in sd which is what I wanted to treat it with. What is the best option now?

Abnormal coloring of tomato

A random plant showed up in with strawberries and the owner replanted it in her garden. The fruit was green on one side and very dark on the opposite side. It has ripened with the same dark coloration. Do you know the cause of the coloration and is it safe to eat? Is it even a tomato?

Apple Tree

We have a 10 year old dwarf Haralson apple tree that has never blossomed/produced any fruit in our backyard. We planted it ourselves and it was purchased from Landscape Garden Center in Sioux Falls. There is also an older, large Haralson apple tree nearby as well as a cherry tree. It gets plenty of sun from early afternoon on. Is there anything we can do to get this tree to start producing?

Common Lilac leaves turning brown

We have two, 25+ years old common lilacs whose leaves are getting brown spots, eventually causing the leaves to die. Over the past 2 weeks all leaves on the trees are affected. Please advise if concerning and what we can do?

Snow Mold on lawn

How do I avoid getting snow mold in my yard? I have always had a beautiful lawn, until this past spring. There were huge yellow patches; which never came back. I have since reseeded, but am nervous the same problem will happen this winter. How do I avoid this?

“Scabs” on red potatoes

Harvested my red potato crop and majority of tubers are covered with dark scabs.

Diseases on trees

What disease is killing my young poplar hybrid, newly planted this summer?

Earthworms in the Lawn

After several years of trying to figure out what was happening to our lawn, I found earthworms when I raked over some dirt piles. We thatched our yard and had it core aerated, overseeded the entire lawn, then a day later recd. over 2 inches of rain followed by cool weather for a couple of weeks in early May. I seeded more grass, and eventually the grass came in quite well, however, I was doing light watering, to keep it moist without washing out the seed until it was filling in well. Our sprinklers are set for 2 times a week for 40 min. each for most of 9 stations. Our area has been in a drought most of the summer. In the last week, I've noticed areas of grass turning brown and it rakes out easily and seeing many mounds of dirt from earthworms again. I've read to hold back on watering, however, we continue to have temperatures in the 90's and no rain. Any suggestions?