Walter Reeves

Walter Reeves answers Georgia lawn and garden questions, including what to expect from seedling watermelons, and whether bottlebrush buckeye shrubs can harm other plants.

Walter Reeves answers Georgia lawn and garden questions, including how to deal with large patch disease, and using ollas to water vegetable gardens.

Walter Reeves answers Georgia lawn and garden questions, including identity of a peach-eating beetle (June bugs), and whether a 30-year-old dogwood should have lived longer.

Walter Reeves answers Georgia lawn and garden questions, including when certain figs should ripen, and when to treat for Japanese beetle grubs organically.

Walter Reeves: Garden expert answers Georgia lawn and garden questions, including how to deal with kudzu bugs, and whether to worry about the condition of a large tree.

Walter Reeves: Garden expert answers lawn and garden questions, such as how to deal with dying dwarf mondo grass, and finding a male holly companion for Emily Bruner hollies.

Q: Would a big box store be a good place to buy healthy panicle hydrangeas? — Rebecca Hunsucker, email

Q: I sodded an area in my backyard last spring with fescue. I know I need to do some maintenance to it this fall. Do I just seed and fertilize, or do I need to aerate? It’s still green but starting to thin. — Conner Poe, email

Q: I have two pecan trees in my rear yard. I have tried everything I can think of to keep squirrels from climbing the trees and eating pecans while they are still green. Is there anything I can do to keep them out of the trees? — Eddie Dillard, Atlanta

Q: For years I’ve used manure from my horse to fertilize a big garden with ornamentals and vegetables. I was recently told that horse manure can contain herbicide residue not filtered out during the digestive process. I use a local hay source but where they obtain it varies by availability. It was definitely detrimental to my tomatoes. My question to you is would my composted manure be harmful to other plants in my garden? — Doug McCurry, Milton