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Garden Help Desk: Tips for keeping mice out of the house

We were cleaning our rental house and came across quite a few mouse droppings in some drawers. We think the mouse must have come in through an open door while our renters were moving out their furniture. Without thinking, we vacuumed them up with our shopvac and then continued to vacuum other ...

Sunday Drive: The 2025 Kia Sorento Hybrid AWD – Efficiency meets adventure

Its always a great experience to get into an all-new KIA to see just what the brand has come up with in their new vehicles. So it was with the all-new Sorento, and we found that for families seeking a three-row SUV that blends efficiency, technology and all-weather capability, this new SUV ...

Garden Help Desk: Top 10 tips for having success with gardening catalogs

This week, we’re featuring a guest column by Taun Beddes, USU/Utah County Extension Service horticulturist. With gardening catalogs arriving in mailboxes, now is the perfect time to plan to ensure your success. Here is a list of practical tips to help you succeed. 1. Research unfamiliar ...

Garden Help Desk: Edible flowers an easy addition to any garden

I saw some edible flowers at the farmers market last summer. I’d like to try growing edible flowers this year. Now that all my seed catalogs have arrived, can you recommend some good seed varieties that I can order? There are so many edible flower possibilities that you have probably ...

Garden Help Desk: Investigate these common problems to help boost garden yield

For the past two years, my garden has done very poorly. Plants have grown as big or well as in past years but have not produced much. The whole garden gets full sun. I started using 15-15-15 fertilizer three to four years ago and also built garden boxes at about the same time. When I made the ...

Garden Help Desk: Voles or grubs might explain potato damage

Can you tell me what caused these holes in potatoes? They weren't rotten but looked and felt like something had eaten them. This is how they came out of the ground. Voles may be the pest that helped themselves to your potatoes in the fall. Voles are small, sturdy-looking rodents. Larger than ...