My lawn is burning up in the heat. Can I put on some nitrogen to help it green up and grow? In general, it’s best if we don’t fertilize stressed plants, especially water-stressed or heat-stressed plants, and that includes our lawns. The lawns in our area are cool-season lawns - they ...

Some of our cucumbers are bitter. I’ve heard that once a plant produces bitter cucumbers it will always produce bitter cucumbers. Is it really a lost cause? Should I pull out the plant? That bitter flavor that you tasted in your cucumber is cucurbitacin, a natural defense compound in ...

I have overseen a volunteer crisis team for the past 15 years within Utah. If there’s a suicide or a shooting in a school, or a community needs help, they’ll fly our team out. I’ve been involved with close to 55 youth suicides either as a first responder or as a consultant. In about ...

There are few vehicles that truly surprise us after years of test driving the newest models each week — but the 2025 Honda Civic Hybrid Sport Touring did just that. Not because of flashy luxury features or jaw-dropping horsepower, but because of what it didn’t do: It wouldn’t run out of ...

The patterns we carry into adulthood often have their roots in the roles we played in our childhood families. These roles developed as intelligent survival strategies — ways to navigate our family's emotional landscape and secure love, safety and belonging. They helped us make sense of ...

My garlic (it’s my first time growing garlic) is getting some yellowing leaves, and the base of the plants looks a little dry. I started watering more often to see if they could recover and get larger, but they aren’t responding and greening up again. What can I do to keep them growing ...