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 ...
Is your child’s bedtime the worst part of your day? Do you dread the nightly power struggle? Fear not! Though most parents face bedtime chaos at some point, there are strategies you can use to make bedtime easier for you and your child. The most important thing you can do is to set a routine ...
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 ...
We have always agreed there has been something special about getting into a Nissan Murano, perhaps because it has been an underrated option in the SUV market or the fact that it always seems to impress us. Whatever the reason, we were again pleased to get a full week behind the wheel of the ...
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 ...
Every year we get multiple emails about plants with strange-looking leaves, and we’ve received several of these emails already this year. That must mean it’s time for our annual review about using pesticides properly. Many people think of insecticides when they hear the word pesticide, ...
