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Savvy Senior: How to protect yourself against abdominal aortic aneurysms

Dear Savvy Senior, Can you tell me about stomach aneurysms? My father died from one about 10 years ago and I’m wondering if that can increase my risk of developing one myself. Almost 60 Dear Almost, While you don’t hear much about them, stomach aneurysms, also known as abdominal aortic ...

Garden Help Desk: Best practices for keeping a safe winter garden

I have been reading several articles about how best to clean up your garden for the winter. In years past I have pulled up the plants, roots and all. However, I read a few articles that say it is better to leave the roots so they can break down naturally in the soil and you don't lose the ...

Garden Help Desk: Protecting walnuts from invading larvae

What is wrong with our walnuts? Almost all the nuts from the tree at our new house are still stuck inside the husks and the husks are black and wrinkly. This looks like your walnut husks were infested with Walnut husk fly larvae, a common problem with walnuts and sometimes ripening peaches ...

Garden Help Desk: Aphids causing problems for variety of plants

I planted a Red Lake Currant bush this spring. I thought it was just having trouble getting established, but I finally took a closer look at it, then looked at an Extension fact sheet, and I think I have both currant aphids and currant fruit flies. I've attached some photos. Does that look like ...