If you are not squeamish about bugs and have a small vegetable garden you can get by hand-removing unwanted pests.

A couple of my tomato plants have wilted. I am a successful gardener mostly by pure luck so I really don't know why I am having problems.

The Sorgs now have four eggs in their hanging basket.

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A bumblebee searches for nectar.

A wave petunia and white osteopermum fill this pot in Dottie Hackworth’s garden in northeast Fort Wayne.

A bright pink peony is featured in this view of Dottie Hackworth’s garden in northeast Fort Wayne.

Columbine takes center stage in this view of Dottie Hackworth’s garden in northeast Fort Wayne.

Dottie Hackworth's dogwood tree was full of blossoms in northeast Fort Wayne.

The Dirt gardening column returns today in the Home section of The Journal Gazette.

Dottie Hackworth's yard in northeast Fort Wayne.

Not only do you know the plants are happy in our neck of the woods, the volunteers will tell you how to plant those little darlings at your own home.

I hate to say this but we have to add Bradford pear and butterfly bushes to the invasive list. I heard about this from master gardener Laurie Proctor and googled this for more information.

Dottie Hackworth shared this photo of her garden in northeast Fort Wayne.

Early this week I finally spotted hummingbird activity in my yard. Once at the feeder and another time at a planter with fuchsia flowers. Hummingbirds usually show up around the first of May in my yard, but this year they seem to be two weeks late.

I needed a new lawn mower this year and ended up with a cordless electric self-propelled mower. I decided buy an electric mower after hearing Master Gardener Laurie Proctor talk about how much pollution one mower produces.