Q. Just recently, I have noticed brown dots appear on the side of my house. When I try to remove them, I find it is almost impossible to do so without damaging my siding. What is going on? A. It ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. If you see strange black dots on your window, it might surprise you to learn that they're not, in fact, tiny annoying bugs, but a fungus.

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Artillery fungus spore masses stuck to siding Q • The siding and fence on one side of my house near a flower bed always gets ...

Question: The company that power washes our house told me that I had artillery fungus attached to the siding. They said it came from my mulch. Is that true? Answer: Artillery fungus, or cannon fungus, ...

Sep. 6—Mulches provide numerous benefits in our landscapes, including conserving soil moisture and suppressing weeds, as well as providing a pleasing background to highlight landscape plantings.

The next few weeks are the year’s best to prune flowering shrubs that have already finished blooming for the year, as well as most evergreens. Spring-flowering woody plants (ones that bloom in March, ...

"Grease" may not be the word, after all, as Joe Ponessa, emeritus professor of housing, indoor environment and health at Rutgers Cooperative Extension, sees it. Ponessa was responding to a recent ...

Mulching landscape plants is important to maintaining healthy plants. Mulching was not invented by humans. Nature has always mulched plants with fallen leaves, needles, twigs and other plant debris.

Mulching our gardens provides many benefits such as moisture retention, suppressing weeds and adding organic matter to our soil. Mulch can also provide a perfect growing medium for fungi and slime ...