When should I apply corn gluten meal to prevent winter and summer weeds?
G.O., Round Rock Depending on the weather, you can use corn gluten meal for pre-emergent weed control through late October. It is effective against henbit, annual bluegrass (Poa annua), rescuegrass (Bromus catharticus), dandelions and other cool-season broadleaf and grassy weeds. To control summer weeds, apply corn gluten meal between Feb. 15 and March 15. I need a safe way to rid my house of fleas. Are bug bombs the most effective method? J.B., Midlothian Bug bombs are toxic and not very effective. Fleas can be killed with orange-oil sprays and by dusting problem areas with natural diatomaceous earth. People who feed their pets Muenster Natural pet foods report that flea problems end. Other people add apple cider vinegar to their pets’ drinking water at a rate of 1 teaspoon of vinegar per gallon of water. (See Resources to obtain free flea-control instructions.) After living in the same house for 28 years, we lost several large oak trees this summer. We don’t use chemicals on our prop
