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NEW YORK — Mayor Zohran Mamdani laid the blame Wednesday on former Eric Adams Deputy Mayor Randy Mastro for his own step back from a highly controversial plan to shut down Lower Manhattan’s Elizabeth Street Garden to build affordable housing on the site.

During last year’s mayoral campaign, despite growing opposition, Mamdani backed ...Read more

Q: We planted a nice redbud tree three years ago, and it has grown too high for where it is. We want to move it about 20 feet to one side of the yard. Do you think the root system is too big now? How should we dig it up? It was balled and burlapped, and very large and heavy when we bought it. We spent a good amount of money on the tree and don't...Read more

If you’ve been looking for a plump 24- to 30-inch-tall-and-wide white lantana, then you are about to have a new ingredient for all your mixed container and border designs. This breakthrough variety is called Luscious Vanilla Breeze.

The flowers open a soft yellow, but as The Garden Guy watches them every day, white is the color — or should ...Read more

Q: I have a huge southwestern garden and have recently dug about 400 hills of potatoes. I doubt that I have more than 10 to 20 potatoes that are a normal shape. Some have three or four potatoes stuck together; some are long and thin; they are all shapes and sizes. I have never had this before. During the drought and heat, I kept them watered ...Read more

The summer plant trials across the country are always exciting, not only from the standpoint of new plants that will be making their debut but also the new recipes. There are always big crowds around the mixed container recipes. This year one of my favorites is called Sparkle Party.

Sparkle Party really creates a festive atmosphere. It's kind ...Read more

Q: Do you have any experience with sandburs? I'm trying to rid my property of them without spraying in order to maintain my property as organically as possible.

A: Sandburs are awful. They are the seeds of a type of annual grass. That means that you could use a pre-emergent to stop them from sprouting new plants in the spring. Whenever you can ...Read more