Garden columnist Dan Gill answers readers' questions each week. To send a question, email Gill at gnogardening@agcenter.lsu.edu. What is the best covering material to use to protect outdoor plants ...

This week we experienced this winter's second round of subfreezing temperatures. In areas that stayed around 30 degrees or above, damage to plants was likely light overall. Areas farther north that ...

Many of us got our first taste of wintry subfreezing temperatures this week. Given it was in the 70s recently, this illustrates our typical cool-season roller coaster — stretches of relatively mild ...