Where are you located, generally like maybe midwest Michigan?
What is this percieved problem with kaydids?
About the only really effective control for any of the members of the grasshopper and locust family is a protozoan sold under the name of Nosema locustae.

Because of the length of time needed for starting, and growing these from seed as well as the soil warmth you need to start them inside 6 to 8 weeks before your average latest date of frost. Attempting to start these outside, even under row covers, is not practical because both need a soil temtperature of around 70 degrees to germinate.

I have alot of daylilies in my yard (zone 5). This has to be one of the easiest plants to take care of. Check out all the gardening catalogs. There are so many different kinds of lilies. You will truly enjoy them.

Where are these gnats? I assume they are in the yard, outside because you would have found out where they were coming from if in the house.
Some sticky traps (yellow colored something smeared with something sticky) spread around the yard will trap many, otherwise the best protection is long sleaved pants, shirts and a net over the hair and face is what is needed until they die off.

Peonies are fairly easy to transplant; it's all in the timing. Peonies need to be transplanted in the Fall. I transplant/ divide mine in early October and have never lost any yet. Do not plant them too deep. You do not have to, but I cut mine back to make it easier to move them and I divide them with a pitch fork when needed ot friends want some. They may not bloom well the next year, but will come back strong after they settle in to their new sunny home for a year. Good luck!

Oh my, there are tons of flowering plants that hummingbirds love although those flowers that are more trumpet shaped allow them to get the nectar easier. Things such as the Salvias, Cleome, Lavender, Four O clocks, Hostas, Hollyhocks. My experience is they will be happy with about any flower.

Hello. This is more commiseration than resolution. I have rabbits and squirrels. They have great entertainment value but also voracious appetites. My vegetable garden is inside a hardware cloth house and my peach tree recently had a hardware cloth gazebo built around it. I'm in the high desert, not exactly easy gardening weather as hot and dry, but I'm able to graze on the fruits of my labor now. As far as flowers, I have graduated to those the rabbits don't eat and have noted that once plants have matured, the rabbits leave them alone. You might try taller plants and fence them only until they are filled in a bit. You might also try putting in some daffodil bulbs in the fall. They will come up first, they are not eaten by rabbits, and your flowers will cover the daffodil leaves as one wanes while the other waxes. Also, you might try some onion plants and garlic plants around the edge. No critter eats them and the garlic blooms very nicely. It was recommended I put garlic cloves in the ground around my roses to prevent aphids and in the test section, the aphids are minimal. Warning: the garlic stalks are the height of the roses which is about 4feet so plant them on the sides or back. They should be pretty though. Maybe I've helped. Maybe I've just rambled on. Let me know your thoughts.

My husband fondly remembers as a child his grandmother and many of her neighbors having fig trees. We would like to get one, but our winters get very cold. He remembers they would bury them or cover them with something or other during the winter. Can anyone offer suggestions on how to care for a fig tree? Also, how big does the tree get?

Hello,
I was informed that the Garden Gate site offers comparisons and reviews of landscaping software. If this is true, could someone please provide me with the url to this resource?

I am shopping for landscape design software, and a resource like this might be very helpful.

Thanks!

cdun2

I am not a master gardener, just someone who has learned by trial and error. Here's what I would do since no one else has offered any suggestion. Prepare the new hole/holes. Guess the size you will need after reading the following. Make them ample, certainly deep enough to allow the roots of the existing plants to fit comfortably. Water the dianthus thoroughly so you can keep as much dirt around the plants as possible. Carefully slide the plant with it's clump of dirt onto a piece of plastic or even a large bowl, disturbing the roots as little as possible. Hopefully you can take enough dirt so the roots never are exposed to air. Set them in the new hole, back fill, then give them some of your miracle grow root stuff. Hopefully the plant won't even know it's been moved.