Superior Telegram

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Lindsey Graham, the high-profile senior senator from South Carolina, died Saturday, July 11, from “a brief and sudden illness,” his office said.

Graham, 71, had just returned from overseas and was running for a fifth term in the U.S. Senate. He was first elected to the U.S. House in 1994 and spent one term in the South Carolina State House of...

Lawn diseases usually involve fungi infecting grass plants, causing various symptoms, and often resulting in dead grass. However, two common visible lawn abnormalities caused by soil organisms that are not actually infecting lawn grasses are slime molds and fairy ring.

Slime molds, caused by a group of organisms called myxomycetes (closely related to amoebas)...

As we head into the middle of July, we are entering a stretch of hot days throughout the Northland. While there may be a few clouds early in the morning, especially in areas of northern Minnesota that saw thundershowers overnight, the blistering sunshine returns by the afternoon, and temperatures heat up into the 90s. Heat indices will be in the triple digits for much of today a...

Q: Can you help with information about what is happening to our apples, as shown in the photo? About 75% of the apples are affected. Thanks. – Dave C.

A: Your apples are showing classic symptoms of codling moth larvae damage. Damage caused by codling moths has increased over the past several years in parts of North Dakota and Minnesota, and the ...

Gardening teaches patience. After all, loam wasn’t built in a day.

That bit of humor was sent to me by one of your fellow readers, proving that we’re all in this together, as I often say.

Nothing in vegetable gardening teaches us patience more than waiting for the first vine-ripened tomato. They’re obviously well worth the wait, or tomatoes w...