Friend of mine has a very shady backyard that the mosquitoes LOVE. What can we do to help keep them out?

We’ve removed any standing water issues, and checked for eggs under broadleaf plants, but can’t seem to find any main source.

Would love to attract pollinators as well, and birds are always a plus.

I’ve heard dragonflies are great at eating mosquitoes as well.

What’s been useful in your yard?

Does anyone know any landscape supply companies that supply north of the perimeter? Every place that I have looked at are supplied by ERTH products, and all of their "compost" and gardeners mix use ERTH food, which is literally human feces composted with peanut shells and I don't feel comfortable using unfinished human waste compost in a garden I plan to eat out of. I ordered a small amount recently and was almost knocked over by how much it smelled like an outhouse.

I'd love to find a serious bulk supplier that isn't human waste and isn't going to be $3000 for 15 yards of compost like soil3

I'm interested in starting the daunting process of turning our dumb lawn into a nice meadow, but I'm not sure where to begin. All our neighbors are old school, so I don't think they'll be happy to see the lawn go, but I'm hoping that with research and preparation, I could figure out how to do it well enough that it might win them over. Unfortunately, there's competing info out there, so I'm struggling to understand where to begin.

Does anyone have any good advice (do I absolutely have to rip the grass out or is there a cover crop that could outcompete it? are there common mistakes to avoid, or popular plants that aren't a good choice here? is there a local expert I could hire for guidance, one who understands this type of approach?)—or photos of local meadow inspiration you could share? Thanks!

Who still has herbs for sale this late in the year? Everywhere I go is sold out of most of them.

We asked a neighbor to water whilst we were on vaca, and unfortunately our yellow squash plants got sick beyond repair and we’re pulling them up. Any recs for something we can replace it with mid season? Open to casually growing something non harvestable for soil benefits

Just wondering if anyone here has any advice for the banana tree I just bought on a whim from Publix. Should I put it in the ground now or wait until next year since it’s so hot and relatively late in the season? How careful will I need to be with it in the winter? I assume it will need covering during freezes?

Anyone got ‘em? Easy enough to diy? I have some gutters on my roof and it’s <1000 sq ft. Will the chains be functional with some of our big storms? Also, I love the idea of a rain barrel with a hole-y irrigation hose. What kind of system do you use?

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Has anyone else found it impossible to keep flowers in their yard because of spider mites? They destroy everything and neem oil and insectacidle soaps aren't working. The yards surrounding mine don't really keep up with theirs and there are masses of their webs against the fence lines. Any suggestions on maybe predatory insects or is this just my life.

I finally got my first Birdies raised bed after doing a lot of container gardening and want to find a nice clean straw for mulching the veggie bed. I watch a lot of Epic Gardening on Youtube and he swears by HealthiStraw's GardenStraw product, but I just can't imagine spending $80 on straw mulch. Does anyone have any good recommendations for an alternative? I've looked on Amazon but it's hard to find something that's actually going to be seed free. Thanks!

Currently trying to finish off some new hugelkultur beds at my new place, and I just don't think rock hard Georgia red is going to cut it on its own. I need 10+ cubic yards for this particular project preferably delivered, my bester pickup can't handle much in the bed.

Weirdly enough the best I've seen price wise at least has been home depot. They offer bulk compost online and saw 10 cubic yards for $661 with free delivery. If anyone has experience with home depot's bulk compost quality that would be super appreciated as well.

I'd like to get about 20yds of cypress mulch dropped off to mulch-in some new beds. Any good places? I got some two years ago that end up being really chunky so I'd prefer triple ground cedar or cypress if I can find it

I’m trying out no-dig gardening at my new place… where can I source some pigment free cardboard?

I have a couple banana plants (not sure which species) that I cut down last winter after first freeze. They grew back this year and got really big, but I decided to not cut them down as I see a lot of them out driving around just chilling all wilted and then seemingly coming back fine in the spring. Will they be OK come spring if I just cut off the dead leaves? Never got too cold this winter.