My small vegetable garden has not produced in about 3 years. I had the soil tested and followed their instructions that year. The plants bloomed, but produced very little fruit, if none at all. The soil is a very rich soil and is well draining, and kept watered. I am about ready to give up on gardening.
If you are getting plenty of flowers but nothing produces, then it is most likely due to poor pollination. Hand pollination often helps. Just use a small paint brush and swirl it around the inside of the flower and repeat on all the flowers on the plant. These articles will help you with attracting more pollinators: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/garden-how-to/beneficial/insect-pollination-process.htm, https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/garden-how-to/beneficial/creating-a-pollinator-garden.htm If you are not seeing flowers, then you likely have too much nitrogen in the soil and should offset this by adding more phosphorus. This can be achieved by using a phosphorus-rich fertilizer or by adding bone meal to the soil.
I sprayed Crossbow all over my garden area about 2-3 weeks ago. I now have NO worms. Is the poison broken down enough to plant there? Safe? Edible?
On the label of the Crossbow Herbicide it will tell you how long after application you can safely begin planting. In using any pesticide, the most important thing is to read the label carefully. This article will tell you more about herbicides: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/garden-how-to/soil-fertilizers/how-long-does-weed-killer-last-in-the-soil.htm
I could not find anything in the literature about Crossbow's effect on worms.
I have made a flower bed in an area that does not drain well when it rains. Can I dig a runoff trench for drainage?
Yes, I would definitely recommend that you do something to encourage drainage to prevent waterlogging your plants. A berm is another idea for diverting water. Depending on its locale, you could also choose to implement a rain garden. These articles will help: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/garden-how-to/soil-fertilizers/yard-drainage-problems.htm, https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/special/spaces/creating-and-using-berms-in-the-landscape.htm, https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/special/spaces/building-a-berm-how-do-i-make-a-berm.htm, https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/special/spaces/rain-garden-design.htm
I cut down a large maple tree in my yard that was dying. I planted a flower garden where the tree had been this spring. There was a lot of wood chips in the soil. I removed a lot of them, but there was still a lot of wood chips remaining in the soil. I later read when the wood decomposes it will use the nitrogen and I will need to correct this problem for my plants to live. I used a slow release fertilizer and worm castings when I planted, but feel I will be needing to add extra nitrogen to the soil. What should I use and how often will I need to do this? My plants are already a little yellow on the bottom leaves. How long will it take before the wood chips decompose? I planted blanket flowers, carnations, aster, and queen salvia. Any advice will be helpful.
This article will help: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/garden-how-to/soil-fertilizers/nitrogen-plant-fertilizer.htm
My sister's husband took out his anger on her by dumping wiper fluid on her garden. Is it safe for her to still use the garden? Any way to redeem her garden?
Unless there's coolant in it, the wiper fluid itself shouldn't pose too much of a threat. However, I would suggest hosing the garden down real good to dilute everything. This should help.
The pH is 9.9 in my flower bed. What do I need to do? Can you help me?
Your soil is alkaline, or very sweet. Ideally, for most plants, you want a pH of 5-7. This article should help with lowering the alkalinity: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/garden-how-to/soil-fertilizers/raise-acid-level-soil.htm
I have been trying to establish some native plants and wildflowers. I cleared away the weeds and tilled the soil I have planted selected natives, as I have found specimens that I wanted. There is still lots of unplanted soil. My plantings are being overwhelmed with weeds and I am having trouble keeping up. There is a fair amount of space between my plantings. Is it possible to solarize the soil around my natives, leaving a reasonable space of uncovered soil around each plant? Should I just cover the area around my plantings with black landscape cloth or black plastic?
It should be alright to simply lay down some landscape fabric, black plastic or moist newspaper with mulch on top to control the weeds.