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Fagiolina del Trasimeno cowpeas saved from my garden this year
Fall is an abundant and satisfying season in the garden. Your hard work throughout the season has produced a wide variety of fruits and vegetables. Flowers continue to bloom...
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Use raked leaves as mulch around trees, shrubs and perennials. Save time later this fall by cleaning empty rain barrels now.
A few weeks ago, we published an article about watering wisely in drought. Basic practices like watering in the...
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Aphids are good candidates for control with soap.
Any place gardeners gather to talk about plants, there will be talk of soap. Dish soap and water are often referred to as the holy grail for managing insects from aphids to Japanese...
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When rhizobia form symbiotic relationships with legume roots, they form nodules on the roots. Nodules should be slightly pink, which indicates that the bacteria are alive and fixing nitrogen.
Take a look at the supplies sections of seed...
Perennials can add color and vibrancy to any garden. One of the more desirable components of perennials is that they come back year after year, meaning homeowners do not have to invest in a gardenful of new flowers every year. That can add up to considerable savings. Perennials often form the...
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Thread-waisted wasp pollinating a garden flower. Photo: Jeff Hahn.
When you think of wasps, you probably think about trying to enjoy food or drink outside on a warm fall day and being bothered by yellowjackets. Maybe you think of...
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Illustration by Urban Ecosystems & Stardust Interactive
As the weather warms up and we enter the growing season, there are many simple, effective precautions you can take to reduce disease pressure in your garden. Our team has...
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Lifecycle of the diamondback moth. Illustrator: Martha Sudderth
There are many common insects that show up each year in our vegetable gardens. While we have plenty of strategies to prevent these insects from eating our veggies, they are...
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Let's turn toward spring!
In an new episode of the Explore, Teach, Conserve podcast, host Nate Meyer talked with Gary Wyatt from Extension's Forestry Team and Julie Weisenhorn from Extension's Horticulture Team about tips for your ...
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An offset of Heuchera ‘Electra’ can be divided from the mother plant in spring.
Spring is a great time to divide many of our favorite herbaceous garden perennials. The plants are small, easy to handle and they have the entire growing...
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