Vegetable Garden Basics – What to Grow
What To Grow Don’t go overboard with your seed ordering after viewing all the colorful garden catalogs with their beautiful pictures of veggies or you may be the gardener in your neighborhood trying to give away zucchini. Grow what your [...]
Create A Garden And Patio Design To Enjoy Year-Round
By Robert Mosse Retreat to a garden and patio design that’s beautiful year-round, and takes minimum fuss. What makes this possible? Carefree plants with continuous blooms, and a well-planned garden structure. You don’t need to be a lawn and garden [...]
Winter Preparation for the Lawn and Garden
Once the chore of keeping your lawn mowed over the long hot summer begins to draw to a close, it’s time to start thinking about what you might do to help it remain healthy and strong over the winter so [...]
Dividing Bearded Iris
Bearded iris are a great addition to the garden for their beautiful flowers in spring and their bold, vertical foliage. These plants need to be divided every few years, when flowering declines or the clump becomes crowded. This may occur [...]
Common Problems when Growing Tomatoes
Tomato hornworms are large (2 to 3 inch long when fully grown), green caterpillars with white stripes on the body. A horn protrudes from the top rear end of the worm. Tomato hornworms feed on the leaves and fruit. Several [...]
Video: Controlling Algae and Weeds in a Pond
UNL Extension Water Quality Educator Tadd Barrow talks about the best methods of controlling algae and weeds in a home pond Originally posted 2010-10-17 23:56:05. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
Building an Easy Garden Trellis for Fruits and Veggies
By: Kenny Point A couple of recent emails requested information on building a homemade garden trellis. Growing vertically is such a great way to save space and even increase yields for crops such as cucumbers, squash, pole beans, and other [...]
Halloween Party Ideas
By: Tatiana Gomez With the start of October only one thought enters my mind, HALLOWEEN. There is no other day like it. A day in which the focus is spooky ghost stories, candy galore, imaginative costumes and the opportunity to [...]