Horticulture
How Much to Water A Lawn
We have received several questions on how much to water a lawn. Homeowners usually want to know how much and how long to leave...
Horticulture
Watering Fruit Plants During the Summer
When temperatures exceed 90 degrees F, fruit plants losewater quickly. When this happens, moisture is withdrawnfrom the fruit to supply the tree. Stress from...
Horticulture
Beware Of the Blister Beetles
These beetles are notorious for quickly stripping vegetables (especially tomatoes) and ornamentals of their foliage. There are several species of blister beetles which vary...
Home Economics
Safe and Successful Home Canning
Your home-canned products will be only as good as the fresh foods you start with. For high-quality, safe, home-canned foods, select the freshest foods...
Horticulture
Get Prepared for Fall Gardening
Probably the last thing most gardeners are thinking of now is planting vegetables. However, fall gardens will often produce higher quality, tastier cool-season crops...
Horticulture
Tomato Talk
Each year I receive 10 varieties of tomatoes from Kansas State University that our master gardener volunteers grow and keep data. Through this research...
Horticulture
Dealing with Stressed Out Plants
So, in the past 9 months we’ve had a late hard freeze, little rainfall, and before this was the driest six month winter period...
Horticulture
How Healthy Is My Tree?
We have had a great deal of winter damage this year due to a lack of moisture and warm temperatures interspersed with sharp drops...
