Horticulture

We are approaching the time of year when many people take vacation. In the rush to get everything done before leaving, don't forget your...

Overwintering females emerge in late April and lay a cluster of bright, yellow eggs on recently emerged potato plants. Larvae mature in about 3...

What do you do when the lawn can't be cut because of constant rain? The best thing to do is to set your mower...

The vegetable plants are flying off the shelves at garden centers everywhere!  It is great and fun to grow your own vegetables!  Keeping up...

(Family Features) When temperatures peak and the summer sun shines for long hours throughout the day, it can put a burden on your garden...

Various parts of the state have had high winds, excessive rainfall and hail. This column deals with what can be done to help our...

Recently Westar Energy began a program to treat trees in the path of utilities with Shortstop, a Tree Growth Regulator. Some of the objectives...

This insect has been skeletonizing rose leaves in the Kansas City and Lawrence areas. This is not a caterpillar but is the larva of...

We had a report last week from the Wichita area that a number of ash trees have ash sawfly larvae feeding on the leaves. These...

If you had cucumbers or muskmelons that suddenly turned brown and died last year, you may have had a disease known as bacterial wilt....