Tuesday, December 30, 2025

Kansas News

Quick Homemade Refrigerator Pickles

You want homemade pickles without all the canning fuss? This is for you. These are quick, easy, and sooooo tasty. All you gotta do is...

All the buzz about mosquitoes

by Leilana McKindra,  Oklahoma State University The wet spring may have been a boon for crops, but it has opened the door to the possibility of...

Optimize your horse’s water intake

by: Donald Stotts, Oklahoma State University Summertime heat is approaching fast, making it paramount that equine owners optimize their horse’s water intake to ensure animal well-being...

The What and Why of Leaf Scorch

By: Scott Eckert, County Extension Agent, Horticulture I have a containerized shrub that was beautifully leafed out while we had all the rain in the...

Leaf Scorch showing up on Kansas Trees

    Leaf scorch is starting to show up primarily on maples around the state. This is not a disease but rather a physiological problem associated...

Kanas Gardening: Watering May be Needed This Summer

Many areas of Kansas went through an extremely wet spring. Gardeners may assume that little watering may be needed this summer as the soils were...

Squash Bugs in Kansas

Squash bugs are the grey, shield-shaped bugs that feed on squash and pumpkin plants. If you have had problems with these insects in the...

Tomato Leaf-Spot Diseases

  This time of year, two common leaf-spot diseases appear on tomato plants. Septoria leaf spot and early blight are both characterized by brown spots...