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  • Jun

    6

    Habitat Loss on Breeding Grounds Cause of Monarch Decline

      Story by: University of Guelph Habitat loss on breeding grounds in the United States – not on wintering grounds in Mexico – is the main cause of recent and projected population declines of migratory monarch butterflies in eastern North...

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  • Jun

    3

    Gardening Calendar June Week 1

    I have decided to change up the gardening calendar and give a week-by-week list vs. the whole month.  This way it is easier to accomplish this busy time of year in the garden. June Week 1 Ornamentals Deadhead bulbs and...

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  • May

    28

    Gardeners’ Gathering

    Thursday   June 19, 2014          What Your Backyard Tree Wants You to Know The Master Gardeners of Greater Kansas City present:   “What Your Backyard Tree Wants You to Know”  Thursday June 19, 2014, 6:30 pm at Country Club Christian Church, 6101...

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  • May

    28

    More info on Master Gardener training!

    Master Gardener Training will be offered for interested citizens in the Kansas City area by University of Missouri Extension horticulture specialists as well as other local horticulture experts.  Training starts on August 16 and lasts 16 weeks.  Applications and a...

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  • May

    26

    Become A Master Gardener!!

    Are you interested in helping the public learn to grow plants, fruits, and vegetables?  Would you like to share your love of gardening?  Are you interested in becoming a Master Gardener of Greater Kansas City? If so. please visit www.mggkc.org...

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  • May

    20

    May 16th KS Insect Newsletter

    In this weeks newsletter.....Variegated Cutworms, Alfalfa Weevils, Not to Beat a Dead Horse -- Epilogue -- Brownheaded Ash Sawfly, At the Community Gardens (flea beetle, cabbageworm larvae, Colorado potato beetles, bean leaf beetles), Little Clowns - Hollyhock Weevils//

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  • May

    12

    Kansas Insect Newsletter

    In last weeks Kansas Insect Newsletter...European Pine Sawfly, Eastern Tent Caterpillar, Alfalfa Weevil Update, Wheat Aphids - Chinch Bugs, Brownheaded Ash Sawfly Read HERE

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  • May

    12

    May Gardening Calendar

    Ornamentals Weeks 1-4: Apples, crabapples and hawthorns susceptible to rust disease should have protective fungicidal sprays applied beginning when these trees bloom. Weeks 1-4: Pinch azaleas and rhododendron blossoms as they fade. Double flowered azaleas need no pinching. Weeks 1-4:...

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  • Apr

    21

    5 Things you should Know When Planting a Tree

    I had to share this infographic from Bridging the Gap!  This is the way to plant a tree.  It is amazing how many trees get planted improperly.  I see it all the time, especially trees that are planted too deep...

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  • Apr

    21

    Kansas Insect April Newsletter

    Read about a lot of pests in this issue....Cold Weather and Insects, Alfalfa Weevil Update, Just a Tad Late----Eastern Tent Caterpillar (ETC) and European Pine Sawfly (EPS), But on Schedule---Nantucket Pine Tip Moth (NPTM), Ash Tree Dilemma Newsletter

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