Garden Category

Sep

6

Sustainably Designed Food Growing: Permaculture in Four Dimensions

Urban agriculture has been gaining in popularity due to the desire for fresh and healthy food, for personal food security, and as a means of building the local community. But many gardeners think their yard is limited in food-growing potential...
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Sep

4

September Gardening Calendar

Ornamentals Weeks 1-4: Continue planting evergreens now. Weeks 1-3: Cuttings of annuals can be taken now to provide vigorous plants for overwintering. Weeks 1-3: Herbs such as parsley, rosemary, chives, thyme and marjoram can be dug from the garden...
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Aug

16

Kansas Insect Newletter for August 16, 2013

Check for Southwestern Corn Borer; Harlequin Bug...Beautiful but Destructive!; Corn Earworms in Sorghum and Soybeans Newsletter //
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Aug

7

August Gardening Calendar

August Gardening Calendar Ornamentals Weeks 1-4: Continue spraying roses that are susceptible to black spot and other fungus diseases. Weeks 1-4: Annuals may appear leggy and worn now. These can be cut back hard and fertilized to produce a new...
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Aug

5

Disappearing Honey Bees

Since the mid 2000s, honey bees have been mysteriously disappearing all throughout the world, leaving the future of much of the world's food supply in question. The decline of bees could have an enormous impact on the environment, which is...
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Jul

18

July Gardening Calendar

I know it is hot out there but here is a to do list for all the garden spaces you may have. Remember to stay hydrated and work in the early morning or late evening hours to prevent over heating....
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Jul

18

Another Mite Pest?

_ --> Yes, The Boxwood Spider Mite When we discuss spider mite pests in landscapes and gardens the two that are often mentioned are thetwospotted spider mite (Tetranychus urticae) and the spruce spider mite (Oligonychus ununguis). However, there is another...
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Jul

8

K-State Insect Newsletter

It is Starting to "Heat-Up" So Get Ready To Deal With The Twospotted Spider Mite; Lady Beetles; Dectes (Soybean) Stem Borer; With Regard to Grub Control in Turf; Green June Beetles Soon To Be Creating A Buzz; Buffalograss webworms NEWSLETTER
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Jun

27

Watering Young Trees

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Jun

23

Kansas Insect Newsletter

June edition of the Kansas Insect Newsletter is up. This months articles: Hugh Wasps With Long "Stingers" Get Them While They Are Small (grasshoppers) Rhubarb Curculio Bagworms Are Active Good News and Bad News (sawfly...
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