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A healthy lawn laying flat.

Spring Lawn Care

February 25, 2022

Join the lookout for spotted lanternfly!

Spotted Lanternfly

February 25, 2022

A Soil sample box and paperwork beside mums.

February 25, 2022

Plants propagating in plastic containers.

Plant Propagation

February 25, 2022

houseplants in a window

How to Save Your Houseplants While Vacationing

February 25, 2022

Lawn burweed

What Is This Prickly Weed?

February 21, 2022

Snow-covered tree branches under a streetlight at night with falling snow

Protecting Garden and Landscape Plants During Cold Weather

February 11, 2022

Improving Sandy Soils

February 10, 2022

Incorrectly pruned crape myrtle

How Do I Prune Crape Myrtle?

February 9, 2022

USDA plant hardiness zone map i

Up and Down Temperatures Tough on Plants

February 9, 2022

Eastern mole

What Is Causing Mounds and Tunnels in My Yard?

January 18, 2022

Planting Winter's First Crops

January 13, 2022

Garden bed covered by a white row cover with leafy broccoli and Swiss chard nearby

Protecting Garden and Landscape Plants During Cold Weather

January 6, 2022

Green fir tree with dense branches against a clear blue sky

How You Can Recycle Your Christmas Tree

December 27, 2021

Two holiday floral arrangements with evergreen sprigs, variegated leaves, red garland and ornaments

Decorating Safely With Fresh Greenery

December 18, 2021

Red amaryllis flower close-up showing stamens and surrounding green leaves

Growing Amaryllis Indoors and Out

December 16, 2021

Woman wearing wide-brim hat and "Master Gardener" apron at outdoor plant sale booth

Extension Master Gardeners: Green and Growing!

December 13, 2021

Extension Gardener Winter Issue

December 6, 2021

Cluster of pink and red poinsettia plants with green leaves

Caring for Poinsettia Plants

December 3, 2021

Leave broccoli plants in the ground after harvesting the main head to allow them to form side shoots.

Tips for Harvesting Broccoli

December 2, 2021

Fraser Fir

Caring for Living and Live Cut Christmas Trees

December 2, 2021

Red Christmas cactus blooms with pink stamens among green segmented stems

Caring for Christmas Cactus

December 1, 2021

Rosemary plant

Tips for Success With a Living Christmas Tree

November 29, 2021

Red wriggler earthworms

How to Compost Indoors With Worms

November 26, 2021

'Nellie Stevens' Holly

Great Evergreens for Screens and Hedges

November 22, 2021

Pecan weevil damage

What Is Wrong With My Pecans?

November 15, 2021

Cluster of yellow daffodil flowers with green leaves growing from soil

Plant Fall Bulbs Now for Spring Color!

November 8, 2021

Pansy

Fall Landscape Tips and Tasks

November 5, 2021

Seedling tray of purple-and-yellow pansies beside a garden trowel and stacked plastic pots

Recycling Plastic Plant Pots and Containers

October 29, 2021

aphids

Controlling Aphids in Fall Vegetable Gardens

October 24, 2021

Pansy plant covered in frost.

Getting Ready for Frost

October 24, 2021

Fire ant mound

Fall Lawn Do's and Don'ts

October 11, 2021

Plant roots with knobby nodules and fine root hairs on a pale blue surface

What Can I Do About Nematodes?

September 28, 2021

Four yellow daffodil flowers with trumpet-shaped centers and green stems

Plant Bulbs for Spring Color!

September 27, 2021

red onion

Time to Plant Onions and Garlic

September 24, 2021

Green cabbage plants growing in a garden bed with soil and irrigation tubing

Vegetables You Can Plant for Fall

September 23, 2021

Caterpillars

Controlling Caterpillars on Trees and Shrubs

September 16, 2021

broccoli

Plant Cole Crops Now!

September 14, 2021

Crinum Lily 'Ellen Bosanquet'

Passalong Plants

September 14, 2021

Salad bowl garden

Plant a Salad Bowl Garden!

September 6, 2021

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