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Get Ready for Another Hot, Dry Summer These writings have appeared in weekly newspapers throughout eastern Nebraska.
Annuals & Bulbs 2008 All-America Selections 2009 All-America Selections 2010 All-America Selections 2009- The Year of Nicotiana 2010- The Year of Marigold 2012- The Year of Geranium Annuals for Hot, Dry Areas Attractive Salvias for Nebraska Gardens Caladium Centaurea, Bachelor Buttons Container Gardening Dianthus, China Pinks Growing Annual Flowers Overwintering Geraniums and Propagating Geraniums from Cuttings Pansies & Violas Offer Great Color for Spring or Fall Poppy Quick Tips for Color in the Garden Rudbeckias, Black-eyed Susans Brighten the Summer Garden Vinca Bulbs Amaryllis Culture Fall Care of Gladiolas Forcing Bulbs Indoors Plant Bulbs for Early Spring Color Tender Summer "Bulbs"- Canna, Gladiola & Dahlia Unusual Spring Flowering Bulbs Diseases & Insects- Shade Trees Apple Scab Ash Rust Black Knot of Cherry & Plum Cedar-Apple Rust Common Tree Leaf Galls Controlling Fall Webworm Imidacloprid Protects Trees & Shrubs from Borer Damage Leaf Scorch Oystershell Scale Minute Pirate Bugs- Tiny Biters Twig Girdlers Using Dormant & Horticultural Oil Diseases & Insects- Evergreen Trees Cercospora Blight of Juniper Controlling Bagworm Dothistroma Needle Blight of Pine Evergreen Needle Drop Examine Trees for Insect & Disease Problems Pine Sawfly Control Pine Wilt Rhizosphaera Needle Cast of Spruce Sphaeropsis Tip Blight of Pine Spidermite Control in the Landscape Using Dormant & Horticultural Oil Winter Injury- Recognition & Management Diseases & Insects- Fruits Apple Scab Black Knot of Cherry & Plum Cedar-Apple Rust Cherry Leaf Spot Eight Spotted Forester Fall Webworm Peach Leaf Curl Using Dormant & Horticultural Oil Diseases & Insects- Ornamentals Black Spot of Rose Controlling Grasshoppers in Yards & Garden Controlling Geranium Budworm Oystershell Scale Manage Common Rose Pests for Beautiful Plants Managing Pests of Annuals & Perennial Ornamentals- Aphids & Tarnished Plant Bug Spidermite Control in the Landscape Using Dormant & Horticultural Oil Diseases & Insects- Turfgrasses Brown Patch Disease of Turf Controlling Chinch Bugs in Turf Dollar Spot How to Sample for Insects in Turfgrass Minor Turfgrass Insects Preventing "Frog-eye" or Summer Patch in the Home Lawn What Are These Brown Patches in My Lawn? Diseases & Insects- Vegetables Blossom End Rot of Tomato Controlling Squash Bugs Controlling Tomato Diseases Controlling Tomato Leaf Spot Diseases Controlling Grasshoppers in Yards & Garden Late Blight Affects Tomatoes & Potatoes in Many Home Gardens Spidermite Control in the Landscape Fruits Care of Bare Root Plants Cranberries- A Great American Fruit Early Spring Care for Fruit Trees Grape Cultivars for Nebraska Growing Blueberries in Nebraska Growing Grapes in Nebraska Growing Melons Harvesting and Storing Apples & Pears Holiday Baking with Native Fruits and Nuts Pruning Fruit Trees- New Trees Pruning Fruit Trees- Maintenance Pruning Raspberries in the Home Garden Storing Home Garden Produce Strawberries- Care of Established Plantings Strawberries- Fall & Winter Care Strawberries- Renovation Strawberries- Selection & Establishment Strawberry Weed Control Training & Pruning Grapes Using Branch Spreaders General Citronella Plants- Do They Really Work? Color In Your Garden Conservation Buffers Container Gardening Hedge Apples Home Hydroponics Forcing Spring Flowering Branches Prepare Fireplaces For Safe Use This Winter And Avoid Firewood Insects in the Home Much Ado About Mulch Repairing Summer's Damage to the Landscape Salt: A Winter Hazard for Your Plants Winterize Landscape Equipment Winter Watering Great Plants for the Great Plains 2008 Great Plants for the Great Plains 2009 Great Plants for the Great Plains Heirloom Plants Heirloom Dry Beans Heirloom Tomatoes Heirloom Vegetables Herbs Basil Discover Dill Hedge Apples Starting Your Herb Garden with Rosemary, Chives and Basil Thyme, Oregano & Sage Holidays Amaryllis Culture Choosing Holiday Gift Plants Christmas Cactus Care Christmas Tree Selection, Care & Recycling Decorate a Christmas Tree for the Birds Holiday Baking with Native Fruits and Nuts Holiday Plants- Azalea Selection & Care Mistletoe: Blessing or Bane? Poinsettia Care Reblooming Poinsettia, Christmas Cactus, Cyclamen & Amaryllis Houseplants Amaryllis Culture Azalea Selection & Care Bird of Paradise, Strelitzia sp. Choosing Holiday Gift Plants Christmas Cactus Care Clivia, Clivia sp. Controlling Houseplant Insects Gardenia Great Indoor Plants Home Hydroponics House Plants for Beginners- Philodendron & Pothos Poinsettia Care Use Caution With Holiday Plants Weeping Fig, Ficus benjamina Winter Care of Indoor Plants Insects- General Boxelder Bugs Cicada Killer Wasps Grasshopper Control In The Yard & Garden Prepare Fireplaces For Safe Use This Winter And Avoid Firewood Insects in the Home Watch for Spiders in Undisturbed Areas Kids Build a Bean Tower Gardening With Children It's A Kids Yard Make Gardening Safe for Children Landscape Design Evaluate the Health of Home Landscape Plantings Home Landscape Design Quick Tips for Color in the Garden Repairing Summer's Damage to the Landscape	Ornamental Grasses 2009 Perennial Plant of the Year- Hakonechloa macra 'Aureola Great Annual Grasses for the Landscape Ornamental Grasses 'Purple Majesty' Ornamental Millet Perennials Anemone & Pasque Flower Aster Astilbe Attractive Salvias for Nebraska Gardens Aurinia- Basket of Gold Alyssum Attractive Flowering Vines Baptisia- False Blue Indigo Blackberry Lily & Candylily Bush Type Clematis- A Garden Treasure Caryopteris- Blue Mist Spirea Chrysanthemum Dianthus, Sweet William Dividing Perennials Divide & Plant Peonies In Fall Fall Care of Perennials Flax Gas Plant Groundcover Plants for Shady Areas Hardy Gladiola & Gaura Heuchera- Coral Bells Iris Lewisia & Delosperma Ornamental Alliums Ornamental Thyme Penstemon Plants for Shade Gardens Poppy Quick Tips for Color in the Garden Repairing Summer's Damage to the Landscape Rudbeckias, Black-eyed Susans Brighten the Summer Garden Russian Sage & Rock Rose Showy Sedum Tree Peonies Vinca Woodland Flowers in the Home Garden Pesticides Using Dormant & Horticultural Oil Ponds Barley Straw Can Control Algae Growth Follow Simple Steps for Cleaner Lakes & Streams Propagation Overwintering Geraniums and Propagating Geraniums From Cuttings Propagation With Softwood, Semi-hardwood and Hardwood Cuttings Seed Starting Tips Starting Your Seeds for this Summer's Garden Pruning Forcing Spring Flowering Branches Hire An Arborist to Care for Trees March- A Great Time for Tree Pruning Pruning Evergreens Pruning Roses- Hybrid Tea, Shrub, Climbing & Rambling Pruning Shrubs Roses Care of Bare Root Plants Fall Rose Care Pruning Roses- Hybrid Tea, Shrub, Climbing & Rambling Safety Enabling Gardening Makes Gardening Easier on Your Body Mower Safety Shade Growing Turfgrass in Shade How Shady is Your Shade Garden? Plants for Shade Gardens Shade Perennials- Goat's beard, Lenten rose & Meadowsweet Shrubs and Small Trees for Shade What Are Woody Florals? Soil Creating Compost It's All In The Soil Much Ado About Mulch Soil Amendments for the Home Garden Trees & Shrubs American Chestnut Beware of Misleading Tree Advertisements Buckeye & Horsechestnut Care of Bare Root Plants Care of Newly Planted Trees Conservation Buffers Crabapples for Nebraska Landscapes Evergreens Are Winter's Tonic Fall Care of Trees Fall Color In Shrubs Fall Is A Great Time For Planting Trees Fall Watering of Trees & Shrubs Can Help Prevent Winter Desiccation Injury Flowering Quince Forsythia Hedge Apples Keep Trees Healthy by Watering Deeping and Infrequently Lilacs- Selection & Pruning Managing Hail & Wind Damage to Landscape Plants Maple Oak Planting Under Mature Trees Plants for Shade Gardens Prevent Leaf Scorch in Tree with Deep Soaking Pruning Evergreens Ten Trees for 2010 Tree Selection & Placement Why Do Trees Change Color? Winter Watering of Turf, Trees & Shrubs Turf Are You Mowing or Scalping Your Turf? Buffalograss Maintenance Care of Zoysiagrass Kentucky Bluegrass & Summer Dormancy Lawn Care- Early Summer Lawn Care- Fall Lawn Care- Mid Summer Lawn Care- Spring Lawn Care- Winterizing the Home Lawn Lawn Fertilizer Calculations Preparing Your Lawn for Spring Repairing Summer's Damage to the Landscape Smart Techniques Conserve Water in Your Yard Spring Lawn Overseeding Winter Watering of Turf, Trees & Shrubs Vegetables 2004- The Year of the Pea 2006- The Year of the Chili Pepper 2009- The year of Greens 2010- The Year of Squash Bitterness in Cucumber & Zucchini Choose, Store and Decorate Pumpkins & Gourds for Fall Display Controlling Tomato Leaf Spot Diseases Critical Periods of Water Need in the Vegetable Garden Early Season Vegetable Gardening Eggplant: An Elegant Plant for the Vegetable Garden Fall Vegetable Garden Clean Up Fall Vegetable Garden- It's Time! Growing Asparagus in the Home Garden Growing Broccoli & Cauliflower Growing Brussels Sprouts Growing Garden Beans Growing Melons Growing Potatoes in the Home Garden Harvesting & Storing Pumpkins Insect & Disease Control for Organic Gardeners Late Blight Affects Tomatoes & Potatoes in Many Home Gardens Late Season Harvests from Your Vegetable Garden More Food With Less Space- Intensive Gardening Techniques Onions & Garlic in the Home Garden Patio Gardening- Grow Vegetables in Limited Space Pumpkins Have Many Uses Seven Steps to a Successful Vegetable Garden Storing Home Garden Produce Vines Attractive Flowering Vines Water As Dry Conditions Continue, Plants May Benefit from Winter Watering Keeping Your Landscape Healthy During Drought Smart Techniques Conserve Water in Your Yard Winter Watering of Turf, Trees & Shrubs Weeds Dandelion, Ground Ivy & Wild Violet Fall Weed Control Nebraska's Noxious Weeds- Purple Loosestrife Nimblewill Poison Ivy Identification & Control Wildlife Decorate a Christmas Tree for the Birds Prevent Wildlife Damage in Your Landscape Prevent Deer Damage to Your Landscape Windbreak Renovating Your Windbreak and Purchasing Tree Seedlings Windbreak Design & Management

In The News...

Get Ready for Another Hot, Dry Summer

These writings have appeared in weekly newspapers throughout eastern Nebraska.

Annuals & Bulbs

Bulbs

Diseases & Insects- Shade Trees

Diseases & Insects- Evergreen Trees

Diseases & Insects- Fruits

Diseases & Insects- Ornamentals

Diseases & Insects- Turfgrasses

Diseases & Insects- Vegetables

Fruits

General

Great Plants for the Great Plains

Heirloom Plants

Herbs

Holidays

Houseplants

Insects- General

Kids

Landscape Design

Ornamental Grasses

Perennials

Pesticides

Using Dormant & Horticultural Oil

Ponds

Propagation

Pruning

Roses

Safety

Shade

Soil

Trees & Shrubs

Turf

Vegetables

Vines

Attractive Flowering Vines

Water

Weeds

Wildlife

Windbreak

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