GROBigRed Virtual Learning Series

What's Happening in Your Garden?

Nebraska Extension garden experts answer questions from home gardeners talks about what's happening in their gardens.

Fall Gardening

It might be hot outside, but it is time to start seeds and planning for planting those fall crops in the vegetable garden - things like broccoli, Brussels sprouts, kale, leafy greens, and more. Most of them actually do better planted in the fall than in the spring! Join John Porter and David Lott from Nebraska Extension for a presentation on Fall Gardening

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• Fall Gardening worksheet

Tomato Troubles

Do your tomatoes have spots, rots, or bugs? Are they not growing or ripening well? Join Sarah Browning from Nebraska Extension for a presentation on dealing with tomato issues.

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Preserving the Harvest

Do you have an abundance of produce you want to preserve? Food preservation expert Nancy Urbanec from Nebraska Extension will share some tips and tricks for various methods of home preservation.

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• UNL Food
• Freezing Raw Tomatoes - With or Without Their Skins
• Drying Vegetables
• Canning Previously Frozen Tomatoes
• Eggplant
• Let's Preserve: Tomatoes
• Canning jars, lids, and rings
• Water Bath Canning
• Why Add Lemon Juice to Tomatoes and Salsa Before Canning?
• Home Food Preservation Series

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Tree Problems

Does your ash look awful? Is your poplar doing poorly? Is your sugar maple suffering? Sarah Browning talks about what to look for if your tress just don't look right

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• Nebraska Forest Service publications
• Nebraska Statewide Arboretum plant lists
• Borers of Shade Trees and Woody Ornamentals
• Trees of Nebraska
• Bagworms
• Tree Hazard Awareness
• Apple Scab
• Cedar-apple and Related Rusts of Apple and Ornamentals
• Pine Wilt in Nebraska
• Sphaeropsis Tip Blight of Pine

Herbs

Ever wonder about how easy it is to grow herbs? Katheleen Cue and David Lott talk all about how to grow these foliage gems - and a few tips on what to do with them after harvest!

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• Growing Requirements for Selected Culinary Herbs
• Container Vegetable Gardening

Tree Selection

Great landscape design has good 'bones' (trees) - Join Nebraska Extension Educator Nicole Stoner for 'Tree Selection' - to help you choose trees to add to your landscape

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• Tree selection for Western Nebraska
• Tree selection for Eastern Nebraska
• NSF Trees to Plant in Nebraska

Tree Planting

Did you know - Fall is one of the best times to plant trees? Join Nebraska Extension expert Kelly Feehan talking all about how to plant trees!

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• How to Plant a Tree - Nebraska Forest Service
• How to Plant a Tree - Backyard Farmer

Tree Care

Nebraska Extension horticulture experts John Fech and Sarah Browning give advice on the how to manage your trees in your landscape

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• Care of Newly Planted Trees - Nebraska Forest Service
• How to Care for Trees - Nebraska Forest Service

Cover Crops

Learning about a powerful way to improve the health of your soil! There are many benefits to incorporating the simple process of cover cropping. Join Nebraska Extension expert John Porter to learn how to add cover crops to your garden

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• Cover Crop Decision Tool

Composting

Don't throw those coffee grounds and eggshells away! Composting puts the nutrients from food back into our soil and out of landfills. Join Nebraska Extension expert Kelly Feehan to learn all about composting in your landscape

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• Garden Compost - G2222

Putting Your Garden to Bed for Winter

As the harvests get smaller and the weather grows cooler, it's time to start thinking about the end of the growing season. Learn about the importance of winter bed prep and putting your garden to bed for the winter. Join Nebraska Extension experts Elizabeth Exstrom, Jody Green, and Terri James for tips on putting your garden to bed for the winter

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