Different species of grubs.
Happy Summer! June 20th marked the start of the summer season. Summer means a good time for cookouts, picnics, swimming, and grub control. Not exactly what you had in mind for summer fun? Knowing the pest and its habits can help keep you from spending all of your summer fun time dealing with grubs.
We can stop with the ‘if and whens,’ Emerald Ash Borer has been confirmed in the state of Nebraska. Find out what that means for your beloved ash trees and what you should be doing now and what you can hold off on for a little while longer.
Storm Damaged Trees- Photo by S. Cochran
The recent storms have reminded us about what severe weather can do. They have been a good reminder to have a severe weather plan in place, and that includes one for your trees. Take advantage of the break in the rain and storms to scout for potential issues in your landscape trees. Continue reading
A few frost tolerant plants in a container.
Mother’s Day has come and gone and you know what that means. No, it is not time to stop being nice to Mom, it’s time to start planting those tender vegetable crops in your garden. Knowing what, when, and how to plant can offer many rewards in the long run. Continue reading
Just a little bit about Nebraska Extension.
Often times when I tell people I work at the “Extension Office” they have no idea what it is we do. It is so hard to describe without giving a plethora of information. One of our signature programs people often most often associate with is the 4-H program. While this is a large and very successful component of Extension, it is only one of many programs.
Everyday, whether you know it or not, you have most likely been indirectly impacted by Extension programming. Extension essentially takes science and research-based information from the University Of Nebraska – Lincoln and delivers it into the hands of the public. We make UNL easily accessible to the public. For example, we provide services and resources to the agricultural community, but also sectors as diverse as nutrition, health care and technology. From border to border, Nebraska Extension is making an incredible impact on the success…
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Apple blossoms
Cherry pie, peach cobbler, and apple crisp are just a few things that come to mind when fruit trees are mentioned. Makes my mouth water thinking about the baked goods made with fruit from your very own tree. It may sound simple to grow fruit trees, but there are a few rules to keep in mind when selecting the right fruit trees for your landscape.
We have all been there. It’s the end of the growing season or the beginning of the next and there is this plant whose price is just too good to pass up.
Everyone wants the dream lawn they can walk on barefoot or push a lawnmower over with ease. To some, this may sound like a dream. Rough, bumpy, uneven lawns can be a pain to walk on or to push a mower over. The cause isn’t a disease or critter, but you might be surprised who the culprit is. Continue reading
Applying preemergent now won’t help with henbit. Photo from cropwatch.unl.edu
No matter how a hard we try, we can’t predict Mother Nature, especially in Nebraska. The weather this year, throws all of my previous application recommendations for crabgrass preemergence herbicides out the window. On the bright side, we have been enjoying plenty of days with warm temperatures and so have our lawns and the weeds in them. Continue reading
The warm weather these past few weeks has gotten everyone ready to head outside and get their hands dirty. Just because it feels like spring, doesn’t mean we have to finish all of our spring to-dos now. Hold off on some tasks, we live in Nebraska after all. Continue reading
Husker Hort 