Yard & Garden Line News


     
January 01, 2006
Purchasing Seed and Understanding Seed Labels
Beware of Bed Bugs
Getting Ready for Seed Starting
Plastered Paperwhites??

February 1, 2006
Watch for Wood Wasps
Oh Deer, What To Plant?
March 1, 2006
Salad Dressing or Weed Control? An Organic Non-Selective Weed Control Product Evaluation
There's Snow Place Like Home For These Insects

April 1, 2006
Disease-Resistant Perennials--dream or reality?
An Internet Hoax: Termites in Your Mulch
Sweet Potato Shoots
April 15, 2006
All-America Selections-Vegetable trials
Voles: Lawn Varmints
Problem of the Polka-Dot Lawns
Ash Flower Galls Are Unsightly But Not Harmful
April Garden Calendar
May 1, 2006
I'm So Blue!
All-America Selections for Your Minnesota Garden
Tiny Reddish Clover Mites Active Now
Be On the Watch For Columbine Sawfly
Garden Calendar
May 15, 2006
Maintaining the Blue in Blue Hydrangea
Look for Viruses Before Purchasing Hostas This Year
Gardening Calendar
Asparagus Beetles Are Active Now
June 1, 2006
Get My Drift--Legal Aspects of Pesticide Drift
Insurance Coverage and Damage Caused by Trees
2006 Herb of the Year---Scented Geraniums
Wet Weather Brings Out the Fungi
Crane Flies
Cutworms in Lawns
Azalea Sawflies
Garden Calendar

June 15, 2006
In Search of: New Fruits
Minnesota Blues
Little Green Weevils
Blister Beetles
Masked Hunters
Seeing Spots on Local Maples
Garden Calendar
July 1, 2006
Hazard Tree  Limbs on Private Property
Tree-trimming and Utility Companies
GarlicFest Coming in August!
Emerald Ash Borer Found In Illinois
Garden Calendar

July 15, 2006
All Those Apples
Watch Out For Grasshoppers
Keeping Tomato Leaf Spots in Check
Garden Calendar
August 1, 2006
Nuisance Trees: Encroaching Branches and Tree Roots
Damage Done to Trees: Consequences and Compensation
Yellowjacket Review and Update
Picnic Beetles
Elm Sawflies
Garden Calendar
August 15, 2006
Divine Vines
Ground Beetles
New Hydrangea Virus Discovered
at the University of Minnesota

Garden Calendar
September 1, 2006
It's Prime Time For Lawn Repair
Brace Yourself For Boxelder Bugs
Garden Calendar
September 15, 2006
Shrubs: Know 'em and Grow 'em
Diplodia Shoot Blight and Drought
Tucking Your Roses in for Winter- How far to pull up the blanket?
Trimming Back Herbaceous Perennials- Should we do it in fall or spring?
Garden Calendar

October 1, 2006
Preventing Frost Cankers/Sunscald and Frost Cracks…Wrap or No Wrap?
Starting Stem Cuttings to Keep Tender Perennial Favorites through the Winter
Fruit Flies In Homes
Wet Weather Brings Fuzzy Raspberries
Garden Calendar
November 1, 2006
Pigments of Fall Color
Body Lice
Settling In For Winter Without Plant Pathogens
Garden Calendar
December 1, 2006
Right Plants for Our Place: Woody Landscape Plant Breeding and Genetics at the U--The History
Right Plants for Our Place: Woody Landscape Plant Breeding and Genetics at the U--Looking Ahead
The Insatiable Appetite for New Plant Introductions- Forces behind the frenzy
Black Widows in Minnesota
2007 Minnesota Gardening Calendar