Q: I am confused about deadheading. How do I deadhead plants? What plants should – and should not – be …
By Jean Murray, Iowa State University Extension Home & Garden Aug. 24, 2014 1:00 am4134d ago
Q: I am confused about deadheading. How do I deadhead plants? What plants should – and should not – be …
By Sandra VanAmburg, correspondent Living Aug. 18, 2014 3:52 pm4139d ago
DECORAH – In England, it’s common to say – when one is going out into the yard – that you …
By Lisa Slattery, Iowa State University Extension Home & Garden Aug. 17, 2014 1:00 am4141d ago
August brings an abundance of beautiful flowers for cutting, from sunflowers and black-eyed-Susan’s to roses and coneflowers in many colors. …
By Lisa Slattery, Iowa State University Extension Living Aug. 10, 2014 1:00 am4148d ago
Tomatoes have a lot of enemies in the garden, even deer. But more common are the fungus and bacterial diseases …
By Lisa Slattery,Iowa State University Extension Home & Garden Aug. 3, 2014 1:00 am4155d ago
Besides questions on plants, lawns, insects and flowers, a lot of you ask ‘What is a Master Gardener”? A Master …
By Shirley Ruedy, correspondent
Home & Garden Jul. 27, 2014 1:00 am4162d ago
SHUEYVILLE – It’s not that Kathy Bowersox’s garden is so much in a plot as it is in patches. It’s …
By Becki Lynch, Iowa State University Extension
Home & Garden Jul. 27, 2014 1:00 am4162d ago
When the heat of midsummer hits, and rain becomes more sparse – my favorite flower must be the native echinacea, …
By Gabriella Dunn, The Gazette
Living Jul. 23, 2014 9:09 pm4165d ago
North Liberty will kickoff its first farmers market on August 3 after nearly three years of a market hiatus. Penn …
By Jean Wilson, Iowa State University Extension
Home & Garden Jul. 20, 2014 1:00 am4169d ago
Many plants called ‘lily” aren’t lilies at all. Day lilies, lily of the valley and peace lily aren’t members of …
By Shirley Ruedy, correspondent
Home & Garden Jul. 13, 2014 1:10 am4176d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – George Cherry is what you might call a casual gardener. And though he is a passionate gardener …
Home & Garden Jul. 13, 2014 1:00 am4176d ago
Employees in the University of Iowa’s International Programs department bond over vegetables. Specifically, over the vegetables they’re growing together in …
By Judy Stevens,nIowa State University Extension
Living Jul. 13, 2014 1:00 am4176d ago
With summer activities in full swing it is easy to ignore the garden and hope everything is doing OK without …
By Katelynn McCollough, The Gazette
Living Jul. 8, 2014 4:13 pm4180d ago
Becki Lynch stood on a walkway running through a well kept garden, a worn pair of work gloves and weeds …
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