Horticulture

Garden sprinkler watering grass at home backyard (Photo: iStock - ronstik)
Home and Family, Horticulture, Horticulture, Outdoors

Questions about watering your yard? There’s an app for that

The free WaterMyYard app from Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service helps Texans know when and how much to water their lawns using local weather data. Read More

Woman picking leaves of basil greenery (Photo: iStock - OKrasyuk)
Home and Family, Horticulture, Horticulture, Outdoors

Extension experts share tips for growing indoor, outdoor herb gardens

Monarch Butterfly feeding on a rubber rabbitbrush bloom. (Adobe Stock │ #499457615 - Jim)
Home and Family, Horticulture, Horticulture, Outdoors

What’s all the buzz? The importance of a pollinator-friendly landscape

Rabbit in a garden (Photo: iStock - LeoMalsam)

Outsmarting deer and rabbits in the garden

  • By Robin Trott │ University of Minnesota Extension
A young woman sits in the garden, wiping the sweat from her brow. (iStock-#1366545439 │ Ildar Abulkhanov)

Helping gardens survive summer heat

  • By Aaron Steil │ Iowa State University Extension and Outreach
Putting soil or compost into flowerpot by shovel. (Adobe Stock-#345372698 │ encierro)

Potting materials make a difference when growing plants in containers

A bunch of fresh onions in the hands of a farmer. (Adobe Stock-#443296801 │ Anna)

In the Garden: When tops fall over, it’s time to harvest onions

Garden sprinkler watering grass at home backyard (Photo: iStock - ronstik)

Iowa State University Extension and Outreach offers lawn care guidance amid Central Iowa watering restrictions

  • By Adam Thoms and Aaron Steil │ Iowa State University Extension and Outreach
Lawn grass and the hand of a male farmer. (Adobe Stock-#601138487 │ yanadjan)

Healthy lawns offer strongest defense against weeds

  • By Pat Melgares │ K-State Extension news service
Flowers put out the welcome mat for pollinators not only with their bright colors but also their fragrance. (Photo by Linda Geist)

Fragrant plants invite pollinators to your garden

  • By Linda Geist │ University of Missouri Extension
Farmer planting young seedlings of lettuce salad in the vegetable garden (Photo: iStock - AlexRaths)

Tips for planting warm season vegetables