Horticulture

Crabgrass is manually removed from a lawn. (iStock │ #115867077 - PICSUNV)
Home and Family, Horticulture, Horticulture, Outdoors

Lawn got you crabby? Time nears to apply preventers

Applying herbicide in April can help to prevent crabgrass problems in home lawns, said K-State horticulture expert Cynthia Domenghini. Read More

A child in a garden with tomatoes. (Adobe Stock │ #338325350 - yanadjan)
Home and Family, Horticulture, Horticulture, Outdoors

Tomato: how to grow it

Pruning branches with pruning shears. (Adobe Stock │ #423213171 - Anna)
Home and Family, Horticulture, Horticulture, Outdoors

Root awakening: spring tree tips



Red cabbage. Photo courtesy National Garden Bureau.

March is the time to plant hardy, heady, healthy cabbage and kale

Lawn mower cut grass. (Adobe Stock │ #358230287 - Zedspider)

Lawn calendar for cool-season grasses

Close up of The four leaf clover (Trifolium repens) is a rare variety of the common three leaf clover. (iStock │ #1715156370 - Galeh Nur Wihantara)

St. Patrick’s Day: Time to rock your shamrock knowledge

Manual planting of potatoes in the ground. Early spring preparation for the garden season. (iStock │ #1459660565 - OLEKSANDR KOZACHOK)

Time to plant potatoes in Kansas

The gardener plants young seedlings in the ground. (Adobe Stock │ #202289332 - iMarzi)

Spring gardening checklist

  • By JayDee Gunnell │ Utah State University Extension
Organically cultivated various vegetables in the vegetable garden. (Adobe Stock │ #284921579 - beerfan)

Harvest all season long with succession sowing

Growing rhubarb in home garden. (iStock │ #696048186 - Kati Finell)

March signals time to plant rhubarb

  • By Pat Melgares │ K-State Research and Extension news service
Soil thermometer in soil of farm field. (iStock │ #2148452446 - JJ Gouin)

Soil temperature is important for germination in the garden