Horticulture

Raking up garden rubbish with a lawn rake. (iStock-#182381293 │ Petegar)
Home and Family, Horticulture, Horticulture, Outdoors

Fall tips for healthier gardens in spring

Cleaning up the garden for winter can help control pests and disease, but leaving some plant material behind can benefit soil and wildlife. Read More

Professional serviceman is repairing a lawnmower, refitting a front wheel. (Adobe Stock-#336308236 │ Anze)
Home and Family, Horticulture, Horticulture, Outdoors

Spring lawn care starts with proper lawnmower winterization

Farmer holding bunch of fresh harvested organic garlic in vegetable garden. (Adobe Stock-#280060277 │ encierro)
Home and Family, Horticulture, Horticulture, Outdoors

Clove at first bite

White peonies flowers in garden. (Adobe Stock-#984368293 │ OLENA LIALINA)

Dividing plants is good for making friends, too

A full frame photograph of a variety of different colored chrysanthemum flowers. (Photo: iStock - Lemanieh)

How to choose and care for fall mums

Tiny hands holding strawberries in strawberry patch with green leaves. (Adobe Stock-#1198172203 │ Schaefer Photography)

Why wait until spring? Strawberries can be planted this fall

Lawn in summer dormancy from heat, drought stress (Photo: K-State Research and Extension.)

Hot temps may encourage homeowners to delay seeding lawns this year

Organically cultivated various vegetables in the vegetable garden. (Adobe Stock │ #284921579 - beerfan)

New guide shows how home gardeners can boost soil health with cover crops

  • By Aaron Steil and Ajay Nair │ Iowa State University Extension and Outreach
Colorful flower in the garden. (Adobe Stock-#124137630 │ aopsan)

Labor Day marks transition from summer to autumn gardening

Blossom end rot on the red tomato. (iStock-#1331361696 │ Mila Usmanova)

Iowa State University Extension and Outreach specialists offer tomato care guidance

  • By Aaron Steil & Chelsea Harbach │ Iowa State University Extension
Tiny hands holding strawberries in strawberry patch with green leaves. (Adobe Stock-#1198172203 │ Schaefer Photography)

Sunburn on plants, not just on people