Horticulture

Organically cultivated various vegetables in the vegetable garden. (Adobe Stock │ #284921579 - beerfan)
Home and Family, Horticulture, Horticulture, Outdoors

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

A new publication designed to help gardeners improve soil fertility, structure and the overall garden microbiome is now available. Read More

Colorful flower in the garden. (Adobe Stock-#124137630 │ aopsan)
Home and Family, Horticulture, Horticulture, Outdoors

Labor Day marks transition from summer to autumn gardening

Blossom end rot on the red tomato. (iStock-#1331361696 │ Mila Usmanova)
Home and Family, Horticulture, Horticulture, Outdoors

Iowa State University Extension and Outreach specialists offer tomato care guidance

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

Sunburn on plants, not just on people 

Tines from Ride On Aerator that Aerate the Grass for Lawn Care Services. (iStock-#1293930244 │ Sherry Barr Photography)

Lawn stressed? September is time for relief

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

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

Woman picking leaves of basil greenery (Photo: iStock - OKrasyuk)

Extension experts share tips for growing indoor, outdoor herb gardens

  • By Rebekah Hall │ University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture
Monarch Butterfly feeding on a rubber rabbitbrush bloom. (Adobe Stock │ #499457615 - Jim)

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

  • By Trisha Gedon │ Oklahoma State University Extension
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