Screenshot of the new Yard and Garden website (Photo: Iowa State University Extension and Outreach)

New yard and garden website offers timely info and answers

  • By Aaron J. Steil │ Iowa State University Extension and Outreach
Close up of gardener planting tree, digging with spade. (Photo: iStock - Halyna Bobyk)

April is National Safe Digging Month: Simple rules to dig safely

Lawn closeup (K-State Research and Extension)

Lawn maintenance should start now

  • By Maddy Rohr │ Kansas State University Research and Extension
National Gardening Month is a great time for novices to try their hand at gardening or for experts to branch out. (Michael Miller/Texas A&M AgriLife)

National Gardening Month: Time to clean your garden – or start one

Installing weed control fabric material and bark mulch in a residential garden to control weed spreading (Photo: iStock - brebca)

Colored plastic mulches may provide boost to garden crops

Monarch butterfly. (Photo courtesy of Monarch Butterfly and Pollinators Conservation Fund.)

Gardening for butterflies

Mixed pansies in garden (Photo: iStock - AnjoKanFotografie)

Plants add versatility, range of color

Flowering white lilies (Photo: iStock - Elen11)

Tips to keep Easter lilies blooming