garden

Lawn closeup (K-State Research and Extension)
Home and Family, Horticulture, Horticulture, Outdoors

Turf Wars: tips to maintain lawn goals

K-State horticulture expert Cynthia Domenghini shares tips for spring lawn maintenance. Some plants often disregarded as pesky weeds have value for wildlife. Read More

Salad plantation in a square garden at springtime, and some tomato plantation and flowers. (Photo: iStock - NCAImages)
Home and Family, Horticulture, Horticulture, Outdoors

Maximize garden space by growing vertically

Screenshot of the new Yard and Garden website (Photo: Iowa State University Extension and Outreach)
Home and Family, Horticulture, Horticulture, Iowa, Midwestern Region, Outdoors

New yard and garden website offers timely info and answers



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

Mixed pansies in garden (Photo: iStock - AnjoKanFotografie)

Plants add versatility, range of color

Flowering white lilies (Photo: iStock - Elen11)

K-State expert shares tips to keep Easter lilies blooming

Hostas, the stars of shady landscapes, earned the National Garden Bureau’s nod as Perennial of the Year for 2024. (Photo by David Trinklein.)

Hosta steps out of the shadows in 2024

  • By Linda Geist │ University of Missouri Extension
Onions (Photo: Cindy Haynes)

Yard and Garden: planting and growing onions

  • By Aaron J. Steil │ Iowa State University Extension and Outreach
To revive a compost pile or bin like the ones pictured, begin by assessing a starting point, turning the pile, managing inputs, and setting reminders to put this process on repeat. (Photos: Gemini Bhalsod, Illinois Extension)

Spring into composting by reviving a compost pile after winter

Salad plantation in a square garden at springtime, and some tomato plantation and flowers. (Photo: iStock - NCAImages)

Companion planting: Positive partnerships that produce more