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Overwinter roses (Photo: Iowa State University Extension and Outreach)
Home and Family, Horticulture, Horticulture, Outdoors

Yard and garden: preparing plants for winter

As the growing season comes to an end, gardeners face the challenge of preparing some of their tender plants for winter. Read More

Fall, Autumn, pumpkins, gourds and colorful mums (Photo: iStock - SheilaYarger)
Home and Family, Horticulture, Horticulture, Outdoors

Mums the word for fall décor

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)
Home and Family, Horticulture, Horticulture, Outdoors

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



Witch hazel in bloom with snow landscape (Photo courtesy of Iowa State University Extension and Outreach)

How to manage garden plants that break dormancy early

  • By Aaron J. Steil and Jeffery Iles │ Iowa State University Extension and Outreach
A quick soil test can provide gardeners with vital information about the quality of the soil in their landscape. (Photo by Mitchell Alcala, OSU Agriculture)

Conduct soil test now ahead of spring planting