Ask the ISU Extension Gardening Experts
(Posted on 7/3/2008)
Chinese cabbage, growths on grape leaves and summer squash are topics for this week's questions answered by ISU horticulture experts.

Should You Sell Your Extra Produce at a Farmers’ Market?
(Posted on 7/2/2008)
The answer about selling your produce may not be as simple as you think. ISU Extension's small farms specialist, Andy Larson, provides many options to consider.

Upcoming ISU Field Days Highlight Fruits and Vegetables
(Posted on 7/2/2008)
Events scheduled for July 21 in Mitchell and Howard Counties and for July 24 in Shelby County.

ISU Extension Audio: Interviews for the Week of June 30
(Posted on 6/30/2008)
Listen to interviews about crops and weather, mosquitoes, tomatoes and salmonella, community leadership and more.

The Not So Sweet Pest of Sweet Corn
(Posted on 6/30/2008)
One of the pure pleasures of summertime in Iowa is eating sweet corn fresh from the garden or farmers market. But one pest can make the joy of eating corn rather unsavory.

Ask the ISU Extension Gardening Experts
(Posted on 6/26/2008)
This week the experts offer advice on controllling white clover in a lawn, whether cucumbers will cross-pollinate with other vine crops, when to deadhead peonies and how to grow tree peonies in Iowa.

Garden for the Senses
(Posted on 6/23/2008)
The ISU Extension Home Demonstration Gardens feature many new and unusual vegetables and annual flowers each year.

Ask the ISU Extension Gardening Experts
(Posted on 6/20/2008)
This week the experts offer advice on replanting vegetable gardens destroyed by flooding, whether it is safe to eat strawberries from a flooded patch and what causes orange patches on black raspberry bushes.

ISU Extension Audio: Interviews for the Week of June 23
(Posted on 6/20/2008)
Listen to interviews about the economic impacts of flooding in Iowa, plant diseases, crop insurance, corn replanting decisions, protecting your garden investment and more.

Iowa Offers Weed Seed Free Forage and Mulch Certification
(Posted on 6/19/2008)
Iowa Crop Improvement Association offers a site to connect suppliers and buyers of certified weed-free forages and hay.

Mower Maintenance is Important on Larger Acreages
(Posted on 6/18/2008)
Most acreage owners don’t enjoy spending excessive time with mowing operations. Iowa State University Extension agricultural engineer Mark Hanna provides tips for routine maintenance which can help avoid repairs and down time plus maximize fuel economy.

ISU Extension Audio: Impacts of 2008 Floods
(Posted on 6/17/2008)
Iowa State University Extension specialists discuss impacts of the 2008 floods: economic impacts, corn production, crop disease, crop insurance and lawn, landscape and garden concerns. Listen to the audio interviews.

Maples Leaves with Bumps and Hairs?
(Posted on 6/15/2008)
Heavy infestations of galls cause leaves to be disfigured, but these effects are not detrimental to the overall health of healthy, well-established trees.

Ask the ISU Extension Gardening Experts
(Posted on 6/15/2008)
This week the experts offer advice on flowering onions, whether serviceberries are edible, when to harvest cherries and the impact of flooding on trees.

June 14, 2008 Iowa State University Extension Flooding Media Advisory
(Posted on 6/14/2008)
ISU Extension specialists have released more materials for media covering Iowa flooding.

Media Advisory: Flood-Related Resources
(Posted on 6/12/2008)
If you need help weathering the recent storms, Iowa State University Extension offering a variery of resources.

Spice up Your Garden with Tender Summer Blooming Bulbs, Corms and Tubers
(Posted on 6/9/2008)
Summer blooming bulbs are long-blooming and have showy flowers available in a wide range of colors.

Ask the ISU Extension Gardening Experts
(Posted on 6/7/2008)
This week the experts offer advice on treating flea beetles on eggplants, how to prevent flooded turfgrass from dying and whether it is a good idea to deadhead perennials.

Can I Grow Grapes?
(Posted on 6/6/2008)
ISU Extension Fruit Specialist Paul Domoto explains it is critical that your site and soil conditions are suitable for grapes and that you select grape cultivars adapted to your conditions because vineyards are expensive to establish.