11/2/2009 - November Garden Chores
Now is the time to prepare your roses and strawberries to withstand the trials of winter.You also can do cleanup in your vegetable garden to prevent disease carryover, and protect your trees and shrubs from rabbit damage.

10/26/2009 - Yellowjacket Wasps Look for Sweet Things to Eat in the Fall
Winter weather will put an end to invasions from yellowjacket wasps, but they can be annoying at this time of year.

10/19/2009 - Growing Garlic
Pumpkins are not the only plants associated with Halloween. Fall is a great time to plant garlic in Iowa -- to keep vampires away and for use later in a wide variety of good-tasting recipes.

10/12/2009 - Prepare Your Plants for Winter
Help your plants "harden off" and clean up the sources of disease in your yard to minimize your problems next spring.

11/4/2009 - Ask the ISU Extension Garden Experts: Perennials, Amaryllis Bulbs, African Violets and Fertilizer
This week's answers discuss which perennials will not last forever in your landscape, how to have amaryllis blooms at Christmas, light needed by African violets, and how to store unused fertilizer.

10/29/2009 - Ask the ISU Extension Garden Experts: Vegetables, Acorns, Water Lilies
This week’s answers discuss how to prepare your vegetable garden to minimize disease problems next year, damage from acorn weevil larvae, and what to do with your tropical water lilies this fall.

10/21/2009 - Ask the ISU Garden Experts: Twig Beetles, Hostas and Magnolias
This week's answers discuss why leafy twigs may be falling from oak trees, whether hostas need winter protection, and how to germinate seeds from a saucer magnolia.

10/19/2009 - Grow Green Know How and When
Show a “green” attitude with a 2010 Garden Calendar from Iowa State University Extension – seasonal task prompts and earth-friendly gardening tips with space for your garden diary; printed on recycled paper using soy ink.

10/15/2009 - Ask the ISU Extension Garden Experts: Fish, Lichens and Compost
This week's answers discuss what to do with the fish in your garden pond over the winter, lichens that grow on tree bark and how to avoid odor issues with compost piles.

10/8/2009 - Ask the ISU Extension Garden Experts: Beetles, Deer Damage and African Violets
This week's answers discuss lady beetles in your home, deer damage to your trees and how to improve the blooming of your African violets.