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So Easy to Preserve

Preserve Summer Produce with help from Iowa State University Extension
(Posted on 3/5/2009)
Stop in the Wright Co. Extension Office today and check out the "So Easy to Preserve" DVD series to view how-to demonstrations of recommended, safe food preservation methods.

Resources you might find useful in the months to come
(Posted on 9/17/2007)
Another season is upon us, and you will have questions that accompany fall. Here are some resources to use when answering those questions.

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Yard and Garden Publications
(Posted on 4/5/2007)
There are publications for all of your gardening needs. You can order off the web, print off the web or come in to the Extension office for the publications.

Morel Mushrooms
(Posted on 3/30/2007)
These are wild mushrooms that people pick in April and May. The season usually lasts 3-4 weeks; the mushrooms' growth depends upon spring rains and warm temperatures. The safe morels are those that have the hollow steam. The first pickings of mushrooms are usually the gray ones and later ones become more yellow. The tops all look like a sponge, very "holey".

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Horticulture & Home Pest News
(Posted on 10/4/2006)
Horticulture & Home Pest News is filled with articles on current horticulture, plant care, pest management, and common household pests written by Iowa State University Extension specialists in the Departments of Entomology, Horticulture and Plant Pathology.

News from Iowa State University Extension

Ask the ISU Extension Garden Experts: Protecting Trees, Crown Gall and Houseplants
(Posted on 11/18/2009)
This week's answers discuss what to do to protect trees from nearby construction activity, the impact of crown gall on rose bushes and how houseplants can improve the air quality in your home.
Preparing Evergreens for Winter
(Posted on 11/16/2009)
Protection efforts this fall will help your evergreen plantings make it safely through the winter.
Ask the ISU Extension Garden Experts: Rubber Trees, Begonias and Arbor Vitae
(Posted on 11/12/2009)
This week's answers discuss how to propagate a rubber tree, humidity conditions needed by rex begonias and what browning of arborvitae needles indicates.
Why You Should Worry about Your Walnuts
(Posted on 11/9/2009)
Thousand cankers disease is a malady looming on the western horizon that has already claimed many Eastern Black Walnut trees transplanted to the western states.
Ask the ISU Extension Garden Experts: Perennials, Amaryllis Bulbs, African Violets and Fertilizer
(Posted on 11/4/2009)
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.
November Garden Chores
(Posted on 11/2/2009)
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.
Ask the ISU Extension Garden Experts: Vegetables, Acorns, Water Lilies
(Posted on 10/29/2009)
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.
Yellowjacket Wasps Look for Sweet Things to Eat in the Fall
(Posted on 10/26/2009)
Winter weather will put an end to invasions from yellowjacket wasps, but they can be annoying at this time of year.
Ask the ISU Garden Experts: Twig Beetles, Hostas and Magnolias
(Posted on 10/21/2009)
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.

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Yvonne Nilles-Extension Horticulturalist
Phone: (515) 832-9597
Fax: (515) 832-9599
Email: ynilles@iastate.edu

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