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Interest in gardening stretches across geographic borders and age levels. You'll find how-to tips and gardening guidelines at Yard and Garden Online.

Check out the new Master Gardener Web site.

Wondering about mushrooms and morels? 
Identifying edible mushrooms, morels, and other fungi can be a challenge, even for a specialist. Eat only those you can identify without a doubt.

 

Yard and Garden News

5/8/2008 - ISU Extension Audio: Interviews for the Week of May 5
Listen to interviews about patience during planting season, La niña and corn and soybean yield, farm sector prosperity and the rural economy, and more.
5/7/2008 - Ask the ISU Extension Gardening Experts
This week the experts answer questions about caring garden geraniums, when to harvest newly planted blueberries and which groundcovers to plant under a large shade trees.
5/5/2008 - Looking Ahead to White Grubs in the Lawn
No method predicts if and where white grubs will occur in the lawn or how severe the damage will be, so put the insecticide down and step away from the sprayer. Learn about your options for white grub management.
5/1/2008 - NatureMapping Program Offered in Johnson County
The NatureMapping program provides hands-on environmental education to help volunteers inventory the state’s plants and wildlife.
5/1/2008 - Ask the ISU Extension Gardening Experts
This week the experts offer information on when to move amaryllis plants outdoors, what to do with daffodils that no longer bloom and why crabapple trees bloom heavily every other year.