Lawn & Garden Articles
Beneficial Insects
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Insects in the garden can be devastating. You’ve spent all your time planting, watering, and maintaining your garden. You want to enjoy the fruits of your labor – not feed pesky insects. No need to fear, Mother Nature has supplied natural predators that feed on your insect nuisances!When we think of beneficial insects, the ladybug (or more correctly, the lady beetle) comes to
Be Healthy Grow What You Eat
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Do you want to learn about growing your own fall garden? How about learning about all the exercise you will get when working in a garden? Presentation topics will include: benefits of eating vegetables,tips on planting fall vegetables, and the benefit of "garden exercise". Resources will be provided that will aid you through the gardening process. So that adequate supplies will be availabl, please register by August 11, 2008. For additional
Garden of the Month - July 2008
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The Garden of the Month sponsored by the Currituck Master Gardeners and the NC Cooperative Extension, Currituck County Center, goes to Dot Waterfield of Poplar Branch. Dot has lovely gardens with key notes of interest. She has done all the work on the garden herself. She has 3 acres with turf and planting beds, and a small pond. There are
Garden of the Month - July 2008
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The Garden of the Month sponsored by the Currituck Master Gardeners and the NC Cooperative Extension, Currituck County Center, goes to Dot Waterfield of Poplar Branch. Dot has lovely gardens with key notes of interest. She has done all the work on the garden herself. She has 3 acres with turf and planting beds, and a small pond. There are lovely perennials with some annuals, mature trees, fruit trees (pear), and shrubbery. There are pretty
Summer Flowering Bulbs
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There are flowering bulbs for every season, and summer shows some of the best. (When I say “bulb” I mean bulb, corm, tuber, or modified root).Perhaps the most commonly seen summer bulb is the daylily. It boggles the mind that there are tens of thousands of named varieties of daylilies to choose from. The good news is that there is sure to be one that fits your preference. The other good news is
Culinary Herbs
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Americans are learning to cook with a new attitude these days. The shift towards healthier lifestyles has brought about a new interest in an old method of cooking. Culinary herbs have been used for centuries to flavor everything from salads and fish to soups and stews, and with the growing concern about the high amounts of salt, fat and sugar in the foods we eat, herbs are being used in increasing amounts as a healthier
What's A Crinum Lily?
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(Photo caption: This impressive group of Crinum Lilies on Houston Road is one of the prettiest clumps in all of Polk County.) Have you ever grown any Crinum Lilies? Crinums are one the South's most common old garden and cemetery plants. Unlike many perennials, this one really likes the heat. Crinums are easy to grow and require
Managing Bahiagrass in Lawns
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Bahiagrass is recognized by its characteristic "Y" or "V" shaped seed head. It also has large stolons and is often purple near the base of the stem. Bahiagrass has been widely planted and maintained on roadsides and highway rights of ways. Being a warm season grass, bahiagrass grows during late spring, summer, and early fall and goes dormant during the winter. It
Bagworms
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Bagworms are 1/8 to almost 2 inch long caterpillars depending on age. The head and forward parts are dark and hardened and the rest is paler and soft. Each bagworm is covered later in the year by a bag made of white silk with bits of the host plant spun onto the outer surface. Bagworms are much different than the eastern tent caterpillar that we
Landscape Enhancement Funds Available to Communities
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LINCOLN, Neb. — Funding for community tree-planting and beautification efforts is now available through the Community Enhancement Program coordinated by the Nebraska Statewide Arboretum and Nebraska Forest Service at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.