This publication is intended for professionals who manage lawns, golf courses, athletic fields, and other turfgrass areas with cool-season turfgrass species. If you are a non-professional turfgrass ...

Identify Your Landscape Goals Reduce maintenance and use of fertilizers and pesticides. Incorporate native plants by replacing plants that are not doing well; adding natives to an existing landscape; ...

Soil compaction occurs when soil particles are pressed closer together, reducing the space between them and thereby increasing the soil’s density (Soil Science Society of America 2019). Soil ...

FS040,Few insects can compare with the alarm caused by Cicada Killer Wasps— Sphecius speciosus. These large solitary wasps are also known as Giant Cicada Killers or Sand Hornets. This last common name ...

Hydrangea Hydrangeas are great plants for the garden whose many benefits have been well recognized by gardeners over the centuries. They provide floral and occasionally foliar interest beginning in ...

FS1121,Among the 38,000 known spider species in the world, about 100 species have venom that is detrimental to humans. In North America, only the widow spiders in the genus Latrodectus and the recluse ...

Silicon is a mineral present on earth in abundance. The element makes up about 28% of mineral soil by weight. Until recently, this ubiquitous element was not given much attention as a possible ...

E376,Causal Agent Beech leaf disease (BLD) is caused by an invasive nematode Litylenchus crenatae subsp. mccannii (Lcm; Figure 1). Nematodes are microscopic roundworms. Most nematodes are free-living, ...

Many gardeners successfully grow figs (Ficus carica) in New Jersey for many years. However, since fig trees are evergreen plants in warmer climates, some type of low temperature protection is needed.

FS1211, A tool for educators to use to help them incorporate community gardening into the school curriculum.

A Step-By-Step Guide to Developing Effective Questionnaires and Survey Procedures for Program Evaluation & Research ...

The blueberry bush makes a wonderful choice for the home gardener as a flavorful food crop or as an ornamental landscape shrub. There are several important considerations in deciding which particular ...