Master Gardener tips: 30-second audio files

Tips for Sept. 22-28, 2008:

• Most important lawn fertilization is fall winterization
• Ornamental grasses are low maintenance, provide year-round displays
• Fall is great time to control weeds in the lawn
• Protect young trees from rodent damage this winter
• Extend your flower garden season with pots of mums in bloom
  

Recent Master Gardener Tips:

September 2008

• As fall approaches, avoid pruning or fertilizing
• Keep weeding the garden as the weather cools down
• Now is time to plant spring-flowering bulbs
• Fall is a great time to plant trees and shrubs
• September is time to divide or move spring-blooming perennials
• Fall is a good time to control dandelions
• Storing your garden's bounty: peppers
• Storing your garden's bounty: onions
• Storing your garden's bounty: green tomatoes
• Fall is time to plant spring-flowering bulbs
• September, October good time to plant spring flowering bulbs
• Good time to plant iris rhizomes
• Fall is time to control broadleaf weeds
• Take the time to review the year’s gardening successes, failures
• Ornamental grasses useful in landscape

August 2008

• Select hardy plants that will survive our climate
• Green menace headed our way -- emerald ash borer
• Prevent mineral deposits on hose couplings
• Cooking sweet corn for maximum flavor
• Grass clippings on the lawn are beneficial, not harmful
• Time to prepare roses for fall and winter
• This fall, clean off tomato cages
• Vegetable garden still needs water
• August is time to plant garlic cloves for next year
• Grubs in your yard? How to check
• Proper watering important in summer’s dog days
• Spotting and treating for spider mites in your plants
• Don’t stop weeding now
• The benefits of rain gardens
• Regenerative pruning restores lost zest
• Help your roses prepare for fall
• Borers attack stressed elm trees
• How to spot webworm infestation in your lawn
• Xeriscaping – common-sense gardening
• Organic mulch provides friendlier environment

July 2008

• Take time to evaluate your yard
• What’s your plan for your garden’s bounty?
• Dividing and transplanting perennials
• Planting spring flowering bulbs in the fall
• Winter protection of perennials and bulbs
• Plant vegetables in July and August? Good idea!
• Selecting vegetables for fall harvest
• Fall vegetable gardening helps control weeds
• Mums add color to fall landscape
• How to select garden chrysanthemums
• How to get rid of snails and slugs
• How to grow great tomatoes
• The benefits of plants in your pond
• Give your cantaloupes a boost
• Garden notebook helps you remember what works best
• How to cut roses to encourage continued production and blooming
• When to cut roses to make them last longer
• Help your roses tolerate heat, drought
• Select rose to fit western Nebraska’s climate
• What to do if your rose isn’t producing blooms
• Now is a good time to divide iris clumps
• First step in weed control is ID’ing the plant
• What is a ustainable landscape?
• Creating a sustainable landscape requires planning
• Select trees based on the planting site

June 2008

• Landscaping basics: The three main areas
• Landscaping basics: How to use repetition
• Landscaping basics: How to create rhythm
• Landscaping basics: Unity in your design
• Landscaping basics: Creating focal points
• How to harvest rhubarb
• Green bean challenges
• Tending to your potatoes
• Cucumber tips for better harvesting
• Welcome the bees to your garden
• Drought-tolerant landscape can have variety, too
• Roses can be drought-tolerant
• Easy trick to thwart cutworms
• How to keep your plants safe from a dragged hose
• Make a butterfly watering place
• Good plants for shady spots
• If iris aren’t blooming well, they may need separated
• Sprinkle your lawn early in the morning to conserve water
• Plant different kids of trees than your neighbors
• For a green lawn, watering every several days is enough

May 2008

• How to thin carrots
• Sunflowers - easy to grow
• Grow Cosmos flowers from seed
• Vine villains of squash
• Vegetables can do double duty in ornamental garden
• Mulching is key to protecting plants
• Two types of mulch: organic and inorganic
• After planting trees, make sure to mulch
• How to apply mulch around trees
• Consider planting drought-tolerant perennials
• Trees in the landscape can soften the architecture of your home
• Trees can frame your home
• Trees need qualilty rooting space
• When choosing a tree, consider the type of shade you need
• Mulching is vital when planting a tree
• Getting the most from pre-emergence herbicide
• Several ways to manage weeds
• Wrapping tree trunks for protection isn't recommended
• Newly planted trees usually don't need fertilizer
• When selecting trees to plant, choose variety
• Work with Mother Nature; look for drought-tolerant plants
• Group plants in landscape according to water needs
• Rain gardening makes better use of water
• Greenhouse plants need to be hardened off before planting
• Water-conserving tips for lawn, garden

April 2008

• Tree planting success: pick the right tree
• What to look for when buying trees
• Vegetable garden planting: plan on paper first
• Planting strawberries
• Blueberries in Nebraska
• Trees can cool down your outdoor living spaces
• How to choose a shade tree for your home
• Using trees to provide color, texture, size and form in your landscape
• Plan your tree planting to help your home blend with the landscape
• Creating outdoor 'rooms' with trees
• Let the soil temperature tell you when it’s time to plant
• Recognizing and treating oyster scale
• Ground covers for shady areas
• Don’t prune roses until the plant starts to leaf out
• When to divide perennials?
• Emerald ash borer not here yet, but expected to be a problem in a few years
• Choose a tree that fits your planting site
• Spotting drought in evergreens, and what to do about it
• Planting a tree? Don't put it too deep
• It's time to cut off ornamental grasses

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Updated Sept. 15, 2008
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