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Five tips to manage lawns for water quality
Published on May 26, 2016
Lawn area makes up a large part of the land surface in communities. Proper maintenance and management of these areas can protect water quality. -
Getting Ready for Market – Part 2
Published on May 25, 2016
Treat your booth as your storefront. -
Getting Ready for Market – Part 1
Published on May 25, 2016
Food safety considerations in preparing to sell at a farmers market. -
Choosing the right crops for your garden
Published on May 23, 2016
Improve your local food system and your personal health by growing your own vegetables in a well-planned garden that will provide fresh produce, exercise and enjoyment all season long. -
School gardens in summer
Published on May 23, 2016
Options for utilizing your school garden during summer months. -
Learn how to plant your own garden to improve your health
Published on May 20, 2016
Find out where plant, how to plant, and how to manage your garden to grow fresh, nutritious and delicious food all season long. -
Using garden themes to get kids gardening
Published on May 19, 2016
As gardening season approaches, theme gardens are an easy way to get kids gardening while learning about plant science and how to grow and cook food. -
Breaking botanical boundaries in container planters
Published on May 19, 2016
Garden center retailers should encourage consumers to break the botanical boundaries and combine annuals, perennials and foliage plants for some eye-catching containers. -
Seedheads, hawkweed and slime mold in lawns
Published on May 19, 2016
Now is when seedheads push through turfgrass, orange and yellow hawkweed flowers and slime mold covers turf blades. -
Controlling black knot in Michigan
Published on May 13, 2016
Plum growers need to keep on top of black knot, a disfiguring disease that can quickly destroy a tree.