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Ag Action Day 2015 to include hops production sessions
Published on December 30, 2014
Michigan State University Extension will host Ag Action Day 2015, an agriculture and home horticulture networking and educational event, Jan. 30, in Oshtemo Township, Michigan. -
Cultivate friends and happiness by starting perennials now
Published on December 29, 2014
Selecting seeds is a great way to introduce new perennials into your garden and now is the perfect time to start them. -
The merits of All-American Selections
Published on December 22, 2014
The All-American Selections is the “standard” for getting a new flower or vegetable seeds to market. Learn more about these important seed trials. -
Adding native plants to your garden
Published on December 18, 2014
Native plants have several characteristics that make them appealing as garden and landscape plants. -
2014 Michigan Garden Plant Tour recap – Part 1
Published on December 17, 2014
Check out the “Best of the Best” varieties from the 11th Annual Michigan Garden Plant Tour. The young plant producers share the top five plants that visitors talked about the most from their host sites. -
Growing amaryllis, a favorite holiday plant
Published on December 17, 2014
Amaryllis is one of the most widely grown bulbs worldwide and comes in a beautiful array of colors and flower types. -
Discouraging deer year-round in your yard: Facts versus fantasies
Published on December 8, 2014
Give your landscape and garden a fighting chance from hungry deer by knowing the facts. -
If applying some fertilizer is good, then more is better, right? Wrong!
Published on December 5, 2014
How much fertilizer should I apply? Some take the approach that if a little of something is good – more is better. This is rarely a good approach, particularly with fertilizer applications. -
Deer damage to woody ornamentals
Published on December 3, 2014
How to stop serving your fresh produce to the deer herd. -
Spring off-campus MSU plant science course enrollment deadline nears
Published on November 28, 2014
Plant Science certificate programs are being offered at northwest and southwest Michigan community college locations this spring by Michigan State University Institute of Agricultural Technology.