Growing Apples in Wisconsin
A great how-to book for backyard apple growers. Covers everything from planting tips to pruning to disease and insect management strategies.
Articles for Fall
Fall is time harvest time. You may want to save those vegetable seeds for next season. Also you may want to try extending your growing season with some time-tested tips. Early fall can also be a great time to choose and plant trees and shrubs.
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Selecting Woody Landscape Plants for Fall Color: An Illustrated Guide
When selecting plants for landscaping, consider choosing ones that offer showy fall foliage. This beautifully illustrated 38-page publication provides an extensive (though by no means comprehensive) list of commercially available woody plants that offer spectacular fall color.
Morning Ag Clips: Lawn care tips for the fall with Doug Soldat (October 7, 2019)
Podcast and transcript: Lawn care tips for the fall. With Doug Soldat, Extension Turfgrass and Urban Soil Specialist, Department of Soil Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences and I’m Lorre Kolb. Listen and read the transcript.
WPR Garden Talk: Bringing Plants Indoors with Diana Alfuth (September 27, 2019)
Shorter days and cooler nights mean it’s time to start bringing in plants that summer outside. We talk with a horticulturist about how to successfully transition them back into your home. Listen to the episode.
WPR Garden Talk: Fall Lawn Care with Paul Koch (August 31, 2019)
With summer winding down, there are a lot of to-dos in terms of lawn care during the fall. We talk about lawn revival, overseeding and repair. Our turf expert also explains the importance of fall fertilization and perennial weed control. Listen to this episode.
Hot-Water Seed Treatment for Disease Management
Growing vegetables from seed is a common practice for many home gardeners. Unfortunately, vegetable seed can sometimes be contaminated with disease-causing organisms, particularly disease-causing bacteria. Learn how to use hot water treatment to reduce pathogens that may be carried on seeds in this guide.
Making and Using Compost in the Garden
Making your own compost is an easy, practical, and satisfying way to make use of yard waste and table scraps. With this publication, designed for the home gardener, you’ll be composting like a pro in no time!
Maintaining Lawn and Garden Tools
When it comes to digging in the garden or pruning trees and shrubs, having high quality tools that are cleaned, lubricated, sharpened and otherwise properly maintained, makes any outdoor job simpler and more efficient. Learn how to maintain your garden tools in this useful factsheet.
Leaf Color Change in Autumn
The bright yellow, orange and red colors of autumn leaves are one of nature’s most beautiful spectacles. Although a familiar annual event, much of our understanding of autumn leaf coloration has, until recently, been based primarily on random observation and speculation.
Extending the Garden Season
Cold frames and hot beds, hoop houses, cloches, and floating row covers allow gardeners to grow plants earlier in spring and later in fall. Although these structures are used primarily for growing vegetables, they may be used for growing ornamentals, including flowering plants, as well.
Selecting Woody Landscape Plants for Fall Color: An Illustrated Guide
When selecting plants for landscaping, consider choosing ones that offer showy fall foliage. This beautifully illustrated 38-page publication provides an extensive (though by no means comprehensive) list of commercially available woody plants that offer spectacular fall color.
Plants Not Favored by Deer
If deer visit your property, you’ve likely already experienced the frustration of having landscape plants destroyed overnight. Before planting (or replanting), check out this list of trees, shrubs, flowers, herbs, and grasses that deer tend to avoid.
