Hornworms are the largest larval insect commonly seen in the garden. Though usually seen on tomato, they can also...

Next year’s strawberry crop will be affected by what you do to this year’s strawberry bed. The sooner after...

This time of year, two common leaf-spot diseases appear on tomato plants. Septoria leaf spot and early blight are...

This summer Brown County Extension Office received funding for two interns though a Kansas 4-H grant. These interns will...

Sericea lespedeza (Lespedeza cuneata) will soon be in a rapid vegetative growth stage. Sericea lespedeza continues to be a...

Kansas State University food scientist Karen Blakeslee says getting ready for the outdoor grilling season requires one important tool...

Soils are warm enough now that tomatoes can benefit from mulching. Tomatoes prefer even levels of soil moisture and...

Though some warm-season grasses such as bermuda and zoysia can be cut quite low (1-1/2 – 2 inches), buffalo...

New transplants, even those hardened off in a cold frame, may need protection from strong winds when set out....

Even the most ambitious gardeners realize they can only plant a given amount of crops in the ground they...

They may spend much of their time underground, but it’s the tell-tale signs that moles leave above the ground...

If homeowners hoping for a lush green lawn are now starting to see little purple or white flowers in...

Spring-bearing strawberry plants that were set out this spring should have blossoms pinched off. New plants have a limited...

Timing is important to keep undesirable grass from emerging. In many landscapes, crabgrass is considered an “opportunistic” plant. Given...

Got dead pine trees? If you are in the eastern half of Kansas, they probably died of pine wilt,...