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Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Plants to Attract Hummingbirds

Published - April 19, 2021

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4-H Germination: Cleaning Out the Seed Shed

Published - April 12, 2021

Blackened curled shoot (Shepherd’s crook) symptomatic of fire blight disease

Be Forewarned About Fire Blight on Apple and Pear Trees

Published - April 6, 2021

Published - March 30, 2021

White dogwood blossoms with greenish-yellow centers on a tree branch

Spot Anthracnose on Dogwood

Published - March 30, 2021

Cluster of orange trumpet-vine flowers among green leaves

Trumpets for a Garden Symphony

Published - March 26, 2021

Sanford Farmers Market Seeks Market Manager

Published - March 24, 2021

Red camellia blossom on a leafy branch with a blurred garden background

Tea Scale Pests on Camellias

Published - March 17, 2021

March and April Gardening Guidelines

Published - March 10, 2021

Crabgrass Seedlings

Effect of Waterlogged Soil on Preemergence Herbicides in Turfgrass Systems

Published - March 3, 2021

Sandhills Farm to Table Returns This Spring

Published - March 2, 2021

Hand using pruning shears cutting a green plant stem

To Prune or Not to Prune

Published - March 1, 2021

Dark-winged fungus gnat trapped on a yellow sticky card

Fungus Gnats in February?

Published - March 1, 2021

Pasture Management, Not Just a Summertime Job

Published - February 18, 2021

Dense stand of tall pine and deciduous trees with sunlight filtering through leaves

The Timber Sale Process Using a Professional Forester

Published - February 15, 2021

Hellebores

Published - February 10, 2021

Who Spilled Paint on My Camellias?

Published - February 3, 2021

How Does Your Generation Define "Good Manners?"

Published - February 1, 2021

Let’s Celebrate Heart Month

Published - January 29, 2021

February Gardening Guidelines

Published - January 27, 2021

Abiotic Diseases - Frost Injury

Published - January 27, 2021

Palm-like tropical plant with long narrow leaves radiating from center among dense foliage

Reach for an Umbrella? How About an Umbrella Palm?

Published - January 27, 2021

Suspended woven bird nest of grass and twigs hanging from a thin branch

Are Those Nature’s Christmas Tree Ornaments?

Published - January 27, 2021

News and clover

Set Goals to Make the Best Better

Published - January 9, 2021

Community Garden

Recovery and Resilience

Published - January 6, 2021

It Really Is a Good Time to Think Through Next Year’s Garden

Published - January 4, 2021

Setting Goals for the New Year

Published - December 31, 2020

Watering Can

Gardening Guidelines for November, December, and January

Published - November 4, 2020

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Tell Yer Mom N’em We Said "Hi"

Published - November 1, 2020

Bullying - Beyond the Classroom

Published - October 24, 2020

Container Herbs

Change of Seasons

Published - August 31, 2020

Americas seen from satellite with widespread cloud cover over North, Central, and South America

This Summer’s Dust Storms: What Do They Mean for You?

Published - July 1, 2020

Watering Can

Gardening Guidelines - May & June

Published - May 6, 2020

Public Speaking 2021

Published - April 29, 2020

Make Sure You Count

Published - March 26, 2020

Get Into the Garden!

Published - March 25, 2020

Improving Our Lives for the Better

Published - December 2, 2019

Anne Moyer CC BY-NC-ND - 2.0

Published - July 31, 2019

girls dancing in historical latin costumes

More Than Meets the Eye: Magetsi 4-H Club

Published - June 18, 2019

Seed packet back with arrows labeling name, plant count, sow time, depth, GMO label, sell-by date

Planning Next Year’s Garden

Published - January 16, 2019

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