Miscellaneous

• "Rules of (Green) Thumb" in the Garden and Landscape....some appropriate suggestions for gardening in the home garden and landscape in central New Jersey.
• Preparing the Garden for Winter....learn the chores that should be performed to prepare the garden for winter.
• Winter Injury and Protection of Ornamentals....learn how to protect your ornamentals from winter injury.

Lawns

• Fundamentals of Weed Management in Turf....learn how to treat weeds in your lawn.
• The Basics of Successful Lawn Care....learn the basics for growing a healthy lawn.
• Residential Lawn Care: Expectations and Management Levels....learn to determine your level of a perfect lawn, and how to maintain it.
• Spring and Summer Lawn Care....learn the considerations and chores for spring and early summer on cool season grass lawns.
• Lawn Care in Spring/Summer of a Drought Year....learn how to maintain your own lawn in years when drought restrictions are in place.
• Things Your Lawn Service Never Told You....A consumer checklist for homeowners who use lawn services.
• Growing Grass in the Shade....How to do it? The difficulties encountered and alternatives to planting grass in shady areas.
• How to establish a New Lawn....Learn the Do's and Don'ts of establishing your new lawn.
• Renovate an Old or Damaged Lawn....Learn how to renovate an old or damaged lawn.

Gardens

• Vegetable Gardening....learn the basics of starting and maintaining a vegetable garden.
• Basics of Flower Gardening....learn the basics of growing flowers in the landscape.
• Planting High Visibility Flower Beds....learn how to plan, plant and maintain a high visibility flower bed.
• Gardening in Containers....Instructions for creating and maintaining container gardens.
• Suggested Plants for Containers....a list of some common plants that do well in containers.
• Annuals For Difficult Sites....a list of annuals that will prosper in difficult sites (drought tolerant, shade tolerant, deer resistant, etc.).
• Perennials for Difficult Sites....a list of perennials that will prosper in difficult sites (drought tolerant, shade tolerant, deer resistant, etc.).
• Propagating Perennials ....techniques for propagating many common perennials.
• Low Maintenance Perennials for Clay Soils....a list of perennials that will grow in heavy clay sites.
• Herbaceous Perennials for Shady Sites....a list of perennials that will grow in shady sites.
• Gardening in Shady Areas....information on how to grow shade loving plants.
• Plants for Shady Sites....A list of trees, shrubs and groundcovers that can survive low light conditions.
• Plants for Dry Sites & Drought Conditions....a list of plants that can tolerate dry conditions.
• Plants for Moist to Wet Sites....a list of plants that can tolerate moist to wet conditions.
• The 10 Most Common Gardening Mistakes....Avoid problems around your yard and garden with these helpful hints.
• Annual Plants for the Garden....How to use and care for annual plants.
• Annuals for Heat and Drought....A list of annuals that can tolerate heat and drought
• Spring Blooming Bulbs....How to grow, select and care for Spring Blooming Bulbs.
• Spring Blooming Bulb Information Table....A table of information for everything you need to know about Spring Blooming Bulbs.
• Forcing Bulbs for Indoor Blooms....learn how to force Spring blooming bulbs indoors.
• Summer Blooming Bulbs....learn how to choose, plant and maintain Summer blooming bulbs.
• Groundcovers for New Jersey....a list of groundcovers for New Jersey.
• The Problems with Pachysandra....How to identify and treat the most common problems with the groundcover, Pachysandra.
• Low Maintenance Native and Wildflower Plantings....How to choose and grow wildflowers and other low maintenance plants.

Weeds

• Control of Yellow Nutsedge....Yellow Nutsedge is a perennial weed of the lawn and garden. Learn how to identify and control it.

Insects

• Cicadas on the Home Grounds....info about the annual cicadas and the 17 year cicadas for 2004.
• Carpenter Bees....how to identify and treat for carpenter bees.
• Yellow or Citronella Ants....how to identify and treat for citronella ants.
• Cluster Flies as Household Pests....how to identify and treat for cluster flies.
• Crickets in the House and Garden....how to identify and treat for crickets in the house and garden.
• Indianmeal Moth....how to identify and treat for Indianmeal moth.
• Pine Leaf-footed Bug....how to identify and control the Pine Leaf-footed Bug.
• Attracting Beneficials....How to attract beneficial animals and insects to your yard.
• Beneficial Insects....Beneficial insects in your yard and garden. What are they and how do they help us?
• Key Plants and Key Pests....What plants are most affected by which insects in IPM.
• Monitoring: The Backbone of IPM....The facts behind Integrated Pest Management (IPM).

Trees/Shrubs/Vines

• Flowering Shrubs for New Jersery Gardens....a list of flowering shrubs that can be grown in New Jersey
• Seleting Trees And Shrubs....selecting, planting and caring for trees and shrubs in your landscape.
• Planting Trees And Shrubs....learn the proper way for locating, planting and caring for newly planted trees.
• Post-Transplant Care of Trees....learn how to ensure the long-term survival of newly planted trees.
• Post-Transplant Care of Shade and Flowering Trees....What you should do After you transplant a tree.
• Pruning Landscape Plants....The Why? What? When? and Where? of home landscape pruning techniques.
• Stresses on Landscape Plantings....Learn what stresses occur to landscape plantings and what causes them.
• Evergreen Identification: ....Learn how to properly identify your evergreen conifer.
• Vines in the New Jersey Landscape....Information on growing vines in New Jersey.

Fertilizers/Compost/Mulches

• Composting at Home....learn the proper way to compost in the home landscape.
• Plant Nutrients....learn the facts about fetrilizers and plant nutrients.
• Nutrient Deficiency Symptoms....learn to identify the signs and symptoms of nutrient deficiency in your garden.
• Mulches for the Home Grounds....What is a mulch and what can be used for mulching.
• Mulch "MANIA"....The problems caused by the overuse of mulch.
• Soil / Amendment / Mulch Quantities....This chart will help the home gardener determine what quantity of mulch or soil amendment to buy.



 

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