Lawn & Garden

Have questions about lawn care or gardening problems?
E-mail Ron Becker !

The Round Yard and Garden Column is finished for 2007 and will start back up in late April or early May 2008.  Please contact us at 330-264-8722 or becker.4@osu.edu if you have questions.  In the mean time, here are some timely fact sheets that may be of use to you:

http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/1000/1016.html  Over Wintering Plants in the Landscape

http://ohioline.osu.edu/enviro/wi98/enviro_4.html  Ratings for Firewood

http://ohioline.osu.edu/enviro/wi98/enviro_3.html  Firewood Tips

http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/1000/1227.html  Maintenance of Interior Foliage Plants

• Want some pointers on how to prevent or control diseases in your ornamentals?  Click here for some suggestions.
• OARDC Weather Web Site

Wonder  what the soil temperature is?  Go to http://www.oardc.ohio-state.edu/centernet/stations/wohome.html and select the dates you are interested in under the daily menu, then press “get data”.  The first page will bring you up to date on temperature and rain fall; page 2 gives you soil temperatures.

'Round Yard & Garden archives

March 27, 2007
Topics: Pruning fruit trees - peach leaf curl - removal of a hornets' nest

April 3, 2007
Topics: crabgrass preventer - applying lime to lawn - where can I get answers to lawn & garden questions?  

April 10, 2007
Topics: weeds in flower beds - sweet corn varieties - moss removal

April 24, 2007
Topics: mole removal, care of perennials

May 1, 2007
Topics: euonymus scale, lichens on tree trunks, hiring an arborist

May 8, 2007
Topics: algae on ponds, dandelions, eastern tent caterpillars

June 5, 2007
Topics: tree losing leaves, holes in bean plants, lawn mowing in dry weather

June 19, 2007
Topics: Japanese beetles, brown leaves on trees, dividing irises and peonies

July 3, 2007
Topics: downy mildew on cucumbers, bagworm

July 24, 2007
Topics: rootworm and Japanese beetles, cicada wasp, powdery mildew

August 7, 2007
Topics: yellowjackets, powdery mildew