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Birds and Butterflies | Flowers | Fruit | Gardening | Herbs | Insects | Perennials | Trees | Vegetables |Wildlife Misc

Timely tips from Yates County Master Gardeners

Birds and Butterlies

Bird Feeding Revisited, Tom Rood
Butterfly Gardening, Norma Nelsen
Creating a Garden for Birds, Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology
Hummingbirds, Sheri Mochamer
Migrating Birds, Sheri Mochamer
Monarchs Rule
, Sheri Mochamer

Flowers

Beautiful Begonias 1/22/03
Jade 12/23/02
Poinsettia 12/13/02
Christmas Cactus 12/19/02
Rose is a Rose is a Rose, Tom Rood
A Rose is a Rose - Unless It's a Dogwood, Maud Kane
All America Selections Program Tom Rood
Dazzling Daylily Days, Kathy Rood
Easter Plants, Peg Thompson
What Flowers Say on Valentine's Day Sheri Mochamer

Fruit

Blueberries - A Summer Delight, Peg Thompson
Cider Making
Harvesting and Storing Apples, Katie Tomlinson
More on Blueberries in the Home Garden, Tom Rood
Raspberry Varieties of New York, Judson Reid
Red Currants, Peg Thompson
Strawberry Fields Forever, Sheri Mochamer
Strawberry Fields Forever, part 2, Sheri Mochamer
Wild Black Raspberry, Tom Rood

Gardening

Cornell Plant List 2003 1/24/03
Snow and Ice in Your Garden 1/9/03
Garden Mulching Revisited, Tom Rood
A Child's First Garden, Sheri Mochamer
Building and Maintaining a Compost Pile, Sheri Mochamer
Choosing and Care of Your Christmas Tree, Katie Tomlinson
Composting, Sheri Mochamer
Finger Lakes Produce Auction, Sheri Mochamer
Gardening Tools, Sheri Mochamer
Late Summer and Fall Lawn Care

Marvelous Mulch, Sheri Mochamer
Poisonous House Plants, Maud Kane
Poisonous Plants, Howard Soper
Putting Your Garden to Bed, Sheri Mochamer
Shade Gardening in Western New York, Dot Hachten
Why Four Seasons Tom Rood

Herbs

Five Fabulous Favorite Herbs, Kathy Rood
Ginger, Barb Vittum
Herbs, Angela S. Gaige
It's Time to Plant Garlic, Alan Lefko
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme
, Katie Tomlinson
Rosemary, Barbara Vittum

Insects

Fleas; A Scratchy Subject 12/30/02
Whiteflies, Aphids, and Mealy Bugs of Winter 12/12/02
Fire Flies, Tom Rood
Lady Beetles in Your Home Katie Tomlinson
Snow Fleas Judson Reid
What Are Pesticides?, Howard Soper

Perennials

Down the Primrose Path, Kathy Rood
Pest Alerts, Tom Rood
Planting Bulbs for Spring Flowers
, Sheri Mochamer
Wedded Bliss - Companion Perennial Plantings, Kathy Rood

Trees

Dying of Thirst
English Holly for Christmas, Kathy Rood
Maple Sugaring Time, Peg Thompson
Multi-Purpose Plantings: Getting the Most out of Your Trees
Walnut and it's Toxicity Explored, Tom Rood

Vegetables

Best Vegetable Varieties Announced, Tom Rood
Cucumbers, Charlie Marks
Love Apples (Tomatoes-Lycopersicum), Tom Rood
Peppers, Tom Rood
Summer Squash
, Tom Rood
Summer Sun in the Winter Cellar
, Judson Reid

Wildlife

Bats are Beneficial Mammals, Katie Tomlinson
Make Your Garden a Welcoming Winter Home for Wildlife
Our Fresh Water Heritage, Tom Rood
House Mice and Snakes, Katie Tomlinson

Miscellaneous

Salt, Tom Rood
Pepper, Tom Rood

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Last updated: 6/26/02

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