Seasonal Tips

by Irene C. Burke, Fluvanna Master Gardener, Fluvanna County Extension Office

Note: Peter Warren will no longer write a weekly column. 11 Mar 2009 was Peter's last published article.


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Subject Index (Alphabetical)

2009
30 December Winter Garden Gifts
23 December Invitation to a kiss
16 December The Christmas Tree
9 December Seed Catalogs
2 December Worms eat my dust
25 November The Quiet Stone
18 November Fantastical Gourds
11 November Volcanoes and meatballs
4 November These constant blooms
28 October A nearly sacred act
21 October Ornamental Grasses
14 October An Ancient Tail
7 October Collectors
30 September The Other Bulbs
23 September Grow Shoots and Sprouts
16 September Autumn Gardening
9 September The Old Sod
2 September One Season’s end is Another’s Beginning
26 August Bloom or Bust
19 August The Seed
12 August Asparagus Affairs
5 August Low, lower, lowest
29 July Small Beer for the Backyard
22 July Zero Waste
15 July Many from one
8 July A cool promise
1 July Pop-ups in the Garden
24 June Gardening Physics
17 June A little bounce in your garden
10 June Healthy Roses
3 June Tender Grape
27 May Xerophobia
20 May Consumer Reports
13 May Gardening by the numbers
6 May Piedmont Brew
29 April Tomatoes
22 April It’s a wash.
15 April Critter Crises
8 April Garden Info: Whom Do You Trust?
1 April Well Behaved Herbs
11 March Stink Bugs
3 March Camellias
25 February Spring Lawn Care
18 February Water Quality
11 February Scale Insects
26 January Feed the Birds
21 January Conserving Energy with Landscaping
14 January Water-Wise Landscaping
7 January Creating & Tending Backyard Woods
2008
31 December Trees & Power Lines
29 December Recycling Christmas Trees
22 December Gifts for the Landscape
15 December Care for Christmas Trees
8 December Virginia Cooperative Extension Volunteers
1 December Snow & Ice
24 November Thanksgiving Cactus
17 November Fungus Gnats
10 November Lawn Leaf Management
3 November Selecting Christmas Trees
27 October Bats
20 October Fall Foliage
13 October Crickets
6 October Fall Visitors
28 September October Landscape Activities
21 September Black Knot
14 September Garlic
7 September Planting Trees & Shrubs
1 September Harvesting
25 August Crape Myrtle
18 August Water Reuse
11 August Fall Lawn Care
4 August August Landscape Activities
28 July Tomato Hornworms
21 July Emerald Ash Borer
14 July Gardening For Health
7 July Horsetails
30 June Daylilies
23 June Assassin Bugs
16 June Butterfly Gardens
9 June Asian Ambrosia Beetle
2 June Carpenter Bees
26 May Rain & Disease
19 May Rose Rosette Disease
12 May Tomatoes
5 May Ticks
28 April Shrub Pruning
21 April Lace Bugs
14 April Carpenter Ants
7 April Boxwood Insect and Mite Pests
31 March Shrub Functions
24 March Blueberries
17 March Crabgrass
10 March March Landscape Activities
3 March Planting Trees and Shrubs
25 February Garden For Pleasure
18 February Invasive Plants
11 February Garden Safety
4 February Tree Stewards
28 January February Landscape Activities
21 January Vermicomposting
14 January Educational Opportunities
07 January New Year’s Resolutions for Gardeners
 
2007
31 December Woods & Wildlife
24 December Mistletoe
3 December Conserving Energy with Landscaping
19 November Volunteering
12 November November Landscape Activities
5 November Avoiding Winter Damage
22 October Peonies
15 October Wood Pests
8 October Trees for Screening
1 October Fall Clean Up
24 September Monarch Butterflies
17 September Fall Visitors
10 September Tree Fruit
3 September Lawn Fertilization
27 August Urban Forest Issues
20 August Harvesting seeds
13 August Fall Vegetable Gardening
6 August Watering
30 July Walnut Trees & Allelopathy
23 July Powdery Mildew
16 July Dog Day Cicadas & Their Killers
02 July July Landscaping
26 June Bagworms
05 June Galls
29 May June Landscape Activities
22 May Deadheading
16 May Poison Ivy
08 May Diagnosing Plant Damage & Identifying Insects
   
2006
09 August Making Compost from Yard Waste
02 August Crickets
26 July Disease Pathogen Symptoms & Signs
19 July Plant Diseases
11 July Green June Beetles
06 June Plant Allergies
01 June Flea Beetles
   
17 May Stinging Caterpillars
10 May Sooty Mold
02 May Groundcovers
26 April Dianthus
19 April Tomatoes
13 April Daylilies
05 April Eastern Tent Caterpillar
15 March Spring Weed Control
08 February Mulch
01 February Garden Planning
25 January Plants for Winter Interest
18 January Trees for Acid Soils
11 January Feed the Birds
Earlier Tips
2005 List of Articles
2004 List of Articles