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Joe’s Journal, Summer Edition: Soil & Plant Health, pH & Mineral Availability, and Carbon & Nitrogen Cycles

Posted on August 18, 2023

To grow and keep plants healthy, we need to consider the soil environment. The soil-root interface is called the rhizosphere. In this section, we will discuss soil health as it

Posted on August 8, 2023

Keeping tufgrass healthy and flourishing requires more than just watering! There’s many different tools, practices, and management strategies to consider with turf health. Follow our guide for some best management

Posted on July 27, 2023

Rhizobia are bacteria that have the super power of capturing atmospheric nitrogen and converting it to a source useful for plant growth. These bacteria make their homes on the roots

Posted on July 20, 2023

In this second part of the series of the Shade Trees of Summer, we’ll consider five additional trees worthy of consideration including black walnut, red maple and sugar maples, chestnut

Posted on July 13, 2023

Favoring Plant Health in Unfavorable Climate First some plant basics: How Plants Grow From seed, a plant first sends out roots. A radical idea, no? The plant requires anchoring, water

Posted on July 6, 2023

“The severe winter of 1737 and the drought over the previous months had left the…box hedges that bordered the flower beds looking brown and parched. Even though…three had watered the

Posted on June 22, 2023

(or, Mulch Ado About Nothing!) A mulch is a material that covers the earth. In woodlands, fallen leaves form an organic mulch. Organic mulches are food for “worms”, which here

Posted on June 15, 2023

How to know whether or not a shrub blooms on new or old wood? Shrubs that bloom on old wood form flower buds the previous season. Spring flowering trees and

Posted on May 11, 2023

Spring is an ideal time to plant trees and shrubs! Plants purchased from local nurseries are offered as container-grown or dug (ball & burlap) plants. The advantage of container grown

Posted on May 5, 2023

Still figuring out a gift for your mom for Mother’s Day? Flowers are always a popular gift, but why not give mom something more than cut flowers this year? Cut

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Joe’s Journal, Summer Edition: Soil & Plant Health, pH & Mineral Availability, and Carbon & Nitrogen Cycles

Posted on August 18, 2023

Guide to Best Management Practices for Turf Grass

Posted on August 8, 2023

Joe’s Journal, Summer Edition: Rhizobial Associates of the Legumes: When Microbes Do Right!

Posted on July 27, 2023

Joe’s Journal, Summer Edition: Shade Trees of Summer, Part 2

Posted on July 20, 2023

Joe’s Journal, Summer Edition: On Weather & Plant Resiliency, Part 2

Posted on July 13, 2023

Joe’s Journal, Summer Edition: On Weather & Plant Resiliency, Part 1

Posted on July 6, 2023

Joe’s Journal, Summer Edition: On Mulches and Mulching for Improving Plant Resiliency

Posted on June 22, 2023

Joe’s Journal, Spring Edition: Pruning Shrubs that Flower on New Wood

Posted on June 15, 2023

Joe’s Journal, Spring Edition – Spring Shrub Planting

Posted on May 11, 2023

The Perfect Flower for Mother’s Day

Posted on May 5, 2023