Archive: 2007 Master Gardener tips (30-second audio files)

April:

• Weed -- a plant growing in the wrong place
• Battling weeds? Know your enemy
• Key to weed-free lawn --- healthy turf
• Spring control of dandelions: start digging
• Don't let dandelions go to seed
• Effect of winter's return on blooming plants
• Trees and shrubs usually recover from late freezes
• The importance of choosing hardy trees, shrubs and perennials
• How to tell if it's time to water your lawn
• Frost damage might be mistaken later
• Using organic mulch
• Let plants tell you when to water them
• Try stepables
• Don't prune roses yet
• Treating for crabgrass
• When to turn on your sprinkler system?
• Oyster scale on aspens
• When to cut down ornamental grasses
• Buffalo grass will use less water
• Dormant pruning

May:

• Helping plants avoid diseases
• Catch plant diseases early
• Symptoms of plant diseases
• With chemicals, labels are the law
• Brown needles on pine trees
• Conserve water and still have a healthy lawn
• Mulching plant beds saves water, improves soil
• Make your flower pots eye-catching
• Perennials in pots provide double benefits
• Why try raised vegetable beds?
• Daylilies -- good plant to add to your landscape
• Irises easy to grow, hardy
• Cleaning flower beds a must for irises
• How to start tomatoes indoors
• Daylilies add punch to landscape
• Container gardening a good choice where space is limited
• Provide drainage for container gardens
• Picking pots for container gardening
• Color and texture in container gardens
• Container gardening -- plant types

June:

• Drought-tolerant plants add color to your landscape
• How to irrigate your landscape
• Secret to long-lasting flower color -- deadheading
• Collect storm water running off your roof
• There are many types of mulches
• Pests in your garden? Identifying them is the first step
• Weeds -- plants out of place
• Thinking of using a pesticide? Some are restricted
• Pesticide directions are on the label
• Pesticide toxicity and safety precautions are on the label
• Protect young tomatoes from cutworms
• Support your tomatoes: Staking saves space, has other advantages
• Support your tomatoes: How to trellis them
• Support your tomatoes: Let 'em run
• Support your tomatoes: Put them in cages
• Evergreen choices for the Panhandle --Ponderosa pine
• Evergreen choices for the Panhandle -- Limber pine
• Evergreen choices for the Panhandle -- Pinyon pine
• Evergreen choices for the Panhandle -- Bosnian pine
• Evergreen choices for the Panhandle -- Bristlecone pine

July:

• Watering perennials during drought times
• Frequent pruning keeps plants bushy
• How to harvest basil
• How to check for spider mites
• Prevention is key to keeping garden looking great
  
• One response to drought – conserve soil moisture with mulch
• Damage to roses might be caused by flower thrips
• Leafhoppers may be damaging ornamentals
• Spraying dandelions? Take precautions
• Keeping your lawn beautiful during drought
• Attracting hummingbirds – nature’s entertainers
• Keeping your lawn green during the hot, dry weather
• Soaker hoses easy to use and beneficial
• Save water with native species, mulch, drip irrigation
• Water-conserving ideas  for drought years
• Butterflies and moths – what’s the difference?
• Five ways to conserve water in your yard or landscape
• Reducing pollution in run-off is everybody’s responsibility
• Try a rain garden in your landscape
• How to build a good windbreak fence

August:

• How to prepare fruit trees for winter
• Timely late-summer care for lawn, garden
• Welcome migrating birds to your yard
• More timely late-summer care for lawn, garden
• How to ripen green tomatoes indoors
• August is a good time to care for perennials
• Caring for perennials now will repay with wonderful blooms
• Timely tips for perennials
• Perennial gardens -- Christmas rose could be planted now
• Late August is time to consider next year’s flowers
• Pests: Dealing with grasshoppers
• Pests: What to do about bagworms
• Pests: All about mosquitos
• Pests: Stop mosquitos from breeding in birdbaths
• Pests: Stop mosquitos from biting
• Powdery mildew on your plants? Here’s what to do
• Why are there so many weeds?
• Let no weed go to seed!
• Know your weeds: Creeping Charlie, aka ground ivy
• Know your weeds: Canada Thistle
• Mulch beds under trees save water
• Watering trees during drought
• Give trees priority for watering during drought
• Drought a good time to rethink your landscape
• Water lawns in the evenings, mornings to conserve water

September:

• Fall is the best time to control weeds in lawns
• Time to stop cutting roses
• Ornamental grasses effective in home, commercial landscapes
• Extend your flower garden season
• Fall mulching helps perennials survive
• Late summer to early fall is a good time to divide iris clumps
• Iris rhizomes can be planted until mid-September
• Enjoy fall gardening with late-planted vegetables
• Fall is a good time to plant spring flowering bulbs
• Choosing and planting spring flowering bulbs
• Fall is a great time to plant new shrubs
• Tips for planting new shrubs in the fall
• Planting container-grown shrubs
• Newly planted shrubs need regular water to flourish
• Follow directions when planting new shrubs
• As growing season ends, it’s time to store gladiola corms
• Winter care of iris
• Fall’s arrival signals dahlia storage time
• Transplant iris in late summer or early fall 
• Think spring! Plant spring-flowering bulbs through October

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