south 1 -- horticulture
 

Rabbit Control

With the arrival of spring the rabbit populations are flourishing.  More...
 

Garden Line

Garden Line is a weekly television show that answers questions about horticulture topics which deal with lawn, garden, flowers, and houseplants.  Garden Line airs on Tuesdays, 7:00 p.m. CST, through September 30, 2008, on South Dakota Public Broadcasting Television.

To get your questions answered, call 1-605-688-SDSU (7378) during the program or submit your questions on the Garden Line Website: http://gardenline.sdstate.edu.
 

Harvest Spring's Bounty with Outstanding Vegetables

Choosing vegetable varieties can be quite the affair, with each nursery, garden center and greenhouse offering a different selection of promising candidates. There are two main types of vegetable varieties: hybrids and heirlooms. When hybrids were introduced many decades ago they quickly became favorites among gardeners due to their increased vigor, high and consistent yields, and more recently outstanding disease resistance. More...
 

How to Build and Install a Rain Barrel

A rain barrel collects and stores rainwater from your rooftop to use later for things like lawn and garden watering. Water collected in a rain barrel would normally flow through your downspout, onto a paved surface, and eventually into a storm drain. Rain barrels help lower water costs, recharge groundwater naturally, reduce water pollution, and are inexpensive and easy to build and install.

A Cure for the Spruce Blues

Sure, every gardener loves the striking effect that blue can have in a landscape. As the rarest garden shade, we covet blues that we can add to our garden pallet. Icy peaks of delphinium or a cool cascade of Creeping Phlox are sure to inspire long looks from passers-by and the gardener alike. Yet one blue plant, Colorado blue spruce, often leads to more brown in the landscape than vibrant blue.  More...

Children's Garden Resources

 

Lawn Care Calendar

Lawn Weed Control

Chris Zdorovtsov is the Horticulture Extension Educator in Minnehaha County.
Minnehaha County Extension Office
220 W. 6th St.
Sioux Falls, SD  57104
Phone:  605-367-7877
Fax:  605-367-4609
Email:  czdorovtsov@minnehahcounty.org

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