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Mowing tips

cindyha wrote 2 days ago:    The amount of rainfall we’ve received in Eastern Iowa this weekend alone has been incredible. … more »

Tags: Crown, Cut, dormant, green lawn, height, Iowa, Iowa State University, Kentucky bluegrass, lawn

What bugs you?

cindyha wrote 6 days ago:     Something under my back porch steps caught my eye. That one piece of plastic from a backyard … more »

Tags: Bird Bath, Breeding, Containers, entomologist, Iowa, Iowa State University, Ken Holscher, larva, Mosquito

Lost strawberry season?

cindyha wrote 1 week ago: Just days before the Iowa floods, I talked to a local grower who was expecting a bumper crop this ye … more »

Tags: beds, Crop, Extension, fertilize, Floods, horticulture, Iowa, Iowa State University, irrigation

Beetle Battle II - Japanese beetle invasion3 comments

cindyha wrote 1 week ago:        I don’t hide my disdain for the Colorado potato beetles that annually devour my … more »

Tags: Cindy Hadish, colorado potato beetle, Control?, foliage, Grapes, hollyhocks, Homegrown, Japanese Beetles, leaves

Not so sweet pest

cindyha wrote 2 weeks ago: Entomologist Donald Lewis, of Iowa State University Extension, offers the following information abou … more »

Tags: Iowa, worm, Iowa State University, donald lewis, insecticide, Extension, larvae, sweet corn, corn earworm

Free plants

cindyha wrote 3 weeks ago: For people traveling to the Decorah area in northeast Iowa, Seed Savers Exchange still has some free … more »

Tags: seed savers, heirloom, peppers, Plants, Iowa, Tomatoes, Decorah, flooding, Floods

Well water testing2 comments

cindyha wrote 4 weeks ago: Another diversion from gardening, but the following, from University Hygienic Lab, is important fl … more »

Tags: Iowa City, Iowa, Environment, Floods, University Hygienic Lab, Water Testing, wells, Nancy Hall, drinking water

Important information for flooded gardens

cindyha wrote 1 month ago: Patrick O’Malley, ISU Extension Eastern Iowa Commercial Horticulturist, and Duane Gissel, ISU Exte … more »

Tags: gardening, Vegetables, horticulture, Soil, Gardens, Iowa, Iowa State University Extension, Strawberries, produce

Czech Village ghost town2 comments

cindyha wrote 1 month ago:    We’re diverging from our gardens a bit to address questions I’ve been hearing about Czech V … more »

Tags: Al Zindrick, Bob Schaffer, Cedar Rapids, Cindy Hadish, Cookie Vanous, Czech Cottage, Czech Feather and Down, Czech Village, flooding

How much water?2 comments

cindyha wrote 1 month ago:      I remember an old western movie in which the town experienced a water shortage. A vigilante … more »

Tags: Agricultural Water Management Council, bath, brush teeth, Cedar Rapids, Dishwasher, Floods, how much???, Iowa, Shower

Homegrown flood perspective2 comments

cindyha wrote 1 month ago:     How do you describe the devastation to someone not experiencing these floods?    Journalis … more »

Tags: Bessie Dugena, Cedar Rapids, cedar river, Cindy Hadish, Czech School, Czech Village, flooding, Floods, Harry Potter

Coping with the floods

cindyha wrote 1 month ago: For our out-of-state readers who haven’t heard, floods have been threatening homes and disrup … more »

Tags: gardening, melinda myers, Soil, Compost, Seedlings, Cedar Rapids, Plants, Iowa, flooding

What does worm poop look like?1 comment

cindyha wrote 1 month ago:    Only a gardener could get excited by a call to test out vermicompost, a.k.a., worm poop.  Suc … more »

Tags: organic, Iowa, worms, Fertilizer, TerraCycle, Worm Poop, vermicompost, James Artis, Stacie Johnson

Burn calories in the garden3 comments

cindyha wrote 1 month ago: June 6th is National Garden Fitness Day, so get off the treadmill and into the garden!   The foll … more »

Tags: Balance, Bunny Guiness, calories, Garden, garden fitness, Garden Your Way to Health and Fitness, Gym, Jogging, mowing

Runoff resolution

cindyha wrote 1 month ago: With the copious amounts of rainfall Eastern Iowa has received this spring, the Iowa Storm Water Edu … more »

Tags: aerating, Clay, compacted, Compost, Fertilizer, Iowa, Iowa Storm Water Education, lawn, lawn chemicals

"Composted" pot

cindyha wrote 1 month ago: An Iowa City man is taking gardening to a new high, according to this article written by the Iowa C … more »

Tags: Compost, gardening, Iowa City, Jail, johnson county sheriff, Marijuana

Bad "worms"2 comments

cindyha wrote 1 month ago: Iowa State University Extension gardening experts answer questions on damaging worms:   Worms are d … more »

Tags: cherries, cherry fruit fly, European pine sawfly, Extension, gardening, insecticide, Iowa State University, larvae, mugo pine

Beetle battle

cindyha wrote 1 month ago:    Gardeners and farmers market vendors I’ve spoken to this spring show consensus that everythi … more »

Tags: B&T, Cindy Hadish, Colorado, eggplant, Farmer's Market, Garden Guard, Gardeners, Homegrown, New York Times

Iris garden secrets2 comments

cindyha wrote 2 months ago:    You can’t help but learn something when visiting Wanda Lunn’s garden. The Cedar Rapids wom … more »

Tags: bearded iris, Cedar Rapids, dwarf iris, Garden, Gazette, Historic Iris Preservation Society, Homegrown, Iowa, Iris


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