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Mowing tips
The amount of rainfall we’ve received in Eastern Iowa this weekend alone has been incredible. For homeowners who like a green lawn, it’s a boon. Personally, I don’t mind letting my lawn go … more »
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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 »
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 »
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 »
Beetle Battle II - Japanese beetle invasion
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cindyha wrote 1 week ago: I don’t hide my disdain for the Colorado potato beetles that annually devour my … more »
Not so sweet pest
cindyha wrote 2 weeks ago: Entomologist Donald Lewis, of Iowa State University Extension, offers the following information abou … more »
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 »
Well water testing
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cindyha wrote 4 weeks ago: Another diversion from gardening, but the following, from University Hygienic Lab, is important fl … more »
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 »
Czech Village ghost town
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cindyha wrote 1 month ago: We’re diverging from our gardens a bit to address questions I’ve been hearing about Czech V … more »
How much water?
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cindyha wrote 1 month ago: I remember an old western movie in which the town experienced a water shortage. A vigilante … more »
Homegrown flood perspective
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cindyha wrote 1 month ago: How do you describe the devastation to someone not experiencing these floods? Journalis … more »
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 »
What does worm poop look like?
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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 »
Burn calories in the garden
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cindyha wrote 1 month ago: June 6th is National Garden Fitness Day, so get off the treadmill and into the garden! The foll … more »
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 »
"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 »
Bad "worms"
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cindyha wrote 1 month ago: Iowa State University Extension gardening experts answer questions on damaging worms: Worms are d … more »
Beetle battle
cindyha wrote 1 month ago: Gardeners and farmers market vendors I’ve spoken to this spring show consensus that everythi … more »
Iris garden secrets
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cindyha wrote 2 months ago: You can’t help but learn something when visiting Wanda Lunn’s garden. The Cedar Rapids wom … more »
