Lettuce, the main ingredient in many salads, is an easy and versatile vegetable. It can be used as the main meal or as a side dish…and it doesn't require cooking. What could be better!
The fourlined plant bug is an occasional pest of flowers and other landscape plants in Iowa. The bugs are not picky eaters. They will feed on sap from over 250 different kinds of plants.
Mike White, ISU Extension Viticulture Specialist reported an interesting and confusing phenomenon found in vineyards this spring. He found semi-hard, pliable droplets attached to the stem.
This issue begins our bi-monthly publication through the growing season. You will receive notification of new issues every two weeks from now through mid-October.
Alert reader and generous photographer Gary Koehler shared the photos below of an exposed honey bee comb built on rocks along a river in Jackson County, Iowa.
The ZZ plant (Zamioculcas zamiifolia) is a tough, easy to grow houseplant. It tolerates low levels of light, prolonged dry periods, and neglect. Plants have few insect or disease problems.
Cobweb is a term used for messy spider webs in homes, the flimsy webs that sort of drape down and get covered in dust. There is a group of spiders we call the cobweb spiders, but many species of spiders make messy webs we would call cobwebs.
Explore the differences between monoecious and dioecious plants. Learn how these botanical terms affect fruit production in squash, hollies, and other common garden plants.
Beginning beekeeper courses offered by the Iowa Honey Producers Association (IHPA) are planned for several locations around the state. Locations, dates and times are tentative and subject to change.
Upcoming horticulture meetings of possible interest to HHPN readers are listed below. For additional information, contact the individual or visit the site listed for each meeting.
To our readers: Thank you for another year of making the ISU Extension Horticulture and Home Pest Newsletter your source of consumer horticulture and home pest information.
Two insects with similar-sounding names are present in Iowa. Though they are nothing alike, the names sound nearly enough alike to cause confusion. Here are the two beetles.
If you spend any time at all picking up hickory nuts or acorns in the fall you have probably noticed acorns and nuts with a neat, small round hole through the side.
