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After the holidays, living Christmas trees are recycled by chipping and reusing them as landscape mulch. This prompts questions about disease transmission from wood mulch to living trees as well

As part of my job, I answer landscape-related questions for those who call, email or stop by the Extension office for science-based information. While the number of questions decrease at

Some evergreen conifers, trees that keep their needle-like leaves all winter, develop winter color. Because there is an increase in evergreen diseases and drought injury, a change in an evergreen’s

Boxwood is a broadleaf evergreen shrub that keeps its leaves all winter, and they are not needle-like as pine or spruce are. Even though boxwood leaves are tiny, they’re referred

Fall is a good time to test landscape and garden soils. It’s a great time to incorporate organic matter to improve soil structure, and if attempting to lower soil pH,

High winds recently broke a number of tree branches, toppled or tilted trees and, in some cases, exposed carpenter ant nests or decay in trees.

It was a hot, dry summer, and a lot of irrigation took place. In some cases, irrigation was too frequent or too much and landscape plants are now suffering from

I’ve had more than the usual number of questions about lawn weeds with homeowners wondering why weeds seem even more prolific this year.

The vegetable garden season soon will be winding down. Here are fall tasks that will help next season’s garden get off to a good start.

While weather extremes are not unusual for Nebraska, we have had several exceptional extremes. Extreme drought, decent rainfall in July and August when we typically do not receive much precipitation,