Category: Yard & Garden

1. Sanitation!<br /> <br /> • Start with a clean planting site, free of last year’s crop debris. Debris from the previous season’s crops may harbor ...

The Master Gardener program started at Washington State University in 1973. The name came from the German word “Gartenmeister,” which roughly translat...

New Hampshire’s invasive species regulations currently prohibit the collection, sale, transport, distribution, propagation or transplantation of prohi...

Aphids, or plant lice, feed on most vegetable crops, many house plants and ornamentals grown in New Hampshire, as well as numerous weeds and wild plan...

Pest Fact Sheet <br /> <br /> Introduction<br /> <br /> From fossil remains in ancient Egypt, we know that the common bed bug, Cimex lectularius, ...

Although there are plenty of references on insect pests, there are relatively few references that feature beneficial insects. I wrote this publication...

Cooperative Extension’s soil testing service dates back to 2005. The number of samples we process averages more than 3,000 a year. The following list ...

There are two families of ticks, the Ixodidae (hard ticks) and Argasidae (soft ticks). Those of importance to hikers, campers, and pet owners are in t...

This map show the confirmed records of blacklegged ticks in New Hampshire through November 27, 2017. Data compiled by Alan Eaton.<br /> <br /> <br /...

    These maps are the results of 27 years of surveying by Dr. Alan Eaton for Blacklegged ticks (Ixodes scapularis). Black legged ticks occur in all t...