Yard & Garden
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The Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB)
About the brown marmorated stink bug...<br />
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This invasive insect presents two types of problems: it can be a significant household nuisance...
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Insect Identification Services, Agriculture & Gardens, Yard & Garden | Agriculture & Gardens | |
Magnifiers & Other Visual Aids for Insect Monitoring [fact sheet]
Hand lenses are small inexpensive optical devices that are easy to carry on a lanyard or folded up in a pocket. Most of them magnify 5 to 20 times. Th...
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Agriculture & Gardens, Fruit & Vegetable Crops, Greenhouse, Nursery & Garden Centers, Integrated Pest Management (IPM), Yard & Garden | Agriculture & Gardens | |
Growing Vegetables: Managing Blossom End-Rot [fact sheet]
Blossom-end rot (BER) is a disorder that commonly affects tomato, pepper and squash. Symptoms are caused by the death of a group of cells in the young...
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Agriculture & Gardens, Fruit & Vegetable Crops, Yard & Garden | vegetable crops | Fact Sheet |
Growing Vegetables: Tomatoes [fact sheet]
Tomatoes are one of the most popular crops among home gardeners, and with good reason: not only are tomatoes delicious and versatile, they are relativ...
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Agriculture & Gardens, Fruit & Vegetable Crops, Yard & Garden | vegetable crops | Fact Sheet |
Growing Sweet Corn [fact sheet]
Sweet corn is a popular vegetable and is relatively easy to grow. Among market gardeners throughout New England, about half of the vegetable acreage i...
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Agriculture & Gardens, Fruit & Vegetable Crops, Yard & Garden | vegetable crops | Fact Sheet |
Growing Vegetables: Asparagus [fact sheet]
Asparagus is a perennial crop that produces spears year after year for 10 to 15 years or longer if the plants are given adequate care. Because it rema...
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Agriculture & Gardens, Fruit & Vegetable Crops, Yard & Garden | vegetable crops | |
Growing Sweetpotatoes in New Hampshire [fact sheet]
Sweetpotato* (Ipomoea batatas) is a member of the morning glory (Convolvulaceae) family. The sweetpotato is not related to the Irish potato, which bel...
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Agriculture & Gardens, Fruit & Vegetable Crops, Yard & Garden | vegetable crops | |
Growing Fruit: Grafting Fruit Trees in the Home Orchard [fact sheet]
Grafting as a means of propagating fruit trees dates back several thousand years or more. Grafting is used for two principal reasons: most fruit trees...
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Agriculture & Gardens, Fruit & Vegetable Crops, Yard & Garden, Homesteading | tree fruit crops & orchards | Fact Sheet |
Fertilizing Trees and Shrubs [fact sheet]
Why fertilize?<br />
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Fertilizer provides a source of essential nutrients that plants need to grow normally and be healthy. Nutrients are also...
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Fruit & Vegetable Crops, Agriculture & Gardens, Landscape Installation & Maintenance, Yard & Garden | Agriculture & Gardens | |
Rain Gardens - Design and Installation
What is a rain garden? A rain garden is a shallow depression designed to capture stormwater runoff and allow it to slowly infiltrate into the soil. It...
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Landscape Installation & Maintenance, Agriculture & Gardens, Yard & Garden | Agriculture & Gardens |