Yard & Garden

Resource Category Topic Type
Winter Bird Feeding [fact sheet]
If you’re like me, you love to set out feeders in the backyard for our non-migratory songbirds. Watching birds come to feeders is a lot of fun - payin...
Yard & Garden Natural Resources Fact Sheet
Youth Horticulture Curriculum, Resources and Activities
4-H Horticulture<br /> <br /> In this project area, participants learn about plants, insects, landscape design, soils, and more through experiential...
Yard & Garden, School Gardening
Eastern Equine Encephalitis and Mosquito Management in NH [fact sheet]
Disease description and transmission<br /> <br /> Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) is a mosquito-spread disease of birds that sometimes is transmit...
Agriculture & Gardens, Integrated Pest Management (IPM), Yard & Garden Agriculture & Gardens
Dealing with Woodchuck Damage [fact sheet]
Woodchucks frequently damage plants in NH home grounds and gardens. They mow down many garden plants, and dig burrows which dry out the roots of trees...
Fruit & Vegetable Crops, Agriculture & Gardens, Integrated Pest Management (IPM), Yard & Garden Agriculture & Gardens
Mulching Trees and Shrubs [video]
In this video, UNH Cooperative Extension state specialist, Cathy Neal, discusses mulches and mulching. See a full transcript below.<br /> <br /> <br...
Landscape Installation & Maintenance, Agriculture & Gardens, Yard & Garden Agriculture & Gardens
Grub Control [video]
In this video, Extension field specialist Margaret Hagen describes controlling grubs in your home lawn. Read a full video transcript below. <br /> <b...
Landscape Installation & Maintenance, Agriculture & Gardens, Yard & Garden Agriculture & Gardens
Calibrating a Fertilizer Spreader [video]
In this video, Extension field specialist, Margaret Hagen will describe how to calibrate a fertilizer spreader. See below for a full video transcript....
Landscape Installation & Maintenance, Agriculture & Gardens, Yard & Garden Agriculture & Gardens
Preventing Tickborne Diseases
Tickborne diseases can be serious illnesses and can affect people of any age. Lyme disease, anaplasmosis, babesiosis and Powassan virus are transmitte...
Integrated Pest Management (IPM), Agriculture & Gardens, Yard & Garden Agriculture & Gardens
Blacklegged Ticks in NH - 2017 [map]
This map show the confirmed records of blacklegged ticks in New Hampshire through November 27, 2017. Data compiled by Alan Eaton.<br /> <br /> <br /...
Integrated Pest Management (IPM), Agriculture & Gardens, Yard & Garden Agriculture & Gardens
Calculating Lawn Fertilizer Rates [fact sheet]
Your soil test results tell you to apply a certain amount of fertilizer per 1,000 square feet and you’re confused about what to do next. How large is ...
Landscape Installation & Maintenance, Agriculture & Gardens, Yard & Garden Agriculture & Gardens