Agriculture & Gardens

On-line Recertification Course - Backpack Sprayer 1<br /> <br /> Backpack sprayers are inexpensive, lightweight, easy to use, and perfectly suited t...

The greenhouse whitefly, Trialeurodes vaporariorum, feeds on a variety of vegetable and floral crops. Pointsettia, cucumber, tomato, lettuce, geranium...

The variety of insecticides available today is much greater than it was 20 years ago. It includes some made from bacteria, insect-killing fungi or vir...

UNH Cooperative Extension Soil Test Descriptions<br /> <br /> The choice of soil test methods used vary from state to state and it is important that...

What Are Heavy Metals?<br /> <br /> Heavy metals are a class of elements that include lead, copper, arsenic, and cadmium, and can be toxic to humans...

Form needed to submit an insect, tick or other arthropod to the Insect Identification Service. Directions on packaging and sending a specimen are on p...

Backyard apple trees can be valued additions to the home garden, offering fresh, flavorful and healthful fruit,

Integrated pest management (IPM) is an ecological approach to pest control that combines several different techniques to maintain pests below damaging...

Selecting healthy plants<br /> Take a step back to examine the plant’s overall structure. Shrubs should have several stems coming from the base of th...

The guide was created by a  collaboration of tree fruit specialists in all six New England states, and is intended for commercial farmers. It provides...