Resources
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Carpenter Ants [fact sheet]
Carpenter ants (Camponotus spp.), along with termites, are the most troublesome structural pest in New Hampshire. Four species live in the state,…
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Pesticide Safety Education, Agriculture & Gardens | Agriculture & Gardens | ||
What is Inquiry Teaching Methods?
Location: STEM Discovery Lab at UNH Manchester
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STEM Education, STEM Docents, STEM Discovery Lab at Manchester, Teaching Through Inquiry & Science Practices | |||
Spongy Moth [fact sheet]
The spongy moth (Lymantria dispar) is an important defoliating insect of hardwoods in New Hampshire. A native of Europe and Asia, the spongy moth was…
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Agriculture & Gardens, Pesticide Safety Education, Natural Resources, Forest & Trees | Agriculture & Gardens, Natural Resources | ||
Boxelder Bug [fact sheet]
The boxelder bug, Boisea trivittata, feeds primarily on pistillate (female) and seed bearing boxelder trees by sucking sap from leaves, tender twigs…
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Pesticide Safety Education, Agriculture & Gardens | Agriculture & Gardens | ||
Guide to Using Wood Ash as an Agricultural Soil Amendment
Introduction
Wood ash has a long history of use in New England. Our Yankee ancestors used wood ash to make lye for soaps, to clean glass, silver…
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Agriculture & Gardens, Soil Testing Services | Agriculture & Gardens | ||
You Just Finished the Master Gardener Class. Now What?
Congratulations! You have finished the Master Gardener class and now you are an Intern. What does that mean?
Interns take the information they…
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New Hampshire Master Gardeners, Yard & Garden | |||
Blacklegged Ticks Increasing in NH [video]
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…
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Integrated Pest Management (IPM), Agriculture & Gardens, Yard & Garden | Agriculture & Gardens | ||
Dutch Elm Disease [fact sheet]
Dutch elm disease is caused by two closely related fungi, Ophiostoma ulmi or O. novo-ulmi. The fungi are spread from tree to tree by elm bark beetles…
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Pesticide Safety Education, Agriculture & Gardens | Agriculture & Gardens | ||
Conifer Sawflies [fact sheet]
A number of sawfly species are important defoliating pests of ornamental trees in New Hampshire. The damage is done by the larvae which are…
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Pesticide Safety Education, Agriculture & Gardens | Agriculture & Gardens | ||
County 4-H Record Books
County 4-H Record Books
County 4-H Record Cloverbud
County 4-H Record Ages 8-10
County 4-H Record Ages 11-13
County 4-H Record Ages 14 -…
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New Hampshire 4-H | |||
Biology and Management of Ticks in New Hampshire [fact sheet]
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…
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Integrated Pest Management (IPM), Agriculture & Gardens, Yard & Garden | Agriculture & Gardens | ||
Fall webworm & Eastern Tent Caterpillar [fact sheet]
The fall webworm (Hyphantria cunea) and the Eastern tent caterpillar (Malacosoma americanum) feed on fruit, shade, and woodland trees. They are of…
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Pesticide Safety Education, Agriculture & Gardens, Yard & Garden | Agriculture & Gardens | ||
Scale Insects [fact sheet]
In appearance, scales in general show little resemblance to typical insects. They are well protected by the waxy, almost impermeable shell they live…
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Pesticide Safety Education, Agriculture & Gardens, Yard & Garden | Agriculture & Gardens | ||
Spruce Gall Adelgids [fact sheet]
Most spruce trees are damaged by one of two species of adelgids: the Eastern spruce gall adelgid (Adelges abietis) and the Cooley spruce gall adelgid…
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Pesticide Safety Education, Agriculture & Gardens | Agriculture & Gardens | ||
Powdery Mildew [fact sheet]
Powdery mildew occurs most commonly on the cool-season grasses such as bluegrasses and fescues, especially in shaded areas or areas with poor air…
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Landscape Installation & Maintenance, Agriculture & Gardens, Pesticide Safety Education, Yard & Garden | Agriculture & Gardens | ||
Sclerotinia Dollar Spot [fact sheet]
Sclerotinia dollar spot is a fungal disease that affects most of the coolseason grasses such as bluegrass, ryegrass, fescue and bentgrass.
The…
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Pesticide Safety Education, Agriculture & Gardens | Agriculture & Gardens | ||
Birch Leafminer [fact sheet]
The birch leaf miner (Fenusa pusilla) feeds primarily upon three host plants: gray birch, paper birch, and European white birch. This European native…
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Pesticide Safety Education, Agriculture & Gardens | Agriculture & Gardens | ||
Bluegrass Billbug [fact sheet]
The bluegrass billbug (Sphenophorus parvulus) was first reported in the United States almost 100 years ago in Nebraska. Since then, it has become a…
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Pesticide Safety Education, Agriculture & Gardens | Agriculture & Gardens | ||
Bronze Birch Borer [fact sheet]
The bronze birch borer (Agrilus anxius) is found throughout the birch range in the U.S. and Canada. It attacks and breeds in paper birch, yellow…
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Pesticide Safety Education, Agriculture & Gardens | Agriculture & Gardens | ||
Drechslera Leaf Spot [fact sheet]
Fungal leaf spots caused by Dreschslera spp. are common on bluegrass, bentgrasses, fescues, and ryegrasses.
Leaf spot symptoms on bentgrass (…
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Pesticide Safety Education, Agriculture & Gardens | Agriculture & Gardens |