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Use these recipes as part of our Low-Cost Menu Planner. Need to buy ingredients? Be sure to check out our Simple Meal Plan Shopping List before you…

This is a sample meal plan for a week based on 2,000 calories each day. Recipes for a number of the dishes are included. Averaged over a week, this…

Nutrition Connections teaches families how to eat healthy and save money. We are a research-based program that works with your organization to…

Why prune tomatoes? Pruning, or selectively removing some of the tomato plant growth, can improve harvestable yields and prolong the harvest…

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…

UNH Cooperative Extension Soil Test Descriptions The choice of soil test methods used vary from state to state and it is important that the method…

What Are Heavy Metals? Heavy metals are a class of elements that include lead, copper, arsenic, and cadmium, and can be toxic to humans and plants…

Raspberries can be an enjoyable crop for the conscientious gardener. A well-maintained raspberry bed can provide fruit for 10 to 20 years. Red…

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

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…

A collection of fact sheets for common insects and diseases of New Hampshire's trees and the forests of the Northeast. Insects and diseases can…

Our latest count shows 86 native tree species in New Hampshire. The exact number is hard to determine because some are rare, some are mostly found as…

"Arbor" means "trees"...and Arbor Day is a day dedicated to trees. Many think of it as the "tree planting" holiday, but…

Tree Features Influencing Ice Storm Susceptibility A number of characteristics increase a tree species’ susceptibility to ice storms: “included”…

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

Recommendations for caring for large trees with storm damage. (Adapted from the Nebraska Forest Service with permission).

Caring for damaged trees.

A contract is the key to preventing misunderstandings and assuring the work is performed to the standards you expect. Most companies have their own…

A publication of the US Forest Service.