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An archive of the weekly articles from Rick's Column listed by both category and date. (PDF format)

By Catagory-----------------------------------------------------------------

Trees and Shrubs

Adventures in Tree Planting - 04/18/11
What's Wrong with My Apple Tree? - 6/22/09
Apples, Apples Everywhere - 09/27/11
April is a Good Time to Plant Trees and Shrubs - 4/4/11
Build an Orchard in Your Backyard - 1/10/10
Dealing with Storm Damaged Trees - 6/27/11
Do Marshmallows Grow on Trees? - 6/6/11
It’s Maple Tapping Season - 3/7/11
Leaves Falling on your Ash? - 5/17/10
Local Spruces Turning Brown - 8/29/11
Pruning for Life - 10/11/10
Pruning Fruit Trees - 3/15/10
Spring has Sprung or Apples are Coming - 4/12/10
Strange Growth on Trees - 8/22/11
Thirsty Trees and Shrubs - 9/6/10
Touch a Tree While Pruning - 1/18/10
Trees Turning Color - 7/12/10
Two Common Tree Problems - 6/14/10
Warm Weather Plays Havoc on Trees and Shrubs - 12/07/09
Weird Looking Elms - 6/7/09
What is Wrong with my Tree? - 4/19/10
Where did those Pears Come From - 9/3/09
Why Trees Turning Yellow - 7/2/09

Insects and Diseases

Buzz About Bees - 4/25/11
Bummer, Bed Bugs - 12/28/09
Could That Be a Bed Bug? - 2/21/11
Fireblight, a Major Problem for Apple Growers - 8/8/11
Fungus Gnats on the Loose - 11/29/10
Gifts for the Exentsion Guy - 11/2/09
Help! Some Spots - 7/13/09
Invasion of the Creepy Kind - 9/12/11
More than Roses for Valentine’s Day - 2/7/11
Tiny Grasshoppers Spotted Recently - 6/13/11

Vegetables and Gardening

And the Winner Is... - 1/04/10
Blossom End Rot - 8/6/09
Blight Hits Tomatatoes Hard - 8/20/09
Fall Care of Perennials - 10/19/09
Fall is Coming - 9/10/09
Flowers in the Garden and on the Dinner Plate?
Forcing Bulbs for Winter Enjoyment - 12/14/09
Garden Winter Wonderland - 10/5/09
Go Out on a Limb, Try Something New - 9/19/11
Green Tomatoes - 09/13/10
Help, I'm Seeing Spots - 06/28/10
Here They are to Save the Day - 2/8/10
Heroes and Villains in the Garden - 1/10/11
Hydroponics in the Garden - 02/14/11
Low Maintenance Gardening with Perennials - 5/31/10
"Mums" the Word - 10/18/10
Organic Production in Home Garending - 5/9/11
Prescription for Spring Fever - 1/25/10
Starting Seeds Indoors - 1/3/11
Storage and Handling of Garden Produce - 9/20/10
Three Ways to Expand Food Gardening - 3/29/10
Tomatoes Ripening in the Sun - 10/01/09
Too Early to Plant - 5/3/10
Too Late to Plant a Garden? - 6/21/10
What’s in an Heirloom Seed? - 03/14/11
Watch Tomatoes for Signs of Blight - 7/11/11

Lawn and Turfgrasses

Fall Fertility - 9/24/09
Getting to the Root of the Problem - 05/16/11
Help, Cover is Taking Over - 07/18/11
Invasion of the Creepy Kind - 9/17/09
Lawn Fertility - 8/13/09
Phosphorus Fertilization – Needed or Not? - 2/28/11
Snow Mold Prevention Begins in the Autumn - 10/25/10
What’s with all the Tunnels in My Yard? - 3/21/11

Master Gardener

Garden Walk - 7/6/09
Master Gardeners Busy All Summer Long - 7/26/10
Master Gardeners Keep Busy 11/15/2010

Miscellaneous

American Garden Award - 5/24/10
Bringing the Outdoors in for a Season - 11/23/09
Can Water Be Pure and Natural? - 7/19/10
Christmas Cacti: What to do with them? - 11/06/09
Earthworms are good for the Soil? - 5/2/11
Get Out and Vote...for Plants - 5/23/11
Holiday Horticulture - 11/22/10
Is it a Vole or a Mole? - 3/8/10
It’s OK to Fool Mother Nature - 1/31/11
Keep a Lookout for Changes - 8/30/10
Keeping Poinsettias - 12/21/09
Landscape Design as an Art and a Science - 3/1/10
No Better Time than the Present - 9/5/11
Nothing Trivial about Horticulture - 12/13/10
Prescription for Spring Fever - 1/24/11
Rain is a Good Thing? - 7/6/10
Roses for Valentine’s Day - 2/1/10
Soil Testing and Fall Fertility Go Hand in Hand - 8/23/10
What in the World is Landscape Design? - 2/22/10
What's New in the Extension Office? - 12/20/10
Where Did All These Weeds Come From? - 7/25/11

By Date-----------------------------------------------------------------------

2009
06/22 - Apple Trees Article
07/02 - Why Trees Turning Yellow
070/6 - Garden Walk Article
07/13 - Blight in Tomatoes
07/16 - Help! Some Spots
07/23 - Hungry Hoppers
07/30 - Adventures in Planting a Tree
08/06 - Blossom End Rot
08/13 - Lawn Fertility
08/20 - Blight Hits Tomatatoes Hard
08/27 - Strange Growth on Trees
09/03 - Where did those Pears Come From
09/10 - Fall is Coming
09/17 - Invasion of the Creepy Kind
09/24 - Fall Fertility
10/01 - Tomatoes Ripening in the Sun
10/05 - Garden Winter Wonderland
10/19 - Fall Care of Perennials
10/26 - Local Spruces Turning Brown
11/02 - Gifts for the Exentsion Guy
11/09 - Master Gardeners Busy All Year Long
11/16 - Christmas Cacti: What to do with them?
11/23 - Bringing the Outdoors in for a Season
12/07 - Warm Weather Plays Havoc on Trees and Shrubs
12/14 - Forcing Bulbs for Winter Enjoyment
12/21 - Keeping Poinsettias
12/28 - Bummer, Bed Bugs Biting

2010
01/04 - And the Winner Is...
01/10 - Build an Orchard in Your Backyard
01/18 - Touch a Tree While Pruning
01/25 - Prescription for Spring Fever
02/01 - Roses for Valentine’s Day
02/08 - Here They are to Save the Day
02/22 - What in the World is Landscape Design?
03/01 - Landscape Design as an Art and a Science
03/08 - Is it a Vole or a Mole?
03/15 - Pruning Fruit Trees
03/29 - Three Ways to Expand Food Gardening
04/05 - Flowers in the Garden and on the Dinner Plate?
04/12 - Spring has Sprung or Apples are Coming
04/19 - What is Wrong with my Tree?
05/03 - Too Early to Plant
05/10 - Adventures in Tree Planting
05/17 - Leaves Falling on your Ash?
05/24 - American Garden Award
05/31 - Low Maintenance Gardening with Perennials
06/07 - Weird Looking Elms
06/14 - Two Common Tree Problems
06/21 - Too Late to Plant a Garden?
06/28 - Help, I'm Seeing Spots
07/06 - Rain is a Good Thing?
07/12 - Trees Turning Color
07/19 - Can Water Be Pure and Natural?
07/26 - Master Gardeners Busy All Summer Long
08/02 - Where Did All These Weeds Come From?
08/09 - Dealing with Storm Damaged Trees
08/16 - Grasshoppers in the Garden
08/23 - Soil Testing and Fall Fertility Go Hand in Hand
08/30 - Keep a Lookout for Changes
09/06 - Thirsty Trees and Shrubs
09/13 - Green Tomatoes
09/20 - Storage and Handling of Garden Produce
10/11 - Pruning for Life
10/18 - "Mums" the Word
10/25 - Snow Mold Prevention Begins in the Autumn
11/15 - Master Gardeners Keep Busy
11/22 - Holiday Horticulture
11/29 - Fungus Gnats on the Loose
12/13 - Nothing Trivial about Horticulture
12/20 - What's New in the Extension Office?

2011
01/03 - Starting Seeds Indoors
01/10 - Heroes and Villains in the Garden
01/24 - Prescription for Spring Fever
01/31 - It’s OK to Fool Mother Nature
02/07 - More than Roses for Valentine’s Day
02/14 - Hydroponics in the Garden
02/21 - Could That Be a Bed Bug?
02/28 - Phosphorus Fertilization – Needed or Not?
03/07 - It’s Maple Tapping Season
03/14 - What’s in an Heirloom Seed?
03/21 - What’s with all the Tunnels in My Yard?
04/04 - April is a Good Time to Plant Trees and Shrubs
04/18 - Adventures in Tree Planting
04/25 - Buzz About Bees
05/02 - Earthworms are good for the Soil?
05/09 - Organic Production in Home Garending
05/16 - Getting to the Root of the Problem
05/23 - Get Out and Vote...for Plants
06/06 - Do Marshmallows Grow on Trees?
06/13 - Tiny Grasshoppers Spotted Recently
07/11 - Watch Tomatoes for Signs of Blight
07/18 - Help, Cover is Taking Over
08/08 - Fireblight, a Major Problem for Apple Growers
08/22 - Strange Growth on Trees
08/29 - Local Spruces Turning Brown
09/05 - No Better Time than the Present
09/12 - Invasion of the Creepy Kind
09/19 - Go Out on a Limb, Try Something New
09/27 - Apples, Apples Everywhere



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