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South Dakota State University Extension, Pennington County
601 E. Centre Street
Rapid City, SD 57701
Phone: (605) 394-2188
Fax: (605) 394-6815
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8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Master Gardener Hotline: (605) 394-6814
SOUTH DAKOTA FACTS:
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INFORMAL EDUCATIONAL ARM OF SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY
An archive of the weekly articles from Rick's Column
listed by both category and date.
By Category
By Date
Trees and Shrubs
Adventures in Tree Planting - 4/18/11
What’s Wrong with My Apple Tree? - 6/22/09
Apples, Apples Everwhere - 9/24/11
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 - 06/27/11
Do Marshmallows Grow on Trees? - 6/6/11
It’s Maple Tapping Season - 03/07/11
Leaves Falling on Your Ash? - 5/17/10
Local Spruces Turning Brown - 8/29/11
Local Trees Turning Color Early - 7/12/10
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
Two Common Tree Problems - 6/14/09
Warm Weather Plays Havoc - 12/7/09
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 Biting - 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
Grasshoppers in the Garden - 8/16/10
Help! Some Spots - 7/13/09
Hungry Hoppers - 7/23/09
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... - 1/4/10
Blight Hits Tomatatoes Hard - 8/20/09
Blossom End Rot - 8/6/09
Fall Care of Perennials - 10/19/09
Fall is Coming - 9/10/09
Flowers in the Garden and on the Dinner Plate? - 4/5/10
Forcing Bulbs for Winter Enjoyment - 12/14/09
Garden Winter Wonderland - 10/5/09
Storage and Handling of Garden Produce - 9/20/10
Green Tomatoes - 9/13/10
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 - 2/14/11
Low Maintenance Gardening with Perennials - 5/31/10
"Mums" the Word - 10/18/10
Organic Production in Home Gardening - 05/09/11
Prescription for Spring Fever - 1/25/10
Starting Seeds Indoors - 1/3/11
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
Watch Tomatoes for Signs of Blight - 7/11/11
What’s in an Heirloom Seed? - 3/14/11
Lawn and Turfgrasses
Fall Fertility - 9/24/09
Invasion of the Creepy Kind - 9/17/09
Getting to the Root of the Problem - 5/16/11
Help, Clover is Taking Over - 07/18/11
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 Article - 7/6/09
Master Gardeners Keep Busy - 11/15/10
Master Gardeners Stay Busy All Summer Long - 7/26/10
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? - 11/16/09
Earthworms are good for the Soil? - 05/02/11
Get Out and Vote…for Plants - 5/23/11
Go Out on a Limb, Try Something New
Holiday Horticulture - 11/22/10
Houseplant Propagation is Fun and Easy - 12/27/10
Is it a Vole or a Mole? - 3/8/10
It’s OK to Fool Mother Nature - 1/31/11
Keeping Poinsettias - 12/21/09
Keep a Lookout for Changes - 8/30/10
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? - 8/2/11
2011
2010
2009
01/03/11 -
Starting Seeds Indoors
01/10/11 -
Heroes and Villains in the Garden
01/24/11 -
Prescription for Spring Fever
01/31/11 -
It’s OK to Fool Mother Nature
02/07/11 -
More than Roses for Valentine’s Day
02/14/11 -
Hydroponics in the Garden
02/21/11 -
Could That Be a Bed Bug?
02/28/11 -
Phosphorus Fertilization – Needed or Not?
03/07/11 -
It’s Maple Tapping Season
03/14/11 -
What’s in an Heirloom Seed?
03/21/11 -
What’s with all the Tunnels in My Yard?
04/04/11 -
April is a Good Time to Plant Trees and Shrubs
04/18/11 -
Adventures in Tree Planting
04/25/11 -
Buzz about Bees
05/02/11 -
Earthworms are good for the Soil?
05/09/11 -
Organic Production in Home Gardening
05/16/11 -
Getting to the Root of the Problem
05/23/11 -
Get Out and Vote…for Plants
06/06/11 -
Do Marshmallows Grow on Trees?
06/13/11 -
Tiny Grasshoppers Spotted Recently
06/27/11 -
Dealing with Storm Damaged Trees
07/11/11 -
Watch Tomatoes for Signs of Blight
07/18/11 -
Help, Clover is Taking Over
08/08/11 -
Fireblight, a Major Problem for Apple Growers
08/22/11 -
Strange Growth on Trees
08/29/11 -
Local Spruces Turning Brown
09/05/11 -
No Better Time than the Present
09/12/11 -
Invasion of the Creepy Kind
09/19/11 -
Go Out on a Limb, Try Something New
09/27/11 -
Apples, Apples Everwhere
01/04/10 -
And the Winner Is...
01/10/10 -
Build an Orchard in Your Backyard
01/18/10 -
Touch a Tree While Pruning
01/25/10 -
Prescription for Spring Fever
02/01/10 -
Roses for Valentine’s Day
02/08/10 -
Here They are to Save the Day
02/22/10 -
What in the World is Landscape Design?
03/01/10 -
Landscape Design as an Art and a Science
03/08/10 -
Is it a Vole or a Mole?
03/15/10 -
Pruning Fruit Trees
03/29/10 -
Three Ways to Expand Food Gardening
04/05/10 -
Flowers in the Garden and on the Dinner Plate?
04/12/10 -
Spring has Sprung or Apples are Coming
04/19/10 -
What is Wrong with my Tree?
05/03/10 -
Too Early to Plant
05/10/10 -
Adventures in Tree Planting
05/17/10 -
Leaves Falling on Your Ash?
05/24/10 -
American Garden Award
05/31/10 -
Low Maintenance Gardening with Perennials
06/07/09 -
Weird Looking Elms
06/14/09 -
Two Common Tree Problems
06/21/10 -
Too Late to Plant a Garden?
06/28/10 -
Help, I'm Seeing Spots
07/06/10 -
Rain is a Good Thing?
07/12/10 -
Local Trees Turning Color Early
07/19/10 -
Can Water Be Pure and Natural?
07/26/10 -
Master Gardeners Stay Busy All Summer Long
08/02/10 -
Where Did All These Weeds Come From?
08/09/10 -
Dealing with Storm Damaged Trees
08/16/10 -
Grasshoppers in the Garden
08/23/10 -
Soil Testing and Fall Fertility Go Hand in Hand
08/30/10 -
Keep a Lookout for Changes
09/06/10 -
Thirsty Trees and Shrubs
09/13/10 -
Green Tomatoes
09/20/10 -
Storage and Handling of Garden Produce
10/11/10 -
Pruning for Life
10/18/10 -
"Mums" the Word
10/25/10 -
Snow Mold Prevention Begins in the Autumn
11/22/10 -
Holiday Horticulture
11/29/10 -
Fungus Gnats on the Loose
12/13/10 -
Nothing Trivial about Horticulture
12/20/10 -
What's New in the Extension Office?
12/27/10 -
Houseplant Propagation is Fun and Easy
6/22/09 -
Apple Trees Article
7/02/09 -
Why Trees Turning Yellow
7/06/09 -
Garden Walk Article
7/13/09 -
Blight in Tomatoes
7/16/09 -
Help! Some Spots
7/23/09 -
Hungry Hoppers
7/30/09 -
Adventures in Planting a Tree
8/06/09 -
Blossom End Rot
8/13/09 -
Lawn Fertility
8/20/09 -
Blight Hits Tomatatoes Hard
8/27/09 -
Strange Growth on Trees
9/03/09 -
Where did those Pears Come From
9/10/09 -
Fall is Coming
9/17/09 -
Invasion of the Creepy Kind
9/24/09 -
Fall Fertility
10/01/09 -
Tomatoes Ripening in the Sun
10/05/09 -
Garden Winter Wonderland
10/19/09 -
Fall Care of Perennials
10/26/09 -
Local Spruces Turning Brown
11/02/09 -
Gifts for the Exentsion Guy
11/09/09 -
Master Gardeners Busy All Year Long
11/16/09 -
Christmas Cacti: What to do with them?
11/23/09 -
Bringing the Outdoors in for a Season
12/07/09 -
Warm Weather Plays Havoc on Trees and Shrubs
12/14/09 -
Forcing Bulbs for Winter Enjoyment
12/21/09 -
Keeping Poinsettias
12/28/09 -
Bummer, Bed Bugs Biting
State Facts information is derived from sources in the public domain.
*Bob Tanical Garden is a reference to Bob Riggio's gardening series.
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