MSU Extension Gardening in Michigan

News

• CAT Alerts are moving to join news.msue.msu.edu

  Published on March 23, 2011
  CAT Alerts are joining a new effort to bring you more timely information from MSU Extension.

• Teachers increase water stewardship teaching skills

  Published on March 21, 2011
  Teachers participate in Project WET training to make their current curriculum fun and activity oriented.

• Are you prepared to take shelter during an emergency?

  Published on March 18, 2011
  Shelter for yourself and your family during a disaster is the topic for March 2011 on website www.do1thing.us.

• Liberty Hyde Bailey: Local boy makes good 130 years ago

  Published on March 15, 2011
  Inspiring garden quotes and more from this Michigan gardening giant.

• Wood ash in the garden

  Published on March 9, 2011
  Wood ash from your fireplace or stove may be used as a soil amendment and fertilizer in the garden.

• Cook hamburger to 160 Degrees

  Published on February 27, 2011
  Thoroughly cooking hamburger to 160°F can prevent foodborne illness.

• When ants invade

  Published on February 18, 2011
  It’s easy to make your own ant bait if you find them gathering in your home.

• Ten-Year tetanus shots

  Published on February 10, 2011
  

• The glass garden cloche: one of gardening’s forgotten inventions

  Published on February 4, 2011
  Almost 400 years ago, a brilliant invention took the gardening world by storm. In 1623, the glass garden cloche was invented, no doubt, by some frustrated gardener-glassmaker in Italy.

• Growing and using herbs

  Published on February 1, 2011
  People around the world have used herbs for centuries in cosmetics, fragrances, medicines, dyes and cooking. Today, herbs are more popular than ever for cooking.