MSU Extension Gardening in Michigan

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  Smart Gardening for Shorelands: Smart Lake Gardening: Planning Your Nearshore Garden

  Published on October 20, 2020
  Extending your lakefront garden into the water opens an exciting new opportunity to enhance your property’s beauty and function.

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  Smart Gardening for Shorelands: Soak Up the Rain with a Rain Garden

  Published on October 6, 2020
  Beautify your yard and neighborhood while helping the environment with a rain garden.

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  Managing Brown Marmorated Stink Bugs in Homes & Gardens

  Published on September 29, 2020
  This fact sheet will provide information and advice to Michigan residents for dealing with this relatively new pest.

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  COVID-19 Safety Guidelines for Community Gardens

  Published on June 8, 2020
  This document provides suggested practices for community gardens and gardeners to stay safe and minimize risk of COVID-19 transmission. These guidelines are gathered from a combination of resources including the CDC, WHO and Extension services.

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  Poison ivy – Toxicodendron radicans and rybergii

  Published on May 29, 2020
  Along with photos, identification and distribution information, this bulletin (E3438) also discusses the irritant substance urushiol and nonchemical and chemical control options.

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  Smart Gardening: What makes a pollinator rare or endangered?

  Published on March 16, 2020
  This tip sheet introduces a few of the rarer pollinators that are poorly known and only referred to by their scientific names.

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  Smart Gardening: Integrated pest management in vegetable gardens

  Published on January 16, 2020
  Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is an integral part of a smart garden.

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  Smart Gardening: Fertilizer basics for the smart gardener

  Published on January 15, 2020
  Smart Gardening tip sheet on fertilizer basics for the smart gardener

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  Smart Gardening: Know the insects that look like bees

  Published on October 1, 2019
  Smart Gardening tip sheet on knowing and identifying the insects that look like bees.

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  Smart Gardening to prevent oak wilt

  Published on August 9, 2019
  Smart Gardening tip sheet on how to recognize, prevent and control oak wilt.