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Smart Gardening for Shorelands: Keep it Clean to Protect Frogs and Toads
Published on January 13, 2021
Frogs and toads are great companions for your yard and garden. They eat pests like beetles, cutworms and slugs and are an important food source for a variety of other animals including herons, mink, foxes and fish. -
Spotted Lanternfly: A Colorful Cause for Concern
Published on November 30, 2020
Learn how to identify spotted lanternfly and take steps to slow its spread. -
Smart Gardening for Shorelands: Smart Waterfront Plants to Enhance Your Shoreline
Published on November 24, 2020
Plants that grow in, along, and just outside water play an important role in protecting water quality and providing habitat for many water loving critters. -
Smart Gardening for Shorelands: Smart Stormwater Solutions for Protecting Your Waterfront
Published on November 10, 2020
No matter where you live, stormwater is everyone’s problem. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
Smart Gardening: Fertilizer basics for the smart gardener
Published on January 15, 2020
Smart Gardening tip sheet on fertilizer basics for the smart gardener -
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. -
Smart Gardening to prevent oak wilt
Published on August 9, 2019
Smart Gardening tip sheet on how to recognize, prevent and control oak wilt. -
Boxwood Blight Disease Identified in Michigan
Published on January 25, 2019
This fact sheet describes plant symptoms of boxwood disease as well as integrated pest management strategies for those who encounter the disease. -
Smart Gardening: Pruning and training backyard apple and pear trees
Published on January 11, 2019
Smart Gardening tip sheet on pruning and training backyard apple and pear trees -
Smart gardening for kids: How to make your yard bee-friendly
Published on January 1, 2019
Smart Gardening tip sheet for kids on how to make your yard bee-friendly -
Weed Control Guide for Field Crops (E0434)
Published on November 1, 2018
This publication is a guide in assisting field crop growers in the selection of weed control tools for the coming growing season. This product is available in hard copy. -
Smart Gardening: Pollination in vegetable gardens and backyard fruit
Published on October 1, 2018
Smart Gardening tip sheet on pollination in vegetable gardens and backyard fruit -
Japanese Beetles (E0010TURF)
Published on April 4, 2018
The Japanese beetle, Popillia japonica Newman, is a native of Japan. It was first found in the United States in New Jersey in 1916. Since then, it has gradually spread westward and has been reported in every state east of the Mississippi River.
