HORTICULTURE

POLK COUNTY GENERAL MASTER GARDENER TRAINING
Interested in learning how to better manage your yard and gardens and share your gained knowledge with other through volunteer activities? General Master Gardener Volunteer Programs are held yearly in the western Wisconsin area.
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Meeting News

Jim West is coordinating the plant sale through the Wanderoos Pancake Breakfast on Sunday May 11th from 8:00-11:00 AM.  Please get your plants to Jim West on Friday or Saturday May 9 & 10th or drop off  early Sunday morning.  Please clearly mark your plants clearly whether annuals, perennials or houseplants. Include small  information sheets in case of questions if possible.

News

• What to do with Creeping Charlie?
• What are those funny bumps on the leaves?
• What Makes Leaves Change Color?
• A Good Year for Boxelder Bugs
• Asian Ladybeetles
• Tent Caterpillars
• Lawns and Dogs But Not Tomato Juice!
• Early Spring Care Gets the Lawn Off To A Healthy Start

Polk County Master Gardeners Newletters - What's Coming Up?

• January, 2007
• November, 2007
• August, 2007
• January 2008
• March 2008

Related Horticulture Links of Interest

• Western Wisconsin Horticulture Pierce/Polk/St. Croix Counties
• UW - Department of Entomology Insect Diagnostic Lab
• UW - Extension Horticultural Publications
• UW - Landscape Plants of the Upper Midwest
• UW - Plant Disease and Diagnostic Clinic
• UW - Soil and Plant Analysis Laboratory
• UW - The Wisconsin Gardener - Public TV
• UW - Urban Horticulture
• UW - Urban Horticulture Updates
• UWEX - Wisconsin Native Plant Sources
• Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
• Wisconsin Master Gardener Program
• Wisconsin Horticulture Calendar - Other events of interest
• University of Connecticut Plant Database
• Ohio State University Plant Dictionary
• USDA Plants Database
• Weed Science Society of America
• Wisconsin Phenological Society

STAFF

If you have any questions regarding Horticulture in Polk County, please contact:

Ryan Sterry
Polk County - UW Extension
100 Polk County Plaza
Suite 210
Balsam Lake, WI 54810
Phone: 715-485-8600
Fax: 715-485-8601
Email: ryan.sterry@ces.uwex.edu