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Find answers to pesticide questions

Often people have questions about pesticides and don't know where to find answers. Sometimes they call University of Nevada Cooperative Extension and we can find the answers for them. Another great resource open seven days a week (except holidays)... more...

11/05/2009 4:23pm

	Time to break down drip systems for winter As I write this, we are looking forward to a weekend of lovely fall weather in the 70s, followed by rain on the valley floor and snow in the mountains. Last week I said it wasn't time to stop watering plants, but it is close. A colleague asked me...
	10/24/2009 11:31am

	Get household appliances ready for change of season While the rain recently gave the plants and weeds a very good soaking and wildfire season may be over, we still have the danger of home fires as we approach winter. Why more fires when it gets colder and usually wetter? Because we are turning on heaters,...
	10/22/2009 2:47pm

	Antiques aplenty: Cheshire houses 40 dealers If the riddle is how to fit 40 different antique dealers into one store, the answer is to have 12,000 square feet of space for every kind of niche conceivable.
	10/13/2009 11:14am

	Watering still required with onset of autumn Autumn has arrived. Often unknowing gardeners turn their irrigation systems off with the first freeze. Although it seems logical, this practice is not good for plant health. Weather patterns in the fall vary from occasional freezes, particularly at...
	10/09/2009 3:09pm

	Why do leaves change color? Autumn has come gently this year with hot weather continuing to the end of September. This is rather unusual because our average first frost date is usually Sept. 15. The leaves have barely begun to turn color.
	10/06/2009 6:41am

	Markleeville Artists Autumn Open Studio Tour this weekend Each Autumn, Sierra aspens and cottonwoods create a symphony of music hitting all notes of the color spectrum.
	10/02/2009 8:00am

	Markleeville Artists Autumn Open Studio Tour this weekend Staff Reports Artists open their studios to share artwork as varied as the autumn colors of Sierra aspens and cottonwoods during the Markleeville Artists seventh annual Autumn Open Studio Tour, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
	09/29/2009 4:53pm

	Tall whitetop grows throughout Nevada After reading last week's article on the noxious weed yellow starthistle, a reader named Phyllis asked me to write about another noxious weed: tall whitetop. She has observed it on properties along Highway 395 in Carson Valley and at the Washoe...
	09/22/2009 2:10pm

	Beware of noxious weed yellow starthistle Be wary when you spot bright yellow flowers. Although they may appear beautiful from a distance and entice you closer for a better look, if they are flowers of the noxious weed yellow starthistle, you may stab yourself on their 1-inch spines.
	09/18/2009 2:12pm

	Plastic bottles aren't green Plastic bottles of water are everywhere. We buy them for our families. We get them at parties, meetings, events, schools and restaurants. Most of the empty bottles never make it to recycling. Eighty-six percent end up as garbage, almost 1,500 bottles per...
	09/03/2009 4:43pm

	Green LIving Festival features eCycling Staff Reports Turn in your old electronics, fluorescent light bulbs, and household batteries for recycling, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 12, at the Green Living Festival in Lampe Park.
	09/01/2009 2:52pm

	Drought-tolerant junipers may also be source of house fires “Will your home survive when the embers arrive?” has been the wildfire awareness message this year. Embers landing in flammable vegetation such as junipers often cause ignition of homes even away from actual fires.
	08/28/2009 1:13pm

	Hummingbirds mini hot rods at garden feeders After reading Linda Monohan's Fish Springs Flier column about the hummingbirds in her yard, I started noticing the arguments at our feeder. I'm sure the bully from Linda's yard has been flying back and forth between our two areas. Always looking for ways...
	08/27/2009 3:05pm

	Building good soil with compost tea “Feed the soil, not the plant” has long been my mantra. A thriving soil full of organic matter and alive with microbes, worms and other living things provides a plant all the nutrients it needs.
	08/13/2009 4:10pm

	EPA fines Minden nursery over pesticides A Minden tree nursery has agreed to a pay $5,440 to settle U.S. Environmental Protection Agency allegations that it misused pesticides.
	08/12/2009 9:59am

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