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Yard and Garden Highlights

Interest in gardening stretches across geographic borders and age levels. You'll find how-to tips and gardening guidelines at Yard and Garden Online.

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Wondering about mushrooms and morels? 
Identifying edible mushrooms, morels, and other fungi can be a challenge, even for a specialist. Eat only those you can identify without a doubt.

Yard and Garden News

1/12/2009 - Cobwebs in the Corners of My Mind
Long-bodied cellar spiders may be responsible for the cobwebs you see draped in your corners and other out-of-the-way places at this time of year.

1/8/2009 - Ask the ISU Extension Garden Experts: Gardening Containers, Holly and Catalogs
This week's answers discuss starting seeds indoors, holly varieties for Iowa and where to get garden catalogs.

1/6/2009 - 4-H Club Service Project Assists Disabled, Provides Learning Opportunity
Raised bed garden installation provides new experiences for residents of an Ames home for disabled young adults.

1/5/2009 - Color in the Winter Landscape
An excellent way to brighten Iowa's drab winter landscape is to plant evergreens (pine, spruce, fir, etc.) and trees and shrubs that possess colorful fruit or bark.

1/2/2009 - Ask the ISU Extension Garden Experts: Pruning Shears and Moth Orchids
This week's answers provide tips for selecting pruning shears and caring for moth orchids.