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Yard and Garden Publications
- Basics
- Choosing a Soil Amendment
- Composting to Reduce the Waste Stream $$
- Container Gardens
- Gardening for Newcomers
- Greenhouse Energy Conservation $$
- Homeowner Pesticide Guides $$
- House Plant Tips $$
- Landscaping on Expansive Soils
- Mountain Gardening Basics
- Mulches for Home Grounds
- Rocky Mtn. Landscape Design $$
- Xeriscaping: Creative Landscaping
- Xeriscaping: Retrofit Your Yard
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- Flowers
- Best Perennials for the Rocky Mountains and High Plains $$
- Herbaceous Perennials
- Mountain Flowers
- Native Herbaceous Perennials for Colorado Landscapes
- Perennial Gardening
- Rock Garden Plants
- Roses - Selecting and Planting
- Wildflowers in Colorado
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- Fruits and Vegetables
- Apples and Pears in the Backyard
- Cucumbers, Pumpkins, Squash and Melons
- Onion - Xanthomas Leaf Blight
- Peppers and Eggplant
- Seeds: How to Save
- Seeds: Storing Vegetable and Flower Seeds
- Stone Fruits in the Backyard
- Strawberry Diseases
- Vegetables - Storing Home-grown
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- Trees and Shrubs
- Aspen and Poplar Leaf Spots
- Aspen: Guide to Common Problems in Colorado $$
- Cytospora Canker
- Deciduous Shrubs
- Deciduous Trees: Large
- Deciduous Trees: Small
- Environmental Disorders of Woody Plants
- Evergreen shrubs for home grounds
- Evergreen Trees
- Flowering Crabapple Trees
- Magnesium Chloride Toxicity in Trees
- Mountain Areas Trees and Shrubs
- Native Shrubs for Colorado Landscapes
- Native Trees for Colorado Landscapes
- Protecting Trees During Construction
- Sycamore Anthracnose
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- Yard
- Composting Yard Waste
- Ground Cover Plants
- Ground Covers and Rock Garden Plants for Mountain Communities
- Lawns: Control of Annual Grassy Weeds
- Lawns: Dollar Spot Garden Diseases
- Lawns: Eliminating Grass Clipping Collection
- Lawns: Home Lawn Renovation
- Lawns: Lawn Care
- Lawns: Salt-affect Soils
- Lawns: Watering Established Lawns
- Ornamental Grasses
- Sustainable Landscaping
- Watering in Fall and Winter
- Xeriscaping: Ground Cover Plants
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Insect Publications
- Household
- Boxelder Bugs
- Carpenter Ants
- Carpet Beetles
- Clothes Moths: Identification and Control in the Home
- Cockroaches
- European Earwigs
- Fleas and Plague
- Flies in the Home
- Household Insects of the Rocky Mountain States $$
- Houseplants: Managing Houseplant Pests
- Indian Meal Moth
- Insect Pests of Home-Stored Foods
- Miller Moths
- Millipedes, Centipedes and Sowbugs
- Moths in the Home
- Pigeon Tremex Horntail and the Giant Ichneumon Wasp
- Root Weevils
- Spiders in the Home
- Termites
- Wasps and Bees
- Western Widow Spider
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- Yard & Garden
- Apple and Pear Insects
- Asian Longhorned Beetle
- Attracting Butterflies to the Garden
- Bagging Big Bugs $$
- Beekeeping in the Intermountain Region $$
- Biting Flies
- Brownheaded Ash Sawfly
- Brown Recluse Spiders in Colorado: Recognition and Spiders of Similar Appearance
- Cicadas
- Conifer Seed Bugs
- Cooley Spruce Galls
- Elm Leaf Beetles
- Emerald Ash Borer
- European Paper Wasp
- European Woodwasp
- Flea Beetles
- Flies - Controlling without Pesticides $$
- Garden Insects of North America $$
- Grasshopper Control in Gardens & Small Acreages
- Greenhouse Whitefly
- Gypsy Moth
- Hornworms and Hummingbird Moths
- Insect Control: Horticultural Oils
- Insect Control: Soaps and Detergents
- Insect Management Recommendations for Turf and Ornamentals $$
- Insect and Mite Galls
- Insect and Mite Pests of Honeylocust
- Insect Parasitic Nematodes
- Insects and Diseases on Woody Plants in the Central Rockies $$
- Ips Beetles
- Japanese Beetle
- Lady Beetles
- Leafcutter Bees
- Leafhoppers on Lawns
- Light Brown Apple Moth
- Mantids of Colorado
- Mosquito Management
- Mountain Pine Beetle
- Oystershell Scale
- Peach Tree Borer
- Pear Slugs
- Pine Tip Moths
- Poplar Twiggall Fly
- Potato or Tomato Psyllids
- Scale Insects Affecting Conifers
- Shade Tree Borers
- Slugs
- Snailcase Bagworm
- Spider Mites
- Springtails
- Squash Bug: Management in Home Gardens
- Sunspiders (Windscorpions)
- Tent-Making Caterpillars
- Ticks and tick-borne Diseases in Colorado
- Tobacco (Geranium) Budworm
- Turfgrass Insects in Colorado and Northern New Mexico $$
- Turfgrass mites
- Weird Worms: Horsehair Worm and the Grasshopper Nematode
- White Pine Weevil
- Zimmerman Pine Moth
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- Crops
- Alfalfa Weevil
- Aphids in Alfalfa
- Aphids in Small Grains
- Armyworms
- Bio-Pharming
- Black Grass Bugs
- Blister Beetles in Forage Crops
- Caterpillars on Field Crops: I
- Caterpillars on Field Crops: II
- Caterpillars on Field Crops: III
- Caterpillars in Small Grains
- False Chinch Bugs
- Grasshoppers in Field Crops
- Insect Damage to Grain
- Managing Corn Pests with Bt Corn
- Mites in Wheat
- Pests of the West $$
- Spider Mites in Corn
- Stalk Borers in Colorado Field Corn
- Sunflower Stem Weevil Management
- Western Bean Cutworm: Characteristics and Management in Corn and Dry Beans
- Western Corn Rootworm
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Agriculture and Natural Resources Publications
- Land & Weed Management
- ABCs of Small Acreage Ownership $$
- Aquatic and Riparian Weeds of the West $$
- Bank Balance: Managing Riparian Areas $$
- Colorado Weed Management Guide $$
- Conservation Easement Guidelines: What every landowner should know
- Gambel Oak Management
- Grass Growth and Response to Grazing
- Horses: Caring for Horses in the Western U.S. $$
- Managing Small Business and Acreage $$
- Weeds of Colorado $$
- Weeds of the West $$
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- Farm Production
- Agricultural Pesticide Protective Equipment
- Agricultural Respiratory Protective Equipment
- Alcohol for Motor Fuels
- Alfalfa Management Guide $$
- Analytical Laboratory Selectioin
- Beans: Bacterial Diseases
- Beans: Production & Pest Management of Dry Beans $$
- Beans: Root Rots of Dry Beans
- Beans: Rust of Dry Beans
- Beans: White Mold of Dry Beans
- Biosolids Recycling
- Bt Corn: Health and the Environment
- Best Management Practices for Colorado Agriculture: An Overview
- Community Supported Agriculture $$
- Conservation Tillage Systems and Management $$
- Corn - Best Management Practices $$
- Best Management Practices for Phosphorous Fertilization
- Diagnosing Saline and Sodic Soil Problems
- Dryland Cropping Systems
- Farm and Ranch Accounting Book forms $$
- Fertilizer Cost Calculations
- Field EC Mapping: A New Tool to Make Better Decisions
- Forage Moisture Determination $$
- Fusarium Wilt & Yellows of Sugar Beet & Dry Bean
- Grain Drying, Handling, Storage Handbook $$
- Grain Protein Content and N Needs
- Growing Peaches $$
- Growing Small Fruit $$
- High Tensile Wire Fencing $$
- Hydraulic Systems Safety
- Irrigation Management - Best Management Practices
- Large Tractor Operation: Fallacies and Facts
- Legume Seed Inoculants
- Manure Utilization - Best Management Practices $$
- Mustards in Mustards: Guide to the Identification $$
- Nitrogen Sources and Transformations
- Onions: Botrytis, Downy Mildew and Purple Blotch
- Onions: Production and IPM in Colorado$$
- Onions: Soil-Borne Diseases
- Organic Materials as Nitrogen Fertilizers
- Partial Budget Form
- Pesticide and Fertilizer Storage and Handling - BMP
- Pesticide Use in Agriculture - BMP
- Phosphorus Fertilization - BMP
- Plant Variety Protection Act
- Seed: Certified and Registered Production
- Seeds: Yield Improvement with High Quality Seed
- Sheep Housing and Equipment Handbook $$
- Silage and Hay Preservation $$
- Soil Management: Saline
- Soil Management: Sodic
- Sprayer Calibration Fundamentals
- Sugarbeet Production Guide $$
- Zinc and Iron Deficiencies
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- Equipment & Safety
- Selecting Energy-Efficient Tractors
- Farm Accident Rescue $$
- Tractor Safety
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- Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
- Colorado Commercial Pesticide Application and Safety Training Guide: Forest Pest Control $$
- Colorado Commercial Pesticide Application and Safety Training Guide: Agricultural Insect Control $$
- Colorado Commercial Pesticide Application and Safety Training Guide: Forest Pest Control $$
- Colorado Commercial Pesticide Application and Safety Training Guide: Industrial Right-of-Way $$
- Colorado Commercial Pesticide Application and Safety Training Guide: Public Health Pest Control $$
- Colorado Commercial Pesticide Application and Safety Training Turf Pest Control $$
- Colorado Commercial Pesticide Application and Safety Training Ornamental Pest Control $$
- Colorado Commercial Pesticide Application and Safety Training Guide: Commercial/Residential $$
- Colorado Commercial Pesticide Application and Safety Training Guide: Interior Plantscape $$
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- Livestock
- Beef Housing and Equipment Handbook $$
- Caring for Livestock After Disaster
- Caring for Livestock Before Disaster
- Caring for Livestock During Disaster
- Dairy Freestall Housing and Equipment $$
- Estimating Cattle Performance With Net Energy
- Feed Composition for Cattle and Sheep
- Formulating Rations With the Pearson Square
- Grease Wool Grades and Lengths
- High Grain Rations for Cattle
- Horse Housing and Equipment Handbook $$
- Horses' Health: Sugar Content in Feed and Forage Affects Horses' Health
- Horses' Health: Rabies in Horses: Should Horses be Vaccinated in Colorado?
- Lamb Feedlot Nutrition
- Livestock Waste Facilities Handbook $$
- Market Lamb Handling
- Nitrate Poisoning
- Prussic Acid Poisoning
- Solar Livestock Housing Handbook $$
- Stretching Your Horse's Hay Supply During Drought
- Swine Housing and Equipment Handbook $$
- Urea and NPN for Cattle and Sheep
- Ventilating Naturally for Livestock Housing $$
- Wool Terms Glossary
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- Wildfire & Forestry
- Cheatgrass and Wildfire
- Creating Wildfire-Defensible Zones
- Fire-Resistant Landscaping
- FireWise Plant Materials
- Forest Home Fire Safety
- Foresters Field Handbook $$
- Grass Seed Mixes to Reduce Wildfire Hazard
- Insects and Diseases Associated with Forest Fires
- Soil Erosion Control after Wildfire
- Vegetative Recovery after Wildfire
- Wildfire Mitigation in the Wildland and Urban Interface (video) $$
- Wildfire Preparedness for Horse Owners
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- Wildlife
- Advanced Hunter Education /Shooting Sports $$
- Big Game Field Care
- Deer Damage Prevention
- Game Carcass - Cutting
- Gophers - Management
- Ground Squirrel Management in Wyoming
- Learning Objectives for Shooting Sports $$
- Private Land Recreation
- Snakes
- Wildlife and Recreation Workbook $$
- Wildlife as a Farm and Ranch Business
- Woodpecker Damage Prevention
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Nutrition, Health & Food Safety
- Food Safety, Preparation and Preservation
- Bacterial Food-Borne Illness
- Botulism
- Canning Fruits
- Canning Tomatoes and Tomato Products
- Canning Vegetables
- Cost of Preserving and Storing Food
- Drying Fruits
- Drying Vegetables
- E. Coli Prevention from Garden to Plate
- Flavored Vinegars and Oils
- Food Preparation to Promote Health
- Food Preservation Without Sugar or Salt
- Food Safety During Pregnancy
- Food Storage for Safety and Quality
- Freezing Fruits
- Freezing Vegetables
- If Your Freezer Stops
- Ingredient Substitutions
- Leathers and Jerkies
- Making Jellies
- Making Pickled Peppers
- Making Pickles
- Making Soft Cheeses
- Meals for 1 or 2
- Processing Chile Peppers
- Salsa Recipes for Canning $$
- Serving Children Safe Foods
- Serving Children Safe Foods
- You and Your Wild Game - Cookbook $$
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- High Altitude Preparation
- A Complete Guide to High Altitude Baking $$
- Drying Foods $$
- High Altitude Baking $$
- High Altitude Food Preparation Guide
- Making Cookie Recipes from a Basic Mix at High Altitudes for High Altitudes $$
- Making Yeast Breads at High Altitudes $$
- Mile High Cakes $$
- Quick Mixes for High-Altitude Baking $$
- Today's Sourdough at High Altitude $$
- Wheat, Gluten, Egg, and Milk - Free Recipes at High Altitudes and Sea Level $$
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- Nutrition & Health
- A Guide for Daily Food Choices
- Cancer's Effect on the Diet
- Cholesterol and Fats
- DASHing to Lower Blood Pressure
- Diet and Diabetes
- Diet and Hypertension
- Dietary Fiber
- Dietary Guidelines for Americans
- Fat-Soluble Vitamins
- Feeding Young Children
- Food vs. Pills
- Herbals for Health?
- Introducing Solid Foods to Infants
- Iron: An Essential Nutrient
- La Cocina Saludable Bilingual Educator's Kit $$
- La Cocina Saludable Bilingual Participant's Kit $$
- Labeling of Genetically Engineered Foods
- My Pyramid Food Wheel ($2 for 50 or more) $$
- Nutrition and Aging
- Nutrition and Cancer
- Nutrition and Dental Health
- Nutrition and Oral Contraceptives
- Nutrition for the Athlete
- Nutrition Quackery
- Osteoporosis
- Potassium and Health
- Salad Greens: Health Benefits and Safe Handling
- Self Care for a Healthy Heart $$
- Serving Children Safe Foods
- Small Changes Make A Big Difference CD, Diabetes Awareness Program $$
- Smart Start for a Healthy Heart $$
- Sodium in the Diet
- Sugar and Sweeteners
- Understanding the Food Label
- Vegetarian Diets
- Water-Soluble Vitamins
- Weight Loss Diet Books
- Weight Management: It's All About You
- Women's Health Issues
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Family, Home, Finances & Work
- Family - Kids, Elderly and Relationships
- 10 Tips for Successful Family Meetings
- A Delicate Balance: A Guide for Caregivers (video with supporting lessons) $$
- Adolescent Alcohol and Drug Abuse
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Back-to-School
- Child Restraint in Automobiles
- Children's Anger and Tantrums
- Dealing With Couples' Anger
- Dealing With Others' Anger
- Dealing With Our Anger
- Democracy's College in the Centennial State $$
- Democracy's University $$
- Evaluating Family Life Web Sites
- Farming, Ranching: Health Hazard or Opportunity?
- Grandparents: As Parents
- Happier Holidays
- Making Decisions and Coping Well with Drought
- Managing Stress During Tough Times
- Preventing Falls in the Elderly
- Ranching and Farming With Family Members
- Safe Housing for the Elderly
- Transitions and Changes: Practical Strategies
- Transitions and Changes: Who Copes Well?
- Youth and Suicide
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- Home
- Buying Your First Home
- Home Adaptations for the Disabled
- Home and Yard Improvements Handbook $$
- Improving Air Quality in Your Home
- Lead-Based Paint in Homes
- Plan on It $$
- Preventing Carbon Monoxide Problems
- Radon in the Home
- Renting: Evictions and Landlord Liens
- Renting: Leases
- Renting: Location, Selection and Roommates
- Renting: Security Deposits
- Selecting Carpet for Your Home
- Selecting Upholstered Furniture for Your Home
- Stretching Decorating Dollars
- The Sun-Tempered Superinsulated House
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- Finances and Work
- Break-even Method of Analysis
- Completing Applications and References
- Estate Planning For Parents of Minor Children
- Family Financial Record Book $$
- Finding and Keeping Your First Job
- How Property Passes at Death
- Investing for Your Future: Basic Investing Home Study Course $$
- Long-Term Loan Repayment Methods
- Marketing Crafts and Other Products to Tourists $$
- Putting 4-H Experience On Your Resume´
- Spend Some, Save Some, Share Some Financial Management Curriculum $$
- Tips for a Successful Interview
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Water
- Home & Garden
- Drip Irrigation for Home Gardens
- Emergency Water Supplies and Treatment
- Glossary of Water Terminology
- Gray water Reuse and Rainwater Harvesting
- Home Water Treatment $$
- Nitrates in Drinking Water
- Onsite Domestic Sewage Disposal Handbook $$
- Operating and Maintaining a Home Irrigation System
- Private Water Systems $$
- Protecting Your Private Well $$
- Snow Booklet $$
- Water Conservation In and Around the Home
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- Irrigation
- Estimating Soil Moisture
- Irrigation Pumping Plant Efficiency
- Irrigation Scheduling
- Irrigation Scheduling: The Water-Balance Approach
- Irrigation Water Quality Criteria
- Nitrogen and Irrigation Management
- Solar-powered Groundwater Pumping Systems
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