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Master Gardener Office Fact Sheets

TOPIC TITLE DESCRIPTION DATE

ANNUALS Bedding Plants From starting seed to final effect 1999

ANNUALS Bedding Plant Tips Planting and maintenance

ANNUALS Plant Annuals for Color Seed starting and planting 2003

BERRIES Growing Blackberries in Your Home Garden General guide 2008

BERRIES Growing Blueberries in Your Home Garden General guide 2008

BERRIES Growing Raspberries in Your Home Garden General guide 2008

BERRIES Growing Strawberries in Your Home Garden General guide 2008

BERRIES Raspberries and Blackberries How to guide

BERRIES Succulent Satisfying Sensational Strawberry Varieties and care 1991

BULBS Design Tips Using Spring Flowering Bulbs One page of quick tips

BULBS Forcing Flower Bulbs How to and recommended varieties 2001

BULBS Spring Bulbs Need Fall Planting Planting and maintenance

BULBS Spring Planted Bulbs Boast Beautiful Blooms Varieties, most are not hardy here

BULBS Storing Summer Bulbs Varieties not hardy here 1991

BUSINESS & MARKETING A Path to Success for Nevada Agriculture Business plan vs. Marketing Plan 2005

BUSINESS & MARKETING

Cooperatives: A Vehicle for Cost Sharing and

Expansion Advantages and Disadvantages 2005


Niche Marketing Opportunities for Nevada

Agriculture How to 2005


Starting a Horticultural Business: Primary

Considerations How to 2008


From Farm Fresh to Fine Dining: Producing for

Gourmet Restaurants How to 2009


Working with Gourmet Chefs: Strategies for

Small Agricultural Producers How to 2006


Buying Local: Perceptions of High End Chefs in

Nevada Results of survey 2009

BUSINESS & MARKETING Marketing Farmers Markets Advertising 2009

BUSINESS & MARKETING Nevada Farmers Markets: Customer Profile Results of survey 2009


Why Customers Shop at Farmers Markets in

Nevada Results of survey 2009

COMPOST Basic Composting How to pamphlet

COMPOST Composting How to with common problems 1998

COMPOST Composting "Piling Up Garden Benefits" Construction and problems 2003

COMPOST (A) Quick Guide to Composting One page how to 2000

COMPOST Composting Yard and Vegetable Waste Scientific approach 2009

COMPOST Worm Composting [1] One page how to


COMPOST Worm Composting and Other Methods[2] How to pamphlet

CONTAINER GARDENING Container Gardening Watering, fertilizing, general care 2000

CONTAINER GARDENING Container Gardening for a Moveable Feast How to, vegetables, herbs

EARTHWORMS Earthworms: Barometers of Soil Health Scientific approach

EARTHWORMS Earthworms: Friend or Foe Worms are not a problem 2000

EARTHWORMS Fun Facts About Redworms Kid stuff 1982

EARTHWORMS Starting a Worm Farm [3] Scientific approach 2000

ENDANGERED SPECIES Endangered Species Protection Program Endangered Species in Nevada by County 1995

FERTILIZER Controlled Release Nitrogen Fertilizers One page 2010

FERTILIZER Essential Plant Nutrients in Nevada Horticulture Descriptions of Nutrients 2006

FERTILIZER

Fertilizer Guide - Evaluating Home Fruit,

Vegetable & Ornamental Gardens How to with tables 1992

FERTILIZER Fertilizing Shade and Ornamental Trees One page how to 1993

FERTILIZER Fertilizing Your Vegetable Garden How to with tables 2010

FIRESCAPE

Homeowner's Guide to Planting Crested

Wheatgrass 1999

FIRESCAPE

Crested Wheatgrass: Hero or Villain in

Reclaiming Disturbed Rangelands

Uses, negative attributes, decision

making 1996

FIRESCAPE

Ten Frequently Asked Questions About

Defensible Space About native range plants 1996

FIRESCAPE Landscape Design for Defensible Space Firescaping pictures, zones

FIRESCAPE Forest Thinning & Defensible Space

FIRESCAPE Establishing Fire Retardant Vegetation Pictures, how to plant 1986

FIRESCAPE Greenstrips: Another Tool to Manage Wildfire Recommended varieties 1997

FIRESCAPE

A Compilation of Good Plant Choices for

Nevada's High Fire Hazard Areas Species list 2005

FIRESCAPE

Managing Nevada's Big Sagebrush Rangelands

to Reduce Invasions by Alien Plants 1996

FIRESCAPE Taking Care of Residential Trees after Wildfire Very basic 2004

FIRESCAPE What Grows Back After the Fire? Care, diseases, pests 1996

FIRESCAPE The Wood Shake and Shingle Roof Hazard Increase structure loss 1994

FRUIT TREES Fruit Trees for Northern Nevada

Charts on varieties, growing, very

comprehensive

FRUIT TREES Harvesting Fall Apples and Pears One page on picking and preserving

FRUIT TREES Fruit Tree Insect Control Control of common insect pests

FRUIT TREES

Insect and Disease Control on Dormant Fruit

Trees Definitions, chart, several diseases

FRUIT TREES Fire Blight ( apples and pears)

Life cycle, management, resistant species -

apples and pears


FRUIT TREES Pest Phenology Calendar - Apples

Chart of times, descriptions when pests

and diseases occur

FRUIT TREES Pest Phenology Calendar - Cherries


and diseases occur

FRUIT TREES Pest Phenology Calendar -Peach & Apricot


and diseases occur

FRUIT TREES Pest Phenology Calendar - Pears


and diseases occur

FRUIT TREES Picking and Storing Apples and Pears

Table of varieties, maturity date, maturity

color 1998

FRUIT TREES Pruning Fruit Trees Illustrated, tools, yearly stages

FRUIT TREES Pruning the Orchard Includes grapes & berries 1994

FRUIT TREES

Pruning to Restore an Old, Neglected Apple

Tree Diagrams of how to cut 1998

FRUIT TREES Training Pear Trees Extensive booklet on how, when, why 1992

GRAPES Grapes in Your Backyard Pamphlet with diagrams 1996

GRAPES

Growing Seedless Grapes in Northwestern

Nevada Varieties and diagrams 1999

GRAPES Grapes for Northern Nevada UNR Grape Trials Results 1982-1992 1993

GROUNDCOVER Ground Covers Choosing, planting, and list 1999

GROUNDCOVER Ground covers - Nature's Garden Carpet Recommended varieties and how to

HERBS Herbs How to 2007

HERBS Growing Herbs for the Home Gardener Good tables 1998

HERBS Spice Up Your Garden with Herbs How to

HOUSEPLANTS African Violets (Sanitpaulia ianantha) Selection and care 1995

HOUSEPLANTS Container Gardening 2000

HOUSEPLANTS Introduction to Houseplants Care for specific plants 1998

HOUSEPLANTS Keeping Holiday Gift Plants Happy Non-museum methods 1999

HOUSEPLANTS Methods for Propagating House Plants 2001

HOUSEPLANTS Paphiopedilum & Phalaenopsis Orchids general care

HOUSEPLANTS Propagating Houseplants/Bill Carlos general care

HOUSEPLANTS Propagating House Plants/Aggie Roberts Species list and methods 1998

HOUSEPLANTS What's Wrong with my Houseplant? Symptoms, causes, treatments

INSECTS Bronze Birch Borer Picture, life cycle, controls 2002

INSECTS The Jerusalem Cricket Habits and habitat 1999

INSECTS

The Mormon Cricket in Nevada: Biology and

Management Homeowner 1991

INSECTS Ant Management in Home and Garden Species table, damages, control

INSECTS Aphid Management Tools

Habitat, chemical and mechanical

controls

INSECTS

Aphids and Their Management in Home

Gardens Life cycle, damage, controls 2002

INSECTS The Ash Whitefly

Range, habitat, life cycle, damage and

controls 1991

INSECTS Bark Beetle Blues Life cycle, damage, controls

INSECTS Fir Engraver Beetle Life cycle, damage, controls 1996


INSECTS Jeffrey Pine Beetle Life cycle, damage, controls 1996

INSECTS Mountain Pine Beetle Life cycle, damage, controls 1996

INSECTS Pinion Ips Beetle Life cycle, damage, controls 1996

INSECTS Red Turpentine Beetle Life cycle, damage, controls 1996

INSECTS Bark Beetles in the Lake Tahoe Basin

Life cycle, identification, and

management 1998

INSECTS Bark Beetles: Thinning and Sanitation

IPM tools for management in the Lake

Tahoe Basin 1998

INSECTS Western Pine Beetle Life cycle, damage, controls 1997

INSECTS Bed Bugs Life cycle, damage, controls 2009

INSECTS Black Widow Spiders in Nevada

Life cycle, damage, controls, treating a

bite 1990

INSECTS

Blue Orchard Bee: Fruit Tree Pollination Made

Easy

Nesting material, chemicals

contraindicated 2002

INSECTS Brown Recluse Spiders in Nevada?? Probably not

INSECTS Brown Recluse and Other Recluse Spiders [4] Hand out Nevada Fact Sheet first 2008

INSECTS Carpet Beetles Life cycle, damage, controls 2001

INSECTS Cat Facing Insects

Lygus bug, stinkbugs, western box elder

bugs, controls

INSECTS Cereal Leaf Beetle Management Life cycle, damage, controls 1999

INSECTS Cicadas Life cycle 2002

INSECTS Cockroaches Life cycle, controls 2000

INSECTS

Controlling Cockroaches, Silverfish and Ants in

Apartments Pictures, controls 1994

INSECTS Codling Moth Life cycle, damage, controls 2005

INSECTS Cottony Cushion Scale Life cycle, damage, controls 2003

INSECTS Diaprepes Root Weevil

Life cycle, damage, controls, who to

contact 2006

INSECTS Earwigs Controls 2001

INSECTS Elm Leaf Beetle Life cycle, damage, controls 2004

INSECTS Emerald Ash Borer ID, biology, symptoms 2002

INSECTS Exotic Insects Invading Nevada's Trees!

Table and color pictures of several

species

INSECTS Flies Species, damage, controls 2004

INSECTS

Fungus Gnats, Shore Flies, Moth Flies and

March Flies Species, life cycle, damage, controls 2001

INSECTS Garden Pests Can Be Perplexing

General description of sucking, chewing,

boring, not much info

INSECTS Grasshoppers Life cycle, damage, controls

INSECTS Greenhouse Whitefly Life cycle, controls 2006

INSECTS Greenhouse IPM: Sustainable Whitefly Control Controls, references 2000

INSECTS The Gypsy Moth in Nevada Life cycle, damage, controls 1990

INSECTS Gypsy Moth Handbook: Illustrated Biography

Color Photographs. With Gypsy Moth in

Nev. In Master File. 1978

INSECTS Is That Spittle on My Junipers? 2001


INSECTS Leafhoppers in the Home Garden 2000

INSECTS

Integrated Pest Management: Managing

Bluegrass Billbugs in Turf Grass Life cycle, damage, controls

INSECTS Managing Boxelder Bugs Life cycle, damage, controls 2006

INSECTS

Managing Western Flower Thrips in the Home

Landscape ID, biology, controls 2001

INSECTS Millipedes and Centipedes Life cycle, habitat, controls 2000

INSECTS Insects in Firewood

Description and pictures of several

species. In color

INSECTS Ornamental Plant Damage by Eriophyid Mites General, damage, controls 2004

INSECTS Pheromones in Insect Pest Management Definition, use, not much info 1998

INSECTS Pinyon Needle Scale Infestation, life cycle, controls 2004

INSECTS

Pinyon Pine: Management Guidelines for

Common Pests Refers to website for download 2003

INSECTS Pitch Moth General, not much info

INSECTS Sequoia Pitch Moth Life cycle, damage, controls 2004

INSECTS Root Weevils Pictures, life cycle, damage 2006

INSECTS Scales

Life cycle, damage, controls, table of

common scales 2007

INSECTS Scale Insects Affecting Conifers Identification of types 2006

INSECTS Shothole Borer Life cycle, damage, controls 1996

INSECTS Spider Mite Management in Home Gardens Life cycle, damage, controls 1996

INSECTS Squash Bug Control in Home Gardens Damage, controls 2008

INSECTS Springtails Identification, habitat, damage, controls 2007

INSECTS Start Controlling Codling Moths Now Not much info 2004

INSECTS Termites ID types, life cycle, damage, controls 2001

INSECTS West Nile Virus Vectors, transmission, FAQ's

INSECTS Yellowjackets and Other Social Wasps ID types, life cycle, damage, controls 2001

INSECTS Yellowjacket Wasps in Nevada Life cycle, damage, controls 1990

LANDSCAPE DESIGN

Designing Landscapes for Northern Nevada's

Arid Climate

Site planning, fire safety, tables of

desirable plants 2011

LUMBER/TREATED WOOD Preservative-treated Wood in the Landscape Preserving wood used in landscaping 1996

LUMBER/TREATED WOOD

Selecting Lumber & Lumber Substitutes for

Outdoor Exposures How to with tables

MOLDS

Inspection and Management of Harmful

Structural Molds molds growing in buildings, homes 2003

MULCH Mulching How to 1998

MULCH Much About Mulch Survey of mulch materials

MULCH Mulches for Nevada Landscapes Specifics for local landscapes 2006

MULCH Organic Matter Types for use as mulch

MULCH Fact Sheet: Serpentine Rock Problems with

MULCH Vertical mulch One page mulching trees and shrubs 1993


NATIVE PLANTS Markets for Nevada Native Plants and Seeds Results of survey 2007

NATIVE PLANTS

Nevada Consumers Willing to Pay More for

"Nevada Grown" Labeled Native Plants Results of survey 2007

NATIVE PLANTS

Native Plant Characteristics Appeal to

Consumers in Nevada Results of survey 2007

NATIVE PLANTS

Some Good Native Plants for Great Basin

Landscapes List with pictures and info 2011

NATURAL INSECT

CONTROL Bad news for Bugs Organic and botanical insecticides, tables

NATURAL INSECT

CONTROL Beneficial Insects in the Home Garden Table of beneficial insects 1996

NATURAL INSECT

CONTROL

Insect Control: Horticultural Oils--What a

Gardener Needs to Know Good general info. 2013

NATURAL INSECT

CONTROL Insecticidal Soaps for Pest Control One page general info

NATURAL INSECT

CONTROL

Integrated Pest Management and the

Homeowner IPM for the home garden 1996

NATURAL INSECT

CONTROL Developing Your Own IPM Program General info and flowchart 1997

ORNAMENTAL GRASSES Ornamental Grasses

Table of height, season of interest,

hardiness

ORNAMENTAL GRASSES

Selection and Care of Ornamental Grasses for

Northern Nevada

Description, growth habit, maintenance,

transplanting 2006

PASTURE Evaluating the Potential of an Alternative Crop

Environmental limitations, crop

requirements, market 2002

PASTURE Forage Kochia forage, fire suppression, seeding 1998

PASTURE

Grasses for Irrigated Pasture and Hay Meadows

in Nevada Attributes of 9 grasses - 1988 1988

PASTURE

Irrigated Forages for Western Nevada -Type

Climate Scientific - 26 grasses and 9 soil types 1991

PASTURE N-P-K-S Fertilizer Rates Based on Soil Analysis Fertilizer rates for pasture per acre 1994

PASTURE Tef Demonstration Planting Results for 2003 Poor results from excessive salts 2004

PASTURE

Testing Seaberry as an Alternative Crop in

Nevada cultivation, markets 2004

PERENNIALS

Colorful Perennials and Biennials for

Northwestern Nevada Recommended varieties

PERENNIALS Dalia Culture Not hardy here 2000

PERENNIALS Growing Iris in the Home Garden Recommended varieties and care 1977

PERENNIALS Perennials in the Garden One page how to

PERENNIALS Propagating Herbaceous Plants from Cuttings Recommended varieties and how to 1993

PESTICIDE SAFETY

The Nevada Pesticide Applicator Training

Program Certification, testing and licensing 1998


PESTICIDE SAFETY

Cleaning and Disposing of Empty Pesticide

Containers Containers, leftover chemicals, disposal 1997

PESTICIDE SAFETY Disposal of Household Hazardous Waste Disposal chart 1991

PESTICIDE SAFETY Hand Pesticide Application Calibration Good mixing tables for liquid pesticides 1996

PESTICIDE SAFETY Hiring a Pest Control Company General information 2006

PESTICIDE SAFETY

Questions to Ask Before Hiring a Pest Control

Operator One page 2010

PESTICIDE SAFETY Pets and Pesticide Use One page safety info 2010

PESTICIDE SAFETY

Pesticide Safety Tips for Private and

Commercial Applicators: Best Management

Practices Commercial 2005

PESTICIDE SAFETY Pesticide Risk Assessment Labels, safety precautions 2011

PESTICIDE SAFETY Preemergent Herbicides

Timing, application, turf and vegetables,

table of common names

PESTICIDE SAFETY Safe and Legal Transportation of Pesticides Homeowner 2001

PESTICIDE SAFETY

Tips for Safe Pesticide Use: Guide for the

Homeowner Labels, safety precautions 1992

PESTICIDE SAFETY Understanding Pesticide Labels How to 2011

PESTICIDE SAFETY Use and Care of Pesticide Protective Clothing List and care instructions 1991

PESTICIDE SAFETY

Use and Care of Pesticide Protective Clothing -

Spanish language List and care instructions 1991

PESTICIDE SAFETY Using Pesticides Safely Homeowner 2000

PESTICIDE SAFETY

Using Preemergence Herbicides for Weed

Control in the Home Landscape Instructions & Table 2011

PESTICIDE SAFETY Water ph and Its Effect on Pesticide Stability Commercial:chart of pesticides 2002

PESTS A Quick Guide to Plague General information

PESTS

Animal Pest Management Around Homes in

Nevada Chart of many species, controls 2000

PESTS Bats in Nevada Descriptions & Habits of NV Bats 1999

PESTS Combining Strategies for Pest Control IPM 2001

PESTS Cottontail Rabbits Life cycle and control 1994

PESTS Jackrabbits and Other Hares Life cycle and control 1994

PESTS Dealing with Nuisance Wildlife Chart of many species, controls 2011

PESTS Deer Controls 1994

PESTS Rabbit and Deer Resistant Plant List List

PESTS House mice Life cycle and control 1994

PESTS Moles Life cycle and control 1994

PESTS

What's the Buzz About Nevada's Venomous

Reptiles Identification and control 1998

PESTS Pigeons Life cycle and control 2002

PESTS Pocket Gophers Life cycle and control 1994

PESTS Raccoons Life cycle and control 1994

PESTS Managing Raccoon Problems Life cycle and control 2005


PESTS A Simple Enhancement for Rodent Snap Traps Trapping and the enhancement 2006

PESTS Skunks Life cycle and control 1994

PESTS California Ground Squirrel Life cycle and control 2002

PESTS Voles Life cycle and control 1994

PESTS Vole Control in Home Gardens and Landscapes Control Measures

PESTS Meadow Voles and Pocket Gophers Huge amount of information

PESTS White-footed and Deer Mice Life cycle and control 1994

PESTS Who's Been Eating My Garden One page footprint identification 2005

PESTS Woodpeckers Life cycle and control 1994

PESTS Woodpeckers--Pest Notes Series Life cycle and control

PLANT PROBLEMS Soils: Effects of Boron on Plants

One page with list of tolerant/intolerant

species

PLANT PROBLEMS Common Plant Problems in Northern Nevada

C.L.U.E.S. method for identification,

controls 2011

PLANT PROBLEMS Control of Iron Chlorosis One page with table 1977

PLANT PROBLEMS Iron Deficiency in Landscape and Garden Plants Symptoms, causes, treatment 1987

PLANT PROBLEMS Powdery Mildew on Fruits and Berries Life cycle, damage, controls 2008

PLANT PROBLEMS Plant Death Spiral Stresses to plants that lead to death 1998

PLANT PROBLEMS Recognizing Plant Nutrient Deficiencies Good pictures and table 2002

PLANT PROBLEMS Salinity and Its Effects on Landscape Plants Tolerant plants by common name 1990

POISONIOUS &

ALLERGENIC PLANTS Allergenic Plants in Southern Nevada Information and lists 2000

POISONIOUS &

ALLERGENIC PLANTS Halogeton Poisoning

40% to 60% death rates-poisonous to

sheep and cattle 2000

POISONIOUS &

ALLERGENIC PLANTS Poisonous Plants of Northern Nevada Plant name, toxic part and symptoms 1991

RAISED BEDS Getting Your Garden Off the Ground How to with diagrams

RAISED BEDS Raised Beds Can Make Gardening Easier How to with pictures 2010

ROSES Diseases of Roses Common problems

ROSES How to Plant Bare Root Roses One page how to

ROSES Miniature Roses are Right for Reno Recommended varieties and how to 2011

ROSES Pruning and Training Roses How to 2011

ROSES Pruning Roses in Northern Nevada How to with good illustrations

ROSES Roses for Reno Recommended varieties 2000

ROSES Winterizing Roses One page how to

SEASON EXTENDERS Cold Frames for Longer Growth How to build

SEASON EXTENDERS Constructing a Low-cost High Tunnel How to build with diagrams 2008

SEASON EXTENDERS Hobby Greenhouse Constructions How to build with diagrams 1998

SEASON EXTENDERS Greenhouse Vegetable List of References Extensive list of references

SEASON EXTENDERS

Frost Protection and Extending the Growing

Season

SHRUBS The Art of Transplanting Transplanting trees and shrubs


SHRUBS Care of Spring Flowering Shrubs Forcing for indoors, cut flowers, pruning

SHRUBS

Hardy, Drought-tolerant & Moderately Salt-

Tolerant Shrubs and Vines for Northern Nevada List of Varieties 1989

SHRUBS Selected Native Shrubs of Northern Nevada

Table of growing conditions and

characteristics 2007

SHRUBS Planting from Containers Digging hole, planting, placement 1991

SHRUBS Shrubs - Deciduous Shrubs for Fall Color

Description of fall color shrubs for

Northern Nevada

SHRUBS

Shrubs - Spring Flowering Shrubs for Northern

Nevada Description of 22 flowering shrubs

SHRUBS Shrubs - Summer Flowering Shrubs

Description of 13 summer flowering

shrubs for Northern Nevada

SHRUBS Sagebrush - Common Sagebrush in Nevada

Descriptions of different sage brush

species 2002

SHRUBS

Sagebrush Regions in Nevada - Climate and

Topography Influence Species Composition Species interactions 2002

SOILS Assessing Soil Quality Indicators, problems and solutions 2009

SOILS Estimating Soil Texture Methods 2003

SOILS Gypsum, Fact or Fiction Information on sodic soils

SOILS How to Take a Soil Sample One page instructions 2009

SOILS Soil Management: Sustainable soil Scientific approach

SOILS Mychorrhizae Scientific approach 2001

SOILS Nevada Soil Amendment Myths One page 2009

SOILS Nevada Soils: Worth the Toil Organic matter 2009

SOILS No Dog or Cat Feces in the Garden Parasites

SOILS Salinity and Its Effects on Landscape Plants Tolerant plants by common name 1990

SOILS Salinity: The Movement of Salts Through Soils Control 1990

SOILS Soil Solarization to Control Garden Pests One page how to 2008

SOILS Soil Texture Picture of Soil Triangle

SOILS Optimum ph Ranges

Table for trees, shrubs, turf, field crops,

fruit, nuts 2001

SOILS Water Flow in Soil and Plant Health One page 1991

TAHOE Dwarf Mistletoe Symptoms, damages, controls 1996

TAHOE Evergreen Trees for Tahoe Landscapes 1993

TAHOE Fir and Spruce for Tahoe Landscapes Recommended varieties-TRPA approved 1993

TAHOE Pine Trees for Tahoe Landscapes Recommended varieties-TRPA approved 1993

TAHOE Shrubs for Tahoe Landscapes Recommended varieties-TRPA approved 1992

TAHOE Tree & Shrub Fertilization for the Tahoe Basin How to, how much, water quality 1993


TAHOE Trees for Tahoe Landscapes 1992

TAHOE

Turf and Erosion Control Grasses for the Tahoe

Basin Recommended varieties-TRPA approved 1992

TAHOE Turf Fertilization at Lake Tahoe How to, how much

TAHOE Using Fertilizers Properly How to, how much

TAHOE Wildflowers for the Tahoe Environment Recommended varieties-TRPA approved 1992

TREES Aspen - Important Pests of Ornamental Aspen Aspen-Nutrients and Pests 1993

TREES

Dutch Elm - Disease Management for Nevada's

Communities Symptoms, vectors, control 1990

TREES

Maple - General Care of Maple - Managing

Phyllosticta Leafspot Diseases Pictures, fertilization, etc. 2005

TREES Oak - Sudden Oak Death Pictures, management

TREES Poplar - Hybrid Poplar Production

1998-2003 in Eureka & Churchill trial

results 2005

TREES Russian Olive - Decline and Gummous Quick facts, symptoms, management 2004

TREES Salt Cedar - Managing Salt Cedar - see WEEDS

(Habitat, management, mechanical &

chemical control) -1993

TREES Silver Maple - Bleeding Canker Confirmed Pictures, detection, management 2005

TREES A Guide for Hand Planting Ten steps to successful tree planting 1994

TREES The Art of Transplanting - see SHRUBS (Transplanting trees and shrubs)

TREES Bacterial Wetwood & Alcoholic Flux Pictures, signs, what can be done 2003

TREES Choosing the Right Tree for Your Landscape

Lists of species, growth rate, diseases,

etc. 2001

TREES Dispelling the Tree Root Myth Root depths, herbicide damage, etc.

TREES Deciduous Stately Sentinels of the Landscape List of height, width, zone, colors, etc. 1994

TREES Evergreen Sentinels for Nevada's Landscapes List of height, width, zone, colors, etc. 1994

TREES

Fall Needle Drop - Taking the "Ever" out of

"Evergreen" one page of general information 2006

TREES

Hardy, Drought tolerant and Moderately Salt

Tolerant Trees for Northern Nevada Lists of species, height, stresses, etc. 1998

TREES Leaf Collecting and Making A Plant Press Instructions 1994

TREES The Living Christmas Tree Tips for repotting and pruning 1994

TREES Living Windbreaks for Desert Dwellers spacing, managing windbreaks, etc. 2006

TREES

Marssonina Leaf Spot & Twig Blight - A

common Disease of Aspen, Poplars &

Cottonwoods Symptom, prevention, management 2001

TREES Native and Naturalized Conifers of Nevada

Species, habitat, size, pictures, many

pages! 2006

TREES Native Hardwoods of Nevada Lists of habitat, size, comments 1994

TREES Planting for Wind Control for Small Acreages Designing windbreaks, good varieties, etc.


TREES Planting Trees in Northern Nevada Landscapes How to Guide 2015

TREES Proper Planting Techniques (In Spanish) Diagrams, general information 2000

TREES Pruning Pruning all types of trees 2004

TREES Pruning Landscape Trees: An Overview Tools, where to cut, etc. 2004

TREES Pruning Narrow-leaf Evergreens Diagrams, general information

TREES Proper Pruning Techniques One page with diagrams

TREES Proper Pruning Techniques (In Spanish) Diagrams, general information

TREES Removing Tree Stumps One page how to

TREES Roots Invasive roots, feeder roots, girdling roots

TREES Selected Native Trees of Northern Nevada Species Tables for growth requirements 2006

TREES Selecting a Tree Service Company

General information, how to verify

arborist status

TREES Street Tree Species List - City of Reno

List of approved species under city

ordinance

TREES Selecting Street Trees for Northern Nevada List, growth rate, canopy, etc. 2007

TREES Stop Topping Trees Definition, results, reasons not to 1991

TREES Why Topping Hurts Trees

Pictures, expense, hazards, cause of

disease 1995

TREES Tree Risk Assessment Hazard evaluation 2011

TREES Trees on Turf

Creating a healthy environment for trees

in lawns 2011

TREES

Tips on Selecting Plants from a Nursery: Above-

ground Considerations

How to select a healthy bare-root or

potted tree 1992

TREES

Tips on Selecting Plants from a Nursery: Below-

ground Considerations 1991

TREES Tree Maintenance Planting, fertilizing, watering, etc. 1990

TREES The Mistake in Staking Trees

TREES

Urban Forestry Tree Planting Practices for

Nevada Size, types, spacing, maintenance, species 2002

TREES

Sixteen Less Common Trees for Utah

Landscapes Pictures and descriptions 2006

TREES

What Causes Pine Needle Blight in Northern

Nevada Landscapes 2002

TURF The All Seeing All Knowing Lawn Care Manual Tests and tips 1993

TURF Caring for Lawns in the Great Basin One page table fertilizing guide

TURF

Common Turfgrass Diseases in Northern

Nevada Identification and control

TURF Controlling and Preventing Thatch Identification and control 2004

TURF

Controlling Necrotic Ring Spot: Cool Season

Grasses Identification and control 2005

TURF Dog on It: Lawn Problems Updated Control and repair 2002

TURF Fairy Rings in Lawns Identification and control 2003


TURF

Feed Grass in the Fall for More Green in the

Spring One page fertilizing practices

TURF Melting-Out Disease of Lawns Identification and control 2005

TURF Mushrooms and Other Nuisance Fungi in Lawns Identification and control 2002

TURF Pulling the Plug on Lawns One page on aeration

TURF Scheduling Turfgrass Irrigations: Worksheet 1 Soil texture 2001

TURF Scheduling Turfgrass Irrigations: Worksheet 2 Testing existing irrigation 2001

TURF Scheduling Turfgrass Irrigations: Worksheet 3 Scheduling the controller 2001

TURF Slime Mold on Turf Identification and control 2003

TURF Sustainable Landscaping: Turf Care Sustainable how to

TURF Turfgrass IPM Advisory Covers insects and diseases 2012

TURF Lawn Maintenance Guide [5] Booklet in Spanish 2000

TURF El Que Todo La Ve, Todo La Sabe [6]

Irrigation Guide for Lawns in Northern

Nevada in Spanish 1993

TURF Washoe Evapotranspiration Project One page description 2010

VEGETABLES Asparagus in the Garden One page how to 2003

VEGETABLES

Blossom End Rot of Tomatoes, Peppers and

Eggplants

VEGATABLES

Can Arsenic in Soil & Water Contaminate Home-

grown Vegetables? Good arsenic information 2009

VEGETABLES Collecting and Storing Seeds from your Garden How to, easy and difficult varieties 1993

VEGETABLES

Common Tomato Disorders Under Desert

Conditions List, controls 1988

VEGETABLES

Companion Planting: Basic Concepts &

Resources Traditional and scientific 2001

VEGETABLES

Companion Planting: Use the Good Neighbor

Policy One page referral to other lists

VEGETABLES Companions in the Garden List of controls

VEGETABLES

Companionship Gardening: Vegetables - Their

Likes and Dislikes Table

VEGETABLES Edible Landscaping in Northern Nevada Garden Design, Plant Selection

VEGETABLES Fight Inflation with Vegetables How to start a vegetable garden

VEGETABLES Gardening Records Made Simple How to

VEGETABLES Gardening's Second Season Cold weather crops

VEGETABLES Gardens from Groceries List of varieties, not for here

VEGETABLES Getting Started with a Vegetable Garden List of varieties, planting dates 2010

VEGETABLES Growing Garlic in Minnesota Very comprehensive treatise 2008

VEGETABLES Growing Root Vegetables How to

VEGETABLES Growing Tomatoes in the Home Garden How to from South Dakota 2003

VEGETABLES

Guide to Spring-Planted Cool-Season

Vegetables List of varieties

VEGETABLES Hardening Off Plants How to 2003


VEGETABLES

Harvesting and Storing Fresh Garden

Vegetables How to listed by species 2003

VEGETABLES Harvesting & Storing Vegetables Root cellaring

VEGETABLES Harvesting Time - Picking for Quality Table

VEGETABLES Planting Garlic One page how to

VEGETABLES

Plant Tomatoes Sideways for Bigger and

Stronger Plants!

VEGETABLES Planting Vegetables Spacing table

VEGETABLES Ripe for the Pickin' Guide to ripeness by variety

VEGETABLES Short-Season Vegetable Gardening How to, season extension 1996

VEGETABLES Starting Transplants from Seed One page how to

VEGETABLES Storage of Home-Grown Vegetables One page how to 1992

VEGETABLES Storing Pumpkin and Winter Squash at Home One page how to, list of varieties 1993

VEGETABLES Trellising Vining Vegetables Diagrams 1975

VEGETABLES Tomato Varieties for Northern Nevada List 1997

VEGETABLES A Tomato is a Tomato, Right? No Way! Scientific 2004

VEGETABLES The Ugly Tomato Blossom end rot on tomatoes

VEGETABLES Vegetable Varieties for Northern Nevada Table

VEGETABLES Where Do You Put Your Vegetable Garden? One page how to 2005

WATERING Developing a Water-Efficient Landscape How to 1991

WATERING Drip Irrigation Systems Advantages/disadvantages 1991

WATERING Drip Irrigation for Home Gardens How to: design and layout tips 2005

WATERING Irrigating (Watering) your Vegetable Garden How to 2010

WATERING Irrigating the Home Vegetable Garden How to

WATERING Rain Gardens How to with drawings

WATERING Surge Irrigation Management How to with diagrams 1994

WEEDS Aquatics Chemical, mechanical controls 2002

WEEDS

Biological Control of Invasive Range Weeds in

Nevada Handout giving website location of article 1997

WEEDS Dangerous Weeds of Nevada for Livestock List with description of weed and toxicity

WEEDS Learn to Recognize These Invasive Weeds Pictures of 3 invasive weeds

WEEDS

The Economic Costs of Delaying Invasive Weed

Control Based on NV Tall Whitetop Initiative

WEEDS

Economic Impacts from the Effects of Invasive

Weeds on Outdoor Recreation Cost of controlling weeds 2001

WEEDS

Estimating Net Losses in Recreation Use Values

from Non-indigenous Weeds Cost analysis 2003

WEEDS

Managing Invasive Noxious Range Weeds in the

Great Basin Species, landowner resources 1996

WEEDS

Measures to Prevent the Spread of Noxious

and Invasive Weeds during Construction Construction site maintenance 2003


WEEDS

Estimated Costs of Treating Invasive Weeds in

Elko County, NV Cost analysis 2003

WEEDS Weed Control without Herbicides Mechanical, biological 1987

WEEDS Weed Education in Nevada Who to call for help 2002

WEEDS Weed Killers - Their Effects on Plants

Damage, table of symptoms, examples of

products 2002

WEEDS The Wily Weed

What is a weed, edging, chemical control,

etc.

WEEDS Recognition of African Rue in Nevada Ecology, toxicity, control 2001

WEEDS

Northern Nevada Homeowner's Guide to

Identifying and Managing Annual Bursage Pictures, habitat, various types of control 2011

WEEDS Managing Black Henbane Mechanical, biological, chemical 2004

WEEDS


Managing Black Medic Pictures, habitat, various types of control 2013

WEEDS


Identifying and Managing Blue Mustard Pictures, habitat, various types of control 2011

WEEDS

Northern Nevada Homeowners Guide to

Identifying and Managing Bur Buttercup

Descriptions, mechanical, biological,

chemical 2010

WEEDS Identification and Management of Camelthorn How does it spread, how is it controlled 2002

WEEDS Homeowner's Guide to Cheatgrass

Control methods with tables, mechanical,

chemical 2005

WEEDS

Living with Cheatgrass in the Great Basin

Annual Range Land Forage, fire, season of use, seeding 1987

WEEDS Identifying and Managing Sulphur Cinquefoil Pictures, habitat, various types of control 2003

WEEDS


Managing Common Cocklebur Pictures, habitat, various types of control 2013

WEEDS Managing Common Crupina Pictures, habitat, various types of control 2003

WEEDS


Identifying and Managing Common

Lambsquarters Pictures, habitat, various types of control 2011

WEEDS


Identifying and Managing Common Mallow Pictures, habitat, various types of control 2010

WEEDS


Identifying and Managing Common Mullein Pictures, habitat, various types of control 2010

WEEDS

Identification and Management of Common

Teasel Pictures, habitat, various types of control 2002

WEEDS


Managing Coyote Tobacco Pictures, habitat, various types of control 2013

WEEDS Controlling Curly Dock Pictures, habitat, various types of control 1987

WEEDS


Identifying and Managing Dandelions Pictures, habitat, various types of control 2010


WEEDS Field Dodder Description and control 2002

WEEDS Field Dodder: Biology and Management Biology & Management 1996

WEEDS Managing Dyer's Woad Pictures and various types of control

WEEDS Eurasian Watermilfoil Pictures and various types of control 2002

WEEDS Managing Field Bindweed Pictures and various types of control 2004

WEEDS Managing Austrian Fieldcrest Pictures and various types of control 2004

WEEDS


Identifying and Managing Flixweed Pictures and various types of control 2010

WEEDS

Identification and Management of

Fountaingrass Pictures, habitat, various types of control 2002

WEEDS Managing Goatsrue Pictures and various types of control 2003

WEEDS Glyphosate Gets Tough with Weeds Application methods, pros, cons 2010

WEEDS


Identifying and Managing Curlycup Gumweed Pictures, habitat, various types of control 2011

WEEDS


Identifying and Managing Hare Barely Pictures and various types of control 2004

WEEDS Managing Poison and Western Water Hemlocks Pictures, habitat, various types of control 2002

WEEDS Managing Hoary Cress Pictures, habitat, various types of control 2003

WEEDS Managing Silverleaf and Carolina Horsenettles Pictures, habitat, various types of control 2003

WEEDS Managing Houndstongue Pictures, habitat, various types of control 2003

WEEDS Managing Hydrilla Pictures, habitat, various types of control 2003

WEEDS Managing Johnsongrass Pictures, habitat, various types of control

WEEDS Knapweed-Managing Diffuse Knapweed Pictures, habitat, various types of control 2004

WEEDS

Knapweed-Identification of Knapweeds and

Starthistles in Nevada Pictures and table 2003

WEEDS Knapweed-Russian Knapweed Control Pictures, habitat, various types of control 2005

WEEDS Knapweed-Managing Russian Knapweed Pictures, habitat, various types of control 2004

WEEDS

Knapweed-Management of Russian Knapweed

in Nevada

Agricultural methods - only for large

landowners 1998

WEEDS Knapweed-Managing Spotted Knapweed Pictures, habitat, various types of control 2004

WEEDS Knapweed-Managing Squarrose Knapweed Pictures, habitat, various types of control 2004

WEEDS

Knapweed-Identification and Management of

Malta Starthistle Pictures, habitat, various types of control 2002

WEEDS

Knapweed-Managing Purple and Iberian

Starthistle Pictures, habitat, various types of control 2003


WEEDS Knapweed-Yellow Starthistle Control in Nevada Biology, control methods 2001

WEEDS


Identifying and Managing Kochia Pictures and various types of control 2010

WEEDS Managing Leafy Spurge Pictures, habitat, various types of control 2002

WEEDS

Leafy Spurge in Nevada--Early Detection and

Control Herbicide tables 1986

WEEDS Managing Mayweed Chamomile Pictures, habitat, various types of control 2004

WEEDS Managing Mediterranean Sage Pictures, habitat, various types of control 2004

WEEDS

Medusahead: Economic Impact and Control in

Nevada

Pictures, economic analysis, types of

control 2002

WEEDS Nimblewill Control in Nevada Lawns General information and control 2002

WEEDS

Identifying and Controlling Nutshedge in

Nevada Landscapes

Pictures, ecology, non-chemical &

chemical control 2002

WEEDS Managing Austrian Peaweed Pictures, habitat, various types of control 2003

WEEDS Perennial Pepperweed Life cycle, various types of control

WEEDS

Identification and Management of Perennial

Pepperweed (Tall Whitetop) Pictures, habitat, various types of control 2010

WEEDS

The War Against Tall Whitetop(Perennial

Pepperweed) Life cycle, control 1997

WEEDS Managing Perennial Sowthistle Pictures, habitat, various types of control 2003

WEEDS


Identifying and Managing Broadleaf Plantain Pictures, habitat, various types of control 2010

WEEDS


Identifying and Managing Buckhorn Plantain Pictures, habitat, various types of control 2010

WEEDS


Managing Poverty Sumpweed Pictures, habitat, various types of control 2013

WEEDS


Identifying and Managing Prickly Lettuce Pictures, habitat, various types of control 2010

WEEDS

Identification and Management of

Puncturevine Pictures, habitat, various types of control 2003

WEEDS Managing Purple Loosestrife Pictures, habitat, various types of control 2002

WEEDS


Identifying and Managing Common Purslane Pictures, habitat, various types of control 2010

WEEDS


Identifying and Managing Redroot Pigweed Pictures, habitat, various types of control 2010


WEEDS


Identifying and Managing Redstem Filaree Pictures, habitat, various types of control 2010

WEEDS

Rush Skeletonweed: Prevention and Control in

Nevada Pictures, management options 2001

WEEDS Managing Saltcedar Pictures, habitat, various types of control 2002

WEEDS

Identification and Management of Giant

Salvinia Pictures, habitat, various types of control 2002

WEEDS

Scentless Chamomile: Taxonomy, Ecology, and

Control Pictures, habitat, various types of control 2002

WEEDS

Showy Milkweed Identification, Toxicity, and

Control

Pictures, toxic issues, various types of

control 2003

WEEDS Managing Common St. Johnswort Pictures, habitat, various types of control 2003

WEEDS

Syrian Beancaper:Another New Noxious Weed

Threats Nevada Pictures, habitat, various types of control 2001

WEEDS Thistle-Identification of Thistles in Nevada Identification with chart 2003

WEEDS

Thistle-Northern Nevada Homeowner's Guide

to Identifying and Managing Bull Thistle Pictures, habitat, various types of control 2010

WEEDS

Thistle-Identification and Management of Bull

Thistle Pictures, habitat, various types of control 2005

WEEDS Thistle-Managing Canada Thistle Pictures, habitat, various types of control 2003

WEEDS Thistle-Managing Musk Thistle Pictures, habitat, various types of control 2002

WEEDS

Thistle-Northern Nevada Homeowner's Guide

to Identifying and Managing Russian Thistle Pictures, habitat, various types of control 2010

WEEDS Thistle-Managing Scotch Thistle Pictures, habitat, various types of control 2002

WEEDS Managing Yellow and Dalmation Toadflax Pictures, habitat, various types of control 2002

WEEDS


Identifying and Managing Tumble Mustard Pictures, habitat, various types of control 2010

WEEDS Virginia Buttonweed Pictures, habitat, various types of control 2004

WEEDS

A Northern Nevada Homeowner's Guide to

Identifying and Managing Western Salsify Pictures, habitat, various types of control 2011

WILDLIFE HABITAT A Garden for the Birds Recommended varieties to attract birds

WILDLIFE HABITAT

Can Livestock Grazing Be Used to Improve

Wildlife Habitat? General information 1997


WINTERIZING

Home Sprinkler Systems: Preparing Your

Sprinkler System for Winter How to with photos 2009

WINTERIZING Preventing Winter Injury to Landscape Plants How to 1988

WINTERIZING Winter TLC for Your Trees

Watering, mulch, pruning, minimizing

hazards 2010

FOOD SAFETY

Food Safety for School and Community

Gardens Handbook; Very extensive

FOOD SAFETY Food Safety in The School Garden How to 2011

FOOD SAFETY Food Safety in Your Home Vegetable Garden How to with many references 2009

FOOD SAFETY Guide to Washing Fresh Produce How to 2010

FOOD SAFETY Preventing E.coli From Garden to Plate How to 2012

FOOD SAFETY

Salad Greens: Health Benefits and Safe

Handling Many varieties listed 2012

[1] See also

“EARTHWORMS: Starting a

Worm Farm”

[2] See also

“EARTHWORMS: Starting a

Worm Farm”

[3] See also “COMPOST:

Worm Composting and

Other Methods”

[4] Filed with previous

Brown Recluse Sheet

[5] In same folder with

Spanish version.

[6] In same folder with

English version.

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