It seems during every class I teach, or group I talk with, there are two things I say every time: 1) Read your pesticide labels, and 2) test your soil. It is what I call my "Extension Mantra." The reason I routinely tell folks to read labels and test soil is not that I get a kick-back from...

Some things in nature are a delight to observe. Rainbows, thunderstorms, and fungus, well, specifically fairy ring fungus. Fairy rings are near perfect circles of toadstools, often seen in the lawn following a period of wet weather. Fairy rings can also be observed as a ring of abnormal turf that...

Hello? Does this thing still work? I'm dusting off the old Green Speak Blog to encourage anyone who has subscribed to this blog to check out Good Growing. This is another blog I've worked on for the past several years with my colleagues. This will be the final post on the...