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June 26, 2008 - Drought Tolerant Plants
June 19, 2008 - Backyard Landscaping
June 12, 2008 - Developing New Plants
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Backyard Farmer Program
July 3, 2008 — Native Plants

Brian Kinghorn of Kinghorn Gardens of Omaha talks about using Nebraska native plants in the landscape around your home.

This program can be seen live on this Web site tonight (July 3), at 7 p.m. Central Time (6 p.m. MT). Because of the 4th of July holiday the archived program will not be available for viewing and searching until Monday, July 7 at 2 p.m. CT.

Backyard Farmer has been on the air for over 50 years! Here's a video clip of one of our first programs, recorded in 1953.



Question & Answer Clips 6/26/2008
How do you kill bindweed?
Planted Inkberry bushes this sping. What would cause them to drop leaves? (See images)
Are the brown spots in our turf pythium disease? (See images)
What is causing all the brown needles in our juniper shrub? (See images)
Can you identify this shrub and are the berries edible?(Nanking Cherry) (See images)
What caused the leaves to curl on our tomato plants? (See images)
What would cause the grass to die by our patio? (See images)
Plant identification.... elderberry and gray dogwood (See images)
Are the yellow and black spotting on the leaves of our Siberian Iris caused by insects or disease? (See images)
What are the insects on our Redbed tree? (aphids) (See images)
Can you identify this weed? (nimblewill) (See images)
What is this mold on the ground? (slime mold)
Our 5-year-old mock orange has never bloomed. Any suggestions?
Our sweet corn is yellow. We used grass clippings that may have herbicide in them for mulch. Is there anything that can be done?
Can a Knockout Rose be pruned in July?
View all the question clips from this program
Feature Clips
Video segment - Watering Using Sprinklers
Video segment - Pine wilt Management
Plant of the week - Stachys, Bachelor Button
Video segment - Drought Tolerant Flowering Plants
Sample Clips
Sample - Herbicide injury on Redbud
Sample - Ash Rust on ash tree branch
Sample - Thatch in turfgrass
Sample - Jumping Oak Galls
Gardening Links
Horticulture NebGuides & NebFacts
County Extension Offices
UNL Entomology Department
UNL Agronomy & Horticulture Department
Nebraska Statewide Arboretum
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