Volunteer Vibe

Changes to Wisconsin Master Gardener Program

To our valued volunteers: Keeping you informed about the program is a priority. We want you to feel like you understand the “why’s, how’s and what’s” of changes to the program. We want you to know that your voices were the driving force behind these new changes. We also exist in an evolving world and […]

Going Up the Wall

In March, I wrote about gardening to stimulate the senses. In that article I mentioned using vertical gardening techniques so I can better smell my herbs. That small blurb inspired me to do more vertical gardening this year. Vertical gardening, in my yard, creates another way to interact with my plants. It also creates challenges […]

Working in Our Wheelhouse

As humans, we have long used plants for food, shelter, and medicine. As Master Gardener Volunteers, we need to focus on our niche, which is helping successfully people grow plants.

In My Backyard: Bright throughout Winter

Well, as I look out into my far western Wisconsin backyard here in early December, I’ve been seeing a lot of brown. Different shades of brown, but overall, brown. I’ve been okay with brown and relatively warm temperatures for this time of year, but as I write this the temperatures are dropping and snow is predicted. […]

Bringing the Garden to the Sun

I have a common problem with my yard. It is getting shadier every year. Last year I finally had to give in to the lack of sunlight in my perennial beds and stop trying to grow anything that needs more than half shade. That means about 75% of all the plants I drool over at […]

Boom! Down Goes the Tree

Last spring was full of heartache as we had to take down some really important big trees in our backyard. We lost a 25+ year old honeylocust that was scarily hanging over a powerline as well as a large ash. (Part of the honeylocust is shown in the picture… see that included bark, crack, and […]

Price County MGV’s Educate with Community Growing Center

What a delight to live and work in Price County, the 5th largest county in the state’s 72 counties. The county is known for its spectacular natural beauty, including vast areas of national, state and county forestland, and 18,000 acres of water. Price County is the home to 14,159 people scattered throughout the area in […]

Selecting Seeds for the Wisconsin Vegetable Garden

Horticulture Educator Jeremy Erickson shares with you a few tried and true vegetable varieties that have been successful in his central Wisconsin garden.

Preventing Girdling

Horticulture Educator Matt Cogger discusses strategies to avoid damage from voles on your woody plants.

My Impatiens are Reduced to Stalks!

Annie Deutsch, Agriculture Educator, Door County UW-Extension, discusses a disease of common garden ornamental– impatiens.

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