When we implemented the online reporting system (ORS) a few years ago, our goal was to add meaning to the hours you reported. We want to tell richer stories of how your efforts make a difference in lives and communities. We spent our first year filling it with information. Just as we got to the […]
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This April 2021, we are putting all our online learning in one spot: our new online classroom, Canvas. If you completed Master Gardener Program annual enrollment this year, you will get exclusive access to Canvas. We will send you a NetID by email. A NetID is a special, UW-Madison issued username. You must use your […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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. […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Horticulture Educator Jeremy Erickson shares with you a few tried and true vegetable varieties that have been successful in his central Wisconsin garden.
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Horticulture Educator Matt Cogger discusses strategies to avoid damage from voles on your woody plants.
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