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Gardening Fact Sheets

Native Plants for Gardening and Landscaping
  • Guide for Native Planting from NYS DEC
Indoor Pests
  • Carpenter Ants
  • Cockroaches
  • Indian Meal Moth
  • Tick Control in NYS

Flower Gardens
  • Bulbs of Summer & Overwintering

House Plants
  • Houseplant Foliage Yellowing
  • House Plants Growing Requirements

Lawn
  • Lawn Care Basics
  • Lawn Fertilizer
  • Lawn Renovation (Home)
  • Controlling Grubs
  • Dollar Spot of Turfgrass
  • Slime Molds
  • Snow Molds of Turfgrass

Trees
  • Bagworms
  • Care of Live Christmas Trees
  • Emerald Ash Borer
  • Gypsy Moth Information
  • How to Correctly Prune a Tree
  • Pruning Ornamental Shrubs & Vines
  • Shrubs for Difficult Sites

Vegetables
  • Fertilizing Established Vegetable Gardens

Weeds
  • Giant Hogweed
  • Poison Ivy
  • Pale Swallowwort

Wildlife
  • 2019 Bee Swarm Collectors
  • Asian Worms

Other

  • Aphids

Last updated April 19, 2025

Home Gardening

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Additional Resources

New York Department of Environmental Conservation (NY DEC)

Conservationist Magazine (from DEC)

Green Living (from DEC)

New York Forest Owners Association

Monroe County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD)

Monroe County Parks Department

Cornell AgriTech

New York State Integrated Pest Management (IPM)

Urban Horticulture Institute

Soil Health from US Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)

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