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Geary County

2020 Gardening With Chuck

December 21 - December 27, 2020
Travel Prepared
Keep the Plants Watered
Watch the Temperature
Enjoy Your Holidays!
Christmas Day, No Program
December 14 - December 20, 2020
Cold Temperatures and Potatoes
Grow Your Own Christmas Greenery
Holiday Cactus
Holiday Fruits
Holiday Nuts
December 7 - December 13, 2020
Be Careful Where You Get Your Information
Heirlooms vs GMOs
Is Old Seed Worth Keeping
Think About Ordering Early
Of Mice and Trees
November 30 - December 6, 2020
Dormant Seeding of Turfgrass
Shrub with Red Berries
Correcting Poor Garden Drainage
Box Elder Bugs, Ladybugs and Others
Christmas Presents for Gardeners
November 23 - November 29, 2020
Dormant Oils, Use and Misuse
Real Christmas Trees
Have a Happy Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving Day - no program
Caring for Poinsettias
November 16 - November 22, 2020
Start A Compost Pile
Deep Water Evergreens Before Winter
Natural Needle Drop on Evergreens
Winterizing Roses
High pH Soils
November 9 - November 15, 2020
Horseradish
Processing Horseradish
Plan Now for the Early Garden
Knotweed Control
Not All Hoes Are the Same
November 2 - November 8, 2020
So Sudden So Cold
Late Season Herbicide Applications
Late Season Nitrogen on Turf
Mum Care, After the Freeze
Watering Lines Winter Prep
October 26 - November 1, 2020
Put Tools Away Clean
Choosing Trees for Fall Color
Keep Planting Spring Flowering Bulbs
Put Your Mower Away Ready to Go
Caring for Winter Houseplants
October 19 - October 25, 2020
Take it Easy on the Cleanup
Put the Saws and Trimmers Away
Controlling Bush Honeysuckles
Time to Consider Replacing Ornamental Pears
Start Fall Weed Control
October 12 - October 18, 2020
Start Getting Bird Feeders Filled
Prepping Ornamental Grasses for Winter
Planting Garlic
Storing Summer Bulbs
Weed and Feed
October 5 - October 11, 2020
Is Leaf Raking Mandatory?
Bringing Plants Inside for Winter
Forcing Bulbs
Preventing Sunscald
Soil Testing Lawns and Gardens
September 28 - October 4, 2020
Get Ready to Wrap up Grass Seeding
Now That I Have Compost, What Do I Do With It?
Can I Eat Ornamental Sweet Potatoes?
Watering Small Trees
Keep Mowing Tall
September 21 - September 27, 2020
Garden Cleanup
Re-blooming A Poinsettia
Work the Garden Now for Next Spring
Plant Spring Flowering Bulbs
Storing Sweet Potatoes
September 14 - September 20, 2020
Reblooming Holiday Cacti
Get Your Garlic Ordered
Watch for Yellowjackets
Harvesting Sweet Potatoes
Fall Care for Asparagus and Rhubarb
September 7 - September 13, 2020
No Program, Labor Day
Sweet Autumn Clematis
Forest Service Seedling Sales
Ash Tree Leaf Diseases
Vivipary and Remontant
August 31 - September 6, 2020
Core Aerating Lawns
Overseeding
Reseeding
Don't Weed and Feed, Yet
Dividing Peonies
August 24 - August 30, 2020
Tree Damage From Wind
Before Planting, Soil Test
Don't Prune Shrubs Now!
Dividing Daylilies
Iron Chlorosis in Bluegrass
August 17 - August 23, 2020
Botryosphaeria canker of Oaks
Yellowjackets
Selecting Quality Grass Seed, Part I
Selecting Quality Grass Seed, Part II
Pear Harvest
August 10 - August 16, 2020
Virus Problems in Peppers
Disease or Mites?
Don't Fertilize Warm Season Grasses Anymore
Peony Leaf Issues
Killing Existing Lawns Before Reseeding
August 3 - August 9, 2020
Tired Looking Trees
Euonymous Scale
Heat Impacts on Tomatoes
Dividing Iris
Mimosa Webworm
July 27 - August 2, 2020
Volunteer Wheat Control
Cut Stump Treatments
Basal Bark Treatments
Test Your Hay
Catch Your Breath
July 20 - July 26, 2020
All Blooms, No Fruit
Cracking Tomatoes
Picking a Good Melon
Spider Mites, Round 2
Soil Test Your Yard Now
July 13 - July 19, 2020
Green June Beetles
Over-fertilizing Brings Problems
Spider Mites
Time to Start Fall Gardening
False Chinch Bugs
July 6 - July 12, 2020
Prepare for Brown Patch
Use Bolting Onions First
Tomato Leaf Spot Diseases
Controlling Bermudagrass
Japanese Beetles
June 29 - July 5, 2020
Fall Webworm
Fescue and Bluegrass Water Use
Squash Vine Borer
Dutch Elm Disease
Harvesting Onions
June 22 - June 28, 2020
Assessing Moisture Stress
Hornworms
Bagworms
Insecticidal Soaps
Grub Control
June 15 - June 21, 2020
Garlic Harvest
Watch the Tomato Fertilizer
Tree Stress
Slime Molds
Bagworms of Fruit Trees
June 8 - June 14, 2020
Sandburs
Puncturevine
Deadheading
Squash Bugs
Start Spraying Bagworms
June 1 - June 7, 2020
Here Come the Mushrooms
Fertilize Onions
Mulching Tomatoes
Sawfly Larvae on Ash
Little Barley
May 25 - May 31, 2020
Leaf Diseases of Trees
European Elm Flea Weevil
Sweet Potatoes
Mowing Wet Grass
Fertilize Warm Season Turf
May 18 - May 24, 2020
Side-dressing
Peach Leaf Curl
Bagworms
Hilling Potatoes
Watch Planting Trees in Wet Conditions
May 11 - May 17, 2020
After the Storm
Straw Bale Gardening
Powdery Mildew of Roses
Sweet Corn Isn't for Small Gardens
Asian Giant Hornets
April 26 - May 3, 2020
Bagworm
Orchardgrass
Fertilizing Onions
Termites or Ants?
Cedar Apple Rust
April 19 - April 25, 2020
Pull Back On The Reins
Do I Still Need To Spray?
Spreader-Stickers
Ash/Lilac Borers
Don't Dig Too Deep
April 12 - April 18, 2020
Time to get Crabgrass Preventers Applied
Henbit and Chickweed
Fertilizing Fruit Trees
Controlling Grass Around Peonies and Iris
Insects Will Eat Toilet Paper
April 5 - April 11, 2020
First Mowing of Spring
Early Tomatoes
Starter Fertilizer for Transplants
Fruit Tree Planting Season
Apple Tree Sprays
March 30 - April 4, 2020
Clover Mites
Knotweed
April Brings New Planting Opportunities
Crabgrass Preventer Application Timing
Growing Large Onions
March 23 - March 29, 2020
Unusual Times for All of Us
Brown Red Cedars
Turf in the Shade
Apricots, Peaches and Frost
Tree Planting Tips
March 16 - March 22, 2020
Rhubarb
Asparagus - Get the Bed Ready
Potatoes
Clean Up Iris and Peonies
Wet Soil Alert
March 9 - March 15, 2020
Planting Wildflower Areas
Blueberries
Blueberries in Containers
Get Peaches Sprayed
Spring Grass Seeding
March 2 - March 8, 2020
Firescaping
Planting Peas
Planting Lettuce
Potatoes on St. Patrick's Day?
Pruning Shrubs
February 24 - March 1, 2020
Fertilize Spring Flowering Bulbs
What Soil Tests Don't Tell You
Asparagus Planting Time Is Approaching
How Soon to Apply Crabgrass Preventer
Avoid Mail Order Lawn Care
February 17 - 23, 2020
Valentine's Day Flowers
Time to Prune Fruit Trees
Peach Leaf Curl Control
Canadian Dwarf Sour Cherries
Scale Insects
February 10 - 16, 2020
What Tomato Variety to Plant
Fungus Gnats and Drain Flies
Lower the Floor or Raise the Ceiling
Poisonous Plants
Recommended Plants for Kansas
February 3 - 9, 2020
Soil Compaction - How it Happens
Soil Compaction - How to Prevent It
Soil Compaction - How to Fix It
Dwarf or Semi-dwarf Fruit Trees
Grow Your Own Firewood
January 27 - February 2, 2020
Fruit Trees and Frost, Part 1
Fruit Trees and Frost, Part 2
Disease Resistant American Elms
Starting Trees off Right, Part 1
Starting Trees off Right, Part 2
January 20 - 26, 2020
Pruning Fruit Trees
Do I need A Preventative Grub Treatment?
Ice On Trees
Ice On Bushes
Tomato Types
January 13 - 19, 2020
Radon Awareness
Starting Onions Indoors
Starting Plants Inside, Part 1
Starting Plants Inside, Part 2
Starting Plants Inside, Part 3
January 6 - 12, 2020
Just Because It's New, It May Not Be Better
Forcing Bulbs - Paper White's
Eagle Days
Where Are The Birds?
Bird Seed Preferences
December 30, 2019 - January 5, 2020
A Lawnaholic's New Year's Resolution
A Gardener's New Year's Resolutions
No Program, New Year's Day
Wildlife Plantings
Plan Before You Plant