2008 Southwest Yard & Garden Archives
Desert Blooms WebsiteSouthwest Yard & Garden is a weekly column, written by Curtis W. Smith, Extension horticulture specialist, that addresses garden and landscape questions.
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Yard and Garden, ATTN: Dr.
Curtis Smith
NMSU Cooperative Extension Service
9301 Indian
School Road, NE, Suite 112
Albuquerque, NM 87112
Curtis W. Smith, Ph.D., is an Extension Horticulture Specialist with New Mexico State University's Cooperative Extension Service. New Mexico State University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and educator.
JANUARY
- January 5, 2008
- Dealing with spider mites on houseplants
- January 12, 2008
- Propagating poinsettias from cuttings
- January 19, 2008
- Helping poinsettia recover after flowering
- January 26, 2008
- Reasons to trim trees
- February 2, 2008
- Is Amelanchier a replacement for blueberries?
- Should I have a termite warranty?
- February 9, 2008
- Can last year's seeds cause curly-top virus problems this year?
- February 16, 2008
- Bronze fennel doesn't make bulbs/Is moss killing the pines?
- February 23, 2008
- Reducing houseplant salt problems when repotting
- March 3, 2008
- How can I get snakes out of my garden?
- March 8, 2008
- Difference in gardening (environment) between Santa Fe and Pecos
- Don't add lime to New Mexico soil!
- March 15, 2008
- New Mexico gardening basics
- March 22, 2008
- How to discourage cats damaging your landscape
- March 29, 2008
- How does our soil lock-up minerals?
- April 5, 2008
- Transplanting an old but small tree
- April 12, 2008
- Pruning trees in spring after they make leaves is not good
- Remove daffodils old blossom, but leave the leaves
- April 19, 2008
- Should I trim lower leaves from tomatoes when planting?
- Prune lilacs, forsythia, and other spring blooming shrubs after flowering.
- April 26, 2008
- It's ok to prune water sprouts in early summer.
- Problems with bread and meat in compost.
- May 3, 2008
- You won't avoid squash bugs by planting late
- May 10, 2008
- Broadleaf evergreen shrub problem
- May 17, 2008
- Pinon needle scale causes dying of some needles on a pinon twig
- May 22, 2008
- When to prune juniper trees
- Creeping sorrel lawn weed
- May 31, 2008
- Some windbreak plants
- June 7, 2008
- Transplanting houseplants in the summer
- June 14, 2008
- To cut the tree or not to cut the tree - that is the question!
- June 21, 2008
- Arizona ash trees with flower galls
- Summer is not the best time to prune juniper
- June 28, 2008
- Lawn problems
JULY - July 5, 2008
- You can prune roses some in the summer
- July 12, 2008
- Are roots of cut trees a landscape problem?
- July 19, 2008
- Carrots not growing may need better soil
- July 26, 2008
- Cucumber plants not making cucumbers
- Pruning hail damaged tree
- August 2, 2008
- Winter, spring, and summer can cause problems for globe willow trees
- August 9, 2008
- Caterpillar invasion
- Can I eat peaches after accidental pesticide application?
- Three landscape planting seasons in New Mexico
- Reasons newly planted tree may drop its leaves.
- It is difficult to keep weeds out.
- September 6, 2008
- It is time to divide and move irises
- Continuation of article discussing herbicides to completely control vegetation in large areas.
- Tree roots shallow and threatening house
- It is ok to compost tomatoes that had curly top virus
- It is time to start inducing flowers in Christmas cacti
- It's not unexpected for fruit trees to blossom in the fall
- Nanking cherry can be grown in parts of New Mexico
- October 4, 2008
- White blotches on zucchini leaves may be normal or may be fungus
- October 11, 2008
- Watering houseplants can be a challenging
- October 18, 2008
- Fat Albert spruce problems
- October 25, 2008
- Overwintering trailing geranium
- November 8, 2008
- Watering the lawn in winter
- November 15, 2008
- Storing dahlia roots over winter
- November 22, 2008
- Plants in a townhouse courtyard and starting oak seeds
- November 29, 2007
- Most maple trees grown in New Mexico suffer leaf scorch