Cover Crops for Sustainability

By Bonnie Kirn Donahue
Extension Master Gardener
University of Vermont 

Rather than leaving a field or patch of soil open over the winter, consider cover crops. A cover crop is basically a temporary seeding of an area that would otherwise have exposed soil. The crop is a placeholder for future crops that will be grown there.

There are lots of reasons to use cover...

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Magnolia Scale

By Ann Hazelrigg
Extension Plant Pathologist
University of Vermont    

Magnolia scale (Neolecanium cornuparvum) is a soft scale insect that attacks only magnolia trees including the popular star magnolia (Magnolia stellata) and saucer magnolia (Magnolia x soulangiana).

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Leave the Seed Heads Be!

By Amy Simone
Extension Master Gardener
University of Vermont 

Autumn colors have started to paint the landscape. As beautiful as those reds, oranges and yellows are, many gardeners tend to focus too much on the formerly green perennials that are now a crispy brown.

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