A weekly column written by our Rutherford County Extension Agents that focuses on timely agriculture and horticulture topics.
2024
- After 13 Years, It’s Time For The Cicadas Again – By: Mitchell Mote – 01.02.2024
- Gain New Skills to practice in the 2024 Growing Season – By: Rebekah Norman – 01.16.2024
- Top Pruning Tips – By: Justin Stefanski – 01.30.2024
- Start Now to Prevent Summer Crabgrass – By: Mitchell Mote – 02.13.2024
- Preventing Grass Tetany – By: Rebekah Norman – 02.27.2024
- Soil Testing: What’s Actually in My Dirt – By: Justin Stefanski – 03.12.2024
- Cut your Grass, Don’t Beat it into Submission – By: Mitchell Mote – 03.26.2024
- The Ultimate Rush – By: Rebekah Norman – 04.11.2024
- Creating a Pollinator Oasis; Attracting and Sustaining Pollinators – By: Justin Stefanski – 04.23.2024
- Extension Garden and Lawn Extravaganza – By Mitchell Mote – 05.07.2024
- Be on the lookout for ticks on livestock… – By Rebekah Norman – 05.21.2024
- Come Visit the Demonstration Gardens at Lane Agripark – By Justin Stefanski – 06.04.2024
- What’s Wrong Now? Is a Common Summer Landscape Question – Mitchell Mote – 06.18.2024
- Livestock Management During the Hot Days of Summer – By Rebekah Norman – 06.27.2024
- Collecting Rain and Spreading Hope – By Justin Stefanski – 07.16.2024
- Lawncare Academy and Grubworms – By Mitchell Mote – 07.30.2024
- Waning Summer to Early Transition Requires Increased Scrutiny of Pasture – By Rebekah Norman – 08.12.2024
- Keeping Plants Healthy During Hot and Dry Weather – By Justin Stefanski – 08.26.2024
- The Time to Plant Cool Season Turfgrass is Here – By Mitchell Mote – 09.10.2024
- Lessons Learned from a Forage Plots – By Rebekah Norman – 09.24.2024
- 2025 Rutherford County Master Gardener Intern Training – By Justin Stefanski – 10.08.2024
- Don’t Make Your Home Welcoming to Uninvited Fall Insect Pests – By Mitchell Mote – 10.22.2024
- Fall Harvest…..from your Back Yard – By Rebekah Norman – 11.05.2024
- A Snarky Horticulturalist Plea: Leave the Leaves Please! – By Justin Stefanski- 11.19.2024
2023
- Becoming a Master Gardener Intern – By: Justin Stefanski – 10.10.2023
- When is the Best Time to Prune or Plant Trees & Shrubs – By: Anthony Tuggle – 10.16.2023
- Tennessee Smart Yard Program – By: Mitchell Mote – 10.24.2023
- Keeping livestock “just right” through the winter – By: Rebekah Norman – 11.07.2023
- The Humble Eastern Redcedar: A True Horticultural Gem – By: Justin Stefanski – 11.21.2023
- The Myth of the Poison Poinsettia – By: Mitchell Mote – 12.05.2023
- The Power of Common Vision – By: Rebekah Norman – 12.19.2023