This week’s dramatic polar plunge is not only pummeling plants now, but expect damage and dieback next spring, according to the University of Wyoming Extension horticulture specialist.
Annual plants will not survive the unusual for this time of year low …
Wyoming’s Drought Monitor map for the last week of August looked like Mother Nature gave northern Johnson and southern Sheridan counties an affectionate red lipstick smack.
Not so.
That, plus a kidney bean-shaped area from central Natrona County to southern …
Beans, beans, they are good for you and good for your garden too! Beans are packed with nutrients like protein, fiber, and vitamin C, all of which are important for your health. In the garden, beans help fix …
A University of Wyoming rangeland ecology master’s student is examining the gut microbiome in free-roaming horses and how it adapts to different environments and diets and if certain microbiome communities create a better body condition score.
Free-roaming horses inhabit and …
A free online, self-paced and interactive course designed to help people increase their odds of building a successful community improvement effort is available from the University of Wyoming Extension.
Social Action in Rural Communities is at http://bit.ly/UWESocialAction.
This course …
Landscaping: Water-Wise Wyoming Gardens is now available from the University of Wyoming Extension for download as a PDF, HTML or ePub format at http://bit.ly/Water-Wise-Wyo.
This bulletin provides seven steps to creating a water-wise garden.
“Wyoming is in a high …
Volunteers who provide sense of belonging to youth invaluable
The Wyoming 4-H program serves over 6,900 youth and their families because of strong and motivated volunteers.
If you are a volunteer in a youth organization like 4-H, look at your …
Sweet, green, and crunchy, is there anything better than eating snap peas straight out of the garden? Nope!
Peas are easy to grow and they can handle a little frost, making them well suited for Wyoming gardens. Like many …
The Early Care and Education Center at the University of Wyoming was one of the earlier campus-based centers to reopen during the coronavirus pandemic even as some across the nation remain closed.
Parents, teachers and kids adapted to changes in …
We all have some level of awareness about identity theft through personal experience or the media.
Businesses are becoming an increasing target market for identity theft, with business identity theft up 100 percent in 2019 and estimated to have grown …
Being willing and able to fail is a leadership skill.
After all, responding to failure well is how we encourage more of an experimentation mindset, which is essential for innovation.
Let’s look at a couple characteristics of leaders who fail …
An updated version of Gardening: Vegetables in Wyoming, publication B-1115R, is available for download as a PDF, HTML or ePub at http://bit.ly/wyo-grow-vegetables.
“The basic information was still valid, but varieties change all the time,” said Karen Panter, University …
Big Horn Basin crop budgets for irrigated alfalfa, barley, corn and sugar beets are now available for download as a PDF, HTML or ePub at https://bit.ly/CropB1363.
“The goal of these budgets is to help producers make more informed decisions …
Any food will spoil over time unless preservation steps are taken.
Preserved food lasts longer than fresh produce and refrigerated items. Decide what you are preserving. The answer will help determine what method to use. Here are the most common …
The coronavirus situation forced us to spend time with people at home and online in new ways – and differences in personality wear thin when we are trying to cope with everyday life, let alone pandemic-level struggles.
But, interpersonal differences …
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