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Recognition Of 4-H Volunteers, Deb Jones Nov 2002

Recognition Of 4-H Volunteers, Deb Jones

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We all want to think we’re doing a good job and have a positive effect on the organization which we serve. In this context, recognition means more than being thanked.


Afterschool Programs In Your Community, Funding And Collaboration, Deb Jones Nov 2002

Afterschool Programs In Your Community, Funding And Collaboration, Deb Jones

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An estimated eight million school age children between the ages of 5 and 14, go home to an empty house. Statistics reveal that most juvenile crime is committed between the hours of 2:00 pm and 8:00 pm, with the crime rate tripling in the rst hour after school is out.


Designing A Low Water Use Landscape, Teresa Cerny, Kelly L. Kopp, Maggie Wolf, Debbie Amundsen Aug 2002

Designing A Low Water Use Landscape, Teresa Cerny, Kelly L. Kopp, Maggie Wolf, Debbie Amundsen

Gardening

No abstract provided.


Herb Container Gardens, Maggie Wolf, Teresa Cerny Aug 2002

Herb Container Gardens, Maggie Wolf, Teresa Cerny

Gardening

No abstract provided.


Designing A Low Water Use Landscape, Teresa Cerny, Kelly L. Kopp, Maggie Wolf, Debbie Amundsen Aug 2002

Designing A Low Water Use Landscape, Teresa Cerny, Kelly L. Kopp, Maggie Wolf, Debbie Amundsen

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A landscape design should meet the needs of the people who will use and maintain the area while incorporating the site’s existing environmental conditions into the design. Water is a limiting resource in Utah, so designing the landscape to efficiently use water is important. Conserving water in the landscape can be accomplished by selecting low water use plants, designing and scheduling irrigation systems efficiently, grouping plants according to their water requirements, and using hardscaping materials (patios, stone paths, decks, etc.) appropriately to reduce the area requiring irrigation.


Water-Wise Landscaping: Monitoring Irrigation With Probes, Rich Koenig, Kelly Kopp, Chad Reid Jun 2002

Water-Wise Landscaping: Monitoring Irrigation With Probes, Rich Koenig, Kelly Kopp, Chad Reid

Gardening

No abstract provided.


Efficient Irrigation Of Trees And Shrubs, Teresa A. Cerny, Michael R. Kuhns, Kelly L. Kopp, Mike Johnson Jun 2002

Efficient Irrigation Of Trees And Shrubs, Teresa A. Cerny, Michael R. Kuhns, Kelly L. Kopp, Mike Johnson

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In Utah, urban landscape irrigation accounts for 50-75% of the annual municipal water use, and much of it is applied in excess of the plant’s needs. This excess is a tremendous resource waste and the overspray causes substantial damage to hardscape (i.e., decks, patios, fountains, decorative concrete, etc.). Scheduling irrigation according to landscape plant water needs can reduce excess water use. In addition to conserving water, proper irrigation can encourage deeper root growth and healthier, more drought tolerant landscapes.


Garden Water Use In Utah, Robert W. Hill Jun 2002

Garden Water Use In Utah, Robert W. Hill

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The goal of garden irrigation is to maintain yield and quality by replacing water lost to the atmosphere from the soil by evaporation, and from leaf surfaces by transpiration. The combination of evaporation and transpiration is referred to as evapotranspiration (Et), or simply water use. Garden water use is presented in units of inches of water per day, week or month.


Turfgrass Water Use In Utah, Robert W. Hill, Kelly L. Kopp Jun 2002

Turfgrass Water Use In Utah, Robert W. Hill, Kelly L. Kopp

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The goal of turfgrass irrigation is to maintain quality by replacing water lost to the atmosphere from the soil by evaporation, and from leaf surfaces by transpiration. The combination of evaporation and transpiration is referred to as evapotranspiration (Et), or simply water use.


Water-Wise Landscaping, Kelly L. Kopp, Teresa Cerny, Rick Heflebower May 2002

Water-Wise Landscaping, Kelly L. Kopp, Teresa Cerny, Rick Heflebower

Gardening

No abstract provided.


Growing Turf On Salt-Affected Sites, Michael Pace, Paul Johnson Apr 2002

Growing Turf On Salt-Affected Sites, Michael Pace, Paul Johnson

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In many areas of Utah, high salt levels in the soil limit the growth of some turfgrasses, especially Kentucky bluegrass. This fact sheet was written to assist you in determining if you have a soil with a high salt level and, if you do, how to manage it with the use of irrigation, drainage, and salt tolerant grasses.


Locust Borer, Jay B. Karren, Alan H. Roe Jan 2002

Locust Borer, Jay B. Karren, Alan H. Roe

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The locust borer, Megacyllene robiniae (Forster) belongs to the beetle family Cerambycidae, commonly known as the longhorned beetles, a name which refers to the long antennae of most of the species in this group.