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Even In Tough Times, Trees Make Good Economic Sense, Kelly A. Feehan, Dan Moser

Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources: News Releases

In challenging economic times, every dollar needs to be spent wisely. This may be a time when decisions are made to wait for another year to plant trees. However, the money trees save through energy savings, increased property values and environmental benefits means tree planting is a wise economic choice for today.

With the last Friday of April being Arbor Day, make plans for tree planting. Select the right tree for the location and use good tree planting and tree care practices to save money at planting time so a tree will help save money long into the future.

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Home Vegetable Gardening's Popularity Growing, Sarah J. Brown, Dan Moser

Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources: News Releases

Home vegetable gardening is a popular hobby for a number of reasons. Some people garden for exercise and some for the enjoyment of harvesting flavorful produce that can be eaten fresh from the garden or preserved for use during winter. Others garden so they can grow a wider variety of vegetables than are available at their local grocery store. Finally, in recent years many people are growing vegetables to save money on their grocery bill.

Regardless of motive, gardening can be as simple or as complex a project as you make it. However, careful planning can make gardening easier, more …

Vegetable Gardening Among 2009'S Trends, Dale T. Lindgren, Kim Todd

Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources: News Releases

While the winter landscape sleeps in shades of gray and brown, gardeners dream in the colors of spring -- lush green foliage and the vibrant pinks, blues, oranges, yellows, and reds of blossoms.

It will be awhile before gardeners can dig in the dirt but already some gardening trends are emerging: landscape sustainability, native plants in home landscapes, container gardening, and increased interest in vegetable gardening. And this spring, just as in any other year, nurseries will sprout new varieties.

One of the biggest trends is increasing interest in vegetable gardening, said Dale Lindgren, horticulturist at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln …

Use Resistant Varieties To Combat Soybean Diseases, Save Money In '09, Loren J. Giesler, Sandi Alswager Karstens

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LINCOLN, Neb. & As Nebraska farmers continue to make their seed selections for 2009, using resistant varieties to combat soybean diseases can not only save them headaches during the growing season but time and money.

This and other cost saving tips to help deal with high input costs in crop production can be found at UNL's Surviving High Input Costs in Crop Production (http://cropwatch.unl.edu/survivinghighinputcosts.htm) Web page.

When choosing varieties, the first thing to do is to select agronomic characteristics to match ground and other conditions, said Loren Giesler, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension plant pathologist.

"This should be the first criteria …