AGR-206: Lawn Management: Kentucky Master Gardener Manual Chapter 15

Kenneth Clayton, Gregg Munshaw, A.J. Powell | Jan. 16, 2024 (Major Revision)

Turfgrass is the foundation of a quality landscape. It improves the beauty of other ornamentals and provides a safe recreational surface.

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ENT-70: Pesticides and Pesticide Safety: Kentucky Master Gardener Manual Chapter 11

Lee Townsend | Jan. 16, 2024 (Major Revision)

Pest is not a biological term for an organism's environmental role as are the words plant, herbivore, predator, and scavenger. It is a term for an organism that is either causing damage or is somewhere where it's not wanted.

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HO-103: Indoor Plants: Kentucky Master Gardener Manual Chapter 19

Sharon Bale, Rick Durham | Jan. 16, 2024 (Major Revision)

Cultivating plants inside the home is both a popular hobby and an interior decorating technique. More than 75 percent of all American families use living plants as part of their home decor or cultural expression.

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HO-96: Basic Botany: Kentucky Master Gardener Manual Chapter 1

Rick Durham | Jan. 16, 2024 (Major Revision)

Plants are essential to life on earth. Either directly or indirectly, they are the primary food source for humans and other animals. Additionally, they provide fuel, replenish the earth's oxygen supply, prevent soil erosion, slow down wind movement, cool the atmosphere, provide wildlife habitat, supply medicinal compounds, and beautify our surroundings.

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HO-101: Care of Woody Plants: Kentucky Master Gardener Manual Chapter 17

Rick Durham | Jan. 16, 2024 (Major Revision)

To prune or not to prune? This is a question that often faces gardeners. Most feel they ought to prune but are not sure why or how.

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ID-192: Composting: Kentucky Master Gardener Manual Chapter 13

Rick Durham, Brad Lee | Jan. 16, 2024 (Major Revision)

Gardeners have long made and used compost to improve garden soil.

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PPA-46: Plant Diseases: Kentucky Master Gardener Manual Chapter 5

Nicole Ward Gauthier, Kelly Jackson, Kimberly Leonberger, Robbie Smith | Jan. 16, 2024 (Major Revision)

Anyone who has ever planted a garden knows not only the rewards of beautiful flowers, fruit, and/or vegetables, but also the disappointment when plants become diseased or damaged. Many factors cause plants to exhibit poor vigor, changes in appearance, or even death.

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AGR-204: Soils and Fertility: Kentucky Master Gardener Manual Chapter 4

Brad Lee, Edwin Ritchey | Jan. 16, 2024 (Major Revision)

Soil is a mixture of weathered rock fragments (minerals) and organic matter at the earth's surface. It is biologically active - a home to countless microorganisms, invertebrates, and plant roots.

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ENT-68: Insects: Kentucky Master Gardener Manual Chapter 7

Jonathan Larson | Jan. 16, 2024 (Major Revision)

Insects are the most biodiverse group of animals on earth. Amazingly, there are about one million total species of insects known currently, with the possibility of tens of millions more left to discover.

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FOR-121: Vertebrate Pest Management: Kentucky Master Gardener Manual Chapter 9

Tom Barnes, Matthew Springer | Jan. 16, 2024 (Major Revision)

Most people enjoy watching wildlife around the home, whether it is birds at a feeder, butterflies on flowers, or the occasional deer or turkey wandering through the yard. In some instances, wildlife come into contact with humans and are in the wrong place at the wrong time. For the gardening enthusiast, this encounter can create conflict.