>> BACKYARD FARMER IS A CO-PRODUCTION OF NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA AND NEBRASKA EXTENSION.

TONIGHT ON BACKYARD FARMER WILL TOUR LINCOLN SUNKEN GARDENS AND HEAR WHAT IT TAKES TO PLAN AND MAINTAIN YEAR ROUND, AND WILL GIVE YOU SOME TIPS FOR SEED SAVING.

THAT'S ALL COMING UP NEXT RIGHT HERE ON BACKYARD FARMER.

>> HELLO AGAIN AND WELCOME TO BACKYARD FARMER.

I'M KIM TODD AND WE'RE EXCITED TO ANSWER ALL THOSE GARDENING QUESTIONS FOR THE NEXT HOUR.

WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU AND YOU CAN GET IN TOUCH WITH US.

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WE ONLY HAVE ONE MORE SHOW LEFT THIS SEASON, SO YOU'RE GOING TO WANT TO GET THOSE EMAILS AND PICTURES IN THIS WEEK TO BYF@UNL.EDU.

WE STILL CAN'T ANSWER THEM ALL, BUT WE TRY.

TELL US WHERE YOU LIVE.

GIVE US AS MUCH INFORMATION AS YOU CAN SO WE CAN GIVE YOU A COMPLETE ANSWER.

ALSO, DON'T FORGET TO CHECK OUT OUR EXCLUSIVE CONTENT ON OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL AND OUR FACEBOOK FAN PAGE AFTER THE SHOW.

SO SAMPLES AND YOURS IS SMALL AND TIMELY.

WAYNE.

>> VERY TIMELY.

>> DO YOU NEED A BLUE PIECE OF PAPER BEHIND THAT?

>> I DON'T KNOW, THEY HAVEN'T TOLD ME YET.

>> OKAY.

>> SO AS FAR AS I KNOW, THIS IS EXTREMELY TIMELY BECAUSE THESE EGGS WERE JUST LAID WITHIN THE LAST DAY OR TWO.

THESE ARE FALL ARMYWORM EGGS, AND THEY CAME FROM THE TURFGRASS RESEARCH PLOTS HERE ON EAST CAMPUS.

THANKS TO AMANDA FOULKE.

WE WANT THEM UP.

LET'S SEE HERE.

IF I CAN GET MYSELF BACKGROUND TO THE BLUE.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE ARE THESE MASSES ON HERE.

THEY LAY THEM IN MASSES OF 1 TO 200 EGGS TYPICALLY.

SO I PROBABLY HAVE SOMEWHERE AROUND 8, 900 EGGS HERE IN MY HAND BETWEEN THE MASSES THAT ARE ON THESE LEAF BLADES.

AND EVERY YEAR WHEN WE GET THESE IN THE STATE, WE HAVE A LOT OF LAWN COMPANIES THAT TRY TO SPRAY FOR THEM.

FIRST THING WE WANT TO SAY IS WATCH FOR THEM.

MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THEM FIRST BEFORE YOU GET A SPRAY IN YOUR YARD.

AND THERE'S A PARTICULAR PRODUCT YOU KIND OF WANT TO TARGET.

I'M NOT GOING TO TRY AND SAY THE CHEMICAL NAME BECAUSE IT'S LONG.

IT'S AND IT'S A TONGUE TWISTER.

BUT LOOK FOR ACELEPRYN.

THE ACTIVE INGREDIENT IN A SALAPIN IS WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.

TO MANAGE THESE.

IT'S A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN MANY OF THE OTHERS.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANKS, WAYNE.

OKAY, JEFF.

>> OKAY.

BROUGHT LOVELY CREEPING CHARLIE HERE.

THE FUN PART ABOUT THIS PLAN IS, IS I ALSO BROUGHT THIS, I THINK, BACK IN APRIL.

SO HADN'T POTTED FOR THE SUMMER AND I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, IT BLOOMED SO NICE FOR ABOUT THREE MONTHS.

SO IF YOU'RE DESPERATE FOR A HOUSE PLANT OR FOR SOMETHING ON THE DECK, YOU KNOW, WITH YOUR ANNUALS, I MEAN, IT WAS GORGEOUS.

MY WIFE KEPT TELLING ME TO THROW IT AWAY, AND I WOULDN'T, BUT ANYWAY, SO THIS IS THE TIME TO SPRAY IT.

SO IF YOU'VE GOT CREEPING CHARLIE IN YOUR YARD, GET OUT THERE AND GET IT SPRAYED.

THE WEATHER'S PERFECT FOR IT.

>> ALL RIGHT, NICE AND COOL AND YEAH, CALM.

>> CALM, CALM.

>> OKAY.

AMY, IS THAT A ROD, A SPOT OR ENVIRONMENT THAT YOU'VE GOT?

>> IT'S ENVIRONMENT AND AS YOU DRIVE AROUND TOWN HERE LATELY THIS WAS ACTUALLY COLLECTED RIGHT OUTSIDE THE STUDIO HERE.

SPIREAS ARE LOOKING A LITTLE ROUGH.

AND THAT'S NOT JUST IN THE LINCOLN METRO AREA, BUT IN MULTIPLE PLACES AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS SPIREA, WE GOT A VARIEGATED LEAF SPIREA ALL OF A SUDDEN.

SO WE'RE GETTING WHITE WITH THE BRIGHT GREEN VEINS SHOWING UP ON THERE.

OF COURSE, THIS ISN'T WHAT WE WANT IN OUR SPIREA, BUT THIS IS ALL DUE TO ENVIRONMENTAL.

WHETHER IT'S BEEN TOO MUCH MOISTURE, TOO MUCH HEAT, NOT ENOUGH MOISTURE, NOT ENOUGH HEAT, TOO MUCH SMOKE.

IT'S JUST BEEN A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON.

SO AS WE GO INTO THE FALL MONTHS, WE MAY NOT GET THE FALL COLORS OFF OF OUR SPIREAS.

THEY'RE JUST BLEACHING OUT A LITTLE BIT.

NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT.

I WOULDN'T PRUNE IT OUT AND JUST WAIT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT YEAR.

>> ALL RIGHT.

DENNIS.

>> YES.

SO IT'S A TIME OF YEAR.

IT'S STARTING TO GET COOLER A LITTLE FASTER THAN WE ORIGINALLY THOUGHT.

SO THOSE MICE DON'T LIKE THE COLD.

AND YOUR HOUSE IS NICE AND WARM.

AND THEY'RE GOING TO TRY TO GET IN USUALLY THE HOUSE MOUSE.

SO THERE'S SEVERAL THINGS YOU CAN DO, ESPECIALLY AROUND YOUR GARAGE DOOR, WHICH IS NOTORIOUS IS PUT METAL ON THE RUBBER FLASHING.

THEY CAN CHEW THROUGH THE RUBBER, BUT THEY CAN'T CHEW THROUGH THE METAL.

AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS METAL IS ON THAT RUBBER END, AND YOU CAN DO THE SAME THING ON THE BOTTOM OF THE GARAGE DOOR.

AND THIS ALSO WORKS FOR OUTSIDE DOORS WHERE YOU HAVE ANY HOLES COMING INTO THE HOUSE AROUND AIR CONDITIONER PIPES OR AROUND ANY PLUMBING.

NOT ELECTRICAL THOUGH, BECAUSE THIS IS OF COURSE STEEL WOOL AND IT WILL CONDUCT.

SO ANY KIND OF WATER PIPES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, YOU DON'T WANT JUST CAULK IT BECAUSE THE RODENTS CAN CHEW RIGHT THROUGH THE CAULK, USE COARSE STEEL WOOL.

AND IF YOU WANT IT TO LAST A LONG TIME AND YOU'RE WILLING TO SPEND THE MONEY, USE STAINLESS STEEL WOOL THAT WILL NEVER RUST.

BUT THIS WON'T RUST AS MUCH IF YOU SPREAD IT APART AND PUT SILICONE CAULK IN FIRST, AND PUSH THIS STEEL WOOL INTO THE SILICONE CAULK, AND THEN MORE SILICONE AND STOP THEM FROM COMING IN, THEN YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THEM.

>> AND THAT I HOPE THAT'S A DEAD ONE.

>> IT'S STUFF.

IT'S A LOT.

IT'S A CAT TOY.

>> CAT TOY.

>> IT'S A CAT TOY.

>> WE KNOW THAT.

ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO WITH QUESTIONS.

LET'S SEE.

WAYNE, THIS FIRST ONE COMES TO US FROM HOLDREGE CHECKING OUT PLANTS TODAY AFTER 3.5IN OF RAIN.

AND THESE WERE ON HIS KALE.

HE'S NEVER SEEN THEM BEFORE.

THEY'VE BEEN BATTLING JAPANESE BEETLES.

THEY HAVE GRASSHOPPERS, AND HE'S SEEN TWO PRAYING MANTI, BUT WHAT ARE THESE?

>> THESE ARE HARLEQUIN BUGS.

THEY'RE A COMMON PEST.

AND THINGS LIKE KALE AND OTHER COLE CROPS.

SO KEEP AN EYE ON THEM.

PINCH THEM OFF HOWEVER YOU WANT TO DO YOUR PEST CONTROL.

JUST REMEMBER, REGULAR OLD SEVENDUST WON'T WORK.

>> OKAY AND YOU DON'T WANT TO USE ANYTHING ANYWAY.

IF YOU WANT TO EAT THE KALE.

>> YEAH, AND PAY ATTENTION TO PRE-HARVEST INTERVALS.

ALWAYS, ALWAYS.

>> ALL RIGHT.

TWO PICTURES ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS IS A LINCOLN VIEWER WANTS TO KNOW HOW TO PREVENT HIS APPLES FROM GETTING BUGS IN THEM.

>> THE CLASSIC FRUIT TREE SPRAY SCHEDULE YOU IF YOU WANT APPLES WITHOUT CRITTERS IN THEM, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SPRAY THEM ON A SCHEDULE AND REGULARLY FOLLOW THE LABEL DIRECTIONS.

SO WHEN IT SAYS REPEAT 7 TO 10 DAYS OR 10 TO 14 DAYS, YOU NEED TO REPEAT ON THAT SCHEDULE.

>> STARTING IN THE SPRING.

>> USUALLY ABOUT THE TIME PETAL DROP.

>> OKAY.

AND ONE PICTURE ON THIS ONE.

THIS IS A BELLEVUE BACKING UP TO FONTENELLE FOREST, SO SHE WANTS TO KNOW WHAT THIS BLACK AND WHITE BUG IS.

THEY FOUND IT IN 150 YEAR OLD BURR OAK THAT FELL DOWN.

>> WELL, THAT'S ONE OF OUR LONGHORN BEETLES.

IT DOESN'T HAVE AN ENGLISH NAME.

AND I'M GOING TO TRY AND SAY THIS.

SAROSESTHES FULMINANS IS WHAT THIS ONE IS.

I KNOW NO ENGLISH NAME, SO I'M RESORTING TO THE SCIENTIFIC NAME ON IT.

BUT IT GETS INTO A LOT OF OUR HARDWOODS.

MOST OF OUR NATIVE BORERS, REMEMBER, ATTACK, STRESS, DYING AND DEAD TREES.

>> OKAY, WE CAN JUST CALL IT THE BLACK WHITE BUG INSTEAD OF WHATEVER YOU SAID.

>> I WOULD THINK SOMETHING MORE LIKE THE LICHEN LONGHORN.

SINCE IT'S BLENDING IN WITH THE LICHENS, THERE WOULD BE A LITTLE BETTER.

>> THAT WOULD WORK.

ALL RIGHT, JEFF, WE'VE HAD THIS ONE BEFORE.

WE HAVE IT AGAIN.

YOU ACTUALLY HAVE FROM TWO DIFFERENT VIEWERS.

THE FIRST IS BEAVER CROSSING.

WHAT IS THIS?

IT'S POPPING UP.

THE SECOND IS FROM FREMONT AND HIS.

ACTUALLY, HE SAYS HE SPRAYED HIS ROCK LANDSCAPE.

THIS IS A DIFFERENT PICTURE BECAUSE HIS WAS A LITTLE BLURRY WITH ROUNDUP.

DUAL ACTION 365 WEED AND GRASS KILLER PLUS 12 MONTH PREVENTER WENT OUT AND THERE WAS STILL A LOT OF IT.

AND SO THAT DIDN'T WORK.

AND SO WHAT ARE WE GOING TO TELL PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT THIS IS AND HOW TO TAKE CARE OF IT?

>> WELL, THIS IS POKEWEED.

SO IT'S A PERENNIAL PLANT.

AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT CAN BE A LITTLE TRICKY.

IT SENDS KIND OF A DEEP TAPROOT.

SO IT CAN BE KIND OF PERSISTENT THAT WAY.

AND, AND YOU CAN DO THE, THE CUT AND TREAT THE STUMP SORT OF THING FOR THOSE, YOU KNOW, FOR PLANTS THIS SIZE, I WOULD JUST DIG THEM QUITE HONESTLY.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF I WOULD WASTE HERBICIDE ON THESE.

AND THEY CAN BE A LITTLE TOUGH TO, TO ABSORB THE HERBICIDE.

THEY'RE PRETTY RESISTANT.

SO I KNOW PEOPLE LIKE THEM.

THEY'LL FLOWER NICE.

THEY PUT ON FRUIT.

YOU KIND OF THINK YOU GOT A FREE PLANT THERE AND IT'S A LOT OF FUN.

AND THEN YOU HAVE THAT FREE PLANT THE REST OF YOUR LIFE, BECAUSE ONCE IT PRODUCES FRUIT, IT SEEMS LIKE THEY JUST STAY AROUND FOREVER.

SO.

SO PULL THEM, DIG THEM, GET THEM OUT OF THERE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

ONE PICTURE ON THE NEXT ONE.

SO THIS IS A THREE PEOPLE PULLED ALL THE BUR CUCUMBER OFF THE PINES AND OUT OF THE GROUND COVER.

BUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT YEAR?

>> WELL, NEXT YEAR IF THEY DON'T USE ANY PRE-EMERGENT, THEY'LL HAVE TO DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN.

OKAY.

SO IT'S AN ANNUAL.

SO MAKE SURE YOU PRE-EMERGE THIS AREA AND KIND OF LIKE THE PREVIOUS PHOTO AND YOU TALKED ABOUT THEM.

THEY HAD APPLIED A PRE-EMERGENT.

AND I KNOW WE WILL USE THAT A LOT AND SAY TERRI AND I AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT PUTTING DOWN PRE-EMERGENT.

IT DOESN'T ALWAYS WORK.

I MEAN, IF CONDITIONS JUST AREN'T QUITE RIGHT AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE PRETTY, PRETTY OPEN TO A VARIETY OF CONDITIONS.

BUT, YOU KNOW, IF IT DOESN'T RAIN AT THE RIGHT TIME OR SOIL TEMPERATURES AREN'T JUST QUITE RIGHT OR WHATEVER, SOMETIMES PRE-EMERGENCE DON'T WORK.

SO THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO WANT TO WATCH AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU PRE-EMERGE AND THEN KIND OF FOLLOW UP AND MAKE SURE WE DON'T HAVE BREAKTHROUGH ON THOSE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND TWO PICKS ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS IS A BLAIR VIEWER.

HE HAS PARTRIDGE PEA ON THE SIDE.

HILL YEAR AFTER LIVING HERE FOR THE TEN YEARS.

HE KNOWS HE CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT NOW.

BUT HE WONDERS SHOULD HE MOW IT DOWN AND HOW TO PREVENT IT FROM COMING BACK.

>> SO WELL, I GUESS.

>> IF HE.

>> YEAH, IF HE DOESN'T WANT IT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOME AMAZING PARTRIDGE PEAS.

SO YOU KIND OF THINK YOU MAYBE, MAYBE YOU WOULD KEEP IT.

BUT IT'S ALSO AN ANNUAL AND IT PRODUCES A LOT OF SEED.

SO IF YOU DON'T WANT IT, YES I THINK I WOULD MOW IT DOWN, GET RID OF IT NOW.

AND THEN AGAIN LOOK AT PRE-EMERGENT A FEW TIMES NEXT YEAR.

BUT I WOULD GUESS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS FOR A WHILE AFTER THAT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANKS, JEFF.

AMY.

TWO PICTURES AND THEN THREE PICTURES AND IT'S LILAC AGAIN.

SO THIS FIRST ONE IS A 40 FOOT ROW, 30 YEARS OLD SPOT STARTED.

LEAVES TURN BROWN.

AND THEN THE THIRD OR THE NEXT THREE PICTURES ARE BASICALLY SOMETHING SIMILAR.

SCRIBNER, NEBRASKA.

ENTIRE PROPERTY LINE STARTED AFFECTING ONLY THE TWO FURTHEST EAST.

AND THEN SHE'S SAYING THAT LOTS OF THESE ISSUES EVEN IN OMAHA.

>> SO I BROUGHT A SAMPLE.

I THINK IT WAS LAST WEEK WHEN WE WERE AT STATE FAIR.

THIS IS OUR LILAC BLIGHT, WHICH IS CAUSED BY BACTERIA.

AND IT'S JUST BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE WEATHER HIT AND THE RAIN EVENTS, SPLASHING THAT BACTERIA FROM LEAF TO LEAF TO LEAF TO LEAF, IT IS GOING TO HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SOME MAJOR DEFOLIATION OF YOUR LILACS, BUT IT WILL NOT KILL YOUR LILACS IF YOU TAKE A REALLY CLOSE LOOK AT THEM.

LIKE THE SAMPLE I BROUGHT LAST WEEK.

YOU CAN SEE ON MY VERY TIP OF MY GROWING POINTS.

IT DID KILL THE GROWING POINT, BUT FOR MY LILACS, I'M NOT TOO CONCERNED ABOUT IT BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO GROW BACK ANYWAY, SO NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT.

SANITATION IS GOING TO BE THE HUGE THING FOR YOU THIS FALL AS WE START GETTING LEAF DROP.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND ONE MORE PICTURE.

THIS IS A LINCOLN VIEWER.

HE WONDERS WHY SOME OF HIS GLADIOLAS ARE TURNING BROWN, WHILE SOME ARE GREEN AND GROWING.

>> SO THIS IS ONE THAT'S GOING TO THROW YOU OFF A LITTLE BIT.

WE'RE SEEING THE LEAVES TURNING BROWN, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY A ROT OF THE BULB.

IT'S BULB ROT.

AND SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS YOU'RE GOING TO WANT TO DIG THOSE UP AND REMOVE THOSE BULBS.

SO WE DON'T SPREAD IT TO THE OTHER GLADIOLAS WITHIN THE BED.

>> ALL RIGHT DENNIS THREE PICTURES.

THIS FIRST ONE, THIS IS HOSKINS, NEBRASKA.

THEY'VE NEVER HAD HOLES IN THEIR YARD LIKE THIS.

THEY USED TO HAVE MOLES AND THEY'RE WITHIN THREE FEET.

NO DIRT AROUND.

THEY'RE LOCATED ON THE SIDE OF THE LANDSCAPE.

WHAT ARE THEY.

>> THIS IS TYPICAL VOLES WORK AND VOLES RANGE.

SOMETIMES THERE'S ONLY 25 PER ACRE AND THEY'LL GO ALL THE WAY UP TO 250 PER ACRE.

BECAUSE THEY'RE A CYCLIC RODENT, THEY EAT GRAIN, UNLIKE A MOLE, EATS EARTHWORMS AND INSECTS.

A VOLE IS A GRANIVORE.

SO IF YOU FEED THE BIRDS OR IF THERE'S ANY GRAIN AROUND FROM YOUR GARDEN, THEY'RE THEIR THERE.

CONTROL, GET A BOX TRAP OR MULTI CATCH TRAP.

JUST GO ON AMAZON RODENT TRAP BOX OR MULTI CATCH AND PUT 2 OR 3 OF THEM OUT.

YOU DON'T NEED TO BAIT THEM.

EACH ONE WILL HOLD UP TO 12 TO 15 VOLES AT A TIME AND DO IT OVERNIGHT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

TWO PICTURES ON THIS DENNIS.

THIS IS AN OMAHA VIEWER.

WHAT'S CAUSING THIS.

AND I GAVE IT TO YOU KNOWING FULL WELL THAT IT'S PROBABLY NOT YOURS.

BUT YOU CAN TALK ABOUT WHY IT ISN'T.

>> OKAY.

SO I LOOK AT THIS CLOSELY IS NOT MOLES AND IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE URINE SPOT FROM CANINE.

IF IT IS BOY THAT CANINE HAS PROBLEMS.

IT'S JUST THE MOSAIC PART WAY IT IS.

IT HAS TO BE SOME KIND OF EITHER GRUB OR PATHOLOGY.

SO IT'S NOT A CRITTER IN ANY WAY.

>> ALL RIGHT.

TWO PICTURES ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS COMES TO US FROM NEAR HISTORICAL FORT KEARNEY.

NOTICE THESE MOUNDS ON THE SANDY ROAD AND HE WONDERS WHAT MADE THEM.

>> OKAY, SO THIS IS A WORM OR AN INSECT AFTER A RAIN.

AND IT HAD AGAIN ENLARGED THIS AND PUSHING UP LITTLE MUD BALLS.

AND IT'S JUST ALL ALONG THE GRAINY AREA.

SO IT MUST HAVE BEEN AN AREA THAT GOT JUST THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF RAIN TO CAUSE THAT TO HAPPEN.

>> AND PART OF THE REASON AUDIENCE THAT WE DO THIS IS SO MANY OF YOU THINK IT'S ONE OF DENNIS'S CRITTERS, AND IT'S NOT BELONGS ON THE OTHER END OF THE TABLE.

WELL, LET'S TAKE A MINUTE TO LEARN ABOUT LINCOLN'S SUNKEN GARDENS, WHERE THE VOLUNTEERS CARE FOR THOSE GARDENS YEAR ROUND, FROM PLANTING IN THE SPRING TO PUTTING THE BEDS TO BED IN THE FALL.

>> SUNKEN GARDENS IS LINCOLN'S PREMIER PUBLIC GARDEN.

IT'S ENJOYED BY BOTH RESIDENTS AND VISITORS.

>> THEY LOVE THIS PLACE, SO IT'S NICE TO BE PART OF SOMETHING THAT MOST PEOPLE ARE VERY SURPRISED BY.

>> EACH YEAR, VOLUNTEERS KEEP THE GARDEN HEALTHY AND LUSH.

>> I WAS BORN WANTING TO BE A GARDENER.

WE DIDN'T LIVE VERY FAR FROM ONE OF MY GRANDMOTHERS, AND SHE WAS A GARDENER AND MY MOTHER WAS A GARDENER.

MY MOM WOULD GO OUT TO THE GARDEN TO HARVEST THE TOMATOES AND CARROTS.

WE WOULD JUST FOLLOW HER OUT THERE AND HAVE OUR LUNCH EATING OFF OF THE VINE.

IT JUST SEEMED LIKE A PEACEFUL WAY TO DO THINGS.

>> CHERYL VOLUNTEERS WEEKLY AT SUNKEN GARDENS.

SHE WORKS IN THE GARDEN AND LEADS TOURS.

>> VOLUNTEERING WAS PART OF MY RETIREMENT PLAN.

I'M TOLD I HAVE ABOUT 700 VOLUNTEER HOURS.

I REALLY LIKE MAKING THINGS PRETTY, GETTING RID OF THINGS THAT HAVE LIVED THEIR VEGETATIVE EXPERIENCE.

I WANT THEM TO LOOK AS GOOD AS THEY CAN LOOK WHEN THE VISITORS COME.

WHEN I FIRST GET HERE, I SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING SPECIAL THAT I MIGHT WANT TO POINT OUT TO VISITORS.

THESE ARE FUN BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE, THEY'RE SURPRISED BY THE MULTICOLOR.

WE CHANGED THE THEME.

EVERY YEAR I GET TO TELL VISITORS ABOUT THE DESIGN.

A FEW YEARS AGO, THE GARDENERS CAME UP WITH THE IDEA OF TRYING TO DO A DESIGN OF THE NEW LINCOLN FLAG.

YOU COULD REALLY TELL AS IT DEVELOPED WHAT THEY WERE TRYING TO DO.

WE PLANT AROUND MOTHER'S DAY EVERY WEEK AFTER THAT, THAT I'M HERE.

IT'S CHANGED.

I LOVE WATCHING THE EVOLUTION OF ALL OF THE DIFFERENT FLOWERS AND BUSHES.

YOU JUST GET A DIFFERENT VIEW EVERY TIME YOU COME HERE.

OUR SEASON ACTUALLY IS GOING TO START WHEN ALL THE PLANTS GET TAKEN OUT.

THEN THERE'S A WHOLE GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT COME IN AND TURN THE SOIL OVER AND THEN PUT THE COMPOST ON.

>> TODAY IS PUT THE BEDS TO BED.

WE HAVE REMOVED ALL THE BULBS, PULLED OUT ALL THE ANNUALS IN THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS.

NOW WE'RE TURNING THE SOIL.

IT'S TO HELP GET RID OF THE BAD MICROBES FOR NEXT SPRING.

>> WE JUST KNOW WHAT THE GARDEN LOOKS LIKE WHEN IT'S IN FULL BLOOM AND IT'S SO PRETTY.

BUT BEING ABLE TO BE A PART OF KIND OF FACILITATING THAT AND HELPING THAT AND SEEING THE WORK THAT GOES INTO WHAT MAKES THE GARDEN PRETTY IS VERY REWARDING.

>> IT'S SUCH A BEAUTIFUL AREA HERE IN LINCOLN, AND THOSE VOLUNTEERS DO A GREAT JOB OF MAINTAINING IT YEAR IN AND YEAR OUT.

AND FORMER STUDENTS ARE ALSO IN CHARGE, WHICH IS GREAT.

ALL RIGHT.

ONE PICTURE ON THIS ONE, WAYNE.

>> OKAY.

>> SMALL MOTHS IN THE GRASS WHEN HE MOWS.

WHAT ARE THEY AND ARE THEY THE YARD GRUB PRODUCERS?

>> ONE THEY'RE NOT YARD GRUBS.

THOSE ARE ACTUALLY BEETLE LARVAE.

SO WE CAN RULE THAT OUT.

THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT LITTLE MOTHS THAT CLASSIFY AS LBMS LITTLE BROWN MOTHS THAT INHABIT LAWNS, AND I CAN'T REALLY TELL YOU WHICH ONE IT IS.

MOST OF THEM ARE NOT AN ISSUE.

>> ALL RIGHT, ONE PICTURE ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS COMES TO US FROM BEULAH, MICHIGAN.

AND HE SAYS, PLEASE IDENTIFY.

>> YEAH.

WE HAVE THOSE HERE TOO.

THOSE ARE THAT'S A SPURGE HAWK MOTH CATERPILLAR.

IT WAS A FAILED INTRODUCTION FOR BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF LEAFY SPURGE.

BUT IT'S STILL IS SPREADING AND MOVING ALONG.

AND IT HITS OUR CULTIVATED ONES TOO.

>> OKAY.

TWO PICTURES ON THIS ONE.

THIS COMES TO US FROM DOUGLAS COUNTY.

THIS IS SO FUN.

SHE WONDERS WHAT MADE THESE HOLES ON THE CANNA LEAVES.

AND THEN SHE FOUND A CATERPILLAR ON A DIFFERENT PLANT.

AND SHE'S WONDERING, IS THAT THE HOLE MAKER?

SO I THINK YOUR SECOND ONE IS.

THERE IT IS.

YEAH A LITTLE CATERPILLAR.

>> SO FIRST ONE NOT FROM THE CATERPILLAR MOST LIKELY THAT'S JAPANESE BEETLE DAMAGE WHERE IT FED INSIDE THE LEAF WHILE IT WAS STILL ROLLED UP.

AND THAT'S WHY YOU GET THE SHOT HOLE APPEARANCE ON THE SIDES LIKE THAT.

AND THEN THE CATERPILLAR THERE IS A BANDED TUSSOCK MOTH.

>> SO THERE.

>> YOU GO WITH IT.

NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND ONE MORE PICTURE.

AND THIS IS ALSO A CATERPILLAR.

AND SHE SAW THIS ONE YESTERDAY.

>> IT'S INTERESTING THAT IT WAS ON THE FENCE POST HERE.

THIS IS A FALL WEBWORM.

SO NORMALLY WE SEE THESE UP IN TREES CAUSING PROBLEMS.

>> WELL IT WAS A TREE IF IT'S A FENCE POST.

>> YEAH IT'S BEEN IT'S A REPURPOSED TREE.

IT FOUND A NEW CALLING IN LIFE OKAY.

>> ALL RIGHT JEFF ONE PICTURE ON THIS COULD BE FROM ALL OVER ANYWHERE.

BUT THIS ONE'S FROM NORTH PLATTE.

SHE SPRAYED FOR WILD VIOLETS TWICE LAST YEAR.

HAD IT TWICE LAST YEAR AND ONCE THIS YEAR.

AND SHE'LL SPRAY AGAIN.

SHE USED A WEED KILLER, WEED BE GONE.

BUT IT DOESN'T SEEM TO FAZE IT.

>> RIGHT.

YEAH, WELL, WE'RE AT THE RIGHT TIME OF YEAR TO TRY TO CONTROL WILD VIOLETS, AND THEY'RE TOUGH TO CONTROL.

BUT YOU WANT A PRODUCT THAT HAS TRICLOPYR IN IT, WHICH I THINK THE ONES SHE MENTIONED DOESN'T.

RIGHT.

SO THAT'S THE THE PRODUCT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.

AND IT MAY TAKE MULTIPLE APPLICATIONS BECAUSE THEY ARE A TOUGH LITTLE PLANT TO GET RID OF.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THREE PICS ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS COMES TO US FROM COUNCIL BLUFFS.

SO YOU'RE DOING FANTASTIC UNTIL THREE WEEKS AGO.

AND THEN AREAS TURNING RUSTY.

AND NOW THE SPOTS ARE DYING.

AND THEY WANT TO KNOW HOW TO TAKE CARE OF IT.

THIS IS ANOTHER ONE.

NO MOLES, NO CRITTERS.

KIND OF A FUNGUS, MAYBE, BUT NOT REALLY.

>> YEAH, I THINK I'D LOOK AT IT A COUPLE OF THINGS.

THEY DIDN'T MENTION GRUBS, BUT YOU KNOW, I WOULD DIG AROUND AND LOOK AT SOME OF THE BIGGER SPOTS AND JUST SEE IF THERE'S SOME GRUB ACTIVITY IN THOSE AREAS.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A GREAT TIME FOR RESEEDING.

I MEAN, WE'RE HAVING IDEAL WEATHER.

WE DON'T HAVE THIS.

YOU KNOW, THIS IS ONCE EVERY DECADE WE HAVE A FALL LIKE THIS.

SO I WOULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT.

THIS WOULD BE A GREAT TIME TO DO THAT.

AND THEN NEXT YEAR, YOU COULD LOOK AT GETTING YOURSELF ON A KIND OF A BROAD SPECTRUM FUNGICIDE AND BE TREATING THAT EARLY IN THE SUMMER, YOU KNOW, LIKE IN MAY.

WE'LL DO THAT AND THEN KIND OF REPEAT THAT A FEW TIMES AS WE GO THROUGH THE SUMMER.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND TWO PICS ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS IS OMAHA.

FOR SOME REASON, CRABGRASS NEVER REALLY OCCURRED BEFORE.

HAD TWO APPLICATIONS OF A PRE WONDER SHOULD HE SPRAY TO KILL NOW AND OVERSEED OR LET WINTER TAKE CARE OF IT AND WAIT TILL SPRING?

>> AGAIN?

AGAIN, I THINK SAME SORT OF THING HERE.

I'D LOOK TO SEE IF WE'RE HAVING SOME GRUB ACTIVITY.

I MEAN, THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD SIZED AREA THERE TO WASTE OUT LIKE THAT.

YOU KNOW, I WOULD WORRY A LITTLE BIT IF THEY'VE DONE TWO APPLICATIONS OF PRE-EMERGENT HOW A RESEEDING WILL DO RIGHT NOW.

SO IF THEY WANT TO DO SOME RESEEDING AND AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, I WOULD DO A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN JUST THE AERATING OR THAT SORT OF THING.

YOU MAY WANT TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE ACTIVITY WITH THE SOIL TO BREAK THAT UP.

>> OKAY.

AMY IT'S LAWN NIGHT.

>> IT'S LAWN NIGHT.

>> THREE PICTURES HERE.

THIS COMES TO US FROM COUNCIL BLUFFS.

CIRCLES APPEARED IN THE LAWN.

THE GRASS WAS MOWED THREE DAYS AGO.

SO NOT AS PREVALENT AS THIS A FUNGUS OR IS THIS ALIENS?

>> MAN, I WOULD LOVE TO SAY ALIENS OR LITTLE FAIRIES, BUT THIS IS FUNGUS.

FUNGUS AMONG US.

THIS IS TYPICAL SUMMER PATCH THAT WE'LL SEE DEVELOP IN RINGS.

IT'S A FUNGUS THAT ATTACKS THE ROOTS.

AND SO WHEN WE GET INTO SOME HOT PERIODS, AND ESPECIALLY RIGHT HERE ALONG THE CONCRETE, IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY, REALLY WARM.

AND SO THE PLANTS, IT'S NOT ABLE TO MOVE THE WATER WHEN WE HIT THOSE HOT PERIODS.

THE ONLY WAY TO TREAT THIS REALLY IS TO OVERSEE, LIKE JEFF WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT WITH RESISTANT BLUEGRASS VARIETIES.

SO I WOULD RECOMMEND PLUGGING IT AREA TO PLUG AND THEN OVERSEED HERE IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THREE PICTURES ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS IS LINCOLN.

ANY SUGGESTIONS ON HOW TO RESOLVE THE DEAD SPOTS.

>> SO JUST KIND OF LIKE JEFF'S PICTURES.

THIS REALLY IS HARD FOR ME TO TELL EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON.

WE COULD BE DEALING WITH SOME SUMMER PATCH.

WE COULD BE DEALING WITH BROWN PATCH.

WE COULD BE DEALING WITH SPRINKLER.

NOT WORKING CORRECTLY TOO.

IT'S REALLY HARD TO TELL FROM THE IMAGES IN THE FUTURE.

I LOVE THE BROAD PICTURES, BUT WE NEED TO GET IN A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO THOSE BLADES.

KYLE AND LOREN IS GOING TO TELL YOU THE EXACT SAME THING.

IF WE CAN SEE THE BLADE AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON, WE CAN GIVE YOU A BETTER ANSWER.

ONCE AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT GREAT TIME TO RESEED THOSE AREAS WITH GOOD TURF AND MAKE SURE WHEN YOU BUY THAT TURF SEED, IT HAS THAT NICE BLUE LABEL ON IT THAT SAYS IT'S CERTIFIED SEED.

>> EXCELLENT.

AND ONE MORE.

THIS COMES TO US FROM ONE OF OUR EXTENSION PEOPLE.

WE HAVE PLENTY OF SHROOM PICTURES, BUT SHE WAS DELIGHTED TO SEE THIS.

AND WHAT IS IT AND WHAT IS ON IT?

>> IT HAS ALL THE FLIES ON IT TO MOVE IT AROUND TO THE REST OF THE LANDSCAPE.

THIS IS OUR WONDERFUL FRIEND.

THE STINKHORN AND FLIES ARE THE ONLY ONES THAT ARE GOING TO LOVE AND ENJOY IT.

>> OKAY.

ALL RIGHT DENNIS, THREE PICTURES ON THIS.

THIS COMES TO US FROM A PARK IN OMAHA.

SWAMP WHITE OAK.

THE WOUNDS LOOKED RELATIVELY FRESH.

MAYBE INSECT CRITTER COMBINATION PACKAGE HERE.

FRASS AROUND THE HOLES.

WOODPECKER DAMAGE, BUT THE ENCLOSURE AROUND IT.

I MEAN, WHAT DID THIS SOME CLAWED CREATURE.

>> ORIGINALLY THIS HAPPENED NOT VERY FRESH, BUT A WHILE BACK TO START THIS.

IF IT WAS ANYTHING AND I'M THINKING DEER RUB.

>> REALLY?

>> OKAY.

ANTLERS.

BECAUSE THE WAY IT'S CONFIGURATED THAT HIGH UP AND IT'S ON THE BRANCHES AND IT'S ON ONE SIDE.

SO THE BARK, IF IT WAS IN GOOD SHAPE, THEN A DEER WOULD BREAK THAT AND THEN INSECTS AND OTHER STUFF CAN GET INTO IT.

SO IT'S DEFINITELY INSECTS AND FUNGUS AND SOME OTHER STUFF.

BUT TO ME IT LOOKED OLDER, LIKE IT COULD BE ALMOST A YEAR AGO THAT THE DEER SCRAPED IT.

>> BUT FOR STARTERS.

OKAY, ONE PIC ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS IS A LINCOLN VIEWER WHO WANTS TO KNOW IS THERE ANY OR DO WE HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS?

IF OUR VIEWERS CAN SEE THIS?

>> THE FOXES ON MY >> I'D LIKE TO HAVE A FOX ON MY TRUCK.

>> FOX IS ON THE TRUCK AND NIGHTLY OCCURRENCE AND THEY'RE LEAVING SCRATCHES.

>> IT'S TOUGH.

I KNOW THEY DID ASK ABOUT TRAPPING.

YOU'D HAVE TO CALL SOMEONE WHO HAS A LICENSE TO DO THAT.

AND YOU NEED A BIG BOX TRAP.

BUT THERE IS PEOPLE THAT ARE ALLOWED TO DO THAT AND LICENSE TO DO THAT.

DON'T DO IT YOURSELF.

WITH THIS SPECIES ESPECIALLY, YOU CAN TRY A COUPLE THINGS.

MOST REPELLENTS DON'T WORK, BUT IF YOU SOAK IN, YOU KNOW THERE'S RAPPELL OUT THERE AND SOME OTHERS A TOWEL.

DON'T PUT IT ON YOUR CAR, PUT IT ON A TOWEL WITH IT NOT GOING THROUGH THE TOWEL, AND LAY THE TOWELS ON THE CAR.

AND MAYBE JUST DOING THAT.

WHEN THE FOX JUMPS UP AND THE TOWEL SLIDES OFF, IT'S GOING TO DISCOURAGE THEM.

ANOTHER THING I THOUGHT ABOUT THAT MIGHT WORK IS IF YOU PUT A MOVEMENT SENSOR LIGHT REAL BRIGHT, OKAY, THAT SHINES RIGHT ON THE CAR.

SO WHEN IT JUMPS UP THERE, IT JUST GETS SPOTLIGHTED.

AND EVERY TIME IT JUMPS UP THERE, THE SPOTLIGHT GOES ON AND THEN GOES OFF.

THAT WOULD ALSO DETER THIS.

>> I THINK IF YOU USED THE TOWEL AND THE MOTION SENSOR, YOU COULD WATCH THE FOX SLIDE OFF THE HOOD.

>> THAT'D BE REALLY COOL.

>> OKAY.

ONE PICTURE ON THIS ONE.

THIS IS A.

THEY FOUND THIS IN THEIR BASEMENT, BUT THEY THINK MAYBE IT CAME TO THEM FROM FISHING IN CRETE.

>> WELL OKAY, SO THIS IS A SCORPION.

AND WE DO HAVE THEM IN.

THE ONLY TIME.

ONLY PLACE I'VE SEEN HIM IS IN LIKE JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN GAGE COUNTY.

IT'S A BARK SCORPION.

IT LOOKS LIKE IT.

IT LOOKS A LITTLE DARKER THAN MOST OF THE BARK SCORPIONS I FIND IN ROCKS IN NEBRASKA.

AND I'M TURNING ROCKS TO FIND SNAKES.

AND I FIND THEM THE OTHER PLACE.

I HAVE FOUND THEM SCORPIONS.

A DIFFERENT SPECIES IS UP IN TOADSTOOL, SO THEY'RE ONLY FOUND IN THE TWO CORNERS OF THE STATE THAT I KNOW OF.

UNLESS.

DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT SCORPIONS?

>> JUST A TINY BIT.

I REMEMBER TALKING TO JIM KALISCH BECAUSE WE HAD A EMPEROR SCORPION THAT WAS RELEASED IN TAHOE PARK IN NORFOLK, AND IT MADE THE PAPER, AND I WAS WORKING WITH JIM ON IT.

AND THERE ARE SOME ROCK OUTCROPPINGS HERE IN LANCASTER THAT HAVE THEM TOO.

>> THERE IS.

OKAY.

>> YES.

>> OKAY.

INTERESTING.

>> SO IT'S A BARK SCORPION AND THEY ARE THEY COULD BE NATIVE.

>> OKAY.

WE HAVE ONE PICTURE HERE.

THIS COMES TO US FROM DAWSON COUNTY.

THIS POOR GUY LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING TRIED TO CARRY HIM AWAY AND EAT HIM.

SO WHAT WAS IT.

>> IT'S A PLAINS GARTER SNAKE.

THAMNOPHIS RADIX.

AND IT WAS PREDATED ON.

IT HAS A PRETTY WHITE BELLY, BUT THAT'S STILL A STILL PLAINS GARTER SNAKE.

USUALLY BIRDS COME BACK FOR IT OR TAKE IT AWAY, BUT CATS WOULD DO THIS.

>> OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

>> YEAH.

>> POOR POOR DEAD SNAKE.

ALL RIGHT.

WELL, YOU KNOW, COOLER WEATHER IS A SIGN THAT FALL IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER.

LET'S HEAR FROM GANNON RUSH FROM THE HIGH PLAINS REGIONAL CLIMATE CENTER TO TELL US WHAT TO EXPECT FOR THE COMING WEEK.

>> THANKS, KIM.

THE STRETCH OF GREAT WEATHER WE'VE BEEN HAVING SHOULD CONTINUE THIS WEEK.

WE'LL START OFF WITH OUR CHILLIEST DAY ON FRIDAY WITH HIGHS IN THE 60S.

THIS WEEKEND SHOULD BE ABSOLUTELY AWESOME WITH HIGHS IN THE 70S STATEWIDE.

IF YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO BE OUTSIDE, WHETHER IT'S DOING SOMETHING AROUND THE HOUSE OR GOING TO THE NEBRASKA GAME, BY ALL MEANS GET OUTSIDE AND ENJOY THE NICE WEATHER ON MONDAY WILL BEGIN TO SLIGHTLY WARM UP BY MIDWEEK.

MOST OF THE STATE SHOULD BE AROUND 80 ISH OR WARMER.

THE RAIN FORECAST FOR THIS WEEK IS NOTHING TO WRITE HOME ABOUT, WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS BEING AROUND A HALF INCH UP IN THE NORTHEASTERN PART OF THE STATE.

A LINE OF STORMS COULD FORM TOMORROW NIGHT AND BRING LIGHT RAIN TO THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE STATE.

OTHERWISE, IT'S PRETTY SLIM PICKINGS UNTIL THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.

AND THAT'S YOUR WEEKEND WEATHER FORECAST.

BACK TO YOU, KIM.

>> THANKS, GANNON.

WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THAT SHORT BREAK NOW.

COMING UP, WE HAVE THE PLANTS OF THE WEEK AND THE LIGHTNING ROUND.

THERE'S MUCH MORE BACKYARD FARMER RIGHT AFTER THIS.

[Up-lifting Music] [Up-lifting Music] [Up-lifting Music] [Up-lifting Music] [Up-lifting Music] WELCOME BACK TO BACKYARD FARMER.

COMING UP LATER IN THE SHOW.

WE'VE GOT SOME TIPS TO HELP YOU SAVE SOME SEEDS FOR NEXT SEASON.

YOU CAN STILL CALL IN THOSE QUESTIONS TO OUR PHONE VOLUNTEERS AT 1(800) 676-5446.

SEND US THOSE PICTURES AND EMAILS TO BYF@UNL.EDU AND OF COURSE, RIGHT NOW IT'S TIME FOR THE LIGHTNING ROUND.

DENNIS YOU'RE UP.

>> OKAY.

>> THIS IS CENTRAL NEBRASKA ON A LAKE.

THERE WAS A BLUE HERON THAT SAT ON A FALLEN TREE WITH ITS WINGS SPREAD WIDE FOR AN HOUR.

WHAT WAS IT DOING?

>> REGULATING.

WARMING UP.

>> OKAY.

WHAT WOULD DIG UNDER THE EDGE OF A 36 INCH RAISED BED?

AND THEY'RE SAYING THAT THE HOLE WAS TOO DEEP AND FAR IN FOR A SQUIRREL TO HAVE DONE IT.

>> WOODCHUCK, PROBABLY.

>> LITTLE HOLE.

>> OH, LITTLE HOLE.

>> LITTLE HOLE.

>> A VOLE CAN GO REAL DEEP.

>> OKAY, THIS VIEWER WANTS TO KNOW HOW YOU CAN KEEP CATS FROM USING THE GARDEN AS A LITTER BOX, AND DOES NOT WANT TO KNOW THAT THEY NEED TO STAY INSIDE.

>> PUT BIRD NETTING OVER IT SO THEY GET TANGLED IN THE BIRD NETTING IF THEY GET INTO THE GARDEN.

>> OKAY.

IS IT LEGAL TO TRAP ANY FUR BEARING ANIMAL IN TOWN?

>> NOT WITHOUT A LICENSE.

>> OKAY, THIS VIEWER SAYS HER TURTLES EAT THE ASIAN JUMPING WORMS.

ANY PROBLEM FOR THE TURTLES OR SPREADING THE WORMS THAT WAY?

>> WE DON'T KNOW YET.

>> OKAY, WHAT IS A CAN DRYER SHEETS BE USED FOR RODENT CONTROL?

>> SOME PEOPLE USE IT, BUT I'VE NEVER HAD LUCK.

>> OKAY, THIS.

ALL RIGHT.

NICE JOB.

LOTS OF THEM.

OKAY.

PATH READY?

>> PASS.

PASS.

PASS.

PASS.

>> NO.

NO.

NO.

>> OH, MAN.

>> OKAY, THIS IS THIS ONE COMES TO US, AMY.

ALSO FROM LOOKS LIKE SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA.

>> OKAY.

>> LOOKS LIKE RUST ON ALL THE BROME.

IS IT RUST?

AND IF SO, WILL THE RUST KILL THE BROME?

>> IT IS A RUST, BUT IT WILL NOT KILL THE BROME.

>> OKAY, WE HAVE SEVERAL VIEWERS WHO ARE NOW SEEING INTERIOR NEEDLES ON OLD UES.

THIS IS SECOND THIRD YEAR GROWTH THAT ARE TURNING BROWN AND YELLOW.

IS THAT DISEASE BASED?

>> IT IS NOT DISEASED.

IT'S PROBABLY JUST NATURAL NEEDLE DROP OF THOSE UES THIS TIME OF YEAR.

>> OKAY.

HYDRANGEA LEAF SPOTS ARE REAPPEARING AFTER THE RAIN AGAIN.

IS THIS GOING TO CONTINUE TO HAPPEN INTO ETERNITY?

>> IT IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO GO ON.

DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT AT THIS POINT IN TIME, OKAY?

>> WE HAVE A COUPLE PEOPLE WHO HAVE FRUIT TREES THAT HAVE PRETTY SERIOUS GUMMOSIS.

THEY'RE WONDERING, DO THEY HAVE TO CHIP THOSE TREES, BURN THOSE TREES?

HOW DO WHAT DO THEY DO?

SO IT DOES NOT SPREAD.

>> SO IT DOESN'T SPREAD.

I WOULD RECOMMEND REMOVING THE TREE AND JUST REMOVING IT ALL TOGETHER.

YOU CAN CHIP IT, BUT MAKE SURE YOU CHIP IT PRETTY FINE AND DON'T PUT THE CHIPS BACK AROUND.

THOSE ARE THOSE FRUIT TREES.

>> OKAY, NICE JOB ON THAT ONE TOO.

JEFF?

>> OKAY.

>> READY?

>> YEP.

>> WE HAVE A LOT OF VIEWERS WHO ARE WONDERING ABOUT BINDWEED.

YOUR FIRST QUESTION ON THIS IS WILL PREEN STOP BINDWEED FROM GERMINATING?

>> I DON'T THINK SO.

NO.

>> ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE WE HAVE A VIEWER WHO SENT A REALLY INTERESTING EMAIL ABOUT PURSLANE, AND IT'S EDIBLE AND HEALTH BENEFITS THAT ARE ACTUALLY SMALL STUDIES AND WONDERING IF WE HAVE ANY IDEAS WHY IT'S NOT BEING USED AS A SPECIALTY CROP.

>> NO, I DON'T HAVE ANY IDEAS OTHER THAN IT'S INVASIVE.

AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK GENERALLY PEOPLE DON'T LIKE IT.

AND THERE'S OTHER THINGS YOU COULD EAT.

>> SO THIS VIEWER SAID THEY MOWED WHEN IT WAS REALLY WET AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE SOIL GOT COMPACTED.

IS IT TOO LATE TO AERATE?

>> NO, THIS IS PERFECT TIME TO AERATE.

GET OUT THERE AND DO SOME AERATING.

WE GOT A MONTH THAT YOU COULD DO AERATING.

>> OKAY, A VIEWER HAS A QUESTION ABOUT WHAT IS THE PERCENT OF DICAMBA THAT IS IN MOST OF THE READY TO USE OFF THE SHELF PRODUCTS?

>> YOU KNOW, IT'S USUALLY VERY LOW.

I MEAN, LESS THAN 5% MOST OF THE TIME.

>> ALL RIGHT.

>> BUT IT'S STILL A PROBLEM THAT SO I MEAN, WE DON'T USE DICAMBA ON CAMPUS BECAUSE OF THAT RIGHT.

>> OKAY.

NICE JOB OKAY.

READY WAYNE.

>> YES.

NO.

MAYBE.

>> YES.

NO.

MAYBE?

>> I DON'T KNOW.

>> PASS PASS PASS.

OKAY.

SO THIS IS AN AUBURN VIEWER WHO LISTENED TO US.

WE SAID PICK THE BAGWORMS OFF, PUT THEM IN A BUCKET.

HE WAS WONDERING NOW WHAT TO DO WITH ALL THE BAGWORMS IN THE BUCKET.

>> WELL, YOU COULD COMPOST THEM OR JUST BAG THEM AND THROW THEM IN THE TRASH BAG.

>> BAG THE BAGS.

>> YEP.

>> OKAY, WE HAVE ANOTHER VIEWER WHO, WONDERS, SAW BLACK SWALLOWTAILS LAYING EGGS IN THE ASPARAGUS.

IS THAT UNUSUAL?

>> IT PROBABLY ISN'T ASPARAGUS.

THERE'S PROBABLY SOMETHING ELSE IN THE PARSLEY FAMILY IN THERE THAT THEY'RE LAYING EGGS ON.

>> ALL RIGHT.

WE ALSO HAVE SOMEONE WHO SAID THEY FOUND A BORERS IN THE STALKS OF THEIR ASPARAGUS.

IS THAT USUAL?

UNUSUAL.

AND HOW CAN THAT WHAT'S THE DEAL THERE?

>> I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT WOULD BE.

THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

THAT'S NOT USUALLY SOMETHING WE DEAL WITH HERE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THERE IS THIS ONE SAYS THERE IS NO WAY TO MOSQUITO DUNK THE TURF.

BUT THERE ARE SO MANY MOSQUITOES IN THE TURF.

WHAT TO DO ABOUT THE MOSQUITOES IN THE TURF?

>> YOU ONLY USE THE DUNKERS IN STANDING WATER, NOT IN TURF SITUATION.

YOU CAN DO A BROAD SPRAY FOR MOSQUITOES IN THE YARD, BUT IT KILLS A LOT OF OTHER THINGS WITH IT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANKS, ALL.

OKAY, CRITTER.

CREATURE.

YOU WON IT?

>> THANK YOU.

>> CONGRATULATIONS.

>> WELL, THIS SEASON HAS PROVEN TO BE ANOTHER FANTASTIC ONE FOR OUR GARDEN.

WE HAD BUMPER CROPS OF VEGETABLES, GORGEOUS ORNAMENTALS, AND THEY HAVE THRILLED US FOR THE LAST FEW MONTHS.

SO HERE'S TERRI AT THE BACKYARD FARMER GARDEN TO TELL US MORE.

>> THIS WEEK IN THE BACKYARD FARMER GARDEN WITH ONLY TWO SHOWS LEFT, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT HOW DID THE GARDEN PERFORM THIS YEAR.

I MAY BE A LITTLE BIASED, BUT I THINK IT TURNED OUT FANTASTIC.

ALL OF OUR ALL-AMERICA SELECTION CHOICES TURNED OUT REALLY WELL.

WE WERE VERY IMPRESSED WITH EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM.

THIS YEAR.

WE'RE STILL PRODUCING LOTS OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES THAT ARE GOING TO OUR DONATION PANTRY.

A FEW THINGS THAT WE ARE STILL GOING TO CONTINUE DOING AS WE MOVE INTO THE FALL.

WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ADDING ALL OF OUR COVER CROPS TO ALL THOSE PLACES THAT ARE COMING OUT SLOWLY THROUGHOUT THE SEASON.

WE'RE GOING TO ADD THOSE LOW TUNNELS TO A COUPLE OF OUR RAISED BEDS TO EXTEND OUR SEASON, SO WE CAN HAVE SOME OF THOSE LEAFY GREENS AND SOME OF THOSE FALL CROPS FURTHER INTO THE FALL.

AND WE ARE GOING TO TAKE INVENTORY OF EVERYTHING AND START EVALUATING AND PLANNING FOR 2026.

BUT JUST BECAUSE THE SEASON IS OVER AND THE SHOW IS OVER, DOESN'T MEAN YOU CAN'T STOP BY THE BACKYARD FARMER GARDEN TO CHECK IT OUT.

SO STOP BY ANYTIME AND SEE WHAT'S STILL GROWING THROUGHOUT THE REST OF OUR GROWING SEASON.

>> THANKS TO TERRI AND ALL OF THOSE WONDERFUL VOLUNTEERS WHO REALLY HELPED MAKE THE GARDEN WHAT IT IS EVERY SINGLE YEAR.

AND OF COURSE, NEXT WEEK WE'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU SIX MONTHS OF GROWTH IN A MINUTE WITH OUR TIME LAPSE.

SO, JEFF, WE HAVE IN HONOR OF BIG RED.

>> OH YEAH.

RED AND WHITE.

>> YEAH.

BIG RED.

>> ALRIGHT SO WE HAVE TWO VIBURNUMS.

WE HAVE MOHICAN AND LEATHERLEAF.

AND REALLY, I GUESS THE WHOLE POINT OF THIS IS THEY KIND OF GO THROUGH STAGES AND THEY HAVE WE HAVE OUR FLOWER AND THEN WE HAVE OUR RED FRUIT.

AND AS YOU WERE SAYING EARLIER, THEY TURN DARKER, KIND OF PURPLE BLACK AS WE GO THROUGH THE FALL.

AND, AND THEN WE HAVE GREAT FALL COLOR TOO WITH OUR VIBURNUM.

SO THAT'S ALWAYS WHAT'S FUN ABOUT OUR VIBURNUMS.

THEY CAN'T GET BIG.

SO YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING SIX FOOT OR SEVEN FOOTER.

SO KEEP THAT IN MIND YOU KNOW, AND THEN WE WANT TO PRUNE AFTER FLOWER SO YOU MIGHT LOSE THE FRUIT.

BUT IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO SOME PRUNING YOU WANT TO WAIT TILL AFTER THEY'VE FLOWERED.

THEN WE HAVE OUR SEVEN SONS TREE HEPTACODIUM MICRONAUTS I LIKE SAYING THAT.

AND SO I LOVE THIS PLANT.

IT'S GREAT IN THAT WE HAVE A FALL FLOWERING PLANT.

IT'S FRAGRANT.

THEY CAN BECOME QUITE LARGE.

I'VE HAD SOME THAT ARE 15 OR 16FT TALL AT MY HOUSE, BUT THEY, THEY HANDLE PRUNING WELL.

AND WHAT'S GREAT ABOUT THEM IS THEY'RE THEY NEVER SET FRUIT.

THEY'RE NOT INVASIVE.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THEM SUCKERING.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT LITTLE SEEDLINGS POPPING UP.

SO FROM THAT STANDPOINT, THEY'RE KIND OF TROUBLE FREE.

BUT IT'S A GREAT PLANT.

>> WONDERFUL.

EXCELLENT.

SO THANKS FOR DOING THAT, JEFF.

AND OF COURSE WE HAVE THINGS THAT ARE THE ANNOUNCEMENTS.

ART IN THE GARDEN OR PLAY IN THE PARK IS SEPTEMBER 20TH AND THAT IS IN SUNKEN GARDENS, WHICH IS VERY TIMELY.

10 TO 6 RAIN OR SHINE.

THAT'S A GREAT EVENT.

AND THEN OF COURSE, WE STILL HAVE OUR GROW-A-ROW GOING ON.

SO THOSE PRODUCE DONATIONS TUESDAYS ONLY THROUGH OCTOBER.

BACKYARD FARMER GARDEN BRING IT AND WE SHARE IT.

ALL RIGHT.

PICS NEXT.

LET'S SEE ONE PICTURE ON THIS ONE WAYNE.

THIS IS AN OMAHA VIEWER.

WHY ARE THESE FLIES ON AN EVERGREEN.

AND WHAT IS ENCAPSULATING THEM.

>> IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A ENCAPSULATING THEM.

IT'S ERUPTING FROM THEM.

THIS IS THESE ARE FLIES THAT HAVE BEEN TAKEN OVER BY A FUNGUS.

AND THAT FUNGUS IS REALLY INTERESTING, THAT IT CAUSES THE FLIES TO FIND HIGH PLACES AND CLING ONTO THE TIPS OF VEGETATION.

SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A BRAIN TAKEOVER OF THE INSECT TO CAUSE THIS BEHAVIOR.

AND THEN THOSE SPORES FROM THE FUNGUS AS IT'S ERUPTING OUT CAN FALL DOWN, INFECT SOME OTHER HAPLESS FLY.

>> FUN AND CREEPY.

OKAY, THIS COMES TO US FROM MUSKEGO, WISCONSIN.

SAW THIS WASP QUESTION MARK DRAGGING AN INCAPACITATED SPIDER.

THE SPIDER WAS NOT FIGHTING BACK.

>> YOU KNOW, YOU JUST GAVE ME SOME OF THE MOST HIDEOUS AND INSIDIOUS PARTS OF THE INSECT WORLD HERE, OF WHAT GOES ON.

SO THIS WASP HAS STUNG AND PARALYZED THIS SPIDER AND IS DRAGGING IT AWAY TO ITS BURROW IN THE GROUND WHERE IT IS GOING TO LAY AN EGG THAT'S GOING TO HATCH AND EAT THE SPIDER WHILE IT'S STILL ALIVE.

>> GREAT.

TWO PICTURES ON THE NEXT ONE.

SO THIS ONE HE'S WONDERING, IS THIS A MIMOSA WEBWORM INFESTATION ON HIS HONEY LOCUST?

JUST A SMALL PORTION OF THE TREE.

HE'S WONDERING, DOES HE JUST LET IT GO THIS YEAR AND JUST MONITOR?

>> EXACTLY.

LET IT GO THIS YEAR AND MONITOR?

IT'S LATE.

THEY'VE ALREADY GOT THE WEBBING GOING AND THEN LEAVES TIED TOGETHER, SO IT'S TOUGH TO GET ANYTHING IN THERE TO CATCH THEM.

>> ALL RIGHT.

LET'S SEE THREE PICS ON THIS ONE JEFF FROM NELSON.

WHAT IS THIS GRASS AND IT'S SPREADING.

AND THREE PICS 123.

AND THEN I THINK WE HAVE A COUPLE THAT ARE SORT OF SIMILAR FROM HASTINGS.

YOU GOT A LOT OF WHAT'S THE DEAL HERE.

>> WELL THIS PARTICULAR ONE I THINK WE'RE LOOKING AT NUTSEDGE HERE.

SO AGAIN WE'RE KIND OF GETTING LATE IN THE YEAR, BUT YOU COULD CERTAINLY DO AN APPLICATION OF, OF A SLEDGEHAMMER PRODUCT.

SO THERE'S SOME SEDGE KILLERS OUT THERE.

SO AGAIN LIKE I SAID WE'RE GETTING A LITTLE LATE FOR IT.

BUT YOU COULD DO THAT.

CERTAINLY.

>> AND THIS IS FROM HASTINGS THESE NEXT TWO.

AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER ONE THAT FOLLOWS FROM OMAHA THAT HE'S CALLING A WEED GRASS.

>> SO THIS IS NIMBLEWILL.

AND SO TENACITY OR MESOTRIONE.

SO PRODUCT THAT, THAT WILL HANDLE THAT.

SO AND THIS IS ONE OF THESE KIND OF WARM SEASON GRASSES THAT GET MIXED IN WITH OUR COOL SEASON GRASSES AND KIND OF FOOLS US FOR A WHILE.

AND WE THINK WE HAVE SOMETHING FUN AND IT'S NOT.

SO IT'D BE GOOD TO GET THAT SPRAYED HERE SOON.

>> ALL RIGHT, ONE ON THE NEXT ONE.

AND I THINK THIS IS THE OMAHA VIEWER.

THIS IS CRABGRASS RIGHT.

>> YEAH.

SO YOU KNOW THIS IS A PRETTY GOOD STAND OF IT.

ONE PRODUCT THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO THINK ABOUT.

SO AGAIN WE TALKED ABOUT RECEDING QUITE A BIT ALREADY.

BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT PRODUCTS EXCLUSIVELY WITH QUINCLORAC IN IT.

AND YOU CAN SEED INTO THAT.

I THINK YOU COULD LOOK AT IT.

I THINK IT'S SEVEN DAYS AFTER YOU'VE SPRAYED, BUT YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T WANT IT MIXED WITH ANYTHING ELSE.

SO YOU DON'T WANT TO MULTI KILLER.

AND THE SAME WITH THIS ONE HERE.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING YOU CAN USE ON THAT OR WITH SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

YOU KNOW YOU CAN JUST PULL IT TOO.

>> SO 123 CRABGRASS CRABGRASS.

ALL RIGHT.

EXCELLENT AMY TWO PICTURES.

THIS COMES TO US FROM LINCOLN.

SHE SAYS TWO OF HER PEONIES DID NOT DO WELL.

NO FLOWERS, DISCOLORED LEAVES.

OTHERS DID FINE.

WHAT CAN SHE DO?

>> WITH THESE PEONIES, YOU CAN SEE THEY'RE REALLY STUNTED.

YOU MOST LIKELY HAVE A CROWN ROD OF SOME SORT THAT IS AFFECTING THAT PEONY.

MAKE SURE THE MULCH IS PULLED BACK.

SO BECAUSE WE HAD ALL THOSE RAINS EARLY THAT MAYBE FAVORED THAT CROWN ROT, I WOULD ALSO BE TEMPTED TO DIG IT UP AND JUST TAKE A LOOK AT IT.

YOU MAY HAVE TO REPLACE THEM BECAUSE THEY DON'T LOOK VERY GOOD RIGHT NOW.

AND REMEMBER, WHEN YOU REPLANT THE PEONIES OR PUT THEM BACK IN DEPTH IS HUGE.

IF THEY'RE PLANTED TOO DEEP, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO FLOWER.

>> ALL RIGHT, TWO PICS ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS COMES TO US FROM LINCOLN.

WHAT'S CAUSING HIS MUM'S TO TURN BLACK AND DIE OFF.

>> EXACT SAME THING AS THE PEONIES CROWN ROT.

WE HAD JUST BEEN SO SATURATED IN JUNE AND JULY THAT IT'S GONE AFTER OUR PLANTS.

SO WITH THESE MUMS, THERE ISN'T A LOT WE CAN DO.

YOU CAN LOOK AT REPLACING THE MUMS.

THIS ONE IS TRYING TO FIGHT BACK.

SO I WOULD PUSH, PULL BACK SOME OF THAT MULCH AWAY FROM IT SO IT CAN DRY OUT.

IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S JUST A LITTLE TOO WET.

>> OKAY.

AND THREE PICTURES ON THIS ONE, AMY FROM KEARNEY COUNTY.

HER ONIONS STARTED TO SPOIL IN THE GROUND AND WHEN SHE DUG THEM UP THEY CONTINUED TO SPOIL.

THIS HAPPENED LAST YEAR AND SHE DOES ROTATE.

>> THIS IS A HARD ONE.

THIS IS ACTUALLY ALTERNARIA BLIGHT.

IF YOU WOULD LOOK AT EACH RING OF THAT ONION THAT'S INFECTED, IT ACTUALLY GOES BACK TO THE SINGLE LEAF THAT WAS INFECTED BY ALTERNARIA.

SO IT INFECTS THE LEAF AND THEN IT MOVES DOWN TO THAT RING.

AND JUST A RANDOM FACT, EVERY SINGLE RING OF AN ONION HAS ONE LEAF THAT IS ASSOCIATED WITH IT.

SO THE ONLY THING YOU REALLY CAN DO IS CUT THEM UP AND FREEZE THEM AND GET RID OF THE ROTTEN STUFF.

>> ALL RIGHT, DENNIS, TWO PICTURES FROM BELLEVUE DISCOVERED THESE PILES ON HIS DECK STEPS.

HE HAD A COUPLE LAST YEAR, TOO.

AND WHAT KIND OF CRITTER ARE THEY?

>> IT'S A YOUNG RACCOON DEFECATING, AND IT'S HARD FOR ME TO SEE WHAT IT'S EATING.

IT MAY BE WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT AMERICAN POKEWEED, WHICH MAKES HIM SICK, BUT THEY STILL EAT IT WHEN THEY'RE YOUNG.

THE RACCOONS.

>> OKAY, THREE PICTURES ON THE NEXT ONE.

AND THIS ONE IS AN OMAHA VIEWER.

SHE'S SAYING WHAT IS EITHER POOPING OR VOMITING AROUND THE HOUSE?

AND AGAIN.

>> THIS IS THE SAME THING.

THAT'S WHY I'M THINKING IT MAY BE TOXIC TO THEM.

AND YOU GET YOUNG RACCOONS, THEY EAT IT AND THEN THEY GET SICK AND IT'S DEFECATION.

I CAN SEE THAT.

IT'S BEEN SOMEWHAT DIGESTED.

>> ALL RIGHT.

TWO PICTURES ON THIS ONE.

THIS IS AN OMAHA VIEWER.

SHE THINKS SHE HAS A GROUNDHOG.

AND DIGGING UNDER THE DECK, SHE FOUND A SECOND TUNNEL.

SHE TRIED FILLING THE HOLES AND SMOKE BOMBS.

>> SMOKE BOMBS WON'T WORK.

THIS IS FRANKLIN'S GROUND SQUIRREL.

IT'S NOT A WOODCHUCK.

AND IT'S RELATED TO OUR 13 LINED GROUND SQUIRRELS.

BUT THEY DIG LIKE THIS, AND THEY'RE SPOTTY THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

YOU CAN BOX, TRAP IT, OR PACK THE HOLES WITH RO GRAVEL.

SMOKE BOMBS DON'T WORK WHATSOEVER ON ANYTHING.

>> OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

TWO PICTURES ON THIS ONE.

THIS IS ALSO HISTORICAL FORT KEARNEY.

HE THINKS HE HAS BATS EITHER LIVING IN THE ATTIC OR JUST HANGING OUT FROM THE ROOF VENT.

THEY FIND DROPPINGS AS SHOWN IN THE PICTURE.

I THINK WE HAVE A PICTURE OF THAT.

>> I WAS LOOKING AT IT AND TO ME THOSE WEREN'T.

THEY DIDN'T LOOK LIKE TYPICAL BAT DROPPINGS.

AND LOOKING AT THAT LOUVERS, I SAW NO BAT SMUDGE MARKS.

THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF FUNGUS ON THE WHITE, BUT BATS WOULD LEAVE MORE OF A SMUDGE MARK, AND I COULDN'T SEE ANY BATS IN THE LOUVERS.

SO I'M SAYING IT.

MAYBE AN INSECT LEAVING THOSE DROPPINGS.

THEY'RE KIND OF MORE BARREL SHAPED, AND THEY DON'T LOOK LIKE THEY HAVE INSECT EXOSKELETONS IN THEM WHEN I BLEW THEM UP.

SO I'M REALLY QUESTIONING WHETHER THOSE DROPPINGS ARE FROM A BAT.

>> OKAY.

THAT'LL MAKE HIM HAPPY.

WELL, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'VE EVER WANTED TO PICK UP SOME ACORNS FROM A HIKE THAT YOU'VE BEEN ON, YOU DO NEED TO FOLLOW A FEW GUIDELINES IN ORDER TO PLANT THEM AROUND YOUR HOME.

HERE'S TIM DUNGAN WITH A FEW TIPS FOR SAVING SEEDS.

>> ALL RIGHT, SO AS THE CALENDAR TURNS FROM SUMMER TO FALL, WE BEGIN TO SEE THAT MANY OF THE CULTIVATED VARIETIES OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES AND TREES AND FLOWERS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR GARDENS ARE BEGINNING TO SET SEED, MUCH OF WHICH IS OF INTEREST TO US, OR HABITAT FOR BIRDS OR MAMMALS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT AROUND US.

WE SEE THE SAME THING IN STRAIGHT SPECIES AND THE NATIVE SPECIES THAT WE TEND TO SEE IN ROAD DITCHES OR IN PARKS OR IN NATURAL RESOURCES DISTRICTS.

SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO GET SOME OF THOSE STRAIGHT SPECIES INTO YOUR YARD, GROWING THEM, COLLECTING THEM, GERMINATING THEM, AND GROWING THEM IN YOUR BASEMENT DURING THE WINTER OR STARTING NEXT SPRING IN THE GREENHOUSE OR IN A COLD FRAME, IS A WAY FOR YOU TO TO DO THAT.

SO HOW DO WE COLLECT SEEDS?

FIRST OF ALL, LET'S START WITH WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING FIRST.

FIRST OF ALL, YOU NEED TO BE ASKING PERMISSION.

IN MOST PUBLIC LANDS, STATE PARKS, NATURAL RESOURCE DISTRICT AREAS, WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREAS.

IT'S YOU NEED TO GET PERMISSION.

YOU JUST CAN'T TAKE THEM.

SECOND OF ALL, HOW DO YOU COLLECT?

IT'S PRETTY EASY.

YOU COLLECT PIECES IN A BAG, A BAG.

I USUALLY COLLECT A LOT OF PIECES IN A PILL BOTTLE.

YOU WANT TO COLLECT THEM WHEN THEY'RE DRY, MAKE SURE THEY'RE DRY.

SO YOU PROBABLY WANT TO LEAVE THE BAG OPEN FOR A BIT TO MAKE SURE THERE'S NO MOISTURE IN THE BAG OR IN THE BOTTLE.

YOU'LL PROBABLY WANT TO PUT THEM IN THE REFRIGERATOR TILL THEY'RE COOL AND DRY.

AND THEN FINALLY, WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THEM?

SO FOR INFORMATION ON ABOUT HOW TO START THOSE SEEDS OR HOW TO TREAT THOSE SEEDS, LOTS OF RESOURCES INTERNET RESOURCES, CONTACT YOUR EXTENSION AGENT.

CONTACT SOMEONE AT THE GARDEN CENTER.

CALL ME AT GREAT PLAINS NURSERY.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE INTERESTED IN AND SOMETHING WE LIKE TO DO AND SOMETHING WE WANT TO HELP YOU WITH.

>> SAVING SEEDS LIKE THIS CAN BE REALLY A FUN PROJECT FOR YEARS TO COME, AND YOU DO NEED TO FOLLOW THOSE FEW SIMPLE TIPS.

SO YOUR SEEDS DON'T ROT AND THEY DO GERMINATE.

ALL RIGHT, WAYNE, TWO PICTURES FOR THIS ONE.

THIS IS COUNCIL BLUFFS.

THESE WEBS KEEP ENLARGING.

THE FIRST ONE IS NOW A DOUBLE DECKER.

AND WHAT KIND OF SPIDER IS THIS.

DID IT MAKE BOTH WEBS OR IS THERE MORE THAN ONE?

>> THIS IS A FUNNEL WEB OR GRASS SPIDER.

AND NO, THEY DO NOT SHARE.

SO THOSE ARE TWO DIFFERENT SPIDERS.

AND THEY GET BIGGER AS THE SPIDER MATURES AND GETS LARGER.

>> ALL RIGHT.

ONE PICTURE HERE.

THIS SHE SAYS THIS LITTLE GUY MOVED INTO HER KEYPAD BOX.

OH NO.

THIS IS THE ORB WEAVER.

THIS IS THE ORB WEAVER FIRST WANTS TO LEAVE THEM THERE AS LONG AS THE SPIDERS NEED THEM.

WHEN IS IT SAFE TO REMOVE THE WEB?

>> SO AT THIS POINT YOU CAN LEAVE THEM.

AT THIS POINT, IT'S STILL ACTIVE.

I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT TILL AFTER THE FIRST HARD FREEZE, BEFORE YOU'RE GOING TO NOT HAVE THAT SPIDER ACTIVE ANYMORE.

>> ALL RIGHT, ONE PICTURE ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS COMES TO US FROM IRVINGTON.

AND HE SAYS, OH MY, OMG WHAT THE HECK IS THIS?

HAS NEVER SEEN A RED SPIDER BEFORE.

>> THIS IS A WOODLOUSE SPIDER.

THEY ARE ACTUALLY INTRODUCED TO NORTH AMERICA, LIKELY FROM THE MEDITERRANEAN REGION, BUT THEY GO AFTER PILL BUGS OR WOODLOUSE.

AND I'M SORRY I HAVE TO SHARE THIS, BUT JODY SHARED SOMETHING WITH ME THAT FOR THE IT LOOKS LIKE MAYBE SOMEONE THAT'S A GOOD NEIGHBOR THAT'S ALWAYS THERE, THAT HAS THE KHAKI BROWN BACK END WITH THE RED TOP END.

>> OH BROTHER.

>> I DON'T WANT TO GET IN TROUBLE FOR INFRINGEMENT BY SAYING THE EXACT.

>> GOTCHA.

ALL RIGHT, JEFF, ONE PICTURE HERE.

THIS IS A LEXINGTON VIEWER PUT HIS LAWN IS YELLOW.

TWO WEEKS OUT.

HE DID PUT DOWN FERTILIZER WITH IRON.

HASN'T WATERED TOO MUCH GREENING UP.

WHAT DO WE SAY HERE?

>> WELL, I'D BE PATIENT.

I MEAN, IT'S JUST BEEN A COUPLE OF WEEKS, YOU KNOW, BUT I WOULD KIND OF LOOK AT YOUR PROGRAM FOR THE YEAR.

SO HOW OFTEN ARE YOU FERTILIZING?

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ANOTHER TIME HERE IN SEPTEMBER.

YOU COULD PUT DOWN ANOTHER APPLICATION.

SO AND I THINK THEY HAD A QUESTION ABOUT FUNGUS AS WELL.

SO IT'S NOT TOO LATE IF YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT THAT.

IF YOU WANT TO DO A LATE SEASON FUNGUS FUNGICIDE APPLICATION, THIS WOULD BE FINE AND KIND OF GET YOU OFF TO A GOOD START NEXT YEAR.

>> ALL RIGHT.

ONE MORE.

AND THIS ONE IS WHY IS THIS TURF VERY LIGHT GREEN ALMOST ALL SUMMER.

>> I WOULD LOOK AT THAT AND SEE IF THAT'S ACTUALLY NUTSEDGE.

AND SO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

AND THEN I ALWAYS THINK, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S SOMETHING UNDER THE GROUND THAT'S CAUSING THAT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

LET'S SEE, AMY TWO PICTURES ON THIS ONE.

THIS IS A CHEROKEE CHIEF HEIRLOOM TOMATO.

GOT THIS LITTLE PIMPLE THEN TURNED INTO THE MOLDY THING ON THE BACK SIDE.

THEY THREW IT AWAY.

THEY'RE WONDERING, WHAT IS IT?

CAN IT BE CUT OUT AND TO EAT?

AND THEN YOU HAVE ANOTHER PICTURE.

SO THAT'S THE BACKSIDE OF THAT CHEROKEE CHIEF.

>> SO THIS IS ANTHRACNOSE.

IT WILL START OFF WITH THAT AND IT WILL MOVE LIKE GANGBUSTERS.

YOU CAN CUT IT OUT AND YOU CAN EAT IT.

BUT IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT STORING IT, DO NOT STORE THOSE.

THEY WILL ROT ON YOU REALLY FAST.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS A JUNIATA VIEWER WHO HAS A LOT OF TOMATOES.

WITH THESE SPOTS.

THEY MIGHT BE WAYNE'S, BUT THEY LOOK A LITTLE FUZZY FOR YOU.

>> LOOK A LITTLE FUZZY.

THAT'S FINE.

THEY CAN COME TO ME.

THIS IS ACTUALLY STINK BUG INJURY.

YOU CAN STILL EAT THEM.

NO PROBLEMS THERE.

YOU CAN, CAN THEM WITH NO PROBLEMS.

>> ALL RIGHT, ONE MORE.

THIS COMES TO US FROM MIDWAY.

BIG COLONIES OF THIS MAXIMILIAN SUNFLOWER.

THEY'VE BEEN BEAUTIFUL.

AND NOW THEY HAVE THIS, USUALLY FROM THE BOTTOM UP.

>> THIS IS SEPTORIA LEAF BLIGHT THAT WE FIND EVEN IN OUR CULTIVATED SUNFLOWER FIELDS.

VERY COMMON FUNGAL DISEASE.

WITH THE WET WEATHER.

>> ANYTHING THEY CAN DO.

>> NOTHING YOU CAN DO.

SANITATION IS GOING TO BE THE BIG THING.

IF YOU HAVE IT AGAIN NEXT YEAR, YOU CAN COME IN WITH SOME FUNGICIDE APPLICATIONS, CHLOROTHALONIL OR SOME COPPER BASED PRODUCTS TO SLOW IT DOWN.

MAKE SURE YOU'RE NOT IRRIGATING FROM ABOVE NEXT YEAR.

>> ALL RIGHT DENNIS, ONE PICTURE HERE.

THIS IS A NORTH PLATTE VIEWER DUG THE TATERS AND FOUND THAT SEVERAL HAD BEEN EATEN BY SOMETHING.

>> THIS IS A VOLE OR A 13 LINED GROUND SQUIRREL, MOST LIKELY A VOLE, BECAUSE THEY'LL DO IT UNDERGROUND WITHOUT YOU KNOWING ABOUT IT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND THEY LEFT THE SKIN, SO APPARENTLY THEY DON'T LIKE THE SKIN OF THE POTATOES.

>> YOU CAN HAVE POTATO SKINS.

>> BINGO.

>>TWO PICTURES ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS IS A SIOUX CITY VIEWER.

SHE SAID.

THIS CANTALOUPE HAS BITE MARKS ON IT.

WHAT DID THIS?

AND THEN SHE SAID, IS IT SAFE TO EAT?

>> WELL, I WOULD JUST CUT OUT THAT AREA AND SAY IT'S PROBABLE A SQUIRREL.

LOOKING AT THE TEETH MARKS.

BUT WE EVEN SEE MORE DAMAGE THAT HAVE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT TEETH MARKS WITH COYOTES EATEN MELONS, WHICH IS FAIRLY COMMON.

BUT THIS IS DEFINITELY NOT COYOTES.

THIS IS A SQUIRREL.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND TWO PICTURES ON THIS ONE.

THIS IS A VIEWER WHO SAW SOMETHING WHITE STICKING OUT OF THE MULCH.

SHE THOUGHT IT WAS A MUSHROOM, BUT IT WAS HARD WHEN SHE TOUCHED IT.

SHE PULLED OUT AN EGG.

WHAT IS IT?

>> SHE WAS RIGHT IN THE BEGINNING.

IT'S A MUSHROOM.

IT'S A STINKHORN.

>> IT'S STINKHORN.

BUT IT DOES LOOK LIKE A DINOSAUR EGG.

>> YEAH.

>> BUT IT'S NOT AN EGG OF A SNAKE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

IT'S DEFINITELY THE WAY THAT.

YEAH, IT'S A STINKHORN.

IT'S.

PLUS, IT'S THE WRONG TIME OF YEAR, AND IT'S BY ITSELF TO BE, YOU KNOW, AN EGG OR A BIRD OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

SO IT'S JUST A HARD STINKHORN IF YOU CRACK IT OPEN, YOU CAN'T CRACK IT.

BUT IF YOU CUT IT OPEN, IT'S ALL JELLY IN THERE.

AND THAT'S THE MUSH, SO IT'S.

>> IT'S ME.

>> IT'S.

YEAH.

IT DOESN'T LOOK EXACTLY LIKE THE SNAKE EGGS.

LIKE THEY USUALLY.

>> NOTHING TO ME.

NOTHING LIKE A SNAKE EGG.

>> EXACTLY.

WELL, AND THAT'S ALL THE TIME WE HAVE FOR THIS WEEK'S BACKYARD FARMER.

THANKS TO EVERYBODY WHO SUBMITTED QUESTIONS THIS WEEK.

THANKS TO OUR PANEL FOR ANOTHER GREAT SHOW HELPING US ON THE PHONE TONIGHT WE HAD CAROL RUSTAD, GARY BELL, AND NEBRASKA EXTENSION EDUCATOR TERRI JAMES.

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