>>> "BACKYARD FARMER" IS A COPRODUCTION OF NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA.

AND NEBRASKA EXTENSION.

>> TONIGHT ON, "BACKYARD FARMER."

WE'LL GIVE YOU SOME IDEAS FOR DIVERSE TREES AROUND YOUR HOME AND DO SOME WELL-TIMED PRUNING ON SHRUBS.

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

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WE HAVE SAMPLES AS ALWAYS NOW.

AND KYLE, YOU HAVE SOME PINNED THINGS?

>> I DO.

I HAVE SOME LILAC BORERS HERE.

SO THESE ARE -- I BROUGHT IN BECAUSE THEY ARE GOING TO BE EMERGING HERE WITHIN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS IN MUCH OF NEBRASKA.

SO THESE ARE THE ADULT MOTHS RIGHT HERE.

THESE ARE DAY FLYING MOTHS AND SO THEY -- THEY'RE ACTUALLY MIMICKING WASPS.

AND THEY'RE IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEY BORE INTO ASH, LILAC, AND SOMETIMES PRIVET.

GENERALLY SPEAKING, THEY LIKE TO TUNNEL INTO SMALLER ASH TREES, LARGER LILAC.

AND WHEN THEY DO THAT, THEY CAN CAUSE WEAKENING OF THOSE SHRUBS, OR BRANCHES, WHICH CAN LEAD TO BREAKING DURING STORMS.

SOMETIMES SMALLER TREES THAT ARE HEAVILY ATTACKED CAN BE KILLED OUT RIGHT.

SO GENERALLY SPEAKING, LIKE IN LILAC, THESE ARE GENERALLY MANAGED WITH GOOD PRUNING PRACTICES.

JUST OVERALL GOOD HEALTH MANAGEMENT PRACTICES.

OTHERWISE, IF YOU HAVE A HISTORY OF PROBLEMS YOU CAN MANAGE WITH INSECTICIDAL TREATMENTS.

ABOUT 10 DAYS AFTER THEY EMERGE, WHICH WOULD BE IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.

>> ALL RIGHT, I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE A LOT OF TROUBLE WITH THAT, INCLUDING US ON CAMPUS.

>> YES.

>> ALL RIGHT, JEFF.

WHAT DID YOU BRING?

>> WELL, BECAUSE IT IS MAYDAY, THIS IS THE, "MAY LILY OF THE VALLEY DAY."

SO I BROUGHT LILY OF THE VALLEY.

IT JUST STARTED FLOWERING TODAY.

SO WE GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT TO DO UNDERNEATH OUR TREES.

CAN I GROW GRASS THERE?

SHOULD I GROW GRASS THERE?

WE TALK ABOUT MULCHING.

GROUNDCOVERS ARE A GOOD OPTION.

AND THIS IS ONE THAT WILL PERFORM PRETTY WELL UNDER MOST OF OUR TREES.

I HAVE IT GROWING UNDERNEATH AN OHIO BUCKEYE AND IT DOES REALLY WELL.

OVER TIME, IT CAN KIND OF SPREAD INTO THE LAWN AREA.

AND I JUST CONTROL IT BY MOWING IT.

SO I DON'T GET TOO WORRIED ABOUT IT.

BUT IT DOES A GOOD JOB, IT'S FLOWERING RIGHT NOW, IT'S PRETTY.

YOU KNOW?

SO, SOME THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND.

IT'S THE NATIONAL FLOWER OF FINLAND.

THOSE ARE THINGS YOU CAN KEEP IN MIND.

AND IT CAN BE -- OR IT CAN BE POISONOUS.

SO YOU DON'T WANT TO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE IT IN WATER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, AS A CUT FLOWER YOU DON'T WANT TO LET YOUR PETS DRINK OUT OF THAT.

SO, ANYWAY.

>> ALL RIGHT, EXCELLENT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

KYLE, YES, I KNOW YOU THINK IT IS LOVELY.

>> IT'S NOT THE NATIONAL FLOWER OF FINLAND, THOUGH.

BUT I WAS -- THIS TIME OF THE YEAR, IN GARDEN CENTERS PICKING OUT BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS FOR OUR ANNUAL BEDS, THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND THIS WAS -- SOMETIMES WHEN YOU ARE OUT LOOKING AT FLOWERS, SOME OF THEM LOOK GREAT, OTHER TIMES THEY LOOK NOT-SO GREAT.

AND WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON HERE, THIS IS ACTUALLY A BOTRYTIS, AND SO, IT'S A FUNGUS THAT HAS COME IN AND IS BASICALLY ATTACKING THE BUDS AND THE FLOWERS.

GREAT THINGS ABOUT PLANTS LIKE THIS, THOUGH, IS OFTEN THE GARDEN CENTERS, THEY WOULD JUST WANT TO GIVE THEM AWAY FOR FREE.

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS PLUCK OFF HIS DEAD TISSUE, YOU CAN PLANT IT, GIVE IT A LITTLE BIT OF TENDER LOVE AND CARE.

AND CHANCES ARE IT WILL COME BACK JUST FINE.

THE WAYS WE TRY TO CONTROL BOTRYTIS -- AT LEAST IN OUR OWN HOME SETTINGS IS REALLY THROUGH MOISTURE MANAGEMENT AND SPACING.

SO, MAKING SURE WE HAVE OUR PLANTS SPACED PROPERLY APART AND NOT OVERWATERING THEM.

>> EXCELLENT.

ALL RIGHT, DENNIS.

WE KNOW WHAT YOU BROUGHT.

>> I'VE BEEN GETTING A NUMBER OF CALLS OF BULL SNAKES ON TRAILS.

BULL SNAKE IS THE MOST COMMON SNAKE IN THE STATE.

THEY'RE A RODENT FEEDER.

THE ONLY SNAKE WITH A POINTED ROSTRUM, OR NOSE.

SO IT'S THE ONLY ONE THAT CAN POSSIBLY MAKE ITS OWN HOLE.

ALL OTHER SNAKES USE HOLE'S OF OTHER ANIMALS.

THEY'RE VERY, I MEAN, THEY WILL HISS BECAUSE THETY'RE SCARED.

THEY'LL RATTLE THEIR TAIL, LIKE ALL SNAKES DO, BECAUSE THEY'RE SCARED.

BUT THEY ARE A CONSTRICTOR.

AND THEY ONLY CONSTRICT ON THINGS ABOUT A POUND.

SO, A RAT OR SMALLER.

THEY WOULDN'T GO AFTER A CAT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

MAYBE A SMALL RABBIT.

AND THEIR TEETH ARE EXTREMELY SMALL.

SO A BITE, IT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU WOULD WORRY ABOUT.

I WOULD BITE FIRST BEFORE THESE GUYS BITE.

I CAN'T GET THESE GUYS TO BITE ME EVER.

BUT, YEAH.

SO, THEIR COLOR CAN BE DARK, OR LIGHT LIKE THIS ONE.

AND PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SEEING THEM ON THE TRAILS.

JUST GIVE THEM SOME SPACE AND LET THEM EAT THE RODENTS.

>> THAT IS A BEAUTIFUL ONE.

THAT COLOR IS GORGEOUS.

>> YEAH, I KNOW, I'VE ONLY SEEN I GUESS REALLY DARK ONES.

>> THE DARK ONES.

>> GIVE THEM PLENTY OF SPACE, THOUGH, I RECOMMEND THAT.

>> LIKE KYLE WHO IS HALFWAY OUT OF THE STUDIO BY NOW.

LLL >> YEAH, WE'LL PUT HIM BACK IN YOUR BAG.

>> NOW IT'LL JUST BE CRAWLING AROUND MY FEET THE REST OF THE REST OF THE SHOW.

IT'S AWESOME.

>> DENNIS, DO YOU NEED SOME HELP?

>> NO I'M -- >> KYLE, HOLD THAT BAG FOR HIM.

>> HE'LL GO IN THE BAG ON HIS OWN.

SEE -- >> OR NOT.

>> THAT GOES IN THERE.

>> IT'S LIKE WINDING UP A HOSE IN YOUR GARDEN.

>> IT FEELS SAFER IN THE BAG.

>> ALL RIGHT.

KYLE, ON THAT NOTE, OTHER KYLE YOU CAN SIT BACK DOWN.

YOU HAVE ONE QUESTION, OR ONE PICTURE ON THIS FIRST ONE, KYLE.

THIS IS AN OMAHA VIEWER.

HE THOUGHT THESE WERE DEAD SPRUCE NEEDLES.

WHICH THEY ARE.

THEY LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE HELD TOGETHER.

IS IT ATTACHED, WHAT IS IT?

AND IT'S YOURS.

>> YEAH, SO THERE IS A WEBBING IN THERE.

THIS LOOKS LIKE SPRUCE NEEDLE MINER.

REALLY SMALL CATARPILLARS, IT'S A MOTH, THE SMAL CATERPILLARS THEY MINE INTO THOSE NEEDLES, THEY MAKE A SMALL HOLES AT THE BASE.

AND AFTER THEY ARE DONE, THEY KIND OF CUT THOSE AND THEN WEB THEM TOGETHER.

SO THESE -- THEY OVERWINTER AS NEARLY MATURE LARVAE, AND THEY START FEEDING AGAIN IN EARLY SPRING.

SO, RIGHT NOW IS ABOUT THE TIME THAT THEY WITH THE GET CLOSE TO MATURING, PUPATING.

AND THEN WE'LL SEE ADULTS HERE PRETTY SOON.

SO, IF THERE SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM, YOU CAN TREAT THESE.

THE TIMING FOR THAT WOULD BE PROBABLY ABOUT A MONTH OR SO WHEN THOSE EGGS START TO HATCH.

TO START HANDPICKING, SPRAYING THEM OFF WITH WATER, AND THEN DESTROYING THOSE IS USUALLY PRETTY GOOD IN MOST SETTINGS.

>> ALL RIGHT.

IT LOOKS AN LOT LIKE BAGWORMS.

>> IT DOES, THEY'RE SMALLER BUT YEAH.

>> OKAY COOL, ALL RIGHT.

YOU HAVE TWO PICTURES ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS IS AN OMAHA VIEWER.

SHE WALKED INTO A SWARM OF THESE LITTLE BITTY THINGS.

THEY WERE CRAWLING ON HER CAR.

SHE THOUGHT THEY WERE TICS, AND THEN THEY'RE NOT.

TWO MILLIMETERS LONG, FLY READLY, WINGS TRANSLUCENT AND FAINTLY BROWN.

>> YEAH.

ELM FLEA WEEVLES.

AND SO, FORTUNATELY, NOT TICS.

THEY ARE TOTALLY HARMLESS.

THEY FEED ON PRETTY MUCH ALL ELMS, BUT REALLY DON'T CAUSE ANY CONSIDERABLE HARM TO THE TREE.

IT'S PRETTY MUCH, JUST COSMETIC.

SO, NOTHING TO REALLY BE CONCERNED ABOUT.

>> AND THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BITE HER?

>> NO, DEFINITELY NOT.

ALL RIGHT, EXCELLENT.

ALL RIGHT, JEFF.

TWO PICS ON THIS ONE HERE.

THIS IS A SIOUX CITY VIEWER, SHE SAYS HOW DOES SHE GET RID OF THIS WEED?

IF SHE DIGS IT UP, EVERY LITTLE PIECE OF THE RHIZOME GROWS BACK.

GLYPHOSATE KILLS THE TOP, BUT NOT THE ROOT.

>> YOU KNOW, FOR THIS PARTICULAR PLANT, IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS TOUGH.

I INITIALLY THOUGHT IT WAS FRENCH QUICKWEED.

BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S THAT.

I THINK IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING ELSE.

SO IT WOULD BE HELPFUL, WHEN IT FLOWERS, TO GET A FLOWER FROM IT.

THAT WOULD REALLY HELP US WITH THE I.D.

BUT IN THE MEANTIME, A LOT OF WEEDS ARE KIND OF BECOMING GLYPHOSATE RESISTANT.

THE ARE SOME OF THE NEW, NON-SELECTIVE FORMULAS OUT THERE.

TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE LABELS.

BUT THAT MIGHT BE AN IDEAL SORT OF EXPERIMENT TO TRY ONE OF THOSE NEW NON-SELECTIVE MIXES TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

AND AGAIN, YOU CAN KIND OF LOOK AT A FALL APPLICATION.

KEEP IT UNDER CONTROL IN THE MEANTIME.

>> THANKS, JEFF.

YOU HAVE TWO PICTURES ON THIS NEXT ONE ALSO.

THIS COMES FROM US FROM THE EUSTIS-COZAD AREA.

WHAT IS THIS, SMALL PLANT WITH FOUR-PETALED BLUE FLOWERS.

IT'S IN A BUFFALO GRASS LAWN.

IF IT'S A GOOD PERRENIAL THEY WANT TO KEEP IT.

OTHERWISE, HOW DO THEY GET RID OF IT?

>> WELL I GUESS BEAUTY IS IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER, RIGHT?

IT'S A BLUE FLOWER, KIND OF FUN.

IT'S NOT A NATIVE PLANT, IT IS BLUE MUSTARD.

AND IT CAN BE A BIT OF A PROBLEM.

SO IT MAY NOT BE ONE THAT YOU, WANT TO, WHILE YOU MAY ALLOW IT TO FLOWER, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO WANT IT TO SET SEED.

SO YOU MAY WANT TO CONTROL IT THAT WAY.

IT CAN BE A BIT RESISTANT TO HERBICIDE.

SO THIS IS ANOTHER ONE YOU MAY WANT TO LOOK AT THE MECHANICAL REMOVAL, OR DIFFERENT SORT OF NON-SELECTIVE THAN THE TYPICAL GLYPHOSATE.

>> ALL RIGHT THANKS, JEFF.

WE HAVE -- THIS IS ACTUALLY A LIGHTNING ROUND.

BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE PICTURES AND IT WAS A LITTLE HARD.

NOW WE DO.

THIS IS A BELLEVUE VIEWER.

ASPARAGUS COMING UP TWISTED.

A 20-YEAR-OLD PATCH AND NOT INSECTS.

WHAT IS THIS?

>> YOU ARE LUCKY IT ONLY TOOK YOU 20 YEARS TO GET SOME FASCIATED ASPARAGUS.

THAT'S JUST A -- SOMETHING WENT WRONG WITH THE GROWING POINT.

WHETHER IT IS CAUSED BY A DISEASE, RANDOM MUTATION, INSECT FEEDING, SOMETHING HAPPENED TO THAT GROWING POINT THAT MADE IT JUST TO GROW WEIRD.

KIND OF A LOT WIDER, AND TWISTY.

IT MAY SHOW UP AGAIN.

IT MOST LIKELY WON'T.

SO JUST SOMETHING TO BE COOL, SOMETHING FUN IN YOUR GARDEN THIS YEAR.

>> ALL RIGHT.

TWO PICTURES ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS IS GREENHOUSE TOMATOES, I BELIEVE.

OR CLOSE, THEY LOOK LIKE THIS.

IS IT SUN, OR IS IT WIND BURN?

>> IT COULD BE A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH.

YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THINGS CAN KIND OF CAUSE THOSE TOMATO LEAVES TURN WHITE.

THE NICE THING IS, THERE IS NO DISEASE PROBLEM.

SO, IF YOU ARE SEEING PLANTS LIKE THIS IN YOUR GREENHOUSES, ONCE YOU GET THEM OUTSIDE, THEY SHOULD BE OKAY.

ALSO, YOU WILL SEE THAT A LOT OF YOU TAKE TOMATOES OUTSIDE BEFORE THEY HAVE BEEN HARDEND OFF.

SO, MAYBE JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS, IF YOU'RE SEEING THAT MAYBE MAKE SURE TO GIVE THEM A LITTLE MORE CARE AT NIGHT.

>> THAT'S A GOOD POINT.

BECAUSE, PEOPLE ARE FRANTIC TO GET THEIR PLANTS PURCHASED AND GET THEM OUT.

YOU DON'T JUST GO FROM IN TO OUT.

>> YOU KNOW, THERE IS A LOT MORE TO GARDENING THAN I THOUGH THERE USED TO BE.

>> WE KEEP TRYING TO TELL PEOPLE THAT.

>> ALL RIGHT, DENNIS.

YOU HAVE THREE PICTURES FOR THIS FIRST ONE.

THIS IS AN ASHLAND VIEWER.

THE SKAT IS ON CONCRETE LOADED WITH SEED AND THE PRINTS, THE FOOTPRINTS, THIS IS IN A SANDY BEACH AREA.

SO THERE IS THE PRINT WITH THE BALL POINT PEN NEXT TO IT.

WITHIN 15-20 FEET OF THE SKAT, HE IS WONDERING IS IT RACCOONS?

AND IF IT IS, DO YOU HAVE ANY MAGIC TO KEEP THEM FROM SCAVENGING IN TURF?

THEY ARE NOT AFTER GRUBS, THEY'RE JUST WIGGING AND DIGGING.

>> YEAH, IT' DEFINITELY A YOUNGER RACCOON, THE PRINT AND THAT TYPE OF SCAT.

WITH RACCOONS, REMEMBER TO BE CAREFUL.

THEY DO CARRY FLEAS, TICKS AND RABIES.

SO BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL.

THE BEST THING TO DO IS BOX OR LIVE TRAP USING A MARSHMALLOW.

BECAUSE IF YOU USE A MARSHMALLOW YOU WON'T GET THE NEIGHBORHOOD CATS.

AND HANG IT IN THE TRAP.

SO IT'S A BOX TRAP AND THEY CAN SEE THE MARSHMALLOW HANGING FROM THE TOP.

THEY CAN'T GRAB IT.

IT SWINGS.

ONCE YOU GET THEM, CALL ANIMAL CONTROL IF YOU'RE IN A MUNICIPALITY.

OR YOU CAN CALL WILDLIFE REHAB.

DO NOT, DO NOT, TRANSLOCATE OR MOVE A RACCOON.

THAT IS AGAINST REGULATIONS.

AND IT'LL BE A SLOW, AGONIZING DEATH TO THE RACCOON.

IN SOME AREAS, YOU ARE ALLOWED TO DISPATCH OR PROPERLY EUTHANIZED THE RACCOON.

BUT IF YOU CAN POSSIBLY CALL THE PROPER PEOPLE TO TAKE CARE OF IT ONCE IT IS IN THE TRAP.

BUT THERE ARE NO REPELLENTS THAT WORK.

YOUR BEST THING IS TO REMOVE THOSE INDIVIDUALS.

>> ALL RIGHT, EXCELLENT.

YOU HAVE ONE PICTURE ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS IS, SHE FOUND THIS PILE OF SKAT ON ON HER LAWN BETWEEN TWO HOUSES.

SHE WONDERS WHO LEFT HIS GIFT.

>> IT IS PELLETIZED, IT'S ON THE SURFACE, SO IT'S NOT A GOPHER.

IS PROBABLY A YOUNGER DEER.

WITH THAT AMOUNT, THE DEER IS EATING PRETTY GOOD.

LLL IT DEFINITELY LOOKS LIKE WHITETAIL, NOT MULE DEER.

SO, WITHOUT HAVING A SCALE NEXT TO IT, I CAN'T TELL YOU FOR SURE.

BUT IS DEFINITELY A DEER.

>> EXCELLENT.

AND ONE PICTURE ON THE NEXT ONE.

OUR AUDIENCE IS GOING TO THINK WE'VE LOST OUR MINDS.

HERE WE HAVE A BIRD BATH.

THIS IS AN OMAHA VIEWER.

HE SAYS THIS PEDESTAL HAD BEEN KNOCKED OFF THREE TIMES IN A ROW.

HE THOUGHT IT WAS, "SQUIRRELS GONE WILD."

THEN HE REMOVED A FURNITURE COVER ON A BENCH AND HERE CAME A RACCOON, GAVE HIM THE STINK EYE.

LLL SO HE IS KIND OF WONDERING, OKAY, DOES HE JUST NOT PUT THAT UP THERE AGAIN?

HE WAS PROBABLY PUTTING IT UP THERE TO GET A DRINK.

AGAIN, GETTING RID OF THE RACCOON.

>> YEAH, LIVE-TRAPPING OR CAGE-TRAPPING THE RACCOON, AND THEN CALLING THE PROPER PEOPLE IS YOUR BEST WAY.

DO NOT TRY TO HANDLE THE CAGE WITH THE RACCOON IN IT.

IT'S VERY DANGEROUS FOR YOU.

>> ALL RIGHT, EXCELLENT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WELL TONIGHT WE WILL HEAR FROM A LOCAL NURSERY OWNER ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF DIVERSITY IN YOUR TREE SELECTION.

HEATHER BYERS OF GREAT PLAINS NURSERY SAYS A GOOD SELECTION OF VARIOUS TREES WILL NOT ONLY MAKE YOUR HOME MORE BEAUTIFUL, YOU'RE ALSO GOING TO BENEFIT FROM AVOIDING SOME OF THOSE MAJOR PROBLEMS YOU HEAR ABOUT ON OUR SHOW.

>> A HEALTHY HOME LANDSCAPE STARTS WITH A DIVERSE CANOPY OF TREES, SHRUBS, AND PERENNIALS.

TODAY WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT DIVERSITY IN REGARDS TO TREES.

THE FIRST THING TO THINK ABOUT IN REGARDS TO YOUR TREES IS YOUR LARGE, MATURING, SHADE TREES.

HAVING ONE OR TWO, LARGE, MATURING SHADE TREES ON YOUR PROPERTY IS THIS IS ESSENTIAL.

THOSE ARE THE TREES THAT PROVIDE THE MOST SHADE, GIVING ENERGY SAVINGS, AND ALSO PROVIDE STORMWATER MITIGATION.

THEY SLOW DOWN WIND, PROVIDE PROTECTION FOR YOUR PROPERTY.

YOU CAN ALSO CONSIDER ORNAMENTAL TREES FOR YOUR PROPERTY.

THOSE ADD A LOT OF VALUE WITH BEAUTY, POLLINATORS.

A POLLINATOR HABITAT, OFTENTES YOU CAN INTRODUCE DIFFERENT BERRIES, AND LOTS OF GREAT FALL COLOR.

AND FALL COLOR IS A WONDERFUL ADDITION FOR ANY SIZE TREE.

AND IT'S REALLY IS FUN TO MIX UP THE DIFFERENT SPECIES IN REGARDS TO THE HABITAT THAT YOU CAN CREATE.

AND THEN ALL OF THE DIFFERENT INTEREST AND TEXTURES THAT YOU CAN CREATE FOR YOUR YARD.

DIVERSITY OF SPECIES IS ESSENTIAL WHEN IT COMES TO BEING RESILIENT AGAINST INSECT AND DISEASE PRESSURES.

IF SOMETHING NEW MOVES IN, MOST RECENTLY WE CAN REMEMBER EMERALD ASH BORER, DUTCH ELM DISEASE -- WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IS NEXT ON THE HORIZON.

SO BY HAVING A WELL-DIVERSED HOME LANDSCAPE, AND COMMUNITY LANDSCAPE IT SETS YOURSELF UP FOR A MUCH MORE RESILIENT LANDSCAPE THAT CAN WITHSTAND AND -- YOU ARE LOSING MUCH LESS OF YOUR LANDSCAPE.

SO MAYBE YOU JUST LOSE ONE TREE VERSUS LOSING, MULTIPLE TREES ON YOUR PROPERTY BECAUSE OF HAVING A MONOCULTURE OF TREES.

THAT DIVERSITY IS REALLY KEY.

SOMETHING ELSE TO CONSIDER WHEN CHOOSING THE RIGHT TREES FOR YOUR LANDCAPE WOULD BE FOCUSING ON OUR KEYSTONE SPECIES.

THOSE ARE OUR NATIVE PLANTS THAT HAVE EVOLVED HERE WITHIN OUR ECO-REGION.

AND SUPPORT THE MOST INSECTS AND BIRDS WITHIN OUR REGION.

SO THINGS LIKE OAKS, CHOKE CHERRIES, BLACK CHERRIES, PLUMS.

OUR NATIVE WILLOWS.

ONE OF MY FAVORITES IS PRAIRIE WILLOW, WHICH OFFER A SMALLER SIZED PLANT.

WHEN IT COMES TO CHOOSING NEW PLANTS FOR YOUR HOME SKATE, CONSIDER DIVERSITY WITH TEXTURE, COLOR, AND NATIVES.

ANOTHER THING TO CONSIDER WHEN CHOOSING NEW TREES FOR YOUR LANDSCAPE IS THE SIZE OF TREES.

YOUNG TREES IN THE SIZE OF ANYWHERE FROM ONE FOOT UP TO FIVE, SIX, SEVEN FEET TALL ARE YOUNG TREES OFTEN WITHIN THAT 3-TO-4-YEAR-OLD RANGE.

AND THOSE HAVE SHOWN US TIME AND TIME AGAIN THAT THEY TRANSPLANT REALLY WELL.

THEY CAN INITIATE NEW ROOTS QUICKLY, BEING A YOUNG TREE.

AND THAT PROVES TO HAVE TRANSPLANT SUCCESS AND LONG-TERM LIABILITY AND SUCCESS WITHIN OUR LANDSCAPE.

>> IF YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT PLANTING TREES AND BUYING THE RIGHT ONES, CHECK OUT ALL OF OUR TREE VIDEOS ON THE BACKYARD FARMER YOUTUBE CHANNEL.

GOOD ADVICE FROM HEATHER ON THAT ONE.

ALL RIGHT TWO PICTURES KYLE ON THIS NEXT ONE.

THIS COMES FROM AMHERST, NEBRASKA.

FOUND THESE ON HIS ASPARAGUS IN A THREE FOOT AREA.

DOESN'T SEE ANY BUGS CRAWLING AROUND ON THE SPEARS, SHE WANTS TO KNOW SHOULD SHE DO ANYTHING TO KEEP WHATEVER THIS IS FROM INFECTING THE WHOLE ASPARAGUS BED?

CAN SHE JUST WASH THEM UP AND EAT THEM?

>> YEAH, YOU CAN WASH THEM OF AND EAT THEM.

SO THESE ARE THE EGGS OF COMMON ASPARAGUS BEETLES.

SO RIGHT WHEN ASPARAGUS EMERGE, AS THEY OVERWINTER AS ADULTS, THE ADULTS WILL WILL COME OUT, START FEEDING AND LAYING EGGS.

THAT IS WHAT IS LEFT BEHIND, IS THOSE EGGS.

THEY CAN SORT OF MOSTLY CAUSE COSMETIC DAMAGE TO THE ASPARAGUS, THEY FEED ON IT, CAUSE IT TO CURL.

GENERALLY SPEAKING, YOU KNOW, HANDPICKING AND SMALL PLANTINGS CAN BE OKAY, JUST REMOVE THOSE EGGS AND TAKE THOSE OFF.

PUT ANY ADULTS THAT YOU FIND INTO A BUCKET OF SOAPY WATER TO GET RID OF THEM.

OTHERWISE, CULTURAL MANAGEMENT ALSO CAN HELP REDUCE NUMBERS.

THEY OVERWINTER, IN THE ASPARAGUS, SO YOU KNOW, CLEANING THAT UP ONCE IT'S DEAD IN THE FALL OR WINTER WILL HELP REDUCE THAT OVER THE WINTERING POPULATION.

>> ALL RIGHT, EXCELLENT.

ONE PICTURE ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS IS A GRETNA VIEWER.

THEY HAVE BEEN BLESSED WITH WHAT THEY THINK IS A SWARM OF CLOVER MITES.

THEY DON'T HAVE A PESTICIDE CONTRACT, THEY DO KNOW THEY NEED TO CALL.

THEY ARE WONDERING ABOUT BIFENTHRIN, THYME OIL, ANYTHING ELSE?

WHAT DO THEY DO ABOUT CLOVER MITES?

>> YEAH, CLOVER MITES, THEY'RE A BIG PROBLEM THIS TIME OF THE YEAR.

SOMETIMES IN THE FALL TOO.

BUT IT'S VERY COMMON THAT THEY COME INTO HOMES IN EARLY SPRING LIKE THIS.

REALLY THE BEST THING I THINK IS JUST VACUUMING THESE UP.

IT'S A RELATIVELY SHORT LIVED ISSUE.

THEY ARE PLANT FEEDERS, ESPECIALLY IN TURF.

AND, YOU KNOW, FOR WHATEVER REASON POPULATION BUILDS UP, THEY WANDER INTO HOMES SOMETIMES.

IF IT IS SORT OF AN ONGOING ISSUE, YOU CAN PROVIDE A BARRIER, ABOUT AT LEAST A TWO FOOT BARRIER BETWEEN YOUR HOME AND ANY LANDSCAPING, TURF OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

YOU KNOW, SOMETHING LIKE MULCH, ROCKS, THAT HELPS PREVENT THOSE FROM COMING INTO THE HOUSE.

YOU KNOW, BUT OTHERWISE, JUST VACUUMING THEM UP, YOU CAN USE SOME DOUBLE-SIDED TAPE AROUND THOSE WINDOWSILLS WHERE THEY ARE COMING IN TO HELP STOP THEM IN THEIR TRACKS.

IF YOU REALLY WANT TO SPRAY, YOU COULD USE BIFENTHRIN AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE HOUSE.

OUTSIDE ON THE FOUNDATION.

MAYBE OUT ABOUT 10 FEET INTO THE TURF.

I DON'T GENERALLY RECOMMEND IT UNLESS IT IS AN EXTREME CASE BECAUSE IT'S NOT THE MOST EFFECTIVE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

EXCELLENT.

ONE PICTURE ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS IS A LINCOLN VIEWER.

HE SAID THESE GUYS ARE COMING IN FROM THE BASEMENT OUTSIDE AND THEY DIE WHEN IT IS NOT MOIST.

SPRAYS DON'T KILL THEM, WHAT ARE THEY?

>> IT IS A ROLY-POLY, PILL BUG OR SOW BUG HERE.

YEAH.

THEY'RE TERRESTRIAL CRUSTACEANS.

THEY NEED HIGH MOISTURE SO THEY COMMONLY COME INTO BASEMENTS, PLACES LIKE THAT.

YOU KNOW, SO REDUCING MOISTURE, RUNNING A DEHUMIDIFIER IN THE BASEMENT, WHATEVER.

AND ALSO LOOKING FOR ANY SORT OF LANDSCAPING AROUND THAT MIGHT BE CONTRIBUTING TO THEM.

SORT OF A BUILDUP OF MULCH, OR DECAYING PLANT MATTER AROUND THE FOUNDATION.

THAT MIGHT SORT OF BE PROVIDING AN AVENUE FOR THOSE TO COME INSIDE.

SO REDUCING THAT SORT OF THING.

YEAH, ANY MOISTURE ISSUES, THAT CAN HELP PREVENT THEM FROM COMING INSIDE.

BUT DON'T SPRAY THEM.

THERE'S NOTHING YOU NEED TO DO.

JUST VACUUM THEM UP.

>> EXCELLENT.

ALL RIGHT.

JEFF, ONE PICTURE ON THIS ONE.

THIS IS A VIEWER WHO WANTS TO KNOW HOW TO CONTROL SAND BURRS BEFORE THEY DO THIS.

>> OKAY.

WELL, I THINK THAT YOUR BEST CHOICE WOULD BE TO CONTACT YOUR LOCAL CHEMICAL SUPPLIER.

THERE IS ONE PRODUCT THAT WE ACTUALLY USE IN SOME OF OUR WARM SEASONS GRASSES CALLED PLATEAU.

IT'S IMAZAPIC.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER PRODUCTS THAT HAVE THAT CHEMICAL IN IT.

THAT'S THE ONLY ON I'M FAMILIAR WITH.

SO THAT'S REALLY EFFECTIVE.

IT'S LABELED FOR SAND BURRS.

SO I WOULD TALK TO SOMEONE SELLING THAT PRODUCT.

HAVE THEM LOOK AT THE LABEL WITH YOU, GO OVER HOW YOU WOULD APPLY THAT PRODUCT APPROPRIATELY.

SO THAT WOULD BE I THINK THE FIRST CHOICE.

THE SECOND CHOICE WOULD BE TO USE A LIQUID PENDIMETHALIN.

SAME SORT OF EQUIPMENT TO APPLY THAT.

THE ONE WE USE IS PROWL.

THAT'S ALSO VERY EFFECTIVE FOR THIS KIND OF PROBLEM.

>> ALL RIGHT, EXCELLENT.

TWO PICTURES ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS IS A LINCOLN VIEWER TRYING TO ESTABLISH A NATIVE GRASS POLLINATOR AREA.

IT IS HIS FIRST YEAR HE'S GOT THIS COMING UP.

HE WONDERS IS THIS A KEEPER OR A WEED?

>> WELL, IT'S PRETTY.

IT'S A WEED.

AND THAT'S ONE THAT KIND OF LIKE THE BLUE.

THIS IS WILD MUSTARD.

THE OTHER WAS BLUE MUSTARD, SO SAME KIND OF ISSUE.

THEY PRODUCE A WHOLE BUNCH OF SEED.

SO YOU WILL WANT TO REMOVE THAT AS THE FLOWERING IS DONE.

AS SOON AS YOU GET DONE ENJOYING THAT.

AND THEN LOOK AT MAYBE A FALL PRE-EMERGENT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO CONTROL THAT IN AREAS WHERE YOU'RE SEEING A PROBLEM.

>> ALL RIGHT, EXCELLENT.

AND ONE PICTURE ON THE NEXT ONE, JEFF.

THIS COMES TO US FROM WATSON, MISSOURI.

SHE'S USED SOIL AND ASHES FROM A FIRE THAT WAS BRUSH AND LOGS TO FILL TIRE TRACKS IN THE YARD.

SHE'S WONDERING CAN SHE THEN SEED IT WITH FESCUE?

>> WELL, I WOULD WANT TO DISPERSE THE ASH REALLY WELL.

IT'S GOING TO RAISE YOUR pH CONSIDERABLY.

AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE pH IS THERE, BUT THAT MAY BE A PROBLEM WITH GERMINATION AND JUST THE THRIFTINESS OF THE FESCUES.

SO I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT USING A LITTLE BIT OF ASH, BUT YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE IT IS REALLY WELL DISTRIBUTED.

>> RIGHT, RAKE IT IN OR SOMETHING.

>> RIGHT.

>> OKAY, GOOD.

ALL RIGHT, KYLE.

YOU HAVE TWO PICTURES ON THIS NEXT ONE.

SO GOOGLE SAYS THIS IS A MOREL.

THEY SIMPLY STARTED GROWING IN THE YARD.

IS IT?

OR IS IT THE NASTY COUSINS?

I THINK WE HAVE ANOTHER PICTURE.

>> YEAH, THIS IS A MOREL MUSHROOM.

THE FACT THAT THEY JUST CAME UP IN YOUR YARD, SOMEBODY REALLY LIKES YOU.

AND YOU MAY HAVE PEOPLE WANDERING IN, AS WELL.

>> WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU THE ADDRESS ON AIR.

>> CARS WILL BE PARKED OUT IN YOUR DRIVE BY MORNING.

>> YEAH, THIS IS THE TIME OF YEAR WHERE WE ARE SEEING MORELS ARE ACTIVE.

WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF SMALL ONE ACROSS THE STATE.

IT'S NOT THE FALSE MOREL.

THE WAY YOU CAN TELL THEM APART IS WHEN YOU CUT THEM OPEN, TRUE MORELS ARE HOLLOW ON THE INSIDE LIKE WE HAD IN THAT SECOND PICTURE, WHEREAS FALSE MORELS HAVE A BUNCH OF KIND OF COBWEBBY, COTTONY TYPE FIBER IN THE MIDDLE.

>> EXCELLENT.

ALL RIGHT.

TWO PICS ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS VIEWER SAW THIS ON EASTERN RED CEDAR OUT IN COZAD.

IS THE ORANGE GLOB SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN THE CEDAR APPLE RUST SPIKY THING?

>> YES.

YEAH.

IT IS VERY CLOSELY RELATED, BUT DIFFERENT.

SO THIS IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE SPIKY BALLS OF CEDAR QUINCE RUST OR CEDAR HAWTHORNE RUST.

AND HERE WE HAVE OUR MORE TYPICAL -- AT LEAST IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE STATE, OF THE CEDAR APPLE RUST.

BOTH OF THEM ARE GYMNOSPORANGIUM RUSTS BY THE TIME WE START TO SEE LEAF SPOTS ON OUR ROSACEA PLANTS, IT'S TOO LATE.

HONESTLY, THE FACT THAT ONCE THEY DROP THEIR FLOWERS, IT'S TOO LATE TO CONTROL THOSE ANYWAY.

YEP, AND IT'S NOT UNCOMMON TO SEE THOSE AROUND THE SAME TIME AS MORELS, AS WELL.

>> ALL RIGHT, EXCELLENT.

DENNIS, YOU HAVE A SERIES OF HOLES IN THE GROUND.

THE FIRST IS AN OMAHA VIEWER.

HOLE'S BEEN HERE FOR A FEW YEARS.

BIGGER EVERY YEAR.

WHAT DO YOU THINK MIGHT BE DOING THIS?

>> YEAH, THAT LOOKS LIKE IT COULD BE A FRANKLIN GROUND SQUIRREL.

THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF DIRT AROUND IT.

THERE IS NO PATH BETWEEN IT.

SO I WOULD SAY A GROUND SQUIRREL.

WITH THEM, THEY ARE KIND FEW AND FAR BETWEEN, THE FRANKLIN GROUND SQUIRREL.

JUST GET SOME PEA GRAVEL AND PACK IT IN THERE, THEN PUT SOME DIRT ON IT.

TRY TO GROW GRASS OVER IT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

>> YOU'LL DISCOURAGE IT ENOUGH.

>> TWO PICTURES ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS COMES TO US FROM TALMAGE.

THE HOLES ARE BASEBALL TO SOFTBALL SIZED, NOT VERY DEEP, AND THERE AREN'T ANY TUNNELS.

>> YEAH, BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL -- IN THAT AREA, THERE IS A NUMBER OF GROUND SQUIRRELS AND PACK RATS.

PACK RATS WOULDN'T DO THAT.

BUT OTHER RODENTS, RAT SIZED RODENTS THAT CAN DO THAT.

I AM TRYING TO THINK OF THE COMMON NAME, I CAN ONLY THINK OF THE SCIENTIFIC NAME.

AGAIN, YOU CAN TRY TO LIVE TRAP THEM, OR DISCOURAGE THEM BY PACKING GRAVEL DOWN IN THOSE BOROUGHS.

AND THEY'LL STOP.

>> OKAY, AND TWO MORE.

THIS IS ELM CREEK ALONG TURKEY CREEK.

SEVEN TO 10 OF THESE HOLES, 3-4" INCHES ACROSS.

THEY NEVER SEE ANYTHING LIKE THIS.

WHAT IS THIS?

>> THOSE ARE DEFINITELY A GROUND SQUIRREL.

PROBABLY A FRANKLIN.

NOT A 13-LINE.

13-LINE MAKE MORE CLEANER HOLES.

THE FRANKLINS, WE HAVE SEEN MORE AND MORE OF THE FRANKLINS ACROSS THE STATE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND ONE MORE.

THIS IS FREMONT.

THIS HOLE WAS IN THE FENCED IN BACKYARD.

NARROW PATCH OF GRASS, WHAT'S THIS ONE?

>> I WOULD SAY THE SAME THING.

IT'S ONE OF THOSE BIGGER GROUND SQUIRRELS.

BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE DIRT ON THE OUTSIDE THAT'S BEEN PUSHED.

IT'S TOO SMALL FOR A FOX, OR FOR A GROUNDHOG.

SO IT'S DEFINITELY ONE OF THE OTHER GROUND SQUIRRELS.

>> ALL RIGHT.

GOOD YEAR FOR THE DIGGERS.

>> YEAH.

>> WELL, WILL IT BE WARM ENOUGH FOR YOU TO GET THOSE PLANTS HARDEN OFF LIKE WE SAID YOU DID -- NEEDED TO AND INTO THE GROUND?

PRETTY SURE IT MATTERS WHERE YOU LIVE IN NEBRASKA.

LET'S TAKE A MINUTE TO HEAR FROM GANNON RUSH FROM UNL'S HIGH PLAINS REGIONAL CLIMATE CENTER ABOUT WHAT TO EXPECT NEXT WEEK.

>> THANKS, KIM.

WE HAVE A RELATIVELY CALM WEEK AHEAD OF US.

FRIDAY WILL BE THE COLDEST DAY OF THE WEEK FOR MANY WITH HIGHS IN THE 60s.

THIS WEEKEND WILL BE ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL WITH HIGHS IN THE 70s STATEWIDE.

BY ALL MEANS GET OUTSIDE AND ENJOY THE NICE WEATHER THIS WEEKEND.

THIS WILL CARRY OVER INTO NEXT WEEK, BUT SOME PLACES IN WEST KEARNY WILL BE IN THE 60s ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.

WE'RE NOT EXPECTING THE GREATEST AMOUNTS OF RAIN THIS WEEK, BUT EVERY LITTLE BIT HELPS.

STORMS ARE ONGOING ACROSS THE STATE AND WILL LIKELY CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

THIS WEEKEND WILL BE RELATIVELY DRY, BUT CHANCES OF RAIN INCREASE AS WE HEAD INTO NEXT WEEK.

STORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY, PARTICULARLY IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE STATE.

THAT IS YOUR WEEKEND WEATHER FORECAST.

BACK TO YOU, KIM.

>> THANKS, GANNON.

WE DO NEED TO TAKE A SHORT BREAK.

WE HOPE YOU WILL STAY WITH US.

COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK, WE HAVE THE PLANT OF THE WEEK AND THE LIGHTNING ROUND.

KEEP IT HERE AND WE WILL GET BACK TO YOUR QUESTIONS ON "BACKYARD FARMER."

♪ [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'LL SHOW YOU EXAMPLES OF PRUNING YOUR SPRING FLOWERING SHRUBS.

YOU CAN STILL PHONE IN THOSE QUESTIONS TO 1-800-676-5446 , OR SEND US THOSE PICTURES AND EMAILS TO BYF@UNL.EDU.

AND RIGHT NOW, IT IS TIME FOR THE LIGHTNING ROUND!

OKAY, DENNIS.

ARE YOU READY TO GO?

>> I'M READY.

>> THIS IS AN AUBURN VIEWER WHO WONDERS WHETHER RABBITS WOULD CLEANLY STRP THE BARK UP 24 INCHES AND ALMOST ALL THE WAY AROUND THE TREE, OR WOULD IT BE A DEER?

>> A DEER IS USUALLY HIGHER.

UP FROM THE GROUND BUT RABBITS USUALLY DON'T STRIP IT THAT MUCH.

SO MAYBE VOLES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, I DON'T KNOW.

I WOULD HAVE TO SEE IT TO SEE THE TEETH MARKS.

>> OKAY.

THIS VIEWER HAS SQUIRRELS GETTING UNDER THE HOOD OF HER CAR AND MAKING NESTS.

IS THERE A WAY TO KEEP THEM OUT?

>> NO, NOT REALLY.

>> JUST REPLACE THE WIRING.

THIS IS A VIEWER WHO LIVES NORTH OF VALLEY AND SAID SHE WAS GARDENING AND HER CAME A SKINK.

ARE THEY GOOD OR BAD?

>> SKINKS ARE GREAT.

THEY EAT INSECTS.

>> HER SECOND QUESTION IS ARE THEY SOLITARY OR SHOULD SHE EXPECT MORE?

>> NO, THEY ARE NOT SOLITARY, BUT THEY DO HAVE YOUNG.

THEY LAY EGGS.

>> OKAY.

THIS IS A VIEWER WHO WONDERS IS THERE A WAY TO DETOUR WOODPECKERS FROM PECKING THE HOUSE?

>> YES, USE A BALLOON WITH YELLOW AND RED COLORS.

>> A 20" INCH HOLE.

IS THAT A FOX OR A WOOD CHUCK?

>> WOODCHUCK, PROBABLY.

IT DEPENDS IF ITS OBLONG AROUND AND HOW IT'S SHAPED.

>> IN OTHER WORDS IT DEPENDS?

>> RIGHT.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT, KYLE, ARE YOU READY?

>> I WAS BORN READY.

>> OKIE-DOKERS.

THIS IS A VIEWER WHO DOES WANT TO TREAT FOR RUST, THEY ARE NOT SAYING EXACTLY RUST ON WHAT.

BUT WHETHER A POWDER OR SPRAY FUNGICIDEWORKS THE BEST?

>> TYPICALLY YOUR LIQUID FORMULATIONS WILL WORK BETTER.

BUT DEPENDING ON WHAT YOU ARE TRYING TO CONTROL IT ON, YOU PROBABLY DON'T NEED TO SPRAY ANYTHING ON IT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE A VIEWER WHO SAYS IS THERE AN EARLY DISEASE OF PEACHES THAT WOULD CAUSE THE LEAVES TO BE BLACKENED ON THE EDGES AND THEN CURL?

>> YEAH.

ONE IS HERBICIDE INJURY AND THE OTHER IS COLD TEMPERATURES.

A LOT OF ENVIRONMENTAL THINGS CAN DO THAT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE YET AGAIN A LIGHTNING ROUND QUESTION ABOUT A TREE FOAMING AT THE BASE?

WHAT CAUSES THAT?

>> BASICALLY A BUILDUP OF GUNK ON THE INSIDE.

BUILD UP OF YEAST, THINGS LIKE THAT, EVENTUALLY THEY BUBBLE OUT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS AN EMERSON VIEWER WHO BOUGHT DUTCH ELM DISEASE RESISTANT ELMS, TRIUMPH.

CAN PLANT THE SEEDS APPARENTLY BUT THEY ARE WONDERING IF THE RESULTING TREES WILL ALSO BE DISEASE- RESISTANT.

>> I THINK THEY WILL BE, BUT THEY MAY NOT BE AS RESISTANT.

IT IS MORE OF A TOLERANCE ISSUE, NOT 100% RESISTANCE.

>>EXCELLENT.

ALL RIGHT.

OKAY, JEFF.

>> OKAY.

>> OKAY.

THIS IS AN OMAHA VIEWER WHO ACTUALLY WANTS TO ERADICATE THE LITTLE SNOWDROPS AMENITIES.

BECAUSE THEY HAVE SPREAD BEYOND THEIR BORDER INTO THE TURF.

HOW DO YOU DO THAT?

>> YOU KNOW, I WOULD JUST KEEP MOWING.

THEY'RE PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE TO DIG UP THE LITTLE BULBS.

IS WHAT THEY'LL HAVE TO DO.

>> OKAY.

WE HAVE A VIEWER FROM OMAHA WHO HAS POISON IVY.

A COUPLE OF PLANTS THAT HAVE STARTED NEXT TO OTHER DESIRABLES PEONIES, PERENNIALS, ETC.

HOW DOES SHE GET RID OF THAT AND NOT THE GOOD STUFF?

>> THERE ARE SOME PRODUCTS LABELED POISON IVY KILLER.

AND I WOULD PAINT THOSE ON.

>> ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE A VIEWER WHO WONDERS WHETHER DANDELIONS WILL BLOOM AGAIN WHEN THEY'RE DEAD-HEADED.

AND WE DON'T KNOW WHETHER SHE WANTS THEM TO OR IF SHE DOESN'T.

>> I THINK THEY WILL.

THEY'LL JUST KEEP GOING.

THEY ARE HAVING A GREAT YEAR THIS YEAR.

>> WE HAVE A VIEWER WHO WONDERS HOW TO CONTROL VIOLETS IN A PEONY AND SEDUM BED WITHOUT HARMING THE PEONIES AND SEDUMS?

>> YOU KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO EITHER AGAIN, PAINT HERBICIDES ON OR DIG THEM UP BY HAND.

>> ALL RIGHT.

COMPRESSED STRAW IS IT NECESSARY TO COVER NEW SEEDING?

>> IT'S REALLY HELPFUL FOR NEW SEEDING.

YES.

RIGHT, YOU'LL HAVE MUCH MORE SUCCESS.

>> ALL RIGHT, EXCELLENT.

OKAY, OTHER KYLE, ARE YOU READY?

>> I'M READY.

>> ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE A VIEWER WHO HAS ASKED WHETHER SOFT FLIES ARE ACTIVE IN THE ASH TREES NOW?

>> IT SHOULD BE STARTING RIGHT ABOUT NOW.

>> ALL RIGHT.

HER SECOND QUESTION IS, DO THEY ACTUALLY GO INTO THE SOIL AS ONE OF THEIR LIFE PHASES?

>> YEAH AFTER THEY FINISH FEEDING ON THE TREE, THEY WILL GO DOWN IN THE SOIL TO PUPATE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS AN OMAHA VIEWER WHO HAS -- APPARENTLY HAS APHIDS IN THEIR DAYLILLIES.

HAD THAT FOR A COUPLE YEARS AND THEY'RE WONDERING WHETHER THERE IS ANYTHING THEY CAN PRETREAT NOW TO STOP AN APHID POPULATION?

>> NO, NO.

YOU HAVE TO JUST DEAL WITH IT AS THEY EMERGE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

A VIEWER HAS A POND AND SAID THEY FOUND DRAGONFLIES BY THE POND ALREADY.

IS THAT EARLY OR UNUSUAL?

>> NO, NOT NECESSARILY.

THERE ARE SOME THAT WILL BE ACTIVE QUITE EARLY.

>> ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE ANOTHER VIEWER, WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THIS ONE IS FROM.

WHO SAYS THERE ARE SWARMS OF LITTLE TINY WHITE INSECTS EITHER SWARMING OR FLOATING AROUND IN THE YARD.

IDEAS ON WHAT THOSE WOULD BE?

>> I DON'T KNOW.

I AM SEEING A LOT OF MIDGES AROUND MY YARD.

BUT I DON'T KNOW.

>> MIGHT BE MIDGY.

>> MAYBE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

DENNIS IS THE WINNER.

ESPECIALLY SINCE HE BROUGHT THAT BIG SNAKE.

WELL, IT'S STILL GOING TO BE A COUPLE OF WEEKS BEFORE WE GET OUR GARDEN IN THE GROUND.

BUT THERE ARE A FEW EARLY-SEASON GREENS POPPING UP AND THEY ARE READY FOR HARVEST.

HERE IS TERRI AT THE "BACKYARD FARMER" GARDEN TO TELL US MORE.

>> THIS WEEKEND, THE "BACKYARD FARMER" GARDEN, WE ARE AGAIN STILL AT THE GREENHOUSE AND A LITTLE BIT OUTSIDE.

WE ARE SEEING A LOT OF PROGRESS ON OUR SPRING GARDEN.

LOTS OF THE LETTUCES IS ALREADY READY TO START PICKING.

SO WE'RE GOING TO START DOING THAT THIS WEEK.

SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THOSE GREAT, FRESH LETTUCE SALADS AND OUR LITTLE PEAS RADISHES AND STUFF ARE COMING UP.

WE ARE EXCITED FOR THOSE TO GET BIGGER SO WE CAN PICK THEM OUT OF THE GARDEN.

WE ARE ABOUT TWO WEEKS OUT FROM GETTING OUR PLANTS HARDENING OFF, AND GETTING THEM OUT IN THE GROUND.

SO DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU ARE AT, WHAT THE WEATHER IS, MAKE SURE YOU ARE BUYING THEM AT THE LOCAL NURSERY, YOU'RE ACTUALLY KIND OF TAKING CARE OF THEM.

GETTING THEM READY.

REMEMBER THEY HAVE BEEN IN THE GREENHOUSE THIS WHOLE TIME.

A LITTLE TOO MUCH SUN, A LITTLE TOO MUCH WIND MIGHT DAMAGE THEM A LITTLE BIT.

SO KEEP THEM A LITTLE MORE PROTECTED AS YOU HARDEN THEM OFF, MOVING THEM OUTDOORS INTO YOUR GARDEN.

SO STOP BY THE "BACKYARD FARMER" GARDEN AND CHECK IT OUT.

>> YOU KNOW, IT'S SO FUN TO BE ABLE TO GO BACK INTO THE GARDEN EVERY SINGLE WEEK TO CHECK OUT THE PROGRESS.

AND IT WON'T BE LONG BEFORE EVERYTHING ELSE WILL BE GREENING UP.

BUT NOW IT IS TIME FOR JEFF TO TALK ABOUT BEAUTIFUL PLANTS OF THE WEEK.

>> YEAH, SO YOU BROUGHT US TWO KIND OF WOODLAND PLANTS, WHICH IS FUN.

SINCE WE'VE JUST HAD A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN, DID YOU FEEL YOU WERE IN A WOODLAND MOOD?

>> I WAS IN A WOODLAND MOOD.

>> SO WE HAVE MAY APPLE, WHICH IS A PRETTY COOL PLANT.

AND IT'S NOT ONE THAT YOU WILL SEE IN NEBRASKA.

YOU WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT HOW THESE ARE FROM YOUR YARD AND THEY'VE BEEN THERE FOR 30 YEARS.

WHICH IS REALLY UNUSUAL.

>> ESPECIALLY IN MY YARD.

>> RIGHT, WITH YOUR DOGS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

SO THEY LIKE A WOODLAND SOIL, A MOIST SOIL, YOU SEE THE LOVELY FLOWERS.

THEY PRODUCE A FRUIT IN THE SEED.

SO, IT'S A VERY COOL PLANT.

UNUSUAL FOR US TO HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT AROUND HERE.

AND AGAIN, WHAT'S EVEN BETTER ABOUT IT IS COMPLETELY POISONOUS, SO YOU DON'T WANT TO EAT THAT.

>> ANOTHER PLANT IS A PERSONAL FAVORITE OF MINE.

SO THIS IS YELLOW ARCHANGEL.

SO THIS IS ALSO A GREAT GROUND COVER.

I TALKED ABOUT THE LILY OF THE VALLEY EARLIER.

SO THIS IS A GREAT PLANT TO HAVE.

AND I THINK KIND OF A FRIENDLY ONE, TOO.

IF YOU MOW IT A LITTLE BIT IT KIND OF GOES BACK IN ITS PLACE.

IF IT'S A LITTLE TOO SUNNY, IT GOES BACK IN ITS PLACE.

SO IT'S WELL BEHAVED.

THE FLOWERS ARE GREAT, BUMBLEBEES ARE ALL OVER MINE RIGHT NOW NOW.

SO IT'S A GREAT PLANT FOR THAT.

SO TWO FUN PLANTS.

>> EXACTLY.

KIND OF A FUN, AGAIN, WOODLAND COMBINATION.

EXCELLENT.

WELL, YOU KNOW, WE LOVE TO GIVE YOU ANNOUNCEMENTS OF WONDERFUL THINGS GOING ON IN THE GARDENING WORLD.

SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND GIVE THE FIRST ONE HERE.

HOLY TRINITY ARTS FESTIVAL SATURDAY FROM 10:00 A.M. TO 4:00 P.M. CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY HERE ON A STREET HERE IN LINCOLN.

LOTS OF REALLY COOL STUFF GOING ON ON THAT ONE.

OUR SECOND ONE IS THE UNL FLORIDA CULTURE SPRING BEDDING PLANT SALE IS STILL GOING ON.

FRIDAY 9:00-4:00, SATURDAY IF THERE'S ANYTHING LEFT IN THE EAST CAMPUS TEACHING GREENHOUSES.

OUR THIRD ONE IS GARDEN CLUB OF OMAHA ANNUAL PLANT SALE FRIDAY 3:00 TO 7:00, SATURDAY 8:00 TO 12:00.

THE KEYSTONE CENTER IN OMAHA.

ANOTHER ONE, THE MAIN MUSEUM PERENNIAL PLANT SALE SATURDAY FROM 9:00 TO 12:00 IN FREMONT.

AND THE BACKYARD POULTRY WORKSHOP WHICH IS NEBRASKA EXTENSION FRIDAY IN KEARNEY AND SATURDAY IN NORTH PLATTE.

SO LOTS OF FUN THINGS TO DO FOR THE WEEKEND.

ALL RIGHT.

QUESTIONS AGAIN.

LET'S SEE.

KYLE, YOU HAVE ONE PICTURE ON THIS ONE.

THIS IS THE LINCOLN VIEWER.

SHE FOUND GRUBBS IN HER VEGETABLE GARDEN.

RAISED BEDS AND SHE DOES ALL ORGANIC.

SHE'S PICKED OUT ALL SHE CAN FIND.

SHE DID TREAT HER GRASS WITH GRUB CONTROL.

BUT HOW CAN SHE FREE THE GARDEN FROM THESE?

>> YEAH, PRETTY MUCH.

I WOULD JUST CONTINUE TO PICK.

THEY MIGHT JUST BE LIKE GREEN JUNE BEATLES.

THEY DO LIKE SORT OF REALLY RICH, ORGANIC SOIL.

USUALLY, THEY ARE NOT A PROBLEM.

THEY CAN OCCASIONALLY DAMAGE VEGETABLES.

BUT YEAH I'D JUST KEEP PICKING THEM.

>> ALL RIGHT.

ONE PICTURE ON THIS ONE.

THIS IS ALSO A LINCOLN VIEWER.

YOU CAN JUST BARELY SEE THAT LITTLE WHITE THING IN THERE, I THINK.

FOUND IN A MULCH PILE IN THE GARDEN.

COVERED THEM BACK UP.

ARE THEY TERMITES?

THEY'RE NOT NEAR BUILDINGS, BUT THERE ARE WOOD FRAMED BUILDINGS ON THE PROPERTY.

>> YEAH, IT IS A TERMITE.

SO I WOULDN'T BE OVERLY CONCERNED IN THIS SITUATION.

IF IT'S NOT AROUND A STRUCTURE, OR ANYTHING.

THEY'RE JUST OUT THERE IN THE ENVIRONMENT DOING WHAT THEY DO.

BUT YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY SOMETHING TO KEEP AN EYE ON.

MAKE SURE THAT YOU DON'T HAVE ANY MOISTURE ISSUES AROUND THE HOUSE.

NO SORT OF WOOD CONTACT WITH THE SOIL RIGHT AROUND THE FOUNDATION OF THE HOUSE.

MAKING SURE WATER IS DRAINING AWAY FROM THE FOUNDATION, ET CETERA.

I WOULD JUST KEEP MONITORING FOR THAT.

ANY SIGNS OF TERMITES AROUND THE HOUSE.

AND THEN IF YOU WANT, YOU COULD MAYBE HAVE A PROFESSIONAL COME OUT AND DO AN INSPECTION AND SORT OF GET AN APPRAISAL MAKE SURE THERE IS NOTHING GOING ON IN THE HOUSE AND SEE IF THEY HAVE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS.

>> OKAY.

THE NEXT ONE IS A HEAD SCRATCHER.

TWO OF THESE LITTLE NEST TYPE STRUCTURES, CORNER OF THE ROOF ON THE WALL.

DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT THESE ARE?

>> YEAH, I HAVE NO IDEA.

I ALSO TALKED TO JODY, WE'RE STUMPED ON THIS ONE.

WE NEED MORE PICTURES, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE BETTER DESCRIPTION ON THIS.

>> OR A SAMPLE TO THE PLANT AND PEST DIAGNOSTIC CLINIC.

WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THIS IS.

IT'S INTERESTING.

>> ALL RIGHT.

ONE PIC FOR THIS ONE, JEFF.

THIS IS CREEPING CHARLIE TAKING OVER AN AREA UNDER A TREE THAT THEY'VE PLANTED TO AJUGA.

THEY ARE WONDERING HOW THEY CAN GET CHARLIE OUT WITHOUT KILLING AJUGA.

>> WELL, I'VE GIVEN THIS ANSWER A COUPLE OF TIMES.

THE SHORT ANSWER IS, NO YOU CAN'T.

YOU ARE GOING TO KILL EVERYTHING IF YOU TRY TO OVERSPRAY IT.

YOU CAN GO THROUGH.

A LOT OF TIMES, DENNIS WILL TELL US TO HARASS AN ANIMAL THAT IS CAUSING US PROBLEMS.

YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND HARASS A CREEPING CHARLIE A LITTLE BIT.

PICK AT IT, PULL AT IT, BRUSH ON SOME HERBICIDE ON IT THAT IS LABELED FOR IT.

THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE MY FIRST CHOICE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THE SECOND ONE IS ALSO ONE THEY ARE TRYING TO GET RID OF.

THIS IS PLUMBAGO.

IT'S CREEPING INTO THE GRASS.

HOW CAN THEY GET RID OF THIS ONE?

I WOULD USE GLYPHOSATE ON THIS ONE.

ALL RIGHT, THE THIRD ONE COMES TO US FROM LINDSBORG, KANSAS.

A CLOVER BETWEEN THE SIDEWALK AND THE HOUSE, BUT THEN WE HAVE A WEED THAT CAME UP IN IT AND WE THINK THIS IS HOUTTUYNIA.

>> YEAH, I AGREE.

AND SO THIS IS A DIFFICULT ONE TO KILL.

THIS IS WHEN YOU ARE GOING TO WANT TO CUT AND PAINT, KIND OF LIKE YOU WOULD A STUMP ON A TREE.

>> MM-HMM.

>> THAT'S BASICALLY THE CHALLENGE.

>> ALL RIGHT AND ONE MORE.

THIS IS OMAHA.

BIG AREAS OF VINCA AND IF HE FERTILIZES THE LAWN, THE VINCA GROWS, TOO.

TRICLOPYR DIDN'T WORK.

ANY IDEAS?

>> YOU KNOW, WHAT I WOULD LOOK AT WITH THIS IS GOING INTO YOUR LOCAL NURSERY AND PICKING UP AN OIL ADDITIVE FOR THE TRICLOPYR TO MIX THAT IN THERE.

THAT WILL HELP THE PLANT -- THE VINCA ABSORB IT A LITTLE BIT BETTER AND YOU MIGHT HAVE MORE SUCCES WITH THAT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

KYLE, THREE PICS ON THIS ONE.

THIS IS A TREE THAT APPARENTLY IS A MAPLE.

AND YOU CAN SEE THE BIG TREE HERE, AND THEN THE SECOND PICTURE, I THINK IT'S THE TRUNK.

THE THIRD ONE IS A SMALL BRANCH THAT FELL OFF THE TRUNK.

>> YEAH, THERE'S A FEW THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON WITH THIS TREE.

THE PRETTY LARGE WOUND ON THE TRUNK.

MOST LIKELY SUNSCALD.

I'D BE VERY CURIOUS WHICH DIRECTION THAT WOUND IS FACING.

BUT IT LOOKS VERY SIMILAR TO A SUNSCALD WINTER BURN TYPE INJURY.

ALSO, THE ROCK SURROUNDED BEING PILED UP PROBABLY NOT IDEAL.

IT'S IN THAT HELLSTRIP AS WELL BETWEEN THE SIDEWALK AND THE SIDEWALK IN THE STREET.

IT MAY HAVE BEEN PLANTED A LITTLE BIT TOO DEEP, AS WELL.

SO, I'M NOT SURPRISED THAT THERE ARE INDIVIDUAL BRANCHES THAT ARE DYING.

I DON'T KNOW FOR SURE WHAT IS CAUSING THOSE INDIVIDUAL BRANCHES TO DIE ASIDE FROM JUST LOT OF COMPOUND IN STRESSES.

KEEP AN EYE ON THIS TRADE.

IT HAS A LOT WORKING AGAINST IT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

TWO PICS ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS ONE CAME IN AND HE THOUGHT IT WAS A FUNGUS.

AND OUR EXTENSION EDUCATOR THOUGHT IT WAS THE KNEES ON A BLAD CYPRESS.

>> I AM AGREEING WITH THE EDUCATOR ON THIS ONE.

IT LOOKS LIKE THE KNEES ON A BALD CYPRESS OF FAIRLY WOODY MATERIAL.

THERE IS SOME FUNGAL GROWTH ON IT, BUT NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT.

JUST ONE OF THOSE COOL THINGS THAT JUST POPS UP.

>> THIS NEXT ONE, TWO PICS.

IT IS A PAPER BIRCH, LONG ORANGE STREAK FROM A PRUNING WOUND, AND NOW THE ORANGE AND BLACK KNOBBY STUFF IS ON ONE OF THE BRANCHES AND APPEARS TO BE SPREADING.

WHAT CAN BE DONE?

>> NOTHING UNFORTUNATELY.

SAME AS THE QUESTION I HAD DURING LIGHTNING ROUND ABOUT THE BUBBLY STUFF AT THE BASE OF TRUNKS.

THIS IS BACTERIAL WETWOOD ALSO KNOWN AS SLIME FLUX.

IT IS JUST A BUILDUP OF DIFFERENT BACTERIA AND YEASTS INSIDE OF IT.

OFTEN WHEN THERE IS A WOUND, ESPECIALLY A LARGE PRUNING WOUND, THAT BACTERIA WILL JUST START TO OOZE OUT.

IT'S GOING TO KILL OTHER PLANTS THAT IT LANDS ON.

BUT IT'S TYPICALLY NOT GOING TO KILL THE TREE.

>> ALL RIGHT, DENNIS.

ONE PICTURE, WESTERN OTOE COUNTY, BUT THIS WAS OUT OF MOUND CITY, MISSOURI.

WHAT'S THIS GUY?

>> A BLACK RAT SNAKE, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS A WESTERN RAT SNAKE.

IN MISSOURI, THEY CALL IT A CHICKEN SNAKE.

PATHEROPHIS OBSOLETUS.

IT CLIMBS TREES, EATS BIRDS AND BIRD EGGS.

SO, IT'S A GOOD GUY.

>> OKAY.

COLUMBUS, TWO PICTURES ON THIS ONE.

OR ONE PICTURE, I GUESS.

HOLES ALONG THE SIDEWALK, TRAILED BORDERED BY CORN.

WHAT MADE THEM?

>> THE WAY IT'S JUST FAN SHAPED, IT USUALLY BE LIKE PLUG.

IT LOOKS LIKE A POCKET GOPHER THAT THE HOLE IS FLOWING THROWING THROUGH.

THE WAY THIS FAN SHAPED, VERY TYPICAL THE PLAINES POCKET GOPHER, ESPECIALLY IN THAT SANDY AREA.

>> ALL RIGHT.

>> THAT'S WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE.

>> SKYLER, ONE PICTURE CRITTER CREATURES CREATED.

>> THAT'S THE SAME THING.

>> SAME THING, SAME THING.

>> YEAH, SKYLER IN COLUMBUS, THEY ARE NEAR EACH OTHER.

>> ANYTHING THEY CAN DO?

>> YEAH, THERE'S A LOT OF METHODS.

THERE'S THE MACABEE TRAP METHODS THAT YOU CAN PUT DOWN THE HOLE.

THERE'S ALSO A TOXICANT THAT YOU CAN USE IF IT'S THIS AREA DOESN'T BE GRAZED OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

SO YOU CAN GO TO YOUR LOCAL FARM STORE AND ASK FOR POCKET GOPHER BAIT.

>> OKAY.

TWO PICTURES ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS IS SAC CITY, IOWA.

LITTLE HOLES ON THE VEGETABLE GARDEN.

SHOULD SHE BE WORRIED?

>> WELL, I'M LOOKING AT THIS AND I KIND OF BLEW THEM UP AND THERE'S ANOTHER ONE AND IT LOOKS LIKE WORM CASTINGS BEING EATEN BY A BIRD.

>> MM-HMM.

>> SO THERE'S WORMS AND THE BIRD IS JUST EATING THEM LIKE CRAZY.

>> YEAH, NO BIG DEAL.

WELL, GOOD GARDENING TAKES PATIENCE, GOOD PRACTICES, AND A LITTLE WORK NOW AND THEN.

AS OUR SPRING FLOWERING SHRUBS BEGIN TO SHED THEIR BLOSSOMS, IT'S TIME TO SHARPEN UP THE PRUNERS AND MAKE SOME CUTS.

LET'S TAKE A MINUTE TO SEE HOW YOU CAN HELP YOUR SHRUBS REMAIN VIBRANT AND KEEP THEM FROM GETTING OUT OF CONTROL.

♪ >> WE'D LIKE TO TELL YOU THE RIGHT TIME TO PRUNE YOUR FLOWERING SHRUBS.

IF THEY FLOWER ON OLD WOOD, THAT IS THE TIME TO PRUNE THEM RIGHT AFTER THEY FLOWER OR WITHIN A MONTH AFTER FLOWERING.

QUINCE IS ONE EXAMPLE.

THERE ARE A COUPLE OF SPIRAEA ON THE LIST THAT ACTUALLY DO BLOOM ON OLD WOOD, AND THEY ARE FINISHED.

AND THEN WE HAVE NANKING CHERRY, WHICH IS ANOTHER ONE.

YOU CAN REALLY PRUNE BACK HARD IF YOU WANT TO IF THE SHRUB HAS GOTTEN WAY OUT OF CONTROL.

TAKE IT WAY BACK AGAIN, KNOWING THAT IT IS GOING TO PRODUCE ITS FLOWERS ON OLD WOOD FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR.

AND AGAIN, THE TIME TO DO THAT PRUNING IS WITHIN A MONTH AFTER FLOWERING.

YOU WILL NOT REMOVE THE FLOWER BUDS WERE NEXT YEAR, BECAUSE THEY SET THEIR FLOWERS ON OLD WOOD.

DWARF GARLAND SPIREA IS ONE OF THE ONES THAT FLOWERS ON OLD WOOD.

IT'S REALLY OBVIOUS TO SEE ON THIS COLONY OF DWARF GARLAND SPIREA WHERE THE OLD FLOWERS WERE AND WHERE THE NEW GROWTH IS.

SO IT'S TIME TO PRUNE IF YOU WANT TO PRUNE THIS ONE.

THERE ARE SITUATIONS WHERE YOU MIGHT WANT YOUR SHRUBS TO HAVE MORE OF AN ARCHITECTURAL FORM TO THEM TO THEM.

SOMETIMES WE CALL THEM GREEN MEATBALLS.

BUT IN THIS CASE, THE FORSYTHIA TO MY RIGHT HAS BEEN PRUNED BEAUTIFULLY OVER THE YEARS INTO A MORE ROUNDED SHAPE.

THE FORSYTHIA ON MY LEFT OBVIOUSLY NEEDS A REALLY GOOD HAIRCUT.

AND THIS IS A GREAT WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU DO DECIDE YOU DO WANT TO PRUNE NICELY OR YOU ABSOLUTELY DON'T HAVE TIME, YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND WHEN TO PRUNE, THIS IS WHAT CAN HAPPEN.

SO THIS ONE IS GOING TO GET A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT HAIRCUT.

IT IS A FORSYTHIA, IT BLOOMS ON OLD WOOD.

THE OTHER ONE OF COURSE IS LILACS.

THEY'RE STILL FLOWERING.

YOU'VE GOT A MONTH, AND THEN YOU PRUNE BECAUSE THEY WILL SET THEIR FLOWER BUDS FOR NEXT YEAR'S FLOWERS.

>> WITH THOSE PRECISION SNIPS, THOSE SHRUBS ARE GOING TO MAINTAIN THE SHAPE YOU WANT, CONTINUE TO GIVE YOU THOSE FLOWERS FOR YEARS AND YEARS TO COME.

ALL RIGHT, QUESTIONS.

YOU HAVE ONE PICTURE ON THIS ONE.

KYLE, THIS IS A LINCOLN VIEWER.

TOO LATE TO ADD LAST YEAR, BUT HE FOUND A BUMBLEBEE LAST FALL.

CODED WITH.

THEY THOUGHT IT WAS POLLEN.

AND THEY TRIED TO GET OFF, AND LATER SAW IT DEAD ON THE DECK.

>> YEAH, I DON'T KNOW.

I'M NOT SURE WHAT THIS IS.

>> DEAD BEE.

YEAH, I WONDERED ABOUT MITES, BUT IT'S NOT MITES ON THERE.

SOMETIMES THAT CAN HAPPEN.

SO, I'M NOT SURE.

WHAT DO THINK?

>> YOU COULD GET ENTOMOPATHIC FUNGI AS WELL THAT WILL COLONIZE THE BEE, AND AS THEY START TO BUILD UP INSIDE THEY JUST KIND OF ERUPT OUT.

BASICALLY, IT IS A LAST OF A SCENARIO.

>> OH, BROTHER.

>> I SEE THAT ON FLIES QUITE A BIT.

[ LAUGHTER ] OKAY, ONE PICTURE ON THE NEXT ONE, KYLE.

SHE HAS TWO ENGLISH OAKS IN THE YARD.

ONE HAS HOLES ALL AROUND THE TRUNK.

IS IT AN INSECT?

WAS IT A BIRD AFTER INSECTS?

>> NEITHER NO.

IT IS A BIRD, SO IT'S A SAPSUCKER.

IT'S NOT GOING AFTER INSECTS.

IS JUST DRINKING THE SAP FROM THE TREES.

DENNIS CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT I DON'T THINK THEY -- SORT OF A SMALL AMOUNT OF DAMAGE LIKE THIS THAT CAUSES MUCH HARM.

>> NO, NOT TOO MUCH.

BUT AGAIN, YOU CAN USE LITTLE FLASHY THINGS THERE THAT DETER THEM.

>> ALL RIGHT, EXCELLENT.

LET'S SEE.

YOU HAVE TWO PICTURES ON THIS ONE, JEFF.

THIS IS A PAPILLION VIEWER.

HAS WILD CLEMATIS IS, WHICH IS PROBABLY THE SWEET AUTUMN FALL ONE.

AND IT'S TAKEN OVER THE BACKYARD.

SHE IS WONDERING ARE THERE ANY SUGGESTIONS ON HOW TO ERADICATE IT OR CONTROL IT, ONE OR THE OTHER.

>> UNFORTUNATELY, THE BEST WAY IS JUST TO PULL IT.

AND IT IS EASILY PULLED.

IF IT'S IN A PLACE THAT HAS GOTTEN TOO WELL ESTABLISHED TO GET IT.

YOU CAN CUT IT BACK AND TREAT THE STUMP.

BUT THAT'S PROBABLY THE SIMPLEST WAY.

YOU CAN TRY DOING A FULL PRE-MERGE IN THOSE GARDENS, SO THAT MAY HELP WITH THAT A LITTLE BIT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

TWO PICTURES ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS IS PLAID SMITH.

SHE IS WONDERING HOW TO GET RID OF THESE RASPBERRIES.

SHE'S CALLING THEM "THE DEVIL" HERE.

THERE'S THE PATCH.

AND HOW DO YOU KILL THEM?

>> SOME PEOPLE WOULD SAY THEY'RE VERY FORTUNATE IF THEY HAVE A RASPBERRY PATCH.

SO IF THEY WANT TO KEEP THE RASPBERRIES, THEY NEED TO CUT THE CANES BACK AND KIND OF CLEAN UP THE GRASS.

BUT IF THEY WANT TO GET RID OF THE RASPBERRIES, I WOULD SUGGEST MAYBE JUST MOWING THAT AND KIND OF STICKING WITH THAT.

AND IT WILL EVENTUALLY WEAKEN THEM AND THEY'LL FADE AWAY.

>> ALL RIGHT, EXCELLENT.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S SEE.

YOU HAVE TWO PICTURES ON THE FIRST ONE, KYLE.

THIS IS A NEHAWKA, NEBRASKA VIEWER.

MOVED A COUPLE OF YEARS.

THEY NEVER HAD EVERGREENS BEFORE.

THEY WONDER WHAT THEY ARE AND WE'VE TOLD THEM A WHITE PINE AND SPRUCE.

BUT THE WHITE PINE IN THE SECOND PICTURE HAS BROWN TIPS ON THE NEEDLES.

IS THIS SOMETHING TO TREAT OR IS THIS WINTER?

>> I WOULDN'T WORRY ABOUT IT.

I MEAN, IT LOOKS JUST LIKE DROUGHT WINTER INJURY TO ME.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND THEN YOU HAVE ONE PICTURE ON THE NEXT ONE.

THE QUESTION IS, ARE THESE DANGEROUS?

THERE ARE MANY, MANY CLUSTERS OF THESE ON THE GROUND WHERE A HIGH LOCUS GOT CUT DOWN AND WHEN WILL THEY DISAPPEAR?

>> THEY WILL -- SO FIRST, ARE THEY DANGEROUS?

NO, NOT REALLY.

IF YOUR DOG WOULD EAT ALL OF THEM, YOUR DOG MIGHT THROW UP.

YOUR DOG WILL THROW UP.

BUT IT WILL SURVIVE IT.

THESE ARE INKY CAP MUSHROOMS.

VERY TYPICAL.

THEY ARE FEEDING ON THAT DECAYING WOODY TISSUE.

AS FAR AS WHEN WILL THEY GO AWAY?

THEY WILL GO AWAY WHEN THAT WOODY TISSUE THAT THEY ARE FEEDING ON GOES AWAY.

SO 15, 20 YEARS YOU SHOULD BE FREE.

[ LAUGHTER ] >> ALL RIGHT.

DENNIS, YOU HAVE TWO PICTURES ON THIS ONE.

THIS IS A VIEWER IN DESHLER WHO FOUND THIS NEST IN THE TREE ALL WINTER AND THEN IT FELL TO THE GROUND.

WHAT MIGHT HAVE BUILT IT?

>> THAT'S LAST YEAR'S NEST OF AN ORIOLE.

>> EXCELLENT, BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL.

ALL RIGHT AND ONE PICTURE FOR THE LAST ONE OF THE EVENING.

THIS IS PALMER, NEBRASKA.

SHE PUT DOWN NEWSPAPERS AND MULCH THIS SPRING ON THE NORTHSIDE OF THE GARAGE.

SOMETHING WAS RIPPING UP THE NEWSPAPER AND MULCH AND NOW HAS THIS.

WHAT IS IT?

>> AN AIR MOUSE NEST.

IT WAS PROBABLY UNDER SOMETHING, UNDER THE MULCH OR SOMETHING.

IT'S PROBABLY JUST A DEER MOUSE, LIKE FIELD MOUSE.

>> SO, THAT IS NOT THE ONE THAT IS THE BAD MOUSE -- HANTAVIRUS MOUSE.

>> NONE OF THEM ARE BAD.

YEAH, THEY DO CARRY HANTA.

WELL, I CAN'T SAY THAT -- IT'S VERY, VERY RARE IN NEBRASKA.

WHEN WE DID A SURVEY, THERE WAS ONLY TWO COUNTIES THAT CAME UP POSITIVE AND THERE WAS ONLY ONE OUT OF EVERYTHING FOUND.

JUST DON'T SNIFF THEIR DROPPINGS AND YOU'LL BE FINE.

>> BUT HOW CAN WE AVOID THAT?

>> DON'T SLEEP NEXT TO THEM.

I MEAN, THEY'RE OUTSIDE.

THEY'LL BE FINE.

>> YEAH, IF YOU ARE GOING TENT CAMPING IN THE BACKYARD -- >> YEAH, IF YOU'RE GOING TENT CAMPING, MAKE SURE THERE IS NO DROPPINGS THERE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

YEAH, AND IS THIS THE TIME OF YEAR WHEN THOSE MICE ARE -- THEY'RE NOT TRYING TO COME IN NOW.

>> NO THESE DEER MICE, OR WHITEFOOT MOUSE, THE FIELD MICE THEY'D RATHER STAY AWAY.

THEY WILL GET INTO VEHICLES.

>> YEAH.

>> THEY WILL INTO CARS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

>> SO YOU WANT TO PUT OIL OR SOMETHING AROUND THE TIRE SO THEY DON'T CLIMB UP OR SOMETHING.

>> WE HAVE ONE MORE REAL QUICK.

AND THIS IS KEARNEY.

THIS IS PROBABLY A MOLE.

>> YEAH, IT'S HARD TO TELL, BUT IT IS MORE THAN A MOLE THAN A GOPHER OR A VOLE.

>> ALL RIGHT, SO THE WHOLE MOLE GO THING.

>> YEAH, MOLE.

"M" MOLE.

>> NOT "V." >> AND WITH THAT WE HAVE RUN OUT OF TIME FOR THIS WEEK'S "BACKYARD FARMER."

WE DO WANT TO SAY THANKS TO EVERYBODY WHO SUBMITTED QUESTIONS OF THIS WEEK AND TO OUR PANEL FOR ANOTHER GREAT SHOW.

HELPING US ON THE PHONE THIS EVENING WE HAD JOHN CARIOTTO AND NEBRASKA EXTENSION EDUCATOR TERRI JAMES.

NEXT TIME ON "BACKYARD FARMER," WE'LL BE HEARING FROM KYLE ABOUT A DISEASE THAT HAS CREPT INTO OUR LILAC STAND HERE ON CAMPUS.

ASH YELLOWS CAUSES UNUSUAL LEAF GROWTH AND WITCHES' BROOMS AND KYLE WILL TELL US WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT IT.

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