"BACKYARD FARMER" IS A COPRODUCTION OF NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA AND NEBRASKA EXTENSION.

TONIGHT ON "BACKYARD FARMER," WE WILL HELP YOU GET YOUR SALE READY FIRST SEASON,AND HEAR SOME PRE-EMERGENT TIPS.

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

>> HELLO, AND WELCOME TO BACKYARD FARMER!

I'M KIM TODD AND WE'RE HAPPY TO BE BACK TO ANSWERING YOUR GARDENING QUESTIONS.

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SO YOU MAY NOTICE WE ARE NOT BROADCASTING FROM OUR TRADITIONAL SET.

INSTEAD, OUR STUDIOS IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING SOME MUCH- NEEDED UPGRADES.

IN THE CAPITAL CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED TO SUPPORT THE PROJECT, VISIT NEBRASKAPUBLICMEDIA.ORG/IMAGINE.

AND WE CANNOT WAIT FOR YOU TO SEE IT LATER THIS SEASON.

SO WE START THE ROUNDS WITH QUESTIONS AND, KYLE, THIS IS YOUR FIRST ROUND OF THIS YEAR.

YOU HAVE TWO PICTURES ON THIS FIRST ONE.

THIS IS A LINCOLN VIEWER.

AND INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, ON THESE, HER DAD SAYS THESE WERE ALL DEAD IN A CIRCLE IN ABOUT THREE FEET IN DIAMETER ON HIS EAST FACING SECOND THREE PATIO.

THEY ARE B's OF SOME SORT.

HIS HOUSE DOES BACK UP TO A GREENWAY.

AND NO IDEA WHERE THEY CAME FROM.

THEY WERE ALL DEAD.

IT ALSO LOOKED LIKE THEY HAD STINGERS ON THEIR HEAD AND IT WAS VERY CREEPY IN HER MIND.

SO WHAT IS THE DEAL ON THAT?

WHAT YOU THINK?

>> SO THIS IS PRETTY COOL.

THEY LOOK LIKE CARPENTER BEES.

SO CARPENTER BEES ARE PRETTY EARLY ON MERGERS IN THE SPRING.

THEY ARE COMING OUT THIS TIME OF YEAR.

AND, YOU KNOW, AS THE NAME IMPLIES, THEY TUNNEL INTO WHAT.

THEY PARTITION GALLERIES IN THEIR.

THAT IS WHERE INDIVIDUALS' LARVA WILL DEVELOP IN THERE.

IN THE FALL, THEY OVER-WINTER AS ADULTS AND LIKE TO GO BACK TO THE SAME GALLERIES IN THE WINTER SO YOU WILL GET A BUNCH OF BEES IN THOSE CALORIES.

AND THERE IS NATURALLY SOME DIE OFF OVER THE WINTER.

SO THE ONES FURTHER BACK THAT SURVIVED, SOMETIMES THEY HAVE TO PUSH OUT A BUNCH OF DEAD BEES IN FRONT OF THEM.

AND YOU GET A LITTLE PILE OF DEAD CARPENTER BEES.

IF THEY WERE TO LOOK UP IMMEDIATELY ABOVE THAT AREA, THEY WOULD PROBABLY FIND A NICE ROUND HOLE IN SOMEWHAT SUMMER.

THEY ARE NOT REALLY -- THEY ARE EXCELLENT POLLINATORS.

THEY DO NOT REALLY CAUSE A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO WOOD, SO I DO NOT WORRY ABOUT THEM TOO MUCH.

IF YOU WANT TO TRY TO KEEP THEM OUT OF THERE AGAIN, YOU CAN PLUG UP THAT HOLE AND THEN YOU WOULD NEED TO SEAL IT SOMEHOW WITH A SEAL OR PAINT OR SOMETHING OVER IT TO KIND OF DISCOURAGE THEM FROM USING IT AGAIN.

BUT, REALLY, THEY ARE GOOD NATIVE POLLINATORS.

>> OKAY.

EXCELLENT.

YOU HAVE TWO PICTURES ON THE NEXT ONE, KYLE.

THIS IS ALSO A LINCOLN VIEWER AND SHE SAYS, NOT SURE WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THIS TREE.

SHOULD THEY BE DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT?

AND THEY ARE DOING THIS ALL OVER THE TREE TRUNK.

>> NOT SURE WHAT THIS IS.

>> I THINK IT IS A PEACH.

>> THIS CERTAINLY HAPPENS QUITE A BIT ON SEVERAL DIFFERENT STONE -- STONE FRUIT TREES.

PROBABLY SOMETHING LIKE PEACHTREE BOAR OR A LESSER PEACHTREE BOAR.

PEACHTREE BOAR STEW PREFERRED DOWN TO THE SOIL LINE.

SINCE THIS IS LESSER UP, IT MIGHT BE LESSER PEACHTREE BOAR.

AND THEY MORE CALMLY ATTACK AROUND AREAS OF INJURY.

YOU KNOW?

WHERE THERE IS EITHER HAVING BEEN SOME INFECTION OR PRUNING INJURY.

SOMETHING LIKE THAT BEFORE.

THAT MAY BE SOMETHING TO LOOK INTO IF THERE HAS BEEN PRUNING.

YOU KNOW?

MAYBE IT HAS LED TO SOME ISSUES THERE.

OTHERWISE, TREATING FOR THESE, IT DEPENDS ON WHICH ONE IS ACTIVE.

LESSER PEACHTREE BORERS ARE ACTIVE A LITTLE BIT EARLIER.

BUT YOU CAN MONITOR FOR THEIR FLIGHT TIME FOR PHEROMONE TRAPS FROM BOTH SPECIES.

THAT WILL KIND OF HELP YOU GET TIMING DOWN SO YOU KNOW WHEN THEY ARE LAYING THOSE EGGS YOU WOULD TREAT THE BARK.

YOU WANT SOMETHING THAT HAS A GOOD CONTACT INSECTICIDE THAT YOU WOULD SPRAY ON THAT BARK.

BOTH PERMETHRIN AND CARBONEL ARE LABELED FOR FRUIT TREES.

AND THEY HAVE PRETTY GOOD RESIDUALS SO THAT WOULD BE OPTIONS FOR THAT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANKS, KYLE.

MATT, YOUR FIRST APPEARANCE THIS TIME, TOO.

THIS IS A BLUFFTON, OHIO, VIEWER WHO FOUND US ON THE WEB.

HE BELIEVES HE HAS A GRASSY WEED.

STARTS SMALLER THAN GROSS TO FIVE FEET OR MORE.

IT IS A BLUEGRASS LAWN.

HE IS WONDERING IS IT WIRE STEM MULE HE AND THEY ARE IN ABOUT OUR GROWING ZONE SO WHAT DO WE THINK THIS IS?

>> I DON'T KNOW.

IT KIND OF LOOKS LIKE IT IS A BLUEGRASS.

SO IT COULD BE MAYBE A ROUGH BLUEGRASS, WHICH IS A COUSIN TO THE KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS.

AND IT IS A LIME GREEN IF YOU ARE LOOKING AT THOSE PATCHES.

IT TENDS TO DO REALLY WELL IN THE SPRING THAN IN THE SUMMER AND KIND OF DIES OUT BECAUSE IT GETS TO THE TOP OF ITSELF AND GETS KIND OF WIRY.

SO THAT MIGHT BE ROUGH BLUEGRASS.

I CANNOT TELL BY THE SAMPLE CLOSE-UP.

I MIGHT NEED A ACTUAL SAMPLE TO LOOK AT IT.

THAT IS WHAT I CAN TELL FROM THOSE LIME GREEN COLORS.

OR IT COULD JUST BE A DIFFERENT VARIETY THAT IS JUST OFF COLOR.

BUT IF IT DOES DIE OUT IN THE SUMMER, IT IS PROBABLY THAT ROUGH BLUEGRASS.

THERE IS PROBABLY NO WAY TO KILL HIM WITHOUT USING ROUNDUP.

THERE IS NO SELECTIVELY TO TAKE IT OUT OF BLUEGRASS.

SO YOU WOULD HAVE TO CALL THAT PATCH PROBABLY MULTIPLE TIMES.

BRING IN SOME SUN.

>> DEFINITELY NIMBLE WILL.

>> IT WOULD PROBABLY STILL BE BROWNING ON TOP.

>> ALL RIGHT.

LET'S SEE.

YOU HAD THREE ON THIS NEXT ONE.

WE MIGHT AS WELL DO IT AGAIN.

THIS IS A LINCOLN VIEWER.

VIGOROUS PLANT HE IS SAYING RESEMBLES POISONS POISON HEMLOCK.

HE IS NOT SURE.

AREA IS VERY RICH.

DENSE SHADE IN AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

IT SEEMS TO SPREAD.

HE PULLED UP A LOT OF IT AND PULLED UP SOME VERY GOOD PICTURES.

>> YEAH.

IT DOES LOOK LIKE POISON HEMLOCK.

I WOULD BE PRETTY POSITIVE BY LOOKING AT THE STEMS AS WELL.

IF YOU CUT THOSE UP AND THEY ARE VERY HOLLOW, IT CAN BE HARD TO PULL OUT.

SO YOU CAN DIG THOSE OUT IF THERE'S NOT TOO MANY OF THEM.

OTHERWISE, NOW IS THE TIME TO CONTROL THEM WITH A HERBICIDE BECAUSE THEY ARE YOUNG AND THEY WOULD BE EASIER TO CONTROL.

>> AND YOU HAVE TO PROTECT YOUR SKIN.

IS THAT CORRECT?

>> YEAH.

IT CAN BE.

IT CAN CAUSE RED LESIONS IF YOU GET THE OILS ON YOU FROM THE PLANT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

DENNIS?

>> HI.

>> SO YOUR FIRST ONE IS A VIEWER WHO FIRST OFFICE FROM BLAIR, AND SHE IS SO GLAD WE ARE BACK.

SHE IS A LOYAL ONE.

IT IS AN AUTUMN GLAZE MAPLE.

PLANTED TWO YEARS AGO.

SHE WAS WONDERING WHAT CAUSED THE DAMAGE.

SHE SAID NOT A WABBIT.

SHE LOOKED AT TOOTH MARKS.

DOES NOT THINK IT WAS A DEAR.

WHAT HAPPENED AND HOW DOES SHE KEEP IT FROM HAPPENING AGAIN?

>> IT IS GOING TO BE ONE OF TWO THINGS.

IF IT IS NOT A DEAR SCRAPING THEN IT IS A TREE SQUIRREL, A FOX SQUIRREL.

BEING A MAPLE, JUST UNDER THAT IT IS GOING TO BE VERY SWEET.

USUALLY FOX SQUIRRELS GOLFER HORIZONTAL BRANCHES.

BUT IN THIS CASE THEY WENT FOR A VERTICAL.

SO IF IT LOOKS LIKE TEETH MARKS THAT ARE A QUARTER INCH, THEN IT IS PROBABLY A SQUIRREL.

BUT IF IT LOOKS LIKE SCRAPES THAT ARE WIDER AND THAT IS A FOOT WIDE SCRAPE, THEN IT COULD BE DEER ANTLERS.

>> AND ANYTHING TO DO WITH EITHER CASE?

>> WITH BOTH CASES, JUST PUTTING A WIRE AROUND IT, MAKE SURE IT IS ABOUT AN INCH OR TWO DIAMETER BIGGER THAN THE TREE SO YOU ARE NOT WILLING THE TREE.

JUST HAVE IT GO UP ABOVE THAT AND HAVE IT SO THERE IS ONLY ABOUT AN INCH BETWEEN THE TREE IN YOUR FENCING.

AND YOU CAN USE JUST HARDWARE CLOTH OR ANY KIND OF FENCING.

>> ALL RIGHT.

EXCELLENT.

YOU HAVE TWO PICS ON THIS NEXT ONE.

THIS IS A VIEWER WHO HAS FOUR 15 FOOT TALL TAYLOR JUNIPERS.

AND THEY ARE TRYING TO PROTECT THEM FROM AN UNKNOWN VARMINT.

THEY SUSPECT SQUIRRELS.

THEY FIND THE BRANCHES LYING ON THE GROUND AND OF COURSE THEY ARE MISSHAPEN LIKE THAT.

THEY TRIED SQUIRREL SPRAY, REFLECTIVE TAPE, WIND CHIMES, A PLASTIC ALLYL WITH A SPINNING HEAD, NETTING GRAB, AND A LACK OF WATER AVAILABILITY.

>> SO ALL THOSE THINGS WILL NOT WORK IF IT IS SQUIRRELS.

THE FUNNY THING IS, WITH A SQUIRREL IT LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE ALL ON THE SAME SIDE OF THE TREE.

WHY WOULD THEY DO THAT?

AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY BIG DECIDUOUS TREES WERE A SQUIRREL CAN MAKE A NEST, I HAVE SEEN THEM HARVEST TWIGS OFF OF JUNIPERS, BUT ALL ON ONE SIDE AND ALL ABOUT THE SAME HEIGHT, THIS IS NOT NORMAL BEHAVIOR FOR A SQUIRREL.

SO I WOULD LOOK AT THOSE BRANCHES.

MAYBE IT IS AND INSECT.

A CRANE ON THE VERY COLD CIDER HOT SIDE.

BECAUSE THEY USUALLY TAKE THEM VERY RANDOM AND NOT ALL IN ONE AREA ON ANY KIND OF TREE.

SO IT IS A LITTLE BIT OF A QUANDARY FOR ME.

THE WAY THERE ARE BITES ABOUT THE SAME HEIGHT ON THE SAME SIDE JUST PRECLUDES MOST SQUIRREL BEHAVIOR.

>> IT IS WEIRD.

IT IS ALMOST LIKE SOMEBODY STOOD ON A LADDER.

>> BUT IF IT WAS AN INSECT THAT WANTS TO BE IN THE WARM OR COOL OR DISEASE -- THAT IS ALWAYS ON THE SUNNYSIDE -- THEN YOU MAY GET THAT.

>> LET'S SEE.

SARAH, YOU'RE UP NEXT.

THIS IS A LINCOLN VIEWER.

INTERESTING QUESTION FOR THIS ONE.

SHE HAS GROWN THROUGH ENDLESS BLACKBERRIES FOR YEARS.

ONE YEAR THEY WERE LOADED.

WOOD ASHES, SHE READ, WOULD BENEFIT IT.

AND THEY NEVER PRODUCED AGAIN.

AND AFTER SHE DID THAT, SHE DISCOVERED HER HUSBAND HAD BURNED ALL SORTS OF SCRAP WOOD.

SOME WITH FINISHES AND RAGS.

THEN SHE PUT THOSE ASHES ON THE BLACKBERRIES.

SHE ARE WONDERING IF THAT POISONED THE SOIL.

KILLED IT WELL.

REPLANTED THE AREA WITH VOLUNTEERS.

SEEM TO BE DOING OKAY.

BUT NOW THE ORIGINALS HAVE SENT UNDERGROUND ROOTS AND THEY POP UP FIVE FEET AWAY.

THEY SELDOM PRODUCE BERRIES.

THEY ARE WONDERING, IS IT A NONPRODUCTIVE ROOTSTOCK?

NOT ENOUGH NUTRIENTS?

ANY HOPE ON THIS OR SHOULD SHE JUST CUT THEM OUT AND START OVER WITH SOMETHING THAT SHE KNOWS IS A NAME VARIETY?

>> SO WHAT ASHES IN GENERAL ARE NOT A GREAT SOIL AMENDMENT BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN A LOT OF SALT.

AND SO YOU CAN CAUSE A RAISE IN THE SALINITY OF THE SOIL.

YOU KNOW?

BUT IT DEPENDS ON HOW MANY ASHES APPLIED.

IF WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SEVERAL WHEELBARROWS FULL, THAT IS NOT RIGHT.

THAT IS PRETTY BAD.

BUT IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A FIVE GALLON BUCKET, THEN THAT IS NOT TOO HORRIBLE.

JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND WITH WHAT ASHES IN THE FUTURE.

IT IS NORMAL FOR BLACK RASPBERRIES TO SEND UP SUCKERS.

AND THEY CAN COME UP QUITE A DISTANCE FROM THE ORIGINAL PLANT.

MY CONCERN IS, IF YOU COLLECTED THESE PLANTS AS VOLUNTEERS, YOU KNOW, BLACK RASPBERRIES AND BLACKBERRIES ARE BOTH SUSCEPTIBLE TO SOME VIRUSES AND SOME OTHER DISEASES.

SO IT COULD HAVE BEEN THAT THE PLANTS THAT YOU DUG UP ARE ACTUALLY DISEASED PLANTS AND THAT IS WHY THEY WERE NOT DOING WELL AND PRODUCING.

SO I GUESS WHAT I WOULD DO THIS SPRING IS TO WATCH THE PLANTS AND SEE IF THEY BLOOM.

AND IF THEY BLOOM, DO THOSE FLOWERS ACTUALLY DEVELOP INTO FRUITS OR DO THE FLOWERS DRY UP AND I?

THOSE MAY GET SOME INDICATIONS ON WHAT IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING WITH THOSE PLANTS.

BUT IF THEY DO HAVE A VIRUS OR SOME OTHER KIND OF DISEASE, THEN YOU ARE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO GET RID OF THESE AND PUT IN FRESH PLANTS THAT ARE HEALTHY AND DO NOT HAVE ANY KIND OF DISEASES ON THEM.

>> THIS ONE WITH PICTURES COMES TO US FROM CHANDLER, ARIZONA.

THEY ARE WONDERING WHAT KIND OF TREE THIS IS AND IF IT IS TOO FAR GONE.

IT JUST NEEDS TO BE REMOVED.

IT KIND OF LOOKS ASH-LIKE.

THERE ARE SOME ASHES THAT ARE HARDY IN THAT PART OF THE COUNTRY.

I THINK THEY HAVE SENT US A FULLER PICTURE.

A TRUNK PICTURE.

AND MAYBE ANOTHER ONE IN THERE WITH DISEASE IN IT.

>> IT DOES LOOK LIKE ASH, BUT I CANNOT BE 100% POSITIVE FROM THE PICTURES.

THE BARK DOES LOOK LIKE AN .

THAT TRUNK WOUND IS PRETTY SERIOUS.

OBVIOUSLY, THE TREE IS HAVING TROUBLE MOVING ENOUGH WATER.

THAT IS WHY WE ARE SEEING THE SCORCHING OF THE LEAFLETS IN THIS PICTURE.

EITHER, YOU NEED TO TRY TO STEP UP THE WATERING AND PROVIDE THIS TREE WITH MORE MOISTURE SO THAT DESPITE THIS TRUNK INJURY AND WILL BE ABLE TO MOVE ENOUGH WATER TO KEEP THE TREE HEALTHY AND LEAVES VIGOROUS, BUT AGAIN THIS IS A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT WOUND.

AND YOU ACTUALLY HAVE CO- DOMINANT BRANCHES COMING OUT FROM THAT FIRST JUNCTION OF THE TREE, WHICH IS NOT A STRONG JUNCTION.

SO -- I DON'T KNOW.

THIS TREE MAY BE IMPORTANT TO YOU BECAUSE IT PROVIDES SOME SHADE.

BUT I WOULD START PLANTING ANOTHER TREE TO TAKE ITS PLACE.

>> YOU KNOW, GOOD GARDENERS KNOW THAT HAVING GOOD SOIL IS CRITICAL TO GROWING GOOD PLANT THE RIGHT WAY.

FOR OUR FIRST FEATURE, JEFF CULBERTSON WILL GIVE US SOME TIPS ON GETTING GOOD SOIL READY FOR THE GROWING SEASON.

WELL, IF YOU'RE READY, YOU CAN GET AND START PLANTING BEDS FOR THIS COMING YEAR.

SO WE ARE ABOUT A MONTH OUT FROM PLANTING RIGHT NOW.

THIS IS THE IDEAL TIME TO COME OUT AND LOCATE THE AREA YOU WANT TO PLANT IN AND LOCATE THE SOIL FOR YOUR ANNUALS OR YOUR VEGETABLES.

AND YOU WILL WANT TO PUT THEM IN FOR THIS SUMMER.

THE FIRST THING YOU WANT TO DO IS LOCATE AN AREA THAT REALLY IS IN FULL SUN.

YOU DON'T WANT TO HAVE TOO MUCH IN THE WAY OF POSSIBLE SHADE FROM A TREE OR FROM A BUILDING.

MOST OF OUR ANNUAL SHOWERS OR VEGETABLES YOU WILL PREFER A FULL SUN SIGHT.

THE NEXT STAGES CLEARING A SIGHT.

IF IT IS A LAWN AREA, THEN YOU ARE GOING TO WANT TO SCRAPE AWAY THE GRASS.

I WILL GO AHEAD AND COMPOST THAT.

IF IT IS A MUCH BED LIKE THIS, PULL AWAY AS MUCH MULCH AS POSSIBLE.

WE DON'T WANT TO INCORPORATE MULCH INTO THE SOIL.

WE WILL ROB NITROGEN FROM THE SOIL INITIALLY.

ONCE WE HAVE THAT DONE, WE WILL WANT TO GO AHEAD AND GET SOME COMPOST.

WE WILL PUT DOWN 2 TO 3 INCHES OF COMPOST.

YOU CAN USE A SMALL TILLER PERHAPS, OR, TODAY, WE ARE GOING TO USE A FORK -- A GARDEN CIRQUE -- TO INCORPORATE THAT INTO THE SOIL.

SO IF YOU HAVE AN EXISTING GARDEN SITE, YOU WILL WANT TO PULL THE MULCH BACK.

IN A CASE LIKE THIS, TO AVOID SOME OF THE WEEDS THAT MAY BE DOWN IN THE SOIL, WE WILL SPREAD COMPOST OVER THE TOP LIKE THIS AND RAKE IT IN AND NOT TAKE IT INTO THE SOIL.

THAT WAY, IDEALLY WE WILL AVOID SOME OF THE WEEDS THAT COME IN LATER IN THE YEAR.

IF YOU ARE GOING TO APPLY FERTILIZER TO THE BED, YOU WILL WANT TO RESEARCH WHAT THE PLANTS REQUIRE.

DO A LITTLE RESEARCH ON THAT.

AND LOOK AT THE LABEL THERE AND SEE HOW MUCH TO PUT OUT.

WHEN WE FERTILIZE, WE WILL USE ONE POUND PER HUNDRED SQUARE FEET OF A BALANCED FERTILIZER.

10% NITROGEN.

10% PHOSPHORUS.

10% POTASSIUM FERTILIZER, SPREAD EVENLY THROUGH THE BED AND INCORPORATE THAT INTO THE BED.

A THIRD THING TO THINK ABOUT IS IF YOU HAVE -- IF YOU ARE GOING TO NEED TO WALK TO THE BED.

MULCH THAT SO YOU DO NOT CONTACT THE SOIL TO THE EUROS YOU ARE WORKING IN THE GARDEN.

SO AS WE PREP OUR BED, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE REMOVE ANY LAWN OR MULCH BEFORE WE DO ANY INCORPORATING INTO THE BED.

WE WENT TO MAKE SURE TO ADD A COUPLE INCHES OF COMPOST TO IT.

AND THEN WE WANT TO AVOID OVER TILLING THE SOIL.

MAKE SURE WE WORK IT IN BUT DO NOT OVERDO IT.

WE DON'T WANT TO DAMAGE THE SOIL STRUCTURE TOO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU, JEFF.

AND REMEMBER YOU CAN SEE ALL THESE PRINCIPLES PUT INTO ACTION OUT IN THE BACKYARD.

KEEP YOUR BOOTS OFF OUR SOIL.

KYLE, YOUR NEXT ONE IS THREE PICTURES.

THIS IS A LINCOLN VIEWER.

WE HAVE A LARGE HEDGE OF WINTER CREEPER THAT HAS CLIMBED THEIR CHAIN-LINK FENCE.

IT IS REALLY GOOD FOR SCREENING PROPERTIES, BUT THIS IS WHAT THEY HAVE FOUND ON IT OVER THE WEEKEND.

THEY WANT TO KNOW, WHAT IS IT, IS THERE ANYTHING TO DO ABOUT IT, AND WHILE THEY SPREAD TO OTHER PLANTS?

>> WELL, THESE ARE CASKETS.

PROBABLY IN .

THEY HAVE AN EXOSKELETON.

AS THEY GROW, THEY HAVE TO SHED THAT TO GROW.

THAT IS WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT THERE.

THAT IS JUST THE MULCH OR SHREDDED SKIN OF PROBABLY A PLANT HOPPER OF JUST THE FILAMENTS AROUND IT.

THERE IS ONLY A COUPLE OF THEM.

SO EVEN IF THEY DO SPREAD TO ANYTHING ELSE, IT IS NOT SOMETHING I WOULD BE WORRIED ABOUT.

>> SO IT IS NOT THE DREADED SCALE?

>> NO.

NOPE.

>> YOU HAVE ONE PICTURE ON THIS NEXT ONE.

THIS IS A VIEWER -- WE ARE NOT SURE WHERE FROM.

THEY ARE SAYING THEY HAD THE HOSES ROLLED UP IN THE GARAGE AND SPRINKLERS.

NO WATER CAME OUT.

TOOK THE HOSE OFF TO REATTACH IT.

IT WAS TOTALLY FULL WITH ANTS.

AND OF THE QUESTION HERE IS WHY DO THEY TRY TO NEST IN THE ENDS OF A SPRINKLER OR HOSE AND WHAT CAN YOU DO ABOUT THAT?

>> YEAH.

I HAVE NO IDEA.

THIS IS BAZAAR.

I AM STUMPED ON THIS ONE.

I GUESS WHY THEY WOULD BE IN THEIR, I CANNOT REALLY TELL YOU.

IF YOU JUST LAY IT OUT IN THE SUN YOU MAY BE ABLE TO GET THEM OUT.

OTHERWISE, I GUESS WHAT YOU CAN DO IS JUST GET A NEW HOSE.

>> BUT, I MEAN, AND DON'T NORMALLY PUT THEIR EGGS IN THINGS IN A SPOT LIKE THAT.

DO THEY?

>> NOT NORMALLY.

BUT IT DID LOOK LIKE THERE WERE EITHER SOME EGGS OR PUPA IN THERE TOO.

OR LARVA.

YEAH.

>> REALLY ODD.

>> WE HAVE NEVER HAD THAT QUESTION BEFORE, I DON'T THINK.

ALL RIGHT, MATT.

THIS IS AN OMAHA VIEWER.

AND THEY ARE SAYING THAT THEIR BACKYARD OF THE HOUSE THAT THEY BOUGHT HAS UNEVEN GRASS AND IT IS BUMPY AND UNEVEN BECAUSE THE FORMER OWNERS HAD CHICKENS, AND THE CHICKENS APPARENTLY BUMPED AND LUMPED THEIR GRASS.

I THINK WE HAVE MAYBE TWO PICS .

WE ARE WONDERING HOW TO RESTORE REAL TURF TO THIS.

>> YEAH.

DEPENDING ON WHAT TYPE OF GRASS IT IS, IF IT IS MOSTLY TALL FESCUE AND RYEGRASS, THEN IT WILL NOT REALLY SPREAD.

SO FERTILIZER WOULD PROBABLY HELP SPREAD THAT OUT.

BUT IF YOU WANT TO START OVER, YOU WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO TELL THE AREA.

THE OTHER OPTION WOULD BE TO BRING IN SOME SOIL, LEVEL IT OFF, AND RE-SEED.

THAT WOULD HELP TO TRY TO REMEDIATE SOME OF THE BUMPS.

THE OTHER OPTION WOULD BE TO VERIFY IT AND SEED INTO THAT AND HOPEFULLY OVER TIME WITH A LITTLE BETTER FERTILIZER AND WATER YOU CAN GET THAT.

>> TO DE- CLUMP.

>> AND DON'T BUY ANY MORE CHICKENS.

>> YOU HAVE ONE MORE PICTURE ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS IS A RAYMOND VIEWER AND IT COULD BE MANY, MANY.

WHAT WOULD YOU KILL IT WITH?

WHEN CAN YOU PLANT GRASS IN ITS PLACE?

>> SO, YEAH.

IT IS PROBABLY GETTING TO THE POINT TO WHERE TREATMENT IS NOT GOING TO WORK VERY WELL.

BECAUSE ONCE IT FLOWERS AMATEURS HERBICIDES DO NOT WORK VERY WELL.

IT IS A WINTER ANNUAL SO THE IDEAL TIME WOULD BE IN THE FALL AND YOU CAN CONTROL IT REALLY EASILY.

ONCE WE GET INTO WARMER DAYS LIKE WE ARE HAVING THIS WEEKEND, HENBIT IS ALREADY RECEDING.

AND IF YOU HAVE TO TREAT IT, MOST OF THE HERBICIDES WORK.

BUT MOST CONTAIN A HOTTER ACTIVE SINCE HUNTER SEWN WILL BURN IT DOWN QUICKER.

SO IT IS A SLOW PROCESS.

IF YOU DO USE A 240 PRODUCT, IT IS ABOUT TWO WEEKS UNTIL YOU CAN RE-SEED.

>> DENNIS, YOU HAVE TWO THAT ARE VERY RELATED.

THIS FIRST ONE COMES FROM ASHLYN.

SHE WANTS TO KNOW WHAT ANIMAL IS TAKING THESE HOLES.

SHE HAS HAD AN INCREASE THIS YEAR.

>> SO THIS IS EITHER A FRANKLIN GROUND SQUIRREL OR IF YOU'RE NEAR ANY FARMSTEAD IT COULD BE A RAT.

BUT AN OPEN HOLE LIKE THIS, I CANNOT SEE WHAT EXACTLY THE MARKS ARE, BUT IF IT IS LESS THAN 5 INCHES -- >> 8 INCHES.

IT IS 8.

>> IF IT IS 8, THEN IT IS A WOODCHUCK .

>> WHO WOULD CHUCK THAT WOOD.

>> WELL, T THEY DON'T CHUCK WOOD.

THEY DIG HOLES.

THE WHOLE YARD IS BEING TAKEN OVER.

THE WHOLE YARD IS A BUMPY MESS.

THEY THINK IT LOOKS LIKE WORM CASTINGS.

>> WELL, IT COULD BE BUT THE WAY IT IS FLUFFED UP I THINK IT MAY BE BIRDS AFTER WORMS.

BIRDS, ROBINS, STARLINGS, THEY ARE ALL AFTER ANYTHING IN THE GRASS.

IF WE HAVE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN, WORMS MAY COME UP AND IT WILL BE A BUFFET.

THE OTHER THING IS, ESPECIALLY ROBINS RIGHT NOW, THEY ARE BUILDING THOSE NESTS.

MAKES FOR A NICE HOME.

SAID THEY WILL BE PICKING AND NOT ONLY GETTING WORMS, BUT ALSO GETTING MATERIAL TO BUILD WITH.

>> TWO MORE.

THIS IS WITH A LINCOLN VIEWER.

MAYBE THE SAME THING.

NO MOLES, BOWLS, TUNNELS.

>> THIS LOOKS MORE LIKE TRUE EARTHWORM.

EARTHWORM CASTINGS.

NOT AS MUCH AS BIRDS TO EARTHWORMS BUT YOU EARTHWORMS.

IT MAKES THE SOIL BUMPY.

SLIP LESS ON THE LAWN WHEN YOU ARE RUNNING IF IT HAS BUMPS.

>> OR YOU CUT YOUR TOE AND YOU FACE PLANT.

>> YEAH.

THAT IS OKAY, TOO.

>> SARAH, ON THIS ONE YOU HAD THREE PICTURES.

THIS IS TOMATO STARTING FROM SEED.

AND THEY HAVE DONE IT FOR THREE YEARS.

THEY HAD NEVER REALLY SEEN THE CURL.

THEY WONDER IF THERE IS A PROBLEM.

AS FAR AS THE LIGHTS, THEY DID LIFT THE LIGHTS.

I THINK YOU HAVE ANOTHER PICTURE FROM A DIFFERENT VIEWER, WHICH IS BASICALLY ALMOST THE SAME THING.

THE FIRST IS FROM UNDERWOOD, IOWA.

THE FIRST THREE PICTURES AND THE SECOND IS FROM OMAHA.

THE SECOND QUESTION.

>> I WOULD NOT SAY THAT THIS LOOKS LIKE A LIGHT BURN TO ME.

THERE WERE SOME STRANGE SPOTS ON THE LEAVES, AND THERE WERE SOME AREAS WHERE THE VEINS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE LEAVES WERE STRANGELY FORMED.

THEY WERE KIND OF ROUGHLY FORMED AND THICKENED IN A VERY UNUSUAL WAY.

AND I CANNOT SAY WHAT THIS IS.

I DO NOT THINK I HAVE EVER SEEN THIS BEFORE.

SO THIS MIGHT BE A GOOD SAMPLE IF YOU WANT TO SUBMIT ONE TO KYLE AT THE PLANT PAST CLINIC.

ESPECIALLY THE FIRST VIEWER, I AM WONDERING WHERE THEY GOT THE SEED FROM.

IN THAT CASE, AGAIN, THERE COULD HAVE BEEN A DISEASE ON THOSE PLANTS WHERE YOU SAVED THE SEED AND THIS CAN BE AN EXPRESSION OF SOME KIND OF A VIRUS.

NOT TOTALLY 100% SURE.

SO I WOULD SEND A SAMPLE INTO KYLE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND THEN YOUR LAST MONTH, THE OMAHA ONE, SHE JUST KIND OF SENT A COUPLE OF PICTURES, BUT THEY ALL LOOK LIKE THIS.

SHE IS WONDERING WHAT SHE IS DOING WRONG.

>> YOU KNOW WHAT, IT IS HARD TO SAY WITHOUT KNOWING YOUR FERTILITY AND WATERING.

ALL OF THOSE DETAILS ON PRODUCTION.

MY FIRST THOUGHT LOOKING AT THIS IS YOU HAVE A FERTILITY PROBLEM AND MAYBE THEY HAVE NOT GOTTEN ENOUGH NUTRIENTS.

>> BEFORE WE GO TO BREAK, WE ARE GOING TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE UPCOMING WEATHER FOR THE WEEK.

LET'S TAKE A MINUTE TO HEAR FROM GANNON RUSH AND THE REGIONAL CLIMATE CENTER ON WHAT TO EXPECT.

>> THANKS, KIM.

WE ARE EXPECTING A BIT OF A WARM-UP TO OCCUR AND THAT WILL BE ON SATURDAY.

TEMPERATURES WILL RISE INTO THE MID-UPPER 80s AND WILL STAY THAT WAY THROUGH MONDAY IN WHICH THINGS WILL COOL OFF ACROSS THE STATE DROPPING INTO THE UPPER 50s AND TO THE LOW 60s.

ALSO ON MONDAY WE ARE EXPECTING A SYSTEM TO MOVE TO THE STATE.

THE HIGHEST ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE STATE WERE STRONG TO SIGNIFICANT THUNDERSTORMS COULD OCCUR.

OUT WEST WE ARE EXPECTING A COMBINATION OF RAIN AND SNOW AND IT COULD BE A LITTLE SLUSHY.

TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE STATE ARE STILL RELATIVELY MILD.

40s AND 50s.

IT WILL LIKELY WARM-UP THIS WEEK THANKS TO THE WARM-UP WE ARE HAVING BEFORE THEY FALL AGAIN DUE TO THE COOL DOWN.

AND THAT IS YOUR WEEKLY WEATHER FORECAST.

BACK TO YOU, KIM.

>> THANK YOU, GANNON .

WE HAVE A LOT MORE OF YOUR QUESTION TO GET TO BUT RIGHT NOW WE NEED TO TAKE A BREAK.

THERE IS MUCH MORE "BACKYARD FARMER" COMING UP RIGHT AFTER THESE MESSAGES.

[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 GET SOME TIPS ON PRE- EMERGENTS THIS SPRING.

YOU CAN STILL PHONE IN YOUR QUESTIONS TO 1-800-676-5446.

SEND US THOSE PICTURES AND E- MAILS TO BYF@UNL.

EDU.

SARAH, THE HOT SEAT.

RIGHT NOW THEY ARE IN ZONE 6B, NOT 5B.

SHE WANTS TO KNOW IF SHE CAN PLANT THEM EARLIER THAN USUAL.

>> NO.

WE STILL GET THOSE LATER THAN AVERAGE FROSTS EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE IN A NEW ZONE.

>> THIS IS A LOUISVILLE VIEWER WANTS TO KNOW WHETHER SHE CAN GROW BLACK DIAMOND WATERMELONS AND HAVE THEM COME UP SEEDLESS.

>> NO.

THAT WON'T HAPPEN.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS A FIREPLACE WOOD ASHES QUESTION AGAIN.

THEY WANT TO KNOW, IS THERE A SAFE, LIKE, FIREPLACE WHAT ASH.

CHARCOAL OR MATCHES?

>> NO.

CHARCOAL IS WORSE THAN WOOD ASH.

JUST HOW MUCH TO AN AREA OF SOILED.

USE IT SPARINGLY.

>> ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE A VIEWER WHO IS PLANTING A NEW STRAWBERRY BED.

THEY WANT TO KNOW CAN THEY USE GREEN?

>> AS LONG AS THE STRAWBERRIES ARE ON A PREEN LABEL.

BUT DOUBLE CHECK.

>> NICE JOB.

THANK YOU.

OKAY, DENNIS.

>> I AM READY.

HERE WE GO.

THIS COULD HAVE BEEN FROM MULTIPLE VIEWERS, BUT THIS LINCOLN VIEWER SAID THAT FOX'S HAVE MADE A DENT IN THEIR MULCH PILE.

WHEN WILL THEY SEE THE KITS?

>> WELL, IT DEPENDS IF IT IS A MALE OR FEMALE.

IF IT IS A FEMALE, YOU WILL PROBABLY START TO SEE THEM IN A WEEK OR TWO.

>> WE HAVE A VIEWER WHO WONDERS WHETHER CASTOR OIL IT REALLY WORKS TO GET RID OF MOLES.

>> NOT REALLY.

IT HELPS REPEL THEM, BUT VERY, VERY SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS A GRAND ISLAND VIEWER WHO WONDERS IS THERE ANY WAY AT ALL TO KEEP SQUIRRELS FROM DIGGING IN THE GARDENS?

>> NOT REALLY.

>> A CON A VIEWER OR CARNEY AREA VIEWER SAID THEY SEE THE PRAIRIE DOG PLACE ALONG THE INTERSTATE.

BUT THEY DO NOT SEE ANY PRAIRIE DOGS.

>> THEY ARE THERE.

I HAVE BEEN THERE AND I KNOW THE OWNER.

>> THIS IS A SYDNEY VIEWER WHO WONDERS IS THERE ANY WAY TO HELP THE AMPHIBIANS DURING DROUGHT.

MUST BE TALKING FROGS AND TOADS AND THINGS.

>> NOT REALLY.

WE JUST HAVE TO HOPE FOR WATER LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE.

THEY ARE PRETTY RESILIENT.

>> NICE JOB.

OKAY, MATT.

READY?

>> AS LONG AS YOU HAVE SIX QUESTIONS.

>> I DO.

THAT DOES NOT MEAN YOU WILL BE ABLE TO ANSWER THEM ALL.

THIS NOR FOLK OF YOUR WONDERS ABOUT THE TIMING FOR PUTTING ON THE TURF TRIPLE ACTION THREE- WAY PRODUCT.

HERBICIDE.

IS IT NOW OR IS IT LATER?

>> IT DEPENDS ON WHAT IT IS AFTER.

IF YOU HAVE BROUGHT LEAVES IN THE AREA, YOU COULD USE IT NOW.

BUT I WOULD WAIT CLOSER TO GET A CLOSER TO THAT CRABGRASS EMERGENCE.

>> THIS IS A VIEWER WHO WANTS TO KNOW WHETHER THEY CAN USE MICHAEL GLOVER AND THEN ONE OF THE BEST USE LIKE SHEEP'S RESCUE WITHOUT IRRIGATION.

>> IF YOU CAN GET IT ESTABLISHED, I THINK YOU CAN GET IT TOGETHER AND THE CLOVER WILL FEED THE GRASS.

>> THIS IS A YORK PURE WHO CEDED ANNUAL RYE LAST FALL.

>> YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO.

THE ANNUAL RYE WILL BE ABLE TO GROW THROUGHOUT THE YEAR BUT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO MOW IT OFF.

>> THIS IS A VIEWER WHO WANTS TO KNOW WHEN TO OVER SEED BEST YOU.

AZERI SOIL TEMPERATURE WE LOOK FOR?

>> I WOULD OVER SEED ANYTIME YOU CAN WHEN IT IS NOT TOO WET.

>> IS THERE A TIME TO KILL FLOWERING DANDELIONS THAT WORKS?

>> ANY TIME.

THAT THEY ARE FLOWERING AND YOU SPRAY THEM, IT WILL EVENTUALLY KILL THE PLANT BUT SOMETIMES IT TAKES A LITTLE LONGER WHEN THEY ARE FLOWERING AND PUTTING IN ALL THAT EFFORT TO PUSH IT OUT.

>> THANKS.

OKAY, KYLE.

ARE YOU READY?

>> I AM READY.

>> OKAY.

THIS IS A CARNEY VIEWER.

THERE ARE THREE EXCLAMATION POINTS ON EDGE.

TICS.

THE TICS ARE OUT ALREADY.

ANY EXCLAMATION?

>> THERE ARE SOME SPRAYS.

I BELIEVE IT IS PERMETHRIN THAT YOU CAN APPLY TO CLOTHING.

IT CAN EVEN LAST THROUGH SEVERAL WASHES.

YEAH.

OTHERWISE I DON'T KNOW THAT JUST NORMAL REPELLENT WORKS.

>> THIS IS AN ALL THE HOT VIEWER WHO SAYS THAT BUMBLEBEES WERE ABLE TO OVERWINTER.

THEY WERE IN A TREE IN A STUMPED THAT WERE REMOVED.

NOW THEY WANT TO PURSUE THE BEAST TO MOVE.

IS THERE A WAY TO DO THAT?

>> BUMBLEBEES ARE HONEY?

>> THEY SAID BUMBLE.

>> YEAH.

I WILL PASS.

>> WHO KNOWS ON THAT ONE?

RIGHT?

EARTHWORMS ARE TAKING OVER THE YARD OF THIS VIEWER.

WHAT TO DO?

>> PASS.

>> GO FISHING.

ANTS IN THE KITCHEN.

IS THERE A WAY TO TELL IF THEY ARE GREASE ANSWER SUGAR ANTS?

>> PUT UPDATE AND SEE WHAT THEY LIKE TO EAT.

I WOULD START WITH A SUGAR- BASED.

THAT IS MOST COMMON IN WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO SEE IN KITCHENS I THINK.

IF THEY ARE NOT GOING TO THAT SUGAR BAIT THEN I WOULD SWITCH IT UP.

>> PERFECT.

NICE JOB, ALL.

YOU KNOW, WE ARE ANXIOUS TO GET PLANTS GROWING IN OUR GARDEN THIS SEASON, BUT OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE NOT PLANTED MUCH YET.

TERRY SAYS THERE'S PLENTY GOING ON IN OUR GREENHOUSE IN PREP.

LET'S SEE WHAT'S GOING ON OUT AT THE BACKYARD FARMER GARDEN.

>> THIS WEEK IN THE BACKYARD FROM HER GARDEN, WE ARE CONTINUALLY WORKING IN THE GREENHOUSE.

WE HAVE SEVERAL PLANTS THAT NEED TO BE PLANTED, SEEDED, THOSE KIND OF THINGS, BUMPED UP.

BUT WE ARE MOVING OUT INTO THE LANDSCAPE.

AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE PUT A BRAND-NEW TRELLIS UP ON ONE OF OUR NEW RAISED BEDS FROM LAST YEAR.

IT IS LOOKING GREAT.

WE HAVE THREE MORE TO INSTALL.

WORD TO THE WISE, IF YOUR ARE ADDING A TRELLIS, MAYBE THINK ABOUT THAT BEFORE YOU PUT ALL THE SOIL IN, BECAUSE ON OUR BEDS WE HAD TO REMOVE THE SOIL TO PUT THE TRELLIS UP AND THEN PUT THE TRELLIS BACK IN.

SO A LITTLE BIT OF WORK BUT I THINK IT IS GOING TO LOOK RIGHT.

WE ARE SLOWLY CLEANING UP OUR BEDS.

WE WILL BE MAKING SURE ALL THE LEAVES ARE OUT.

TAKING DOWN SOME OF THOSE SELF PROTESTING PLANTS AND MAKING OUR GARDEN LOOK BEAUTIFUL.

SO STOP BY THE BACKYARD FROM HER GARDEN THIS WEEK AND CHECK IT OUT.

>> YOU KNOW, IT IS FUN TO SEE HOW THOSE BEAUTIFUL PLANTS GET STARTED.

AND IN A FEW SHORT WEEKS, WE WILL HAVE THEM OUT IN THE SUN TO GET HARDENED OFF BEFORE WE PLANT.

AND NOW IT'S TIME FOR US TO CHECK OUT THE PLANT OF THE WEEK TAKE IT AWAY SARAH.

>> THIS ONE WITH THE SMALL WHITE FLOWERS IS CALLED PERL BUSH.

SO PERL BUSH IS ONE OF THOSE PLANTS THAT HAVE BEEN OUT OF FASHION FOR A WILD BUT SEEMS TO BE CAVING MAKING A COME BACK.

IT GETS ITS NAME FROM, IF YOU CAN SEE HOW TIGHT THOSE BUDS ARE, SO THIS ONE WOULD GET TO BE ABOUT FOUR FEET TALL OR SO AND EVENTUALLY BE ABOUT THE SAME WITH.

IT NEEDS SOME WATERING WHEN YOU'RE GETTING ESTABLISHED BUT AFTER THAT IT CAN HAVE SOME DROUGHT TOLERANCE.

SO A NICE PRETTY SPRING BLOOMER THAT COULD ADD SOME COLOR TO THE SPRING GARDEN.

THEN IN BACK OF THAT, WE HAVE AN APPLE.

THIS IS ACTUALLY A FRUITING APPLE.

AND IT WAS DEVELOPED IN MICHIGAN.

SO THIS APPLE HAS REALLY GOOD WHOLEHEARTED THIS.

THIS ONE IS CALLED ZEST STAR.

AND IT IS ONE OF THE EARLIER HARVESTING APPLES.

SO THIS WOULD START OFF THE APPLE HARVESTING SEASON.

THE APPLES THEMSELVES ARE A REALLY BRIGHT RED AND HAVING A SCRATCHY TEXTURE TO THEM.

THIS IS PROBABLY THEIR BEST USE, BUT THEY CAN ALSO BE USED IN COOKING AND BAKING.

THEY ALSO HAVE A REALLY LONG STORAGE TIME.

SOMETIMES THESE APPLES CAN STORE UP TO TWO MONTHS.

IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A NEW LITTLE APPLE THAT YOU MAY WANT TO ADD TO YOUR HOME ORCHARD, YOU MAY WANT TO CHECK OUT ZESTAR .

>> THE FIRST TWO PICS TO YOU, KYLE.

THESE WERE WHEN THEY WERE TELLING THE GROUND IN HERE.

THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT THIS INTERESTING INSECT IS.

>> IT IS A MOLE CRICKET.

THEY FEED ON THE ROOTS OF PLANTS.

AND IN THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S., THEY CAN A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT TEST OF TURF.

BUT, HERE IN NEBRASKA, THEY ARE NOT A PROBLEM.

>> YOU HAVE TWO ON THE NEXT ONE ALSO.

THIS IS A BROAD SOUGHT VIEWER.

BIGGER THAN A PAINTED LADY.

SMALLER THAN A MONARCH.

THIS MIGHT BE WHAT HE SAW.

>> YEAH.

THIS IS A RED ADMIRAL.

SO IT IS VERY CLOSELY RELATED TO PAINTED LADIES.

AND THEY OVERWINTER IN THE SOUTHERN U.S.

THEY ARE KIND OF ONE OF THE EARLIER WANTS TO MIGRATE UP TO NEBRASKA.

>> ALL RIGHT.

LOVELY.

YOU HAVE THREE ON THIS NEXT ONE, MATT.

THIS IS IN OMAHA VIEWER.

HE HAD A BLUE SPRUCE REMOVED.

HE DID SEED IT WAS SEED MIX.

GOT SEED MIX.

IT WAS LATER IN THE YEAR THAT HE PUT DOWN SOME ANNUAL SEED.

NOW, HE HAS GOT SOME UNDESIRABLE GRASS AND THE AREA TOO LARGE TO DATE.

HE DOES NOT WANT TO USE ROUNDUP BECAUSE HE STILL HAS A LOT OF GOOD GRASS.

AND ALSO APPLIED A SECOND ROUND OF FERTILIZER WITH A TREE IN AT THIS WEEK.

SO HE WONDERS WHEN HE CAN PUT DOWN MORE SEED OR DOES HE ACTUALLY HAVE TO WAIT.

>> SO, YEAH.

I THINK THE GRASS THAT YOU HAVE THERE WILL PROBABLY BE OKAY WITH FERTILIZER.

IF YOU DID PUT A PRE DOWN.

THE ONLY WAY TO VERIFY IT IS TO GET A SEED DOWN BELOW THAT LAYER.

I THINK THAT THE GRASS THAT IS IN THERE THAT YOU DON'T WANT, IT LOOKS LIKE IT COULD JUST BE AN ANNUAL RYE GRASS.

I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WAS SOME OF THAT PUT IN THERE IN THE FALL AS WELL.

SO THAT WILL CONTINUE TO GROW THROUGHOUT THE YEAR BUT YOU CAN MOW IT OFF.

OR YOU CAN WAIT FOR THAT TO GROW TALLER AND WIPE IT WITH ROUNDUP AND THAT WOULD BE ONE WAY TO GET RID OF IT.

SO IT WILL STICK UP REALLY HIGH.

THAT WAY YOU DON'T KILL THE LOWER CLASS.

AND THAT WILL BE ONE WAY TO GET RID OF IT.

OTHERWISE, IT SHOULD CHECK OUT AND DIE AS A SUMMER COMES ALONG.

>> YOU HAVE ONE PICTURE FROM THIS NEXT ONE.

SHE SAYS CRABGRASS IS GROWING ALL AROUND SEVERAL FLOWERS, INCLUDING THE IRIS.

THIS IS THE PICTURE THAT SHE SENT.

SO IS THIS CRABGRASS?

SHE WANTS TO KNOW HOW TO KILL THE GRASS WITHOUT KILLING ALL THE PERENNIALS.

>> YEAH.

IT IS NOT CRABGRASS BECAUSE IT IS WAY TOO EARLY FOR THAT.

AND THAT IS ONE THAT GREENS UP REALLY QUICK IN THE SPRING AND IT GROWS REALLY AGGRESSIVELY.

UNDERGROUND.

SO KILLING THAT IN A LANDSCAPE BED.

IF YOU DON'T HAVE OTHER GRASSES, THERE IS ONE PRODUCT.

GRASS BE GONE IS MADE BY ORTHO, AND THAT ONE GOES GRASS ONLY.

IT HAS A LOT OF LABELS.

YOU HAVE TO READ TO THAT.

THAT ONE KILLS ONLY GRASS.

SO YOU CAN USE THAT ONE.

>> OKAY.

THANK YOU, MATT.

OKAY.

DENNIS, YOUR FIRST ONE IS JUST ONE PICTURE.

YOU WILL BE SO HAPPY THIS IS A LINCOLN VIEWER.

WANTS TO KNOW WHAT THIS SNAKE IS.

THINKS IT IS A BROWN SNAKE.

>> IT IS.

IT IS FULL-GROWN AT 8 TO 10 INCHES.

IT IS VERY COLD TOLERANT.

THEY COME OUT EARLY AND THEY EAT SNAILS AND SLUGS SO THEY ARE A GOOD GUY.

>> PUT IT NEXT TO THE PASTAS.

>> YEAH.

THEY LOVE SNAILS AND SLUGS.

>> YOU HAVE TWO ON THE NEXT ONE, DENNIS.

THIS IS THAT HE HAS NEVER SEEN ON THE PROPERTY.

AND I THINK THERE ARE TWO PICTURES OF IT.

THEY ARE JUST CURIOUS, AS ARE SOME NEIGHBORS.

>> YEAH.

THAT ONE THERE, BECAUSE IT IS STRAIGHT AND POINTED, THE SECOND PICTURE LOOKS LIKE THAT, POSSIBLY.

BUT THE OTHER CURLY ONE WITH BLUNT ENDS LOOKS MORE LIKE AVIAN.

SOME KIND OF BIRD.

AND I ALSO SEE A LITTLE WHITE ON THE CAST ON ONE END BACK.

SO I DON'T THINK, AND IT IS HARD TO TELL HIM THAT THEY ARE RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME, BUT ONE LOOKS LIKE THAT AND ONE LOOKS LIKE AVIAN OR BIRD.

>> AND IT WOULD BE IDEAL IF MAYBE THEY HAD PUT A QUARTER -- >> YEAH.

TO SEE THE SIZE OR MAGNIFY IT SOME MORE.

>> THANK YOU, DENNIS.

>> YOUR FIRST ONE HERE IS -- OH DEAR.

THIS IS THE THIRD TREE PLANTED IN THIS LOCATION ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE HOUSE.

IT WAS PLANTED A YEAR AND A HALF AGO.

THE TOP DIED.

HE THOUGHT YOU COULD REDIRECT THESE WEEPING BRANCHES UPWARDS.

THEY DON'T SEEM TO BE GROWING UP AND IF THEY REMOVE THE SUPPORT STRAPS, IT IS GOING TO DROOP.

THEY ARE WONDERING, SHOULD THEY CUT OFF THE DEAD?

IS THERE ANY HOPE FOR THIS TECHNIQUE WORKING?

THEY HAVE WATERED AND FERTILIZED.

ANY IDEAS ON A, THIS IS THE THIRD TREE IN THIS PLACE AND, B, CAN THIS BE SAVED AND TURNED INTO SOMETHING?

>> SO WHEN YOU ARE GOING A DROOPING TREE LIKE THIS, THE TREE DOES NOT WANT TO GO THAT WAY.

SO YOU ARE EITHER GOING TO HAVE TO KEEP THAT LEADER PULLED INTO AN UPRIGHT POSITION TO GET IT TO GO THAT WAY.

AND SO YOU CAN EITHER LEAVE THE DEAD TOP TO DO THAT OR YOU CAN INSTALL A SUPPORT TO THE TRUNK TO TIE THAT UPRIGHT SHOOT TO GET IT TO CONTINUE TO GROW UP.

SO WHY YOU HAVE LOST THREE TREES IN THIS LOCATION, I WOULD LOOK AT WATERING.

HAS IT BEEN WAY TOO DRY OR WAY TOO WET?

IT IS WAY TOO WEIRD AT THE OTHER TREES HAVE DIED JUST AS THIS ONE HAS DONE.

THEN THAT IS A LITTLE ODD.

IF YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE THAT BED SHOOT OFF, I WOULD CHECK TO SEE IF THERE HAS BEEN ANY TUNNELING IN THAT STEM OR ANY DAMAGE THAT WOULD INDICATE WHAT MIGHT HAVE CAUSED THAT TO DIE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANKS, SARAH.

YOU HAVE TWO QUESTIONS FOR THIS ONE.

SHE HAS A LIMELIGHT HYDROGENASE.

AND THEY ARE STILL YOUNG, OBVIOUSLY.

NOT ANY PRUNING.

SHEET -- I THINK SHE KNOWS SHE NEEDS TO PRUNE THESE NOW.

>> SO LIMELIGHT HAS VERY LARGE FLOWER HEADS.

THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE FOREHEADS ARE GETTING SO BIG THEY DROOP DOWN.

THEN, NO.

YOU DON'T WANT TO PRUNE IT HARD.

NOT THE SAME WAY AS AN AND ABOUT WHERE YOU CUT IT ALL THE WAY TO THE GROUND.

WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS YOU WILL CUT A BUNCH OF STANDS AND GET VERY, VERY LARGE FLOWER HEADS.

SO YOU DO NOT WANT TO PRUNE OFF MORE THAN 20% OR 25% OF THE STEMS AT ONE TIME.

MAKE SURE YOUR PRUNING TO BUDS THAT ARE GOING TO GO UPWARD AND OUTWARD.

AND MAKE SURE YOU'RE NOT OVER FERTILIZING OR OVERWATERING THAT WILL CAUSE A LOT OF FAST, LUSH GROWTH AND CONTRIBUTE TO THOSE WEEKS STEMS.

>> THANK YOU, SARAH.

SO WHEN THE WEATHER WARMS UP, A LOT OF PEOPLE RUSH TO GET THEIR PRE-EMERGENT DOWN ON THE LAWN.

LET'S HEAR FROM MATT FOR A FEW MINUTES TO TELL US THE PROPER TIMING AND OTHER TECHNIQUES TO GET THE JOB DONE RIGHT.

>> SPRING IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER AND YOU MAY BE THINKING ABOUT PRE-EMERGENT HERBICIDES.

SOME TIPS TO CONTROL WHAT WE ARE ACTORS GENERALLY LOOKING AT TIMING ARE PRE-EMERGENT HERBICIDE WITH CRABGRASS.

SO IF WE ARE DOING IT REALLY EARLY, LET'S SAY WE WARMED UP ABOUT A WEEK OR TWO AGO.

WE DO NOT REALLY NEED TO PUT IT DOWN THAT EARLY BUT IT WILL NOT REALLY HURT THE PRE-EMERGENT TO SET THERE.

AS LONG AS WE HAVE GOT IT WATERED AND IT WILL NOT DO MUCH UNTIL WE WATER IT UP .

IF YOU ARE WANTING TO GET A LONGER SEASON OUT OF YOUR PRE- EMERGENTING CONTROL, WHEN YOU GET A CLOSER TO CRABGRASS EMERGENCE, IT WILL OBVIOUSLY LAST LONGER THROUGHOUT THE SEASON.

TRY TO GET IT AS CLOSE TO CRABGRASS EMERGENCE AS YOU CAN IF THAT IS YOUR TARGET.

IF YOU'RE TRYING TO TIME YOUR APPLICATION ON SOIL TEMPERATURES, IF YOU GET 250 DEGREE AVERAGE THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR FIVE DAYS, THAT IS GENERALLY WHEN CRABGRASS WILL START EMERGING.

AND ALSO GET IT WATERED IN AS SOON AS YOU CAN.

MAKE SURE YOU GET THAT WATERED WITHIN 24 HOURS.

A GRANULAR PROJECT, THAT PRODUCT FALLS DOWN BELOW THE GRASS AND IS A LOT BETTER.

SO MAKE SURE THOSE GET WATERED IN.

AND IF YOU HAVE HOTSPOTS ALONGSIDE WALKS, THOSE MAY BE AREAS YOU WANT TO HIT FIRST.

AND THEN COME BACK LATER IN THOSE AREAS WITH A SPLIT APPLICATION.

IF YOU HAVE A NICE HEALTHY LAWN, IT GENERALLY IS NOT GOING TO BE CRABGRASS INFESTED.

USUALLY ONE APPLICATION AT THE HIGHER LABEL RATE WILL GET YOU HIGHER THROUGH THE SEASON.

>> HOPEFULLY, THIS WILL HELP YOU KEEP THAT CRABGRASS FROM TAKING OVER YOUR LAWN THIS YEAR.

RIGHT NOW, LET'S TAKE A COUPLE MINUTES TO TELL YOU ABOUT AN ANNOUNCEMENT THAT WE HAVE IN THE GARDENING WORLD.

THE MUSEUM'S MILLENNIAL PLANT SALES SATURDAY AT 9:00 TO 12:00 WITH A RAIN DAY.

SO THAT WILL BE A LOT OF FUN FOR PEOPLE.

TWO QUESTIONS ON THE FIRST ONE.

LIVE ON A FARM OUTSIDE OF CRAIG.

NOTICED THE SAP LEAKING DOWN THE TRUNKS OF THE WHITE PINES.

OTHERWISE, THEY LOOK HEALTHY.

WHAT DO WE THINK IS GOING ON?

>> PROBABLY IN THE NEXT IMAGE, PROBABLY ZIMMERMAN PINED MOTH OFF.

THE LOCATION IS A LITTLE BIT UNUSUAL FOR THAT BUT THAT IS PROBABLY THE BEST BET.

IF YOU CAN REACH IN THOSE AREAS, SOMETIMES YOU CAN GO IN WITH LIKE A COAT HANGER OR SOMETHING.

AND IT JUST BEHIND THAT, JUST TRY TO DESTROY THOSE LARVAE.

OTHERWISE, THEY SHOULD BE COMING OUT.

THE CATERPILLARS OVERWINTERING INCOME TUNES WOULD BE COMING OUT ABOUT NOW.

THIS WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO TREAT WITH AN INSECTICIDE SPRAYING THE TRUNK.

OTHERWISE, THERE IS A SECOND WINDOW IN AUGUST BUT IS IS REALLY THE MORE EFFECTIVE TIME TO TREAT.

>> TWO PICTURES ON THE NEXT ONE.

STRANGE THINGS ARE HANGING FROM A REDBUD BRANCHS.

>> THIS ONE HAS ME STUMPED A LITTLE BIT.

IT LOOKS LIKE AN EGG SAC.

SO SOME SPIDERS MAKE SOME REALLY INTERESTING EGG SACS.

SO I AM GUESSING THIS IS A SPIDER OF SOME SORT.

BUT I HAVE NEVER SEEN ONE LIKE THAT.

>> IT IS WAY COOL AND WEIRD.

THEN WE HAVE TWO PICS ON THIS NEXT ONE.

WE ONLY HAVE ONE OF THESE INSECTS THAT ON THE WINDOW SEAL ABOUT THREE MONTHS AFTER RETURNING TO THE HOUSE AFTER IT WAS CLOSED UP.

GOOD GUY?

BAD GUY.

THIS IS FROM CENTRAL NEBRASKA.

>> I THINK THIS IS A DEER FLY THAT IS MISSING ITS HEAD.

YEAH.

THE LARVA THEY ARE LIKE IN KIND OF A WET SOIL ALONG WATER EDGES AND THOSE SORTS OF AREAS.

AND THEY ARE PREDATORY AND THAT IS GOOD BUT THE ADULTS OF COURSE TAKE BLOOD MEALS FROM VERTEBRATES, INCLUDING HUMANS.

SO NOT THE BEST.

>> ALL RIGHT.

MATT, THIS IS A PLASMID VIEWER.

THEY SAY TOO MUCH OF TH HAS COME UP IN THE YARD TO PULL.

ANYTHING THEY CAN USE TO GET RID OF IT?

>> YEAH.

THIS ONE LOOKS LIKE NIMBLE OIL.

AND IT IS WORM SEASON.

BY THE LOOKS OF IT, IT IS STARTING TO GREEN UP ALREADY.

THE TIMING FOR THIS ONE IS PROBABLY IN THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO.

AND IT IS GREEN UP.

ONE PRODUCT CAN TAKE IT OUT SELECTIVELY BUT IT TAKES THREE APPLICATIONS.

IT DOES POP UP WITH NIMBLE OIL CONTROL.

THE OTHER OPTION IS PRIVACY, AND YOU HAVE TO SPRAY THE AREA.

IT MAYBE THAT IS THE EASIER OPTION.

SPRAY THAT AND IF IT TAKES TWO OR THREE WEEKS, SPRAY IT AGAIN.

THEN SEED IN AN UBER I.T.

>> ALL RIGHT, MATT.

TWO DIFFERENT PLANTS.

THE FIRST ONE IS VERY PROLIFIC.

THORNS.

SEMI WOODY.

WHAT DO WE THINK ON THIS ONE?

>> I HAD TO ASK KIM ON THIS ONE A LITTLE BIT.

I DO NOT KNOW WHAT THIS WOULD BE IN MAYBE IT IS GO G BARRY, WHICH CAN SPREAD PRETTY EASILY UNDERGROUND AND KIND OF HAS SOME THOUGHTS ON IT.

YOU WOULD NEED A SAMPLE ON THIS ONE.

>> THE SECOND ONE, THEY ARE JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THE SECOND ONE.

SAME VIEWER.

THE LEAVES CAUGHT THEIR EYE.

>> IT IS A PERENNIAL THAT IS NATIVE TO THE WHOLE EASTERN HALF OF THE UNITED STATES.

AND IT DOES NOT ALWAYS FLOWER.

LET'S SAY AT THIS STAGE IT MIGHT BE FOR A YEAR.

THE NATURE IT WOULD FLOWER.

BUT IT IS NOT A BAD PLANT.

YOU CAN LEAVE IT AROUND AND WATCH IT AND IF NOT GET RID OF IT.

>> DENNIS, YOU HAVE THE FIRST ONE HERE.

IT IS, THEY SAW THESE THINGS THAT WERE IN THEIR BACKYARD, AND THEY ARE NOT SURE WHAT IT IS.

BRING IT ON.

>> IT IS A MOLD.

THEY ARE A SMALL LITTLE CREATURE.

AND UNDER SNOW COVER, WHAT THEY DID IS THEY EAT THE VERY BOTTOM OF THE GRASS.

THEN YOU USUALLY STILL SEE THOSE TRACES AND ONCE THE GRASS IS GROWING, THEY GO INTO THE YARD AND DIG SOME HOLES.

THEY ARE A GRAIN OF ORE. SHORT TAILED.

BT LITTLE EYES.

AGAIN, THAT IS CAUSED BY VOLES.

HOW TO GET RID OF THOSE?

WELL, YOU CAN USE A MULTI-CATCH TRAP SUCH AS THIS.

JUST PUT THIS DOWN THERE WERE YOU HAVE THERE HOLES.

YOU WIND IT UP ON THIS SIDE.

USUALLY, YOU CATCH THEM OVER NIGHT.

THEY ARE STILL ALIVE IN THE MORNING.

AND THEN YOU CAN DO WHAT YOU WANT WITH THEM AFTER YOU HAVE THEM.

AGAIN, THESE MULTI-CATCH TRAPS.

GO ONLINE.

LOOK FOR MULTI-CATCH TRAPS.

AND YOU CAN BUY THEM AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS AND THERE ARE SEVERAL DIFFERENT TYPES OF MULTI-CATCH TRAPS.

>> EXCELLENT.

THIS IS IN OMAHA VIEWER.

IT IS KIND OF NOT CLEAR.

WHAT DO WE THINK IS DOING THIS?

>> COULD BE A VOLE, BUT IS SO HARD TO D .

PROBABLY A VOLE.

>> JUST A COUPLE QUESTIONS ON THE LAST ONE.

THE TURTLES, HOW DID THEY GET TO BE SO BIG?

>> WELL, THEY ARE A LARGE SPECIES.

THEY ARE NOT A NATIVE SPECIES.

THE OLD BELLY SLIDERS.

SAME SPECIES.

DIFFERENT SUBSPECIES.

AND THEY ARE RELEASED PETS.

AND THEY ARE MUCH LARGER THAN THE NATIVES RIGHT HERE IN NEMAHA COUNTY.

DON'T RELEASE PETS.

THEY JUST CAUSE HAVOC.

AND THAT IS WHAT THESE ARE.

RELEASED PETS.

>> THANK YOU, DENNIS.

SARAH, ALMOST OUT OF TIME BUT YOU HAVE SOME QUICK ONES HERE.

THIS IS AN ADDICT SINCE, NEBRASKA VIEWER WONDERING DID LIGHTNING CAUSE DAMAGE AND OF COURSE WE HAVE GOT BARK FLYING ALL OVER THE PLACE.

>> LOOKS LIKE DAMAGE.

>> DON'T LET IT FALL ON THE HOUSE.

YOUR SECOND ONE HERE IS AN AUTUMN BLAZE MAPLE.

NICE AND HEALTHY.

BUT CAN THEY FIX IT?

THIS IS A LINCOLN VIEWER.

>> NO.

YOU CANNOT FIX IT.

YOU CAN CUT THAT ROUTE BUT ALREADY HAVE COMPRESSION OF THAT TRUNK ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TREE.

IT WON'T EXPAND LIKE A BALLOON.

I AM ALSO SUSPICIOUS THERE MAY BE SOME ADDITIONAL ROOTS UNDERNEATH AS WELL BECAUSE THERE IS ANOTHER ROUTE GOING OFF TO THE SIDE THAT IS DEEPER AND LOOKS LIKE IT MAY ALSO BE CIRCLING.

SO YOU ARE KIND OF BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE.

THERE IS ADDITIONAL COMPRESSION BUT IT WILL NOT REALLY FIX THE TREE.

>> YEAH.

IT LOOKS A LITTLE DEEP, TOO.

THIS IS A STRAWBERRY BED QUESTION.

WE WILL DO ONE LITTLE ONE ON THIS.

DO THEY THINNED THE STRAWBERRIES IN THIS BED?

WE HAVE ABOUT 15 SECONDS.

>> STRAWBERRY SHOULD HAVE BEEN HARVEST IN THE THIN ARE IN THE FALL.

>> SO THAT WOULD BE A LOT OF STRAWBERRIES IN THAT BED.

BUT THEY CAN BE REPLANTED THOUGH?

RIGHT?

>> AGAIN, YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE NOT DISEASED.

>> THANK YOU, SARAH.

AND WE HAVE RUN OUT OF TIME TONIGHT SO WE WILL BE HERE TO ANSWER ALL YOUR QUESTIONS LATER DURING THE SEASON.

HELPING US ON THE PHONES, WE HAD TIM DUNGAN, BAILEY, AND JAMES.

NEXT TIME, WE'LL BE SHARPENING THE PRUNING SHEARS GETTING TO WORK ON SOME OF THOSE SPRING FLOWERING SHRUBS.

IT IS ONE OF THE STORES THAT REALLY NEEDS TO GET DONE SO YOUR SHRUBS ONE TAKE OVER THE LANDSCAPE.

GOOD NIGHT, GOOD GARDENING.

WE WILL SEE YOU ALL HERE NEXT WEEK ON "BACKYARD FARMER."