Horticulture

Kim Cowherd, County Extension Agent for Horticulture

Franklin County is looking for unique, historic, and significant trees around the county!  Click here to find out  more.      

Check out some of the trees that have been submitted.   

Frankfort TREE Coalition Trees!

Soil Testing:  What It Is and What It Does

Soil Testing Video Demonstration

Soil Testing Publication for Home

Soil Testing for Your Farm or Commercial Crops

HORTICULTURE NEWSLETTER

For older newsletters prior to January 2011, see the Archieved FCES Newsletters

• JANUARY 2011 HORTICULTURE
• FEBRUARY 2011 HORTICULTURE
• MARCH 2011 HORTICULTURE
• APRIL 2011 HORTICULTURE
• MAY 2011 HORTICULTURE
• JUNE 2011 HORTICULTURE
• JULY 2011 HORTICULTURE
• AUGUST 2011 HORTICULTURE
• SEPTEMBER 2011 HORTICULTURE
• OCTOBER 2011 HORTICULTURE
• NOVEMBER 2011 HORTICULTURE
• DECEMBER 2011 HORTICULTURE
• JANUARY 2012 HORTICULTURE
• FEBRUARY 2012 HORTICULTURE
  

Commonwealth Gardens-Frankfort

Home Lawn Care Publications from the University of Kentucky

Low-Maintenance Lawn Care, Stressing Pest Avoidance and Organic Inputs  (ID-154)

Lime and Fertilizer Recommendations / Soil Test Recommendations (Excerpt from AGR-1)

Lawn Establishment in Kentucky (AGR-50)

Improving Turf Through Renovation (AGR-51)

Selecting the Right Grass for your Kentucky Lawn (AGR-52)

Lawn Fertilization in Kentucky (AGR-53)

Mowing, Dethatching and Coring and Rolling Kentucky Lawns (AGR-54)

Turf Care Calendar (AGR-55)

Weed Control Recommendations for Bluegrass and Tall Fescue Lawns and Recreational Turf (AGR-78)

Lawn Irrigation With Automatic Systems (AGR-115)

Principles of Home Landscape Fertilizing (ID-72)

Home Lawn Irrigation (ID-79)

Using Fake Worm to Control Moles - A. J. Powell, 2010

Managing Mole Problems in Kentucky (FOR-42)

Ornamental Grasses for Kentucky Landscapes (HO-79)

Some Facts About Mowing

Seeding Cool Season Grasses ---- Time of Year!

Bermudagrass Control/Suppression in Cool-Season Turf

Fall Lawn Management and Renovation following Summer Lawn Woes

Evaluating and Renovating Drought-Stricken Lawns

Maintaining Kentucky Lawns During Summer Drought

Questions about the Emerald Ash Borer?

For help in identifying ash trees or the bright green borer, and to read an insecticide guide, CLICK HERE.

If you think you have a borer infestation, call the Emerald Ash Borer Hotline, 1-866-322-4512, or the Kentucky State Entomologist at (859) 257-5838.

EMARALD ASH BORER CONFIRMED IN KENTUCKY

Emerald Ash Borer University-Michigan State University Extension 

Capital Area Master Gardeners

Click here for a Master Gardener brochure. 

Congratulations to the Master Gardener Class of 2011

CONGRATULATIONS  MASTER GARDENER CLASS OF 2009

Back Row (L-R) GIl Thurman, Richard Brown, Gary Ritter, Ruth Ann Ritter, Jackie Phillips, Karen Hilborn Crabtree.  Front Row (L-R) Kim Cowherd-FCES Agent, Deena Strunk, Melissa Bergmann, Marcie Jeffers, Susan Harkins, and Ravern McLellan.  Absent from the photo:   Phil Case, Katie Clark, Brenda Gardner, Connie Hicks, Sandy Perkins, Paul Redmon and Trish Tyler.

Graduation Ceremony, Class of 2009 Master Gardeners plus current Master Gardeners.

 Click on this link to go to the Farmer's Market homepage.