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Home, Yard and Garden 

HOME, YARD & GARDEN

DeKalb County Master Gardeners are involved in many activities around the county.  They help organize the Auburn Spring Garden Series held in March every year, the annual Master Gardener Plant Sale at the DeKalb County Fairgrounds, the open class vegetable and fruit exhibits at the fair, and help maintain several gardens around Auburn.  Last year alone, 13 active DeKalb County Master Gardeners accumulated over 860 hours of community service

Master Gardener's Garden outside County Office Building

The DeKalb County Master Gardener garden at the County Office Building in June 

For more information about the Indiana Master Gardener program, check out this link to    the State Master Gardener website.  For more information about joining the DeKalb County Master Gardeners, call (260) 925-2562. 

Purdue University has a great website to answer all your vegetable gardening questions called Vegetables Tips.  On this website, Purdue specialists have put together everything you may need/want to know about gardening from the first steps in getting started, to planning the garden, to planting, and finally to watching your gardens grow.   

Visit the FAQs page to find the answer to some of the Frequently Asked Questions from homeowners and gardeners. 

 

Purdue Extension suggests the following links for information on Home, Yard & Garden horticulture:

Purdue Consumer Hort Extension - Home yard and garden articles, publications, and resources from the Purdue Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture and links to other resources.

Purdue Master Gardener Program - Volunteer educators trained by Purdue Extension share their knowledge while providing leadership and service in educational gardening activities within their communities.

Purdue Plant & Pest Diagnostic Laboratory - Purdue's central facility for receiving both physical samples and digital images submitted for identification of insects, plants and plant diseases or diagnosis of plant and pest problems.

Purdue Wildlife Conflicts Information Hotline - ID, prevention/reduction, and additional resources regarding nuisance wildlife, sponsored by Purdue Extension, USDA Wildlife Damage, and IN DNR.

Purdue Turf Tips - Home lawn and commercial turf grass establishment and maintenance

Purdue Junior Master Gardener Program - National program that provides a hands on approach to learning horticulture, environmental science, leadership, and life skills; helping young people become gardeners and contributing citizens.

Purdue Entomology Extension - ID and management of insects and related arthropods, nematodes, and vertebrates.

Purdue Botany & Plant Pathology Extension - ID and management of plant diseases and weeds

Purdue Wildlife Extension - Information and resources for wildlife management

Purdue Forestry Extension - Educational programs & products on managing trees and forests, whether you are managing one tree, trees in your community, or large woodlands.

Purdue Education Store - Order/download Purdue Extension publications, videos, interactive media, and more.