Mini Horticulture Fact Sheets
These sets of mini-fact sheets on various horticultural topics can be used as handouts at Farmer’s Markets, county fairs, or other venues where MGs interact with the public and answer gardening questions. These are designed as a single sheet to be copied and then cut into four quarter-page leaflets, making these handouts more economical than a full sheet of paper. There is both a black and white version (that could be copied on colored paper) and a color version (same text on each). Consider adding your own contact info (such as your UWEX office phone number, local hort hotline number, MG website address, etc.) on the reverse.
There are different sheets for each month throughout the growing season. Each sheet has four timely topics, including one each of vegetables, flowers, pests and other gardening issues. Any other resources on those topics – such as Extension publications, websites, articles on the MG website, etc. – are listed on page 2 and 3 of the B&W file (this is the same info repeated twice, formatted for quarter sheets so it can be printed on the reverse of the fact sheets (pg 2) and full page width (page 3)). Note: most sheets still have the old MG website addresss on them.
For a single sheet with all the same topic, contact Susan Mahr.
April
Radish • Pansy • European Pine Sawfly • Veggies to Plant Early
Asparagus • Bleeding Heart • Colorado Potato Beetle • Crabgrass vs. Quackgrass
Lettuce • Geranium • Dandelion • Fire Blight
May
Peas • Viburnum Borer • Black Spot of Rose • Care of Spring Bulbs
Spinach • Peony • Aphids • Verticillium Wilt
Onion • Oregano • Eastern Tent Caterpillar • Walnut Toxicity
June
Sweet Corn • Petunias • Japanese Beetle • Powdery Mildew
Beets • Purple Coneflower • Cabbageworms • Easy Composting
Broccoli • Dwarf Conifers • Cucumber Beetles • Watering Plants
July
Zucchini • Sunflowers • Fall Webworm • Deadheading Flowers
Green Beans • Russian Sage • Squash Vine Borer • Drying Herbs
Garlic • Roses • Spider Mites • Oak Wilt
August
Tomato • Aster • Cluster Fly • Tubakia Leaf Spot
Basil • Black-eyed Susans • Whitefly • Tomato Blights & Leaf Spots
Peppers • Why Mulch? • Chinch Bug • Diplodia Shoot Blight
September
Pumpkin • Ornamental Grass • Asian Multicolored Lady Beetle • Recycling Leaves
Apples • Chyrsanthemums • Boxelder Bug • Garden Cleanup
Winter Squash • Goldenrod • German Yellowjacket • Houseplant Care
Lawns
Fertilizing • Mowing • Creeping Charlie • Controlling Crabgrass
