Sauk County

THE SAUK COUNTY GARDENER (Baraboo) – “No matter how your garden grows, you will need tools to keep it going.”  ~ Jack Kramer I know I talk a lot about lawns this time of year, but it’s important to homeowners anxious to get out and start working in the soil.  A little patience is needed.  [...]

Sauk County Gardener Phyllis Both Sauk County UW Extension Horticulture Educator “A good disposition is a virtue in itself, and it is lasting”.  Ovid Spring is around the corner and our first thought is the lawn looks terrible.  It’s matted, soaked and less than perfect.  Most areas need new seed.  Spring is the second best [...]

THE SAUK COUNTY GARDENER (Baraboo) – “We need the tonic of the wilderness.”  ~ Thoreau Well, it’s time to battle the insect problems before they destroy our crops.  The first generation of cabbage maggots should start about now (usually when lilacs are in full bloom).  The onion maggots first generation should have showed up around [...]

THE SAUK COUNTY GARDENER (Baraboo) – “Just living is not enough; one must have freedom, sunshine, and a little flower.”  ~ Hans Christian Anderson I’ve recently been getting calls from people who have lost young fruit trees.  After questioning them, the answer was clear; many fruit trees sold in our area at discount stores are [...]

THE SAUK COUNTY GARDENER (Baraboo) – “No great thing is created suddenly.”  ~ Epictetus The weather has been so very wet and guess what – fungus love it!  Start your spray program for roses now and repeat every ten days to eliminate Black Spot.  Fungus needs to be stopped before it starts; when the leaves [...]