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Northern Nevada gardening with JoAnne Skelly: Preparing for fall evergreen pruning
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Sun, 10/18/2020 - 1:44pmI'm just itching to start pruning our evergreens, but my arborist self knows it’s a bit soon. I will wait until we have a hard freeze, to ensure my pruning cuts won’t attract any bark beetles. When a tree is pruned, we actually are wounding it.
JoAnne Skelly column: The importance of fall cleanup
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Sun, 10/06/2019 - 1:51pmGood yard sanitation in the fall is as important to year-long plant health as proper planting, watering, fertilizing and pruning are. This is particularly true for next year’s crop of vegetables and fruit. Remove or cut back all the plants in the vegetable garden that are done for the season.
Fall Pruning: Some trees, shrubs are OK to trim, others are best to wait it out until spring
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Sun, 09/15/2019 - 12:17pmGardeners ask me if it’s time to prune. Late summer and early fall pruning can encourage new growth, which will not have time to harden off before freezes occur. If freeze damage happens, the health of the plant can be adversely affected. This is particularly true for roses, which should not get pruned until April.
Dayton Valley Wildlife Reststop accepting donations for shorebirds needing rehab
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Wed, 09/19/2018 - 6:54pmDue to the botulism outbreak at Carson Lake and the wetlands south of Fallon, the Dayton Valley Wildlife Reststop is taking in dozens of shorebirds and is asking for the public's help in getting the birds through rehabilitation.
NDOW, wildlife biologists and volunteers continue efforts to fight waterfowl botulism outbreak
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Mon, 09/10/2018 - 2:01pmFALLON — The Nevada Department of Wildlife is continuing its efforts to monitor cases of botulism within the Truckee Meadows area, and specifically in the Carson Lake Wetlands.
State Veterinarian: Dozens of horses statewide with reported disease exposure, none confirmed in Carson City
Submitted by Brett Fisher on Thu, 02/23/2017 - 11:20amThe Nevada Department of Agriculture (NDA) began receiving accounts of horses exposed to equine herpes virus type 4 (EHV-4) and Streptococcus equi bacterial infection — also known as strangles or equine distemper — as of Saturday, Feb. 18, NDA public information officer Rebecca Allured said in a press release late Wednesday.
JoAnne Skelly: Spring means it is time to prune the roses
Submitted by editor on Sat, 03/26/2016 - 11:28amAll winter I have said, wait to prune your roses. April 15 is time to prune roses. While there are general rose pruning principles, the different types of roses: hybrid teas, floribundas, shrub, climbers, ramblers and miniatures, all have special requirements.
Nevada wildlife officials makes difficult decision in effort to save remaining healthy bighorns
Submitted by editor on Tue, 02/16/2016 - 4:17pmThe Nevada Department of Wildlife has taken necessary actions in the Montana Mountains in Northern Nevada in an effort to save healthy bighorns in the adjacent Nevada and Oregon mountain ranges.
The decision was made to depopulate a herd of California bighorn sheep due to an ongoing and aggressive outbreak of polymicrobial pneumonia that has caused an all age die-off in a once healthy herd in the Montana Mountains of Humboldt County.
Nevada Cooperative Extension: Shrub Pruning Tips
Submitted by editor on Sat, 04/11/2015 - 11:54amWe prune shrubs for a number of reasons. We want to remove dead or diseased wood. We may feel the shape of the plant needs improving and choose to prune branches that cross or stick out. Another important reason to prune is to maintain or improve flower production.
Timing is important with each of these, but particularly important to increase flowers. Often people get the urge to prune everything in the spring, not realizing that may be the worst time to prune flowering plants such as lilac, if you want to have flowers.
Enhancements ahead of winter highlight North Lake Tahoe ski resorts
Submitted by editor on Fri, 10/12/2012 - 4:16pmAlthough you might not feel it, the weather is starting to change in North Lake Tahoe. Days are still warm, with temperatures averaging in the 60s, but nights are dropping to approximately 35 degrees. It’s the time of year that the region’s upper elevations may even see a dusting of snow.
“We’ve been reviewing all the long-range forecasts,” said Chief Marketing Officer Andy Chapman of the North Lake Tahoe Chamber/CVB/Resort Association. “And if Mother Nature keeps up her end, we should have above-average snowfall this winter.”