If you have any questions about your lawn, or landscaping don’t forget that the Chesterfield County Extension Office is there to help you. Not only can they answer questions you may have about when and what to plant but they can help you with your soil, and even finding out what kind of bug is eating your roses and how to get rid ot them. Its a great resource and it is FREE.
Get to know your extension agent
Lawn and Landscape Seminars
Susan A. Edwards, M.S.
ANR Technician & Master Gardener Coordinator
Virginia Cooperative Extension – Chesterfield County
P.O. Box 146, 6807 Mimms Loop
Chesterfield, VA 23832
ph: (804) 751-4401 fax: (804) 751-0515
edwardssu@chesterfield.gov
suedward@vt.edu
Looking for links to information about your yard, gardening check ou the links below:
Lawn and Garden Links
Horticultural & Environmental Links
Virginia Tech – Virginia Cooperative Extension
Find information on all the following:
•Home Grounds and Animals Edition
•Regulations and Basic Information
•Lawn: weed control, disease, insects
•Home Vegetables: insects and disease
•Home Fruits: insects and disease
•Home Ornamentals (i.e., trees, shrubs): insects and disease
•Home and Yard Insect Control
•Pets
Plant Identification
•Key to Leaves of Virginia Trees – College of Natural Resources, Virginia Tech
•Turfgrass Identification Key – Center for Turfgrass Environmental Research and Education, NC State University
•Weed Identification Guide – Department of Plant Pathology, Physiology & Weed Science, Virginia Tech
Insect Identification
•Insect Fact Sheets – Department of Entomology at Virginia Tech
•Clemson Cooperative Extension insect publications
•Virginia Cooperative Extension insect publications
Wildlife
•Wildlife Notes – PA Game Commission
•Wildlife Damage Control – Penn State
•Wildlife Damage Control – NC State
Additional Resources
•Plant Fact Sheets – growing information on a wide variety of plants commonly used in the landscape
•Plant Disease Fact Sheets – a great resource on plant diseases in the lawn and landscape
•Herbicide Injury Symptoms – suspect that your ailing plant is due to chemical spray? See this list of common symptoms caused by herbicide (weed killer) applications
•Leaf Damage Diagnostics – University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Great photos to help identify damage in leaves.
•Vegetable Disease Fact Sheets – Cornell
•Turf and Garden Tips – Virginia Tech
•Fruits and Nuts – Fact Sheets from Numerous Cooperative Extensions
•Diagnosing Plant Problems – Virginia Cooperative Extension
•National Pesticide Information Center – Oregon State University and the U.S. EPA
•Horticultural Publications – Virginia Cooperative Extension
•Soil and Water Conservation – Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation