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South Dakota State University Extension, Pennington County
601 E. Centre Street
Rapid City, SD 57701
Phone: (605) 394-2188
Fax: (605) 394-6815

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Office Hours

Monday through Friday
8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Master Gardener Hotline: (605) 394-6814

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Each year the Rapid City Garden Walk allows an unique opportunity to visit designated gardens in the area.

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Pennington County Extension Services - Horticulture

INFORMAL EDUCATIONAL ARM OF SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY

An archive of the weekly articles from Rick's Column
listed by both category and date.

By Category
By Date

Trees and Shrubs

Adventures in Planting a Tree - 7/30/09
Apple Trees Article - 6/22/09
Build an Orchard in Your Backyard - 1/10/10
Dealing with Storm Damaged Trees - 080910
Leaves Falling on Your Ash? - 051710
Local Spruces Turning Brown - 10/26/09
Local Trees Turning Color Early - 7/12/10
Pruning Fruit Trees - 3/15/10
Spring has Sprung or Apples are Coming - 4/12/10
Strange Growth on Trees - 8/27/09
Touch a Tree While Pruning - 1/18/10
Two Common Tree Problems - 6/14/09
Warm Weather Plays Havoc - 12/7/09
Weird Looking Elms - 6/7/09
What is Wrong with my Tree? - 4/19/10
Where Did Those Pears Come From? - 9/3/09
Why Trees Turning Yellow - 7/2/09

Insects and Diseases

Bummer, Bed Bugs Biting - 12/28/09
Gifts for the Exentsion Guy - 11/02/09
Grasshoppers in the Garden - 8/16/10
Help! Some Spots - 7/13/09
Hungry Hoppers - 7/23/09

Vegetables and Gardening

And the Winner Is... - 1/4/10
Blight Hits Tomatatoes Hard - 8/20/09
Blight in Tomatoes - 7/13/09
Blossom End Rot - 8/6/09
Fall Care of Perennials - 10/19/09
Fall is Coming - 9/10/09
Flowers in the Garden and on the Dinner Plate? - 4/5/10
Forcing Bulbs for Winter Enjoyment - 12/14/09
Garden Winter Wonderland - 10/5/09
Here They are to Save the Day - 2/8/10
Help, I'm Seeing Spots - 06/28/10
Low Maintenance Gardening with Perennials - 5/31/10
Prescription for Spring Fever - 1/25/10
Three Ways to Expand Food Gardening - 3/29/10
Tomatoes Ripening in the Sun - 10/01/09
Too Early to Plant - 5/3/10
Too Late to Plant a Garden? - 6/21/10

Lawn and Turfgrasses

Fall Fertility - 9/24/09
Invasion of the Creepy Kind - 9/17/09
Lawn Fertility - 8/13/09

Master Gardener

Garden Walk Article - 7/6/09
Master Gardeners Stay Busy All Summer Long - 7/26/10

Miscellaneous

American Garden Award - 5/24/10
Bringing the Outdoors in for a Season - 11/23/09
Can Water Be Pure and Natural? - 7/19/10
Christmas Cacti: What to do with them? - 11/16/09
Is it a Vole or a Mole? - 3/8/10
Keeping Poinsettias - 12/21/09
Keep a Lookout for Changes - 8/30/10
Landscape Design as an Art and a Science - 3/1/10
Rain is a Good Thing? - 7/6/10
Roses for Valentine’s Day - 2/1/10
Soil Testing and Fall Fertility Go Hand in Hand - 8/23/10
What in the World is Landscape Design? - 2/22/10
Where Did All These Weeds Come From? - 8/2/10

2010
2009


01/04/10 - And the Winner Is... 01/10/10 - Build an Orchard in Your Backyard 01/18/10 - Touch a Tree While Pruning 01/25/10 - Prescription for Spring Fever 02/01/10 - Roses for Valentine’s Day 02/08/10 - Here They are to Save the Day 02/22/10 - What in the World is Landscape Design? 03/01/10 - Landscape Design as an Art and a Science 03/08/10 - Is it a Vole or a Mole? 03/15/10 - Pruning Fruit Trees 03/29/10 - Three Ways to Expand Food Gardening 04/05/10 - Flowers in the Garden and on the Dinner Plate? 04/12/10 - Spring has Sprung or Apples are Coming 04/19/10 - What is Wrong with my Tree? 05/03/10 - Too Early to Plant 05/10/10 - Adventures in Tree Planting 05/17/10 - Leaves Falling on Your Ash? 05/24/10 - American Garden Award 05/31/10 - Low Maintenance Gardening with Perennials 06/07/09 - Weird Looking Elms 06/14/09 - Two Common Tree Problems 06/21/10 - Too Late to Plant a Garden? 06/28/10 - Help, I'm Seeing Spots 07/06/10 - Rain is a Good Thing? 07/12/10 - Local Trees Turning Color Early 07/19/10 - Can Water Be Pure and Natural? 07/26/10 - Master Gardeners Stay Busy All Summer Long 08/02/10 - Where Did All These Weeds Come From? 08/09/10 - Dealing with Storm Damaged Trees 08/16/10 - Grasshoppers in the Garden 08/23/10 - Soil Testing and Fall Fertility Go Hand in Hand 8/30/10 - Keep a Lookout for Changes


6/22/09 - Apple Trees Article 7/02/09 - Why Trees Turning Yellow 7/06/09 - Garden Walk Article 7/13/09 - Blight in Tomatoes 7/16/09 - Help! Some Spots 7/23/09 - Hungry Hoppers 7/30/09 - Adventures in Planting a Tree 8/06/09 - Blossom End Rot 8/13/09 - Lawn Fertility 8/20/09 - Blight Hits Tomatatoes Hard 8/27/09 - Strange Growth on Trees 9/03/09 - Where did those Pears Come From 9/10/09 - Fall is Coming 9/17/09 - Invasion of the Creepy Kind 9/24/09 - Fall Fertility 10/01/09 - Tomatoes Ripening in the Sun 10/05/09 - Garden Winter Wonderland 10/19/09 - Fall Care of Perennials 10/26/09 - Local Spruces Turning Brown 11/02/09 - Gifts for the Exentsion Guy 11/09/09 - Master Gardeners Busy All Year Long 11/16/09 - Christmas Cacti: What to do with them? 11/23/09 - Bringing the Outdoors in for a Season 12/07/09 - Warm Weather Plays Havoc on Trees and Shrubs 12/14/09 - Forcing Bulbs for Winter Enjoyment 12/21/09 - Keeping Poinsettias 12/28/09 - Bummer, Bed Bugs Biting

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