EAT MUSIC) >> BACKYARD FARMER IS A CO-PRODUCTION OF NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA AND NEBRASKA EXTENSION TONIGHT ON (UPBEAT MUSIC) TONIGHT ON BACKYARD FARMER.

WE'RE COMING TO YOU FROM SCHRAMM STATE PARK AND WE'LL SEE HOW OAK TREES ARE MAKING A COMEBACK ON THE GROUNDS OF THE RECREATION AREA.

THAT'S ALL COMING UP NEXT RIGHT HERE ON BACKYARD FARMER.

(UPBEAT MUSIC) (UPBEAT MUSIC) (CLAPPING) >> GOOD EVENING, AND WELCOME TO BACKYARD FARMER.

COMING TO YOU FROM SCHRAMM PARK RECREATION AREA IN FRONT OF A FABULOUS AUDIENCE.

WE CANNOT TAKE YOUR PHONE CALLS TONIGHT, UNFORTUNATELY, BUT YOU CAN STILL, OF COURSE, SEND IN YOUR PICTURES AND THOSE QUESTIONS TO BYF@UNL.EDU.

AS ALWAYS, GIVE US AS MUCH INFORMATION AS YOU CAN.

TELL US WHERE YOU LIVE.

YOU CAN ALSO FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, YOUTUBE.

WE'VE GOT ALL SORTS OF GREAT INFORMATION, GOOD VIDEOS.

SO AS ALWAYS, WE START WITH SAMPLES.

JODY, YOUR SAMPLE HAD AN ACCIDENT.

>> YES, I HAVE A POOPING BEETLE.

THIS IS A LARGE GRUB.

IF ANYONE CAN SEE IT.

SO THIS IS GOING TO BE AND WELL, IT IS A HERMIT FLOWER BEETLE.

THESE ARE ONE OF OUR TYPES OF WHITE GRUBS, BUT THEY FEED ON ROTTING WOOD.

SO THIS ONE WAS BROUGHT IN FROM A CLIENT IN DOUGLAS SARPY COUNTY FROM A ROTTING CHERRY TREE STUMP.

AND I WANT TO REAR THEM OUT IN THEIR LIFE CYCLE CAN BE UP TO THREE YEARS, SO I'M NOT SURE HOW LONG I'LL HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF IT AND IF I HAVE ENOUGH FOOD FOR IT.

BUT THESE ARE JUST ONE OF NATURE'S RECYCLERS.

>> AND IF YOU READ SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON, IT'S A PAT OF BUTTER.

SO.

NO.

ALL RIGHT, DENNIS.

>> KYLE, BACK IN YOUR SEAT.

OKAYTHIS IS A WATER SNAKE.

ACTUALLY, THIS ONE WAS BORN IN MY LAB, BUT IT'S PARENTS WERE FROM HERE.

THIS IS ONE OF OUR ONLY WATER SNAKES IN THE STATE OF NEBRASKA.

IT EATS DEAD, DYING FISH.

NO, WE HAVE NO WATER MOCCASINS OR COTTONMOUTHS ANYWHERE NEAR NEBRASKA.

THE FARTHEST AND CLOSEST THEY'VE EVER BEEN FOUND TO NEBRASKA BY A CERTIFIED HERPETOLOGIST.

THIS IS THE MOST SOUTHERN COUNTY IN KANSAS, 400 MILES FROM OUR BORDER.

THESE LOVE TO BE IN THE WATER AND THEY JUST GO AFTER DEAD, DYING FISH AND FROGS.

ENJOY THEM.

>> AND I'M LIKE, KYLE, YEAH.

HE'S LIKE.

>> AND SINCE KYLE IS NOT DEAD, DYING OR WATER, HE'S PROBABLY SAFE, RIGHT?

>> YEAH.

>> I THINK HE WANTS TO EAT ME TOO.

>> YOU MAY SMELL LIKE A FISH, BUT YOU'RE NOT A FISH.

>> OH, OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

THE.

>> DO YOU HAVE A SAMPLE OR ARE YOU?

>> I DO, I. STARTLED THE WELL, IT STARTED COMING TOWARDS ME, SO I. I'M FLUSTERED.

APOLOGIZE, BUT I HAVE AN IRIS AND, YOU KNOW, HAVE SOME SOME PRETTY FLOWERS ON HERE, WHICH MOST OF YOU ARE PROBABLY MORE FOCUSED ON, BUT IT ALSO HAS THESE REALLY PRETTY FUNGAL LEAF SPOTS TOO.

AND SO THIS, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE QUITE A FEW FUNGAL LEAF SPOTS THAT WE, THAT WE DO SEE ON IRISES.

AND IN THIS CASE, IT'S MYCOSPHAERELLA.

BUT IF WE LOOK CLOSELY AT SOME OF THESE SPOTS, YOU'LL SEE LITTLE BLACK PIMPLES ON THE INSIDE.

THOSE LITTLE BLACK PIMPLES ARE FULL OF THOSE SPORES.

NOW WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT IT?

I WOULD SAY REALLY NOTHING.

WE'VE HAD A LOT OF MOISTURE RECENTLY.

PRIME CONDITIONS FOR A LOT OF FUNGI AND A LOT OF PATHOGENS TO REALLY GET KIND OF GET STARTED.

IT IS GOING TO WARM UP THE SPIGOTS GOING TO SHUT OFF.

AND MOST OF THESE FUNGAL PATHOGENS WILL LIKELY GO AWAY.

BUT IF IT IS SOMETHING, IF YOU ARE SEEING THIS IN YOUR IRISES AND YOU WOULD WANT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THEM, A COPPER, A COPPER CONTAINING FUNGICIDE WOULD PROBABLY BE YOUR BEST BET.

>> KYLE, I HAVE JUST A QUICK QUESTION.

WILL THOSE THEN TURN INTO SOMETHING ELSE OR THE BORERS THAT ARE JODI'S NO RELATIONSHIP, RIGHT?

>> NO.

>> OKAY, GOOD.

ALL RIGHT.

DANA, WHAT DO YOU HAVE?

>> WELL, I BROUGHT SOMETHING PRETTY TO JUST LIKE KYLE, BUT I BROUGHT A SWEET POTATO VINE.

AND THIS IS SPECIFICALLY THIS IS BEAUREGARD, WHICH IS GREAT FOR OUR NORTHERN CLIMATES BECAUSE IT IS PRETTY DEPENDABLY SHORT.

IT'LL BULK UP IN THREE MONTHS OR SO.

SWEET POTATO VINES.

THEY'RE A WARM SEASON CROP.

THEY LIKE 65 TO 70 DEGREE SOILS ONCE FROST IS PAST.

AND SO I THINK IT'S SAFE FOR EVERYONE IN OUR VIEWING AREA TO GO AHEAD AND PUT THESE IN THE GROUND.

THEY'RE LIKE VERY VIGOROUS VINES SO THEY CAN PROVIDE SOME GROUND COVER IN YOUR GARDEN SPACE.

IT'S JUST A REALLY NICE PLANT THAT YOU'LL THEN BE ABLE TO DIG UP IN THE FALL CURE AND ENJOY DURING THE WINTER TIME.

>> AND DANA, WE USE THAT AS A TRAP CROP IN OUR GARDEN FOR JAPANESE BEETLES.

>> OH, YEAH.

THEY, THEY, THEY MAKE PLENTY OF VINES, PLENTY OF LEAVES.

AND YOU CAN STILL PROBABLY GET A GOOD CROP.

>> OUT OF THEM.

ALL RIGHT.

EXCELLENT.

SO WE'RE GOING TO START WITH QUESTIONS.

JODY, YOU HAVE ONE PICTURE ON THIS ONE.

THIS COMES TO US FROM WAY OUT WEST BANNER COUNTY, GOOSEBERRY AND IT IS.

WHAT ARE THESE COCOONS.

>> YEAH.

THESE ARE THE COCOONS OF A PARASITOID WASP.

SO IT WAS A CATERPILLAR AND A WASP LAID ITS EGGS IN IT.

THE LARVAE EMERGED, ATE THE INSIDES OF THE CATEILLAR.

CATERPILLAR DECOMPOSES, THE LARVAE GO INTO COCOON.

AND SO OUT OF THOSE LITTLE COCOONS WILL COME A PARASITOID WASP OUT OF EACH ONE OF THOSE AND IT'S JUST THE CIRCLE OF LIFE.

>> WHICH YOU LOVE.

>> I LOVE IT.

>> WE ALL LOVE IT.

>> I LOVE IT.

THOSE ARE THE GOOD BUGS.

>> ALL RIGHT.

EXCELLENT.

SO TWO ON THIS ONE.

AND OH GOSH, HERE WE HAVE AN IRIS QUESTION.

THIS IS WHAT ARE THESE TINY INSECTS ON MY IRIS.

ARE THEY HARMFUL TO THE PLANTS.

WHAT SHOULD I DO TO GET RID OF THEM.

THIS COMES TO US FROM LINCOLN.

>> OKAY, SO THESE ARE THRIPS.

WE HAVE A LOT OF FLOWER THRIPS.

THEY'RE OUT IN FULL FORCE NOW.

A LOT OF THE PLANTS WON'T DO ANY DAMAGE TO THEM.

SO IF YOU DON'T LIKE THEM THERE, MAYBE SPRAY THEM WITH A BLAST OF HOSE WATER.

OR YOU CAN TREAT WITH INSECTICIDAL SOAP, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S NECESSARY.

>> ALL RIGHT.

WE ALSO HAVE TWO MORE PICTURES ON IRIS.

AND THIS IS ABOUT A CUTE LITTLE GUY ON A LOUISIANA IRIS, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT ONE.

SHE'S WONDERING, IS THIS GOOD, BAD, NEUTRAL?

AND SHOULD SHE WORRY?

>> I WOULD SAY THIS IS NEUTRAL.

THIS IS ONE OF OUR TYPE OF PLANT BUGS.

THIS IS THE TARNISHED PLANT BUG.

AND AT THIS TIME I THINK THIS ONE IS SPENT.

SO IT'S JUST HANGING OUT PROBABLY BECAUSE OF THE MOISTURE, BUT IT SHOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

DENNIS, TWO QUESTIONS FROM BLAIR.

I LOVE THE WAY HE WROTE THIS BECAUSE HE SAID, WHAT IS THIS?

AND HOW DO I SEND IT TO MY NEIGHBOR'S YARD?

>> THAT'S NOT ALLOWABLE IF YOUR NEIGHBOR'S MORE THAN 100 YARDS AWAY.

BUT THE WAY IT LOOKS FROM THE PICTURE AND THE SIZE DESCRIPTION, IT'S A FORM THAT A RABBIT, PROBABLY A COTTONTAIL RABBIT, WOULD MAKE.

SO EVENTUALLY THE RABBIT AT NIGHT WILL GIVE BIRTH AND THEN PUT GRASS ON TOP OF THIS HOLE.

BUT IT'S DEFINITELY A FORM WHERE RABBIT GIVES REPRODUCTION.

OUR RABBITS DON'T LIVE IN HOLES, THEY JUST HAVE REPRODUCTION IN SHALLOW HOLES.

>> THAT WILL MAKE HIM HAPPY BECAUSE THE HOLE WAS, I THINK HE SAID FOUR INCHES.

YEAH.

AND WE WERE WONDERING IF IT WAS SOMETHING ELSE.

>> RIGHT.

BUT IT LOOKS ONLY IT ONLY GOES DOWN 4 TO 6 IN.

SO THAT MAKES IT A RABBIT FORM.

>> ALL RIGHT.

TWO PICTURES ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS IS AN ALBION VIEWER.

SOMETHING IS DIGGING HOLES IN HER GARDEN AND HER RAISED FLOWER BEDS AT NIGHT.

WHAT ARE THEY?

THEY HAVE.

THEY HAVE SEEN WOODCHUCKS IN THEIR FARMYARD.

>> YEAH, BUT ACCORDING TO THE LOOKING AT IT, IT LOOKS AWFUL SMALL FOR A WOODCHUCK.

THEIR HOLES ARE USUALLY TEN INCHES.

SO THIS IS PROBABLY VOLES BECAUSE OF THE TRAILS.

>> AND NOT MUCH.

IF ANYTHING.

>> YOU CAN CONTROL VOLES WITH A BOX TRAP AT NIGHT AND THAT WOULD BE THE BEST WAY TO DO IT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

KYLE, THREE PICTURES FROM ROCA.

POTATOES.

>> YES.

>> AND WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME THINGS GOING ON ON THESE THAT ARE PERHAPS NOT YOURS, BUT THEY COULD HAVE BEEN.

SO WHAT'S GOING ON HERE.

>> YEAH.

SO THIS THESE ARE SOME POTATOES.

AND I THINK MAYBE THERE'S EVEN A QUESTION ABOUT THEM ON A PREVIOUS SHOW AS WELL.

BUT THEY WERE THERE RIGHT NEXT NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR IS A IS A FARM FIELD.

AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD TOLD THE TOLD THE GROWER THAT THEY WERE GOING TO APPLY HERBICIDE.

UNFORTUNATELY THEY DID GET DRIFTED.

AND THEY'RE REALLY SHOWING AGAIN, SOME, SOME OF THAT TEXTBOOK SYMPTOMOLOGY THAT WE SEE WITH PLANTS THAT HAVE GOTTEN HIT BY SOME SORT OF GROWTH REGULATOR TYPE HERBICIDE.

UNFORTUNATELY, WITH POTATOES, YOU KNOW, AND REALLY ANYTHING, IF WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WAS APPLIED, WE CANNOT RECOMMEND ANY SORT OF ANY SORT OF PRE-HARVEST INTERVAL OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

AND SO IF WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WAS APPLIED, THE ONLY THING THAT CAN BE DONE WOULD BE TO REMOVE REMOVE THOSE PLANTS, NOT FORTUNATELY, THOSE HERBICIDES WILL NOT SURVIVE LONGER THAN THIS SEASON.

AND SO THOSE PLANTS CAN JUST BE TILLED RIGHT BACK IN AND THEN NEXT YEAR CAN TRY AGAIN.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

TWO PICTURES FROM LINCOLN.

SHE BOUGHT A FOUR PACK OF TOMATOES.

ONE OF THEM WAS LOOKING BAD.

SHE PULLED IT OUT AND SAW THESE NODULES.

SO SHE THREW IT AWAY.

WHAT'S UP?

>> YEAH.

I THINK THAT THOSE LITTLE BUMPS AND NODULES ARE JUST THE START OF ADVENTITIOUS ROOTS.

AND SO TOMATOES ARE REALLY GOOD.

THEY CAN SEND ROOTS OUT REALLY ANYWHERE THEY WANT.

AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE SEEING.

THE IF THE PLANT WAS ALREADY STRESSED, IT'S GOING TO BE DOING WHATEVER IT CAN IN ORDER TO SURVIVE.

MAYBE THAT IS PUTTING OUT MORE ROOTS.

AND THAT WOULD EXPLAIN WHY THIS ONE HAD THE SICK ONE KIND OF HAD MORE OF THOSE BUMPS.

>> ALL RIGHT, THREE FOR YOU FROM JEFFERSON, SOUTH DAKOTA.

DANA, THIS IS AN ARMSTRONG MAPLE.

TWO OF THEM.

THIS WOUND IS NOW OVER 18 IN.

HE'S WONDERING SHOULD HE GO AHEAD AND REPLACE THIS ONE?

>> YEAH, THAT'S A PRETTY YOUNG TREE IF I REMEMBER.

SO YOU KNOW, AT THIS POINT IT DID LOOK LIKE IT'S CALLUSING OVER, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE A WEAK POINT IN THE TREE.

SO I WOULD SUGGEST GOING AHEAD AND REPLACING IT.

AND I WOULD SAY MAYBE CHOOSE SOMETHING OTHER THAN AN ARMSTRONG MAPLE.

IF YOU IF YOU'RE ABLE TO SOMETHING LIKE A BLACK GUM WOULD HAVE SIMILAR FALL COLOR AND WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE A DIFFERENT OPTION.

>> ALL RIGHT, TWO FROM LINCOLN.

THIS IS AN ADIRONDA CRABAPPLE PLANTED ONLY A YEAR AGO.

HE'S HE'S THINKING HE'S GOING TO NEED TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF PRUNING ANYTHING THIS YEAR.

SHOULD HE WAIT.

>> YEAH.

SO THAT'S ONE OF OUR LIKE MORE UPRIGHT CRABS.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, SIMILARLY, WE WOULD PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, NOT PRUNE TOO MUCH OUT OF THERE.

IT'S ALWAYS OKAY FOR DEAD BRANCHES CROSSING BRANCHES, RUBBING BRANCHES.

BUT OTHERWISE LET'S FOCUS ON GOOD PLANT CARE AND PROBABLY REMOVING, IF I REMEMBER THAT PICTURE HAD SOME STAKING MATERIAL.

GET THAT OFF AND GOOD PLANT CARE THIS YEAR.

MINIMIZE PRUNING.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND TWO FROM PLATTSMOUTH.

THIS IS A BLACK CHERRY WOUND.

SO IT'S KIND OF THE TOP BROKE OUT OF THIS ONE.

OR THERE WAS KIND OF A BAD A REALLY BAD TOP.

>> YEAH.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING YOU JUST GO AHEAD AND PRUNE THAT OUT TO THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, SORT OF SIDE BRANCH.

AND IT'S ONE THING THAT WAS KIND OF, I THINK THE DOMINANT LEADER.

SO GO AHEAD AND CHOOSE SOMETHING THAT COULD THEN BECOME THE DOMINANT LEADER.

AND I THINK THOSE BRANCHES LOOKED PRETTY LONG.

SO YOU MIGHT NEED TO SUBORDINATE SOME OF THE SIDE BRANCHES.

BUT LET'S REMOVE THE STAKING MATERIAL.

AND IF THAT PLANT IS PROPERLY CITED AND NOT GETTING TOO MUCH SHADE, IT SHOULD STRAIGHTEN RIGHT OUT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

DANA.

WELL, BEHIND ME IS THE FOREST HERE AT SCHRAMM.

AND THERE ARE SOME CHANGES GOING ON HERE.

ARE RICH AND I'VE FORGOTTEN WHO ELSE.

JEN, RICHARD AND JEN.

SORRY ABOUT THAT.

WHO ARE GOING TO TELL US ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON AND WHY IT'S HAPPENING.

(UPBEAT MUSIC) >> WE AS NEBRASKANS LOVE OUR TREES AND BUR OAK IS JUST ONE OF OUR TITANS OUT HERE ON THE LANDSCAPE.

AND NOW THEY'RE JUST DEAD SEEMING OUT OF NOWHERE.

AND WHAT WE HAD COME UP WITH WAS HYPOXYLON CANKER.

AND THAT IS A FUNGUS LIVES ON THE BARK OF TREES.

ONCE IT MAKES IT TO THE VASCULAR TISSUES, IT IS FATAL.

(UPBEAT MUSIC) >> WHEN WE CAME UP TO EVALUATE OUR FOREST, WE NOTICED THERE WEREN'T MULTIPLE AGE CLASSES OF TREES ANYMORE.

THERE WAS A LACK OF THIS NATURAL REGENERATION HAPPENING OVER TIME.

WHAT WE'VE LEARNED IS THAT CEDARS, WHILE THEY ARE NATIVE, THEY ENCROACH AND THEY CAN CROWD OUT OUR NATIVE SPECIES THAT WE WANT TO SEE IN CERTAIN AREAS.

BACK IN 2024, CONTRACTORS WERE HIRED TO COME IN AND REMOVE EASTERN RED CEDAR TREES ACROSS ABOUT 98 ACRES IN THE PARK.

ONCE THE CEDARS WERE REMOVED, IT HAPPENED SO QUICKLY THAT WE HAD THIS LARGE AREA OF THE FOREST WHERE SUDDENLY THERE WERE NO TREES, WHERE WE ONCE HAD TREES, AND THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS COMPLEX TO EXPLAIN BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE CUTTING DOWN TREES, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO HELP A FOREST.

THOSE TWO THINGS DON'T ALWAYS SEEM LIKE THEY SHOULD GO TOGETHER.

(UPBEAT MUSIC) WHEN THIS AREA AROUND ME WAS REALLY CHOKED BY CEDARS, THERE WAS HARDLY ANY SUNLIGHT REACHING THE FOREST FLOOR.

IT WAS REALLY HEAVILY SHADED.

NOW THAT THE CEDARS ARE GONE FROM THIS AREA, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A LOT MORE SUNLIGHT UP HERE, SO WE HAVE MUCH MORE PLANT DIVERSITY IMMEDIATELY.

SO SEEING DIVERSITY UP IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA THAT I'VE NEVER SEEN IN THE PARK BEFORE.

AND THAT'S REALLY, REALLY ENCOURAGING TO SEE.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE BEEN EXPERIMENTING WITH IS GROWING OAK TREES FROM ACORNS AND THEN REPLANTING THEM.

OKAY, SO WE'VE EXPERIMENTED WITH DIFFERENT METHODS OF PLANTING AND REGENERATING OAKS UP HERE.

SO INSIDE OF THIS SQUARE, WE HAND SOWED ACORNS THAT WE KNEW WERE VIABLE AROUND FEBRUARY, MARCH.

AND SO I'M CURIOUS TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY THAT HE COME UP.

OH, THERE'S ONE RIGHT HERE.

YAY.

OH THERE'S TWO.

HA HA HA.

OKAY.

THIS IS SO EXCITING.

(UPBEAT MUSIC) (UPBEAT MUSIC) >> THE ENCROACHMENT OF EASTERN RED CEDAR MIGHT NOT BE MUCH OF A PROBLEM TO PEOPLE IN URBAN AREAS, BUT IT'S REALLY BECOMING ANISSL AREAS.

YOU CAN GO ON OUR YOUTUBE SITE AND YOU CAN SEE ALL SORTS OF VERY INTERESTING AND INFORMATIVE VIDEOS ABOUT EASTERN RED CEDAR.

COMING UP, WE HAVE THE BACKYARD FARMER GARDEN AND THE PLANT OF THE WEEK.

BUT LET'S TAKE A MINUTE TO HEAR FROM OUR GREAT PARTNERS AT NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA.

>> HI, I'M IAN VOSBURG, DIRECTOR OF MEMBERSHIP AT NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA.

WE'LL BE BACK TO BACKYARD FARMER IN JUST A MOMENT.

BUT FIRST, WE HAVE A LITTLE BUSINESS TO TAKE CARE OF DURING OUR SPRING MEMBERSHIP DRIVE.

DURING OUR MEMBERSHIP DRIVE, IT'S WHEN WE REMIND YOU HOW IMPORTANT YOU ARE TO BACKYARD FARMER IN EVERY SINGLE PROGRAM YOU SEE ON NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA.

WHEN WE SAY THAT WE RELY ON VIEWERS LIKE YOU, WELL, WE'RE ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE JUST LIKE YOU WHO ARE WATCHING BACKYARD FARMER, WHO VALUE IT EVERY SINGLE WEEK, SPRING, SUMMER, AND FALL.

WELL, IT'S ONLY POSSIBLE WHEN YOU MAKE YOUR DONATION TO NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA, THE NUMBER TO CALL TO MAKE YOUR GIFT (800) 989-8236.

OR YOU CAN GO TO OUR WEBSITE, NEBRASKAPUBLICMEDIA.ORG/DONATE.

WHEN YOU MAKE YOUR DONATION OF $6 A MONTH, WE WOULD LOVE TO THANK YOU WITH THE BACKYARD FARMER GARDEN GLOVES.

THESE ARE GREEN GLOVES AND THEY'RE PUNCTURE PROOF AND CUT PROOF.

THEY'RE GREAT FOR GARDENING, AND YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE POKED BY ANY OF THOSE PESKY THORNS.

YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR HANDS STAY SAFE EVERY TIME THAT YOU'RE YOUR OWN BACKYARD FARMER.

OR YOU CAN MAKE YOUR DONATION OF $25 A MONTH.

AND WE HAVE A VERY SPECIAL HOME WEATHER STATION.

YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HE THIS ON THE SET IN FRONT OF ME.

THE HOME WEATHER STATION HAS THREE COMPONENTS TO IT.

IT HAS THE INDOOR DISPLAY THAT'S GOING TO GIVE YOU INDOOR TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY.

AND IT ALSO HAS TWO OUTDOOR SENSORS, THE OUTDOOR SENSORS.

YOU CAN SEE OVER HERE WE HAVE A WIND SENSOR.

IT GIVES YOU WIND SPEED AND WIND DIRECTION AS WELL AS OUTDOOR TEMPERATURE AND OUTDOOR HUMIDITY.

AND WE ALSO HAVE RIGHT HERE IN FRONT OF ME THE SELF-EMPTYING RAIN GAUGE.

IT'S GOING TO TELL YOU HOW MUCH RAIN YOU'VE HAD IN THE LAST HOUR, DAY, WEEK AND MONTH AND YEAR.

AND THE THING IS, BOTH OF THESE SENSORS, THEY CONNECT TO THE INDOOR SENSOR, SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO OUTSIDE AT ALL TO SEE WHAT THE WEATHER IS LIKE.

WE LIKE TO SAY IT GIVES YOU THE MOST LOCAL WEATHER THAT YOU CAN POSSIBLY HAVE.

THESE ARE ALL AVAILABLE WHEN YOU MAKE YOUR DONATION OF $25 A MONTH TO NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA.

THE THING IS, PROGRAMS LIKE BACKYARD FARMER ARE ONLY POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF MEMBER SUPPORT.

YOU'RE WATCHING THIS LIVE TAPED EPISODE FROM SCHRAMM STATE PARK.

WE SENT A CAMERA CREW, WE SENT A PRODUCTION TRUCK, AND WE SENT ALL OF OUR EQUIPMENT OUT TO SCHRAMM STATE PARK.

AND THAT ALL TAKES MONEY.

THAT TAKES EXPERIENCE FROM OUR STAFF TO MAKE SURE PRODUCTIONS LIKE BACKYARD FARMER CAN CONTINUE FOR 74 YEARS AND BEYOND.

THIS SHOW IS THE LONGEST RUNNING LOCALLY PRODUCED TELEVISION PROGRAM IN THE COUNTRY, AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF LOYAL VIEWERS LIKE YOU WHO ALSO MAKE THEIR DONATIONS.

MAKE YOUR DONATION OF $6 A MONTH.

WE'LL THANK YOU WITH THE BACKYARD FARMER GARDEN GLOVES, OR YOU CAN MAKE YOUR DONATION OF $25 A MONTH.

AND WE'LL THANK YOU WITH THIS HOME WEATHER STATION.

IT COMES WITHHE INDOOR DISPLAY, AS WELL AS TWO OUTDOOR DISPLAYS THAT REACH UP TO 400FT AWAY FOR WIND SPEED, AS WELL AS HOW MUCH RAIN YOU'VE HAD.

THE NUMBER TO CALL TO MAKE YOUR DONATION IS (800) 989-8236, OR MAKE YOUR DONATION ON OUR WEBSITE, NEBRASKAPUBLICMEDIA.ORG/DONATE.

AND THANK YOU SO MUCH.

(UPBEAT MUSIC) (UPBEAT MUSIC) (CLAPPING) (UPBEAT MUSIC) (CLAPPING) >> WELCOME BACK TO BACKYARD FARMER AND DO DONATE SO WE CAN STAY ON THE AIR.

AND LET'S SEE, JODY, WE HAVE TWO QUESTIONS.

THIS IS SO COOL BECAUSE HE SENT THESE FROM PENSACOLA, FLORIDA, AND HE THINKS THEY'RE INVASIVE AND HE THINKS IT CAME IN IN A BUG THAT HE ORDERED FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE FROM CHINA.

SO NOW THEY'RE IN LINCOLN.

WHAT IS IT?

>> SO THESE ARE NOT INVASIVE.

SO THEY'RE THEY'RE NATIVE.

THESE ARE CALLED RED SHOULDERED BUGS.

THEY LOOK AND THEY'RE IN THE SAME FAMILY AS BOX ELDER BUGS.

THEY'RE ACTUALLY SCENTLESS PLANT BUGS.

SO THEY DON'T SMELL LIKE SOME BUGS, LIKE STINK BUGS.

BUT THEY FEED ON SOAPBERRY FAMILY.

>> WHICH MOST PEOPLE DON'T HAVE SOAPBERRY ANYWAY.

>> I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT IS, BUT THAT'S WHAT THEY FEED ON.

>> YEAH.

AND I THINK THE REALLY IMPORTANT POINT HERE IS SOMETIMES THINGS THAT DO BECOME INVASIVE COME IN ON SOMETHING WE ORDER.

SO WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT THAT.

>> BUT THESE ONES ARE NOT PERFECT.

>> HE'LL BE HAPPY TO HEAR THAT.

>> DON'T WORRY.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THREE FROM OMAHA.

DENNIS OR JODY.

SORRY.

THIS IS SHE'S HE'S GOT THREE WHITE PINES.

SENT PICTURES OF KIND OF THE OOZE IN THE GAP ON ONE.

HE SENT PICTURES OF SORT OF SOME WHITE FLUFF ON ANOTHER.

THE ONE IN THE MIDDLE ALREADY DIED, AND HE GOT RID OF THAT ONE.

SO HE'S WONDERING WHAT IS WHAT'S GOING ON WITH HIS PINES HERE.

>> OKAY, SO AND I BELIEVE THAT THERE WAS LIKE A WEATHER EVENT THAT KNOCKED OFF THE TOP.

AND SO WHEN A TREE GOES THROUGH INJURY, WHETHER IT'S WEATHER RELATED OR NOT, IT WILL OOZE SAP.

THAT'S JUST WHAT IT DOES.

BUT THE POWDERY, FLUFFY STUFF ON THE BARK, THAT'S LIKELY PINE BARK ADELGID.

SO IT'S A TYPE OF INSECT THAT IS ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE BARK, BUT IT'S COVERED IN ALL THIS WAXY FLUFF.

I'M NOT SURE HOW HEALTHY THOSE TREES ARE TO WANT TO SPEND THE MONEY, AND THE TIME TO TREAT FOR THAT, BUT THAT'S WHAT THAT IS.

>> AND WHAT ABOUT THE KIND OF THE OOZING FROM THE BRANCH?

>> I WOULD ACTUALLY PROBABLY CONTACT AN ARBORIST TO SEE LIKE WHAT CAN BE PRUNED OUT, WHAT CAN BE SAVED.

>> ALL RIGHT, TWO, LET'S SEE.

TWO ON THIS ONE.

ALSO, JODY, THIS IS OMAHA AND IT'S PINE NEEDLE SCALE.

THESE ARE SPRUCE.

SO IT'S SPRUCE NEEDLE SCALE AND THEY RAISE BUTTERFLIES.

AND IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THEY DO A SOIL INJECTION TO BE ABLE TO DEAL WITH THE, YOU KNOW, THE INSECTS.

BUT THEN HE'S WORRIED.

SHE'S WORRIED ABOUT BIRDS OR THE BUTTERFLIES TAKING UP WHATEVER IT IS THAT THEY'RE USING.

>> YEAH.

>> SO THEY FLY INTO THE TOP.

>> YEAH.

I THINK THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH THE TREE.

AND THEY'RE THINKING ABOUT TREATING.

AND THEN THEY'RE WORRIED BECAUSE THEY ARE REALLY INTO POLLINATORS AND MONARCH BUTTERFLIES.

SO I THINK THEY WERE WONDERING IF THEY HAD THAT TREE OR TREE TREATED SYSTEMICALLY IF THAT'S GOING TO HARM THE MONARCHS.

SO IT WOULD BE VERY LIMITED EXPOSURE FOR ADULT BUTTERFLIES IN THOSE SPRUCE TREES, BECAUSE THERE'S NOT ANY NECTAR THE TIME THAT IT WOULD BE LIKE AN EXPOSURE ISSUE IS IF IT GOT INTO THE SOIL AND INTO EITHER THE HOST PLANT OF THE CATERPILLAR OR SOMETHING THAT THE BUTTERFLY IS FEEDING ON, NECTAR WISE.

SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A DECISION YOU HAVE TO MAKE.

BUT IT IS A VERY LIMITED EXPOSURE FOR THE ADULT BUTTERFLIES.

>> ALL RIGHT.

>> AND THE.

>> GOOD, GOOD.

DENNIS TWO FROM ALLIANCE.

SEVERAL HOLES ON THE ACREAGE.

THEY FOUGHT VOLES BEFORE KNOW ABOUT EARLY INTERVENTION.

AND WHAT DO WE THINK ON THIS ONE.

>> WELL IT ALMOST LOOKS LIKE IT COULD BE POCKET GOPHERS THAT HAVE FALLEN IN.

BUT IT'S HARD TO SAY.

THE SIZE IS FOUR INCHES, WHICH IS TOO BIG FOR VOLE.

BUT IF IT BROKE APART IN THAT SANDY SOIL, IT COULD ALSO BE VOLES.

SO I WOULD LOOK FOR MOUNDS FROM GOPHERS OR TRAILS IN BETWEEN THE HOLES AND THEN SAY VOLES.

>> AND YOU DIDN'T MEAN THE GOPHERS FELL INTO THE HOLE.

YOU MEANT THE HOLE FELL INTO THE VOLE.

>> YEAH, BECAUSE GOPHERS PLUG THEIR HOLES.

YEAH.

>> OKAY.

TWO FROM KEARNEY.

SOME CRITTERS TEARING UP THE LAWN IN SEARCH OF SOMETHING AND LEAVES THE SCAT AS ITS CALLING CARD.

>> YEAH, THIS IS RACCOONS.

IF IT'S ROLLED BACK LIKE THAT, IT'S RACCOONS.

THEY'RE ROLLING THE BACK LOOKING FOR ANY KIND OF INSECT.

GRUBS, BEETLES, ANTS, YOU NAME IT.

AND IT MAINLY TO GET MOISTURE IF IT'S DRY FROM THOSE INSECTS.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND TWO FROM FARNAM.

THEY HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH RACCOONS, POSSUMS DIGGING IN THE YARD.

THEY'VE BEEN TOLD THEY HAVE GRUBS.

THEY'RE NOT.

THEY DON'T WANT TO GET A DOG.

BUT HE'S WONDERING ABOUT SOLAR ULTRASONIC ANIMAL REPELLER OUTDOOR STAKES OR A MOTION SENSOR.

STROBE LIGHTS.

>> OKAY.

FOR ONE.

OKAY, SO THIS IS NOT ROLLBACK.

IT'S BEEN PUSHED UP WITH THE NOSE.

SO THIS IS NOT RACCOONS BUT SKUNKS OR OPOSSUMS.

THAT'S HOW YOU TELL THE DIFFERENCE.

BUT NONE OF THOSE ULTRASONIC THINGS WORK AT ALL.

THEY'RE A WASTE OF MONEY.

WE TESTED THEM.

NOTHING GOES THE OTHER WAY.

SO DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY ON ANY OF THOSE VIBRATING DEVICES.

YOU KNOW, I HAVE ONE PERSON THAT PUT ONE EVERY SQUARE FOOT.

AND, OH, WE DON'T HAVE GOPHERS, BUT.

NO.

>> AND ON THAT NOTE, KYLE, STOP LAUGHING.

FROM OMAHA, LAST TWO YEARS, THE LEAVES ON THE 15 YEAR OLD OAK HAVE CURLED.

IS THIS UP YOUR ALLEY OR IS THIS HERBICIDE.

>> I. IT COULD BE HERBICIDE.

WE ALSO.

>> HAVE JUST SEEN A LOT OF OAKS WITH CURLED LEAVES RECENTLY, AND WE DON'T KNOW.

AT LEAST I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT REASON FOR IT.

YOU KNOW, THERE DOES IN SOME CASES IT DOES SEEM TO BE A HERBICIDE-RELATED ISSUE, BUT I THINK MAYBE THE LARGER ISSUE IS JUST DROUGHT.

AND WE ARE IN A LONG PERIOD OF I MEAN, IT'S BASICALLY, WHAT, TEN PLUS YEARS OF EXTENDED DROUGHT WITH SOME RELIEF.

AND THAT'S JUST REALLY HAVING AN IMPACT ON A LOT OF THESE TREES.

AND THOSE LEAVES JUST DON'T HAVE THE VIGOR TO BE OUT FLAT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

TWO FROM CERESCO.

I HAVE A CEDAR FULL OF THIS STUFF.

WHAT IS IT?

AND SHOULDE CUT THE CEDAR DOWN OR SPRAY?

AND HE DOES HAVE FRUIT TREES.

AND WE'VE HAD THIS ABOUT EVERY WEEK.

YEAH.

>> YEAH, I WOULD.

>> YOU KNOW, PUT SOME CHESTNUTS ON THE FIRE AND GET READY TO CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS AGAIN.

IT'S SO CEDAR APPLE RUST.

THERE IS SOME CEDAR APPLE RUST IN THERE, BUT A LOT OF THIS IS CEDAR-QUINCE RUST.

SO BOTH TWO CLOSELY RELATED GYM TYPES OF ARE GYMNOSPORANGIUM RUSTS.

YOU KNOW, IF THE IF YOU ARE CONCERNED ABOUT YOUR FRUIT TREES NEARBY, NOW WOULD BE THE TIME TO TO APPLY TO APPLY A FUNGICIDE, SOMETHING LIKE MYCLOBUTANIL WOULD WORK.

PROBABLY WORK THE BEST.

SOME OF OUR COPPER PRODUCTS WORK AS WELL.

>> ALL RIGHT.

SPEAKING OF ST TWO FROM LINCOLN.

YEAH, ORANGE GROWTHS ON THE BUCKTHORNS.

SO WHAT'S THE DEAL?

>> YEAH.

AND THIS IS I MEAN, IT'S A VERBEAUTIFUL RUST, REALLY DEFORMS THOSE LEAVES.

I GOT MULTIPLE PICTURES OF BUCKTHORN RUST OVER THIS PAST WEEK.

SO IT WAS FUN TO FUN TO GET THIS.

SO IT'S BUCKTHORN RUST.

BUT THE IT'S MAIN HOST IS ACTUALLY OATS.

AND SO THIS IS CROWN RUST, PUCCINIA CORONATA.

IT IS A, IT IS AN AGRONOMIC PEST.

BUT THE JUST LIKE CEDAR APPLE RUST OR CEDAR-QUINCE RUST THAT MOVE BETWEEN THE APPLE TREES AND THE CEDARS.

THIS ONE MOVES BETWEEN A BUCKTHORN AND THE GRASS AND THE OATS.

AND SO RIGHT NOW THE INJURY THAT WE'RE SEEING ON THE BUCKTHORNS, THAT INFECTION HAPPENED EARLIER IN THE SPRING AND THE SPORES THAT ARE BEING PRODUCED THERE ARE MOVING TO THE GRASS.

SO IF YOU WOULD APPLY A FUNGICIDE TO THE BUCKTHORN, IT'S NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING TO CONTROL THAT BUCKTHORN, TO CONTROL THAT RUST.

INSTEAD, ALL THOSE ARE MOVING TO THE TO THE GRASS NOW AND THEN IN THE EARLY SPRING, THOSE SPORES WILL MOVE FROM THE GRASS BACK ONTO THE BUCKTHORN AND START THE WHOLE PROCESS OVER AGAIN.

SO IF YOU ARE CONCERNED ABOUT TREATING ON THE BUCKTHORN, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING YOU WOULD WANT TO DO EARLY NEXT SPRING.

AND AGAIN, SOMETHING DACONIL WOULD WORK WELL.

OTHERWISE CHLOROTHALONIL OR A COPPER PRODUCT AS WELL.

>> GREAT.

THANKS, KYLE.

ALL RIGHT.

TWO FOR YOU FROM OMAHA, DANA.

PLANTED SHRUBS ON MAY 4TH WITH LONG STEMS.

AND THIS IS BROADLEAF EUONYMUS VARIEGATED ONE.

CAN YOU GO AHEAD AND PRUNE NOW.

>> YEAH.

GO AHEAD AND JUST KIND OF SHAPE THAT UP AGAIN.

IT'S A NEW PLANT.

SO WE WANT TO JUST PRACTICE GOOD PLANT HEALTH WITH WATER MULCH.

BUT YOU CAN SHAPE IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT NOW.

>> ALL RIGHT AND THREE FROM PAPILLION.

THIS IS THE WHAT IS THIS PLANT THAT WE HAVE BEEN GOING BACK AND FORTH ON AND BACK AND FORTH, ON AND BACK AND FORTH ON.

DO WE KNOW YET?

>> I THINK I'M BACK TO IT'S THE WEIGELA.

>> WE YEAH.

WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THIS ONE.

>> YEAH, YEAH.

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, WEIGELA IS IN THE HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY.

AND SO IT DOES HAVE SOME OF THAT LOOK.

BUT YEAH, WE'RE, WE'RE STILL KIND OF WORKING ON THIS ONE, BUT IT WOULD BE EASY IF THE VIEWER DIDN'T WANT IT TO ROGUE IT OUT OR WAIT AND SEE WHAT IT DOES NEXT SPRING.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANKS, DANA.

WELL, YOU MAY HAVE ALREADY HEARD THAT OUR GARDEN HAS FINALLY BEEN PLANTED.

THAT DOES NOT MEAN WE DON'T HAVE ADDITIONAL WORK TO DO.

SO LET'S HEAR FROM TERRI IN THE BACKYARD FARMER GARDEN.

(UPBEAT MUSIC) (UPBEAT MUSIC) >> THIS WEEK IN THE BACKYARD FARMER GARDEN, WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT OUR GARDEN IS WELL WATERED.

REMEMBER, IF IT RAINS, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SUBTRACT THIS.

BUT WE NEED AT LEAST AN INCH OF WATER, ESPECIALLYS THESE NEW PLANTS ARE GETTING UP AND GETTING ESTABLISHED.

REMEMBER WE TALKED A COUPLE WEEKS AGO ABOUT PINCHING THE FLOWERS OFAND LETTING THOSE ROOTS DEVELOP WELL, MAKING SURE THAT THAT SOIL IS GETTING AT LEAST AN INCH OF WATER A WEEK IS REALLY GOING TO HELP GET THOSE ROOTS ESTABLISHED.

SO THEN WE CAN GET THAT COLOR BACK IN OUR GARDEN.

WE'RE REALLY WATCHING ALL OF OUR COOL SEASON CROPS.

MOST OF THOSE ARE ALL COMING OUT.

WE'RE REALLY EXCITED.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME GREAT PRODUCE HERE, AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO TELLING YOU ALL ABOUT OUR ALL-AMERICA SELECTION WINNERS FOR THIS YEAR.

SOME OF THEM ARE LOOKING REALLY GOOD AND SUPER EXCITED.

SO STOP BY THE BACKYARD FARMER GARDEN THIS WEEK TO CHECK IT OUT.

(NATURE SOUNDS) >> THANKS, TERRI.

YOU KNOW, IT'S TIME FOR OUR SOCIAL MEDIA QUESTION OF THE WEEK.

AND WE HAVE ACTUALLY A COUPLE, WHICH IS REALLY FUN.

THE THE FIRST ONE IS ACTUAL ARBOR VITAE.

OH, AND THIS ONE COMES TO US FROM VICTORIA AND MICHAEL KRAMER FROM LINCOLN.

AND IT'S KIND OF CLASSIC ARBOR VITAE.

>> WINTER INJURY BROWN.

>> RIGHT AND SO WHAT DO WE THINK WE'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY DO ABOUT THIS.

>> IT'S PROBABLY TIME TO, YOU KNOW, CHOP IT DOWN AT THE GROUND.

>> SO WHAT'S THE DEAL WITH ARBOR VITAE THOUGH.

>> YOU KNOW, THEY ARE IT'S WITH A LOT OF OUR CONIFER PLANTS THAT THEY LOSE, YOU KNOW, MOISTURE DURING THE WINTER.

AND THAT HAPPENS OFTENTIMES WHEN WE GET THESE WARMER SNAPS AND, YOU KNOW, THINGS KIND OF OPEN UP AND THEN WE GET A REAL QUICK REVERSION AND THE PLANT JUST CAN'T KEEP UP WITH THE MOISTURE FROM THE ROOTS.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND YOU KNOW, WE'VE SEEN SOME BIG ONES AROUND, BUT BUT NOT VERY MANY.

>> YES.

>> SO IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE.

ALL RIGHT.

AND FOR FUN WE'RE DOING A SOCIAL MEDIA QUESTION.

BUT IT'S A SAMPLE FROM SOMEONE FROM OUR AUDIENCE.

AND IT'S THIS IS REALLY FUN.

SO SHE BROUGHT US SOMETHING THAT REALLY BELONGS TO THE TERRIER.

>> TERRIER JEFF.

>> THIS IS, THIS IS A GRASS.

AND THIS IS DOTTIE FROM LINCOLN.

AND SO WHAT DID WE DECIDE ON THIS, DANA?

>> THE WAY IT KIND OF LAYS DOWN LIKE THIS, THIS IS MORE LOOKS KIND OF LIKE A GOOSE GRASS, WHICH I THINK DOTTIE'S BEEN DOING A GOOD JOB OF MANAGING IN TERMS OF JUST LIKE KIND OF KEEPING IT MOWED DOWN SO THAT IT DOESN'T PRODUCE ADDITIONAL SEED BECAUSE THEN THAT'S JUST GOING TO MAKE THIS WORSE.

AND I THINK DOTTIE MENTIONED EARLIER THAT YOU THINK THIS CAME IN OSEED, THAT SOMEONE HAD USED TO OVERSEE.

RIGHT?

>> RIGHT.

YEAH.

>> SO IT, IT WILL BE IMPORTANT NEXT YEAR TO LIKE, LOOK AT YOUR PRE-EMERGENCE AND TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT GOOSE GRASS IS COVERED UNDER THAT PRE-EMERGENCE.

BUT IN THE MEANTIME, JUST KIND OF KEEP ROLLING IT OUT, AS TERRI WOULD SAY, USE YOUR SOIL KNIFE.

AND THEN THE BEST THING IS JUST TO GET YOUR GRASS LIKE NICE AND THICK.

AND SO IT CAN KIND OF OUTCOMPETE.

>> AND IT'LL BE FUN IF YOU HAVE ONE THAT ACTUALLY SEEDS, IT'LL LOOK LIKE GOOSE.

YEAH.

ALL RIGHT.

WELL, THANK YOU, DOTTIE, FOR DOING THAT AND THANK YOU, DANA.

AND OF COURSE, THANKS, DANA.

WE YOU KNOW, WHAT BETTER PLACE DO WE HAVE TO THINK OF SOMETHING ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL FOR OUR PLANT OF THE WEEK.

SO HERE, HERE'S DANA WITH THE PLANT OF THE WEEK.

(UPBEAT MUSIC) >> IF YOU WANT TO SHOW STOPPING NATIVE PERENNIAL WITH BIG FLOWER POWER, CONSIDEROMETHING LIKE PURPLE POPPY MALLOW PURPLE POPPY MALLOW IS A NICE LOW GROWING MOUNDING PLANT, BUT IT DOES A NICE GENTLE RAMBLE ABOUT 2 TO 3FT WIDE.

IT CAN GENTLY TRAIL OVER A RETAINING WALL OR EVEN RAMBLE UP AN ADJACENT PLANT.

IT'S A GREAT PLANT FOR BRIGHT, SUNNY SITES IN WELL-DRAINED SOILS.

IT DOESN'T LIKE WET FEET, BUT IT HAS A NICE TAPROOT THAT, ONCE ESTABLISHED, IT CAN HANDLE ROCKY SITES, DRY SITES, ANY TOUGH THING YOU CAN KIND OF THROW AT IT.

IT IS DEER RESISTANT, BUT IT IS ON THE BUNNY MENU.

SO IF THAT'S AN ISSUE, YOU MIGHT NEED TO DO SOME GENTLE SCREENING AROUND IT.

THE REAL AMAZING PART ABOUT THIS PLANT ARE THE BRILLIANT BRIGHT MAGENTA WINE C SHAPED BLOOMS.

THEY FILL THE PLANT LATE SPRING TO SUMMER, AND THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE REALLY LOVE ABOUT THIS PLANT.

THEY'RE PERFECT FOR BUMBLEBEES.

THEY'RE VERY ATTRACTIVE AESTHETICALLY.

AND IN TERMS OF POLLINATORS, IT'S A TOUGH NATIVE AND SOMETHING YOU MIGHT WANT TO REALLY GIVE A TRY IN YOUR OWN GARDEN.

(NATURE SOUNDS) >> THANKS, DANA.

YOU CAN ALSO SEE THAT IN THE BACKYARD FARMER GARDEN COMING RIGHT UP.

OF COURSE, WE WILL HEAR HOW MASTER GARDENERS HELP MANAGE THIS WONDERFUL SPACE AT SCHRAMM PARK.

AND OF COURSE, LET'S HEAR FIRST FROM NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA.

OUR PARTNERS IN ALL OF THIS WONDERFUL STUFF.

(GENTLE MUSIC) >> HI, IAN VOSBURG, DIRECTOR OF MEMBERSHIP HERE FOR ONE MORE TIME DURING BACKYARD FARMER DURING THIS VERY SPECIAL EPISODE TAPED AT SCHRAMM STATE PARK.

PROGRAMS LIKE BACKYARD FARMER, BIG RED WRAP-UP, NEBRASKA STORIES, ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL, NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA NEWS, AND SO MUCH MORE.

THEY'RE MADE POSSIBLE BY VIEWERS JUST LIKE YOU VIEWERS WHO TAKE THAT NEXT STEP IN VIEWERSHIP AND MAKE A DONATION TO NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA.

ALL THESE SHOWS ARE POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF MEMBER SUPPORT MEMBERS JUST LIKE YOU.

GO AHEAD AND MAKE YOUR DONATION RIGHT NOW.

THAT NUMBER TO CALL IS (800) 989-8236, OR YOU CAN GO TO OUR WEBSITE, NEBRASKAPUBLICMEDIA.ORG/DONATE.

NOT SURE HOWUCH TO GIVE.

WELL, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF SUGGESTIONS.

YOU MAKE YOUR DONATION OF $6 A MONTH.

THAT'S $72 WITH A ONE TIME DONATION.

WELL THANK YOU.

WITH THE BACKYARD FARMER GARDENING GLOVES, YOU CAN SEE ON YOUR SCREEN THEY HAVE THAT BACKYARD FARMER IN NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA LOGO ON THEM.

THEY'RE BRIGHT GREEN AND THEY'RE GOING TO KEEP YOUR HANDS SAFE AND PROTECTED.

THEY HAVE A NICE LEATHER HIDE ON THEM, AS WELL AS A PUNCTURE AND CUT PROOF OUTER LAYER.

SO YOUR HANDS ARE GOING TO STAY SAFE.

WHEN YOU MAKE YOUR DONATION OF $25 A MONTH, THAT'S $300.

WITH A ONE TIME GIFT, YOU'LL GET THE THREE ITEMS THAT YOU SEE ON THE SET IN FRONT OF ME.

IT INCLUDES THE INDOOR DISPLAY THAT'S GOING TO GIVE YOU THE INDOOR TEMPERATURE, HUMIDITY, AND BAROMETRIC PRESSURE.

IT GIVES YOU THE OUTDOOR DISPLAY.

THAT'S THE ONE RIGHT OVER HERE.

IT GIVES YOU WIND SPEED, TEMPERATURE, WIND SPEED, OUTDOOR TEMPERATURE, OUTDOOR HUMIDITY AND WIND DIRECTION.

OR YOU HAVE THE RAIN GAUGE.

IT'S A SELF EMPTYING RAIN GAUGE.

SO YOU DON'T EVER HAVE TO GO EMPTY IT.

AND IT REACHES UP TO 400FT AWAY FROM THE HOME INDOOR SENSOR.

THAT'S GOING TO GIVE YOU THE RAIN FROM THE LAST HOUR, DAY, WEEK, MONTH AND YEAR.

AND AGAIN, THAT ALL CONNECTS BACK TO THE HOME SENSOR WIRELESSLY.

YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO HAVE INTERNET CONNECTION TO MAKE THAT ALL WORK.

THAT'S WHEN YOU MAKE YOUR DONATION OF $25 A MONTH AS A SUSTAINING STAR MEMBER.

WE TALK ABOUT MONTHLY GIVING HERE AT NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA A LOT, AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT MONTHLY DONORS ARE GOING TO BE THE MOST SUSTAINABLE SOURCE OF INCOME FOR NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA.

YOU RELY ON NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA EVERY SINGLE DAY, EVERY SINGLE MONTH.

AND WE KNOW THAT WE CAN RELY ON OUR SUSTAINING MEMBERS TO MAKE THEIR DONATION EVERY SINGLE MONTH AS WELL.

GO AHEAD AND MAKE THAT DONATION (800) 989-8236, OR GO TO OUR WEBSITE, NEBRASKAPUBLICMEDIA.ORG/DONATE.

WHEN YOU MAKE THAT DONATION OF $6 A MONTH.

WELL, THANK YOU.

WITH THE BACKYARD FARMER GARDENING GLOVES YOU SEE ON YOUR SCREEN THERE, A NICE PAIR OF GLOVES THAT ARE GOING TO KEEP YOUR HANDS SAFE WHEN YOU'RE DOING ALL OF YOUR GARDEN WORK SO THAT YOU CAN MAINTAIN YOUR STATUS AS A BACKYARD FARMER, OR YOU MAKE YOUR DONATION OF $25 A MONTH.

WELL, THANK YOU.

WITH THE HOME WEATHER STATION, IT INCLUDES A THREE ITEMS THAT YOU SEE ON YOUR SCREEN THE INDOOR DISPLAY, THE OUTDOOR RAIN GAUGE, AND THE OUTDOOR WIND SENSOR.

MAKE THAT DONATION RIGHT NOW, (800) 989-8236 OR NEBRASKAPUBLICMEDIA.ORG/DONATE AND THANK YOU SO MUCH.

(UPBEAT MUSIC) (UPBEAT MUSIC) (UPBEAT MUSIC) (CLAPPING) >> WELCOME BACK TO BACKYARD FARMER.

COMING UP LATER IN THE PROGRAM, WE'RE GOING TO HEAR HOW EXTENSION MASTER GARDENERS MANAGE THIS BEAUTIFUL PLACE.

KEEP IT LOOKING ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS FOR ALL OF US WHO LOVE TO VISIT.

AND WE DO WANT YOU TO REMEMBER THOUGH, THAT WE ARE NOT TAKING YOUR CALLS BECAUSE THERE'S NO PHONE BANK.

SO YOU CAN ALWAYS SEND US THOSE PICTURES TO BYF@UNL.EDU.

AND THOSE EMAILS.

WE HAVE ONE ANNOUNCEMENT, WHICH IS KIND OF A PRETTY COOL ONE STILL, WHICH IS WE ARE COMING RIGHT UP ON NATIONAL WIFLOWER WEEK.

I KNOW A LOT OF OUR VIEWERS REALLY LOVE THE WILDFLOWERS.

WE HAVE LOTS AND LOTS OF THINGS GOING ON NATIONALLY AND IN THE STATE, AND WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION FROM PLANT NEBRASKA ON THE SCREEN, AND THERE'S LOTS OF OTHER PLACES THAT YOU CAN SEE THAT.

SO KEEP THAT IN MIND AND ENJOY THE WILDFLOWERS.

ALL RIGHT.

LET'S SEE QUESTIONS.

JODY, YOU HAVE TWO PICTURES ON THIS ONE.

THIS COMES TO US FROM WAYNE, NOT WAYNE WAYNE OUR WAYNE, BUT WAYNE THE CITY.

AND HE IS ASKING WHAT ARE THESE GROWTHS ON THE OAK?

IT'S ONLY THREE YEARS OLD.

HE DID CUT ONE OPEN AND IT WAS LIKE THE INSIDE OF AN APPLE.

>> WELL, THIS IS OAK APPLE GALL.

>> SO THAT'S PROBABLY WHY IT WAS NAMED THAT WAY.

BUT IT'S ANOTHER TYPE OF GALL.

BUT THIS MAY BE THE LEAST OF YOUR PROBLEMS BECAUSE THAT TREE DOES NOT LOOK VERY HEALTHY.

THE CANOPY IS VERY SPARSE.

SO I COULDN'T SEE LIKE THE BOTTOM OR WHERE IT'S PLANTED.

SO I WOULD TAKE A LOOK AT THAT PLANT.

>> RIGHT TREE.

YEAH.

MORE IS.

YEAH, THAT'S A PRETTY, PRETTY SAD LITTLE GUY.

>> YEAH.

BECAUSE USUALLY THE GALLS ARE JUST AESTHETIC ISSUE.

BUT THERE'S OTHER ISSUES.

>> OKAY.

TWO ON THIS ONE.

JODY.

THIS COMES TO US FROM LINCOLN.

SHE THOUGHT IT WAS A NEW PLANT IN HER POLLINATOR GARDEN AND PART OF A WETLANDS AREA.

AND SHE WONDERS WHAT IT IS.

BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, LOOK AT THE TOP OF THIS.

IT SEEMS TO HAVE HAPPENED OVERNIGHT.

SHE'S WONDERING, CAN SHE JUST DIG AN UPROOT IT?

AND WHAT ARE WHAT ARE THOSE CATERPILLARS?

>> YOU COULD.

SO THIS IS LIKE RUDBECKIA, BLACK EYED SUSAN.

AND SO THESE CATERPILLARS.

EVERY YEAR WE'VE GOT CHECKERSPOT CATERPILLARS.

THEY TURN INTO BEAUTIFUL BUTTERFLIES, EITHER SILVERY CHECKERSPOT OR GORGONE CHECKERSPOT.

THEY JUST FEED IN LARGE GROUPS IN THEIR FIRST COUPLE INSTARS.

SO THEY DO A LOT OF DAMAGE, BUT THEY DO TURN INTO BEAUTIFUL BUTTERFLIES.

IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THAT THERE, YOU CAN MOVE IT OR YOU CAN LEAVE IT.

AFTER A WHILE, THEY'LL FALL TO THE GROUND AND PUPATE AND YOU WON'T SEE THEM ANYMORE.

>> ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.

RIGHT?

OKAY.

FROM LINCOLN, WE HAVE A VIEWER WHO MOVED A COUPLE OF BRICKS AND THEN FOUND ANT COLONIES WONDERS SOMETHING ABOUT THEM.

AND WE ACTUALLY DID THE SAME THING WITH OUR FOUNDATION PEOPLE IN OUR GARDEN, AND THEY GOT BIT.

>> THAT HAPPENS.

I MEAN, SO ANTS ARE EVERYWHERE.

THERE'S ANTS ALL OVER THE PLACE.

THIS IS A PAVEMENT ANT COLONY.

AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS, YOU'LL SEE A BUNCH OF LITTLE WHITE THINGS ALL OVER.

AND THAT'S THEIR BROOD.

SO THAT'S THEIR EGGS.

THEIR LARVAE AND THEIR LARVAE GO THROUGH SEVERAL INSTARS OR STAGES.

SO YOU'LL SEE THEM AT DIFFERENT SIZES AND THEN YOU'LL SEE THE PUPA.

AND THEY KIND OF LOOK LIKE ANTS KIND OF MUMMIFIED.

AND THEN AFTER THAT STAGE THEY TURN INTO THE WORKERS.

AND WHEN YOU TURN OVER A COLONY, THEY BASICALLY JUST RUSH AROUND AND THEY TRY TO MOVE THE BROOD TO SOMEWHERE SAFE BECAUSE THAT'S THEIR FAMILY, THEIR SOCIAL INSECTS, KIND OF LIKE WE'RE SOCIAL PEOPLE.

SO THEY'RE TRYING TO PROTECT THEIR COLONY AND ANTS ARE JUST OUT THERE.

THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT THEY DO.

>> AND IF YOU TRY TO GET THEIR COLONY, THEY BITE YOU.

>> THEY WILL BITE YOU.

I MEAN.

>> OKAY, RIGHT.

DENNIS, YOU HAVE ONE PICTURE FROM NEAR FREMONT LAKES.

SAW IT IN A SANDY AREA WITH LITTLE VEGETATION AND NOT NEAR THE WATER.

WHICH ONE IS THIS?

>> THIS IS THE NORTH AMERICAN RACER, ALSO CALLED THE YELLOWBELLY RACER.

THEY CAN BE LIME GREEN IN THE SAME SNAKE CAN GO TO BLUE, GREEN, OLIVE GREEN, BLACKISH GREEN.

IT'S ALL THE SAME SNAKE.

THERE'S NO BLUE RACER, GREEN RACER.

THEY'RE ALL NORTH AMERICAN OR YELLOWBELLY RACERS.

THEY EAT ABOUT ANYTHING, EVEN OTHER SNAKES.

THEY'RE HARMLESS TO PEOPLE.

THEY WILL JUMP UP AND THEY'RE FAST.

THE SECOND FASTEST SNAKE IN THE STATE, AT 3.8KM/H.

>> KYLE IS JUST HORRIFIED.

>> JUMPING FAST SNAKES, SUPER HARMLESS.

>> YEAH.

>> OKAY.

THREE PICTURES, DENNIS.

THIS COMES TO US FROM NEAR SWEDESBURG, AND HE WANTS TO SEE THIS SNAKE AGAIN, BUT HE KIND OF WENT SQUIGGLING INTO A HOLE IN HIS SHED.

>> WELL, IT'S A FOX SNAKE.

VERY COMMON IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE STATE.

AND THEY EAT RODENTS AND THEY DON'T CAUSE MUCH HARM.

THEY CAN GET PRETTY GOOD SIZE, BUT IT'S CALLED A WESTERN FOX SNAKE.

IT DOESN'T EAT FOX.

PEOPLE THINK IT'S MUSK.

SMELLS LIKE A FOX.

>> ALL RIGHT.

>> IT EATS RODENTS.

>> TWO FROM NEAR VALLEY, HE SAID, A 3 TO 4 FOOT SNAKE ON HIS FRONT PORCH.

HIS QUESTION WAS WHAT KIND IS IT AND WILL IT BITE THE AMAZON DRIVER?

>> NO.

IT'LL RUN.

IT'S ANOTHER FOX SNAKE AND IT'LL RUN FROM THE AMAZON DRIVER.

YEAH IT WON'T.

IT'LL GO UNLESS THE AMAZON DRIVER IS CARRYING MICE.

DEFINITELY A FOX SNAKE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

KYLE, FOCUS.

WE HAVE TWO TWO PICTURES FROM OMAHA.

WONDERING IF YOU MIGHT KNOW WHY THE ASH LEAVES ARE CURLING.

IS THIS WHAT YOU TALKED ABOUT OR LOREN DID LAST WEEK?

>> YEAH.

SO I, ASH YELLOWS HAD COME UP PREVIOUSLY.

AND THAT MIGHT BE WHAT'S GOING ON HERE.

BUT TYPICALLY IF IT WAS ASH YELLOWS, I WOULD NOT EXPECT IT TO BE SO REALLY ACROSS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE TREE.

MORE, MORE SPECIFIC BRANCHES, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WITH IT BEING ACROSS THE ENTIRE TREE, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S JUST KIND OF THE SAME KIND OF THOSE SAME ISSUES THAT WE'VE BEEN SEEING WITH OAK TREES AND SOME OF OUR OTHER HARDWOODS.

IT'S BEEN A HARD LAST MANY YEARS TO BE A TREE.

WE HAVEN'T HAD THE MOISTURE.

OUR WINTERS HAVE BEEN REALLY WEIRD AND THAT'S LED TO SOME LEAVES JUST ARE A LITTLE BIT DROOPY.

>> ALL RIGHT, THREE FROM LINCOLN.

IT'S 4 TO 5 YEARS AGO SHE HAD A STUMP REMOVED.

LAST YEAR WHITE SHROOMS EVERYWHERE IN HER YARD AND SHE'S WONDERING HOW TO GET RID OF THEM.

OR IS IT POSSIBLE.

>> YEAH.

THE SO HOW DOES HOW DO WE GET RID OF MUSHROOMS IN OUR YARD?

WE GET RID OF ALL WOODY MATERIAL.

AND SO IF SHE COULD DIG DOWN AND TRY TO PULL UP ALL THOSE ROOTS, PROBABLY WOULDN'T WANT TO DO THAT.

AS FOR WHAT TYPE THEY ARE, IT'S IT'S A TYPE OF MARASMUS, MOST LIKELY MARASMUS OREADES, WHICH IS COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE FAIRY RING MUSHROOM.

BUT FUNNY ENOUGH, THERE'S A LOT OF MUSHROOMS THAT FORFAIRY RINGS.

THIS TYPE DOESN'T ACTUALLY FORM A RING, IT JUST FORMS A BLOB, A KIND OF A CIRCLE LIKE SHE HAD.

HOW TO GET RID OF THEM, REALLY PROBABLY JUST FERTILIZE THE LAWN, TRY TO STIMULATE ROOT GROWTH TO HELP BREAK DOWN THAT WOODY MATERIAL.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND ONE FROM EUSTIS.

THEY'RE JUST WONDERING IF THESE LITTLE TINY PUFFBALLS GET ANY BIGGER.

>> PROBABLY NOT.

THEY ALREADY HAVE THE HOLE ON THE THE HOLE ON THE TOP.

THEY LOOK BLACK ON THE INSIDE.

I THINK THEY'RE SPENT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

FROM OMAHA, WE HAVE A VIEWER WHO HAS 180 FOOT TREE LINE FILLED WITH BUCKTHORN AND THAT VIEWER IS WONDERING WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT ON A LIMITED BUDGET.

>> SO IT'S PROBABLY MORE THAN A SINGLE WEEKEND PROJECT.

AND IN ORDER TO REMOVE THOSE, IT'S GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, PUTTING ON SOME PROTECTIVE GEAR.

THERE BUCKTHORNS, COVER YOURSELF UP, DO A GOOD JOB OF THAT.

AND THEN JUST CUTTING THEM AT THE GROUND, PULLING THE MATERIAL OUT AND DOING A STUMP TREATMENT WITH A BRUSH OR STUMP KILLER KIND OF PAINTED GENTLY ON BECAUSE THESE ARE GOING TO TRY TO REGROW AND THEY'RE GOING TO DO A GOOD JOB OF IT.

SO IT'S GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, JUST REMOVING THAT MATERIAL AND THEN JUST KEEPING ON TOP OF IT.

>> ALL RIGHT, ONE FROM CENTRAL CITY, HERE'S A COUPLE OF TREES.

IT'S BASICALLY A SAND HILL PASTURE ALONG THE LOOP.

HE'S >> WONDERING WHY THEY ARE NOT THE 30 FT TALL THAT HE WOULD HAVE HOPED FOR.

>> YEAH, SO THEY'RE IN A SAND HILL PASTURE, WHICH, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT SUPER HELPFUL, BUT THESE TREES ARE JUST STRUGGLING A LITTLE BIT.

THEY'RE EXPOSED TO WIND AND HEAT.

I WOULD PROBABLY SAY THAT TO DO.

I COULDN'T REALLY SEE HOW WELL THEY WERE PLANTED.

BUT YOU CAN JUST PROBABLY TRY TO WIDEN THE SPACE BETWEEN THE TURF AND THE TREE, MAKE A BIGGER MULCH RING, AND PROBABLY YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO RIGATE THOSE TREES TO KIND OF KIND OF REVIVE THEM.

AS KYLE'S BEEN SAYING, IT'S BEEN DROUGHTY.

AND TO GET THOSE TREES TO GROW, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO WANT TO DO.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANKS, DANA.

YOU HAVE TWO PICTURES FROM LINCOLN.

THIS IS A ROW OF PRIVET.

AND THAT SEPARATE THEIR DRIVEWAY FROM THE NEIGHBOR.

SOME HAVE DIED, AND THEY'RE THIN IN SOME OTHER SPOTS.

THEY WANT TO KNOW HOW TO FILL IN THE BARE SPOTS.

CAN THESE BE PRUNED?

CAN THESE, WHAT CAN HAPPEN?

>> SO PRIVET IS ONE OF OUR NICE OLD FASHIONED HEDGES.

WHAT PRIVET LIKES THIS FULL SUN TO PART SHADE.

AND I'M STARTING TO WONDER IF THIS THE HEDGE IS GETTING TOO MUCH SHADE.

SO IT MIGHT BE THE CASE WHERE YOU NEED TO ASSESS THAT.

THOTHER ING IS LIKE WHEN YOU'RE DOING SOME RENEWAL PRUNING, CAN YOU HANDLE LIKE SOME OF THAT UGLY HAIRCUT PHASE AND THEN IF THAT'S THE CASE, GO AHEAD AND JUST TAKE OUT A THIRD IN THE, YOU KNOW, LATE WINTER, EARLY SPRING, AND THEN JUST KIND OF KEEP DOING THAT OVER A COUPLE OF YEARS.

IF YOU CAN HANDLE LIKE THE COMPLETE, YOU CAN DO A REJUVENATION PRUNING, PRIVET CAN HANDLE IT, BUT THAT WOULD BE JUST CUTTING TO THE GROUND.

ANOTHER NICE THING THAT WE SOMETIMES DON'T TALK ABOUT IS THAT DOING SOME A-SHAPE FRAMING.

SO A LOT OF FOLKS LIKE TO FRAME AS V'S, BUT OUR HEDGES DO BETTER IF THEY'VE GOT A WIDER BASE AND THEN IT DOESN'T SHADE THEM OUT.

SO MUCH TO BE SO LUCKY.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, DANA.

WELL, YOU KNOW, WE'VE COME TO A REALLY SPECIAL PLACE HERE ALONG THE PLATTE RIVER.

WE'RE GOING TO HEAR NOW FROM THE EXTENSION MASTER GARDENERS WHO TAKE CARE OF THISEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPE AND ALL THESE GREAT EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES.

(UPBEAT MUSIC) >> THE FLOWER BEDS HAVE BEEN HERE SINCE THE AQUARIUM OR SINCE THE EDUCATION CENTER STARTED.

THESE TWO THESE TWO AREAS WERE BASICALLY DEVELOPED BY OUR MASTER GARDENERS AND THEIR POLLINATOR BEDS, THEIR NATIVE PLANTS, THEIR NON-NATIVE PLANTS.

BUT THEY'RE BASICALLY DESIGNED TO DRAW IN POLLINATORS.

A LOT OF GREAT VARIETY, GREAT COLORS YEAR ROUND.

WELL, FORTUNATELY, WE HAVE THE MASTER GARDENERS AND THEY'RE HERE.

THEY'RE HERE ONCE A WEEK, AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK.

THEY ALSO HELP ON ON WEEKEND PROGRAMS WITH COME OUT IN THE MORNINGS AND THEY'RE AMAZING.

THEY CAN GET THEY CAN GET SO MUCH DONE IN A MORNING.

THEY PULL WEEDS.

THEY PLANT FLOWERS.

THEY WATER.

THEY MULCH EVERYTHING.

THEY HAVE ALL KINDS OF GREAT SUGGESTIONS ON HOW WHAT WE DO WITH THE PLANTS, WHERE WE MOVE STUFF AROUND AND HOW TO KEEP IT LOOKING GREAT TO THE PUBLIC.

>> IT'S A LOT OF TEAM EFFORT.

THERE'S A LOT OF WEED PULLING, A LOT OF MULCHING.

SOME PEOPLE, SOME OF OUR GROUP LIKE DOING CERTAIN TASKS MORE THAN OTHERS.

AND IT KIND OF WORKS OUT THAT EVERYTHING GETS DONE AND EVERYBODY'S HAPPY.

THIS IS A HAPPY GROUP OF PEOPLE TO WORK WITH, AND WE JUST DO OUR BEST.

AS FAR AS TRYING TO KEEP SOME OF THE AGGRESSIVE PLANTS UNDER CONTROL.

AND IT'S JUST A LOT OF FUN, A LOT OF FUN.

>> HERE AT THE SCHRAMM EDUCATIONAL CENTER.

WE HAVE MULTIPLE GARDENS AT THE MASTER GARDENER GROUP IS IN CHARGE OF, AND WE DECIDED TO IDENTIFY THEM BY USING A A MARKER, AN IRON BUTTERFLY, AS YOU WISH.

AND WE HAVE FOUR DIFFERENT COLORS OF IRON BUTTERFLIES HERE YELLOW, ORANGE, WHITE AND PURPLE.

ALONG WITH THAT, THERE'S A QR CODE.

IF A PERSON HERE CAN COME UP TO THE POST, PULL OUT THEIR PHONE AND IT WILL TELL THEM WHAT TYPE OF PLANTS WE HAVE IN EACH OF THESE DIFFERENT GARDENS.

IF YOU'RE NOT TECH SAVVY, WE HAVE ANOTHER PLACWHERE THERE'S A POSTER THAT WAS CREATED BY ONE OF OUR MASTER GARDENERS HERE.

WE HAVE A WONDERFUL GROUP.

THEY ALL HAVE DIFFERENT SKILL SETS, AND WE TURN INTO A WONDERFUL FAMILY THAT HAS A PASSION FOR DIGGING IN THE DIRT.

(NATURE SOUNDS) (NATURE SOUNDS) >> EVERYTHING LOOKS GREAT AND IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN HERE RECENTLY, IT IS BEAUTIFUL.

IT'S SO MUCH FUN AND YOU'VE GOT TO GO INTO THE BUILDING AND SEE ALL THOSE CREATURES AS WELL.

SO ALL RIGHT.

FINALLY, WE ARE ON ROUND FOUR.

I DON'T BELIEVE THERE ARE ANY SNAKES ON THIS ONE, KYLE.

>> FINGERS CROSSED.

>> WE HAVE ONE FROM OMAHA FOR YOU JODY.

TRAPPED FLYING INSECTS.

SHE HAD NINE IN THE SCREEN.

SHE THINKS THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.

WHAT ARE THEY?

>> SO IT'S JUST ONE THING.

IT'S.

IT'S A WASP.

THEY'RE CALLED MEXICAN GRASS CARRYING WASPS.

BUT THE THING WITH THEM IS THEY LOVE TO USE THE TRACK IN THE WINDOW AS LIKE A, LIKE A CAVITY TO PUT THEIR NESTING CELLS IN.

SO WHEN THEY EMERGE AS ADULTS, LIKE THEY'RE KIND OF TRAPPED.

SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU WANT TO DO WITH THEM.

I WOULD TURN ALL THE LIGHTS OFF AND OPEN THE FRONT DOOR.

AND SO WHEN THEY SEE LIGHT, THEY'LL GO OUT.

>> SOUNDS GOOD TO ME.

ALL RIGHT.

THREE FROM PAPILLION.

HE HAD HOLES IN THE STEMS OF HIS WEIGELA SHRUB.

AND THEN KYLE.

THERE WERE SOME FUNGUS THAT CAME IN, BUT HE'S MOSTLY WORRIED ABOUT WHAT CAUSED THE HOLES IN THE SHRUB.

>> I MEAN, IT WAS PROBABLY SOME KIND OF STEM BORING BEETLE, WHICH COULD HAVE BEEN A MOTH OR OR OR A BEETLE.

BUT WHAT I WOULD DO IS MAYBE DO SOME INSPECTIONS OF THOSE CANES EARLY ON AND REMOVE THE ONES THAT LOOK DAMAGED, BECAUSE THOSE LOOK PRETTY OLD AND PRETTY DEAD.

>> YEAH.

TIME TO RENEW ANYWAY, PROBABLY ON THAT ONE.

ALL RIGHT.

DENNIS ONE FROM SILVER CITY, IOWA.

SHE SAYS, WHAT THE HECK IS THIS?

HANGING IN THE MAPLE TREE.

AND SHOULD THEY TRY TO GET RID OF IT?

>> NO, IT'S ACTUALLY A NEST, PROBABLY OF AN ORIOLE, BIRD NEST.

IT'S TOO BIG TO BE A WEAVERBIRD.

SO IT'S PROBABLY AN ORIOLE NEST.

AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S FROM LAST YEAR, BUT IT MAY BE NEW, SO JUST LEAVE IT.

NO PROBLEM.

>> ALL RIGHT.

TWO FROM LINCOLN.

HE HAS A THREE YEAR OLD PEACH TREE.

HE'S GOT SOME STRIPPING ON THE BARK ABOUT 6 TO 8, TEN INCHES UP.

HE'S WRAPPED.

HE'S DONE ALL SORTS OF THINGS FOR THE TRUNK, BUT HE'S REALLY WONDERING WHAT ANIMAL MIGHT HAVE DONE THIS.

>> WELL, I WAS LOOKING AT THIS.

I COULD NOT SEE ANY VOLE OR RABBIT TEETH MARKS.

IT LOOKS LIKE SOME KIND OF INJURY.

IF THE.

YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY IF THAT CAGE WAS DOWN AROUND THAT.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT COULD HAVE MADE THE INJURY.

BUT THEN AFTER THAT INJURY WAS MADE, IT LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING LIKE A BIRD THAT LIKES SAP, MAYBE A SAPSUCKER, BUT IT LOOKS AWFUL LOW.

THERE'S A LOT OF POKE MARKS VERSUS INCISOR MARKS.

SO USE A TRAIL CAM AND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT IT IS.

>> ALL RIGHT.

>> IT'S KIND OF A MYSTERY RIGHT NOW.

>> OKAY.

TWO PICTURES FROM LINCOLN.

SHE'S WONDERING WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT IN HER ROSES.

IT LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING EITHER FOUGHT OR SLEPT AND THEN HAD DINNER.

>> YEAH.

SO RABBITS LOVE TO EAT YOUNG ROSES, BUT IT COULD BE A PRETTY BIG RABBIT TO DO THAT.

IT COULD ALSO BE A RACCOON GOING THROUGH.

BUT RABBITS ARE THE ONES THAT WILL EAT THE ROSES AND THEY LOVE THE NEWER.

SO THEY HUNCH UP AND THEN THEY THE ROSE, THE NEWER ROSE STEM CANE FALLS OVER.

>> ALL RIGHT.

I'LL WE'LL TELL HER THAT.

OKAY.

BEAUTIFUL PICS THAT CAME FROM JODY.

KYLE.

WHAT IS THIS, SHROOM?

SHE'S NEVER SEEN THIS AT HER HOUSE.

>> IT'S A LYO.

MOST LIKELY A LYOPHYLLUM DECASTES OR SOMETHING WITHIN THAT GROUP.

IT'S KIND OF A CATCH ALL GROUP FOR A LOT OF MUSHROOMS THAT LOOK LIKE THIS.

THEY POP UP IN THE YARDS WHEN THERE'S BEEN ADEQUATE MOISTURE.

SO LUCKY YOU.

>>WO FROM BELLEVUE.

AND THIS ONE IS BEAUTIFUL.

YOURS WAS INTERESTING.

THIS ONE'S BEAUTIFUL.

WHAT IS THIS ONE?

>> SO THIS IS A CHICKEN OF THE WOODS.

AND SO LACTIFEROUS SULFUROUS.

ASSUMING IT IS AN ACTUAL CHICKEN OF THE WOODS.

IT'S ONE OF THE MORE DESIRABLE MUSHROOMS OUT THERE.

BUT VERY PRETTY.

>> BEAUTIFUL.

ALL RIGHT.

DANA.

YES.

WE HAVE A PICTURE HERE.

SHE SHE GOT THESE FLOWERS FOR MOTHER'S DAY.

SHE JUST WANTS THEM IDENTIFIED REAL QUICKLY.

>> YEAH.

SO CLASSIC MOTHER'S DAY FLOWERS, I'D SAY FROM LEFT TO RIGHT.

GERBER, DAISY.

MAYBE I WOULD CALL THOSE FLORIST KALANCHOE AND THEN MAYBE A HYBRID BEGONIA.

>> ALL RIGHT, SO SHE'S BEEN TAKING PRETTY GOOD CARE OF HIM SO FAR.

>> YEAH, SHE'S DONE A GREAT JOB.

THEY CAN GO OUTSIDE.

YOU KNOW, IF YOU KIND OF, YOU KNOW, HARDEN THEM OFF OR BABY THEM A LITTLE BIT, BUT THEY COULD GO OUTSIDE A LITTLE BIT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

FROM AVOCA, IOWA, THE TOP OF HIS TREE STARTED TURNING BROWN HAS NEW GROWTH.

EVERY PLACE ELSE SHOULD HE GO AHEAD AND TAKE THE TOP OUT OF IT?

WHAT DO YOU THINK HERE?

>> YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE KIND OF THING IT'S NOT GOING TO GROW BACK.

IT'S NOT GOING TO BE NORMAL.

I WOULD SUSPECT SOMETHING LIKE MAYBE A CANKER.

SO THIS MIGHT BE NICE TO EITHER IT LOOKED LIKE A PRETTY BIG TREE.

SO I'M NOT SURE THEY SHOULD BE GETTING UP IN THERE.

BUT MAYBE A CERTIFIED ARBORIST COME AND TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND HELP THEM MAKE THAT DECISION.

>> ALL RIGHT.

WE HE TWO QUICK PICTURES FROM YANKTON OF ASPARAGUS.

YOU JUST NEED TO TELL US WHAT IT IS YOU GET TO INSTEAD OF KYLE.

>> FASCIATION.

WHICH IS FASCINATING, RIGHT?

I THINK THEY SAID THAT THE OTHER STEMS WERE COMING UP NORMALLY.

>> RIGHT?

>> SO JUST ENJOY IT.

>> YEAH.

THOSE ARE THE WEIRDEST WE'VE PROBABLY EVER SEEN.

>> YEAH.

I MEAN, THAT'S THAT'S PRETTY COOL.

>> ALL RIGHT.

WELL AND UNFORTUNATELY THAT IS ALL THE TIME WE HAVE FOR BACKYARD FARMER TONIGHT.

WE WANT TO SAY THANKS TO OUR PANEL FOR ANOTHER GREAT SHOW.

THANKS TO OUR WONDERFUL AUDIENCE.

AND OF COURSE, THANKS TO THE PEOPLE HERE AT SCHRAMM PARK STATE RECREATION AREA FOR EVERYTHING THEY'VE DONE AND TO NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA FOR BRINGING US UP HERE.

SO IT'S REALLY BEEN WONDERFUL.

NEXT TIME ON BACKYARD FARMER, WE WILL HEAR AGAIN ABOUT SOME REALLY LOVELY, WONDERFUL, GREAT NATIVE PLANTS AND WHY THEY ARE SO IMPORTANT TO PRESERVE.

SO GOOD NIGHT, GOOD GARDENING.

WE'LL SEE YOU ALL NEXT WEEK RIGHT HERE ON BACKYARD FARMER.

(UPBEAT MUSIC)