Lawn, Gardening & Pests

Get the 2021 Garden Calendar

The WVU Extension Service Garden Calendar is produced and distributed each year as a service to West Virginia’s many home gardeners and agricultural producers.

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Controlling Pests Year-round

Garden Calendar Learning Activities

Gardening

Gardening 101

Creative Gardening

Garden Management

Grow This! Gardening Challenge

WV Garden Guide

Indoor Plants

Holiday Plant Care & Safety

Succulents 101

Insect Pest Management

AgBeats Webinar & Conference Call Series
Expert Pest Management Help
IPM Chronicle

Pesticide Education

Pest Identification Guide

Lawn

Choosing the Right Seed
Establishing a Lawn
Lawn Mower Safety
Liming the Lawn
Maintaining a New Lawn
Mulch in Fall to Prevent Spring Weeds
Tips to Avoid Lawn Problems
Turfgrass in Shady Areas

Lawn, Gardening & Pests Learning Activities

Be a Pollinator

Build a Worm Haven

Germinate Seeds

How Plants Take Up Water

Test a Soil Sample

Master Gardener Program

 

How to Join WVEGMA 

WVEMGA Member Resources

WVEMGA Annual Awards

Master Gardener News & Events

Master Gardener Association
Master Gardener Annual Conference

County Master Gardener Association

Plant Disease

 

Plant Disease Identification Guide

Plant Diagnostic Clinic
Active Plant Disease Alerts

Expert Plant Disease Help

Weeds

American Burnweed

Autumn Olive
Broadleaf Plantain

Bulbous Buttercup

Canada Thistle
Common Chickweed
Common Lambsquarters

Common Purslane

Corn Speedwell

Crabgrass

Dandelions
Giant Hogweed
Ground Ivy

Hairy Bittercress

Hairy Galinsoga

Japanese Knotweed 

Japanese Stiltgrass
Jimsonweed 

Mile-A-Minute

Mugwort

Nimblewill
Perilla Mint
Purple Deadnettle
Star-of-Bethlehem
Wild Parsnips

Yellow Nutsedge

Yellow Woodsorrel

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