Many gardeners successfully grow figs (Ficus carica) in New Jersey for many years. However, since fig trees are evergreen plants in warmer climates, some type of low temperature protection is needed.

Health and wealth are related in many different ways. First, there is the sheer cost of unhealthy habits. Eliminate a $10 a day smoking or junk food habit, for example, and you can save $3,650 ...

FS1270,Economic Importance of Bats Bats provide an important ecosystem service through pest consumption, which is valued at $22.9 billion annually in the United States. The economic benefits of bats ...

Garden-based nutrition education can motivate school children to eat healthier and increase their physical activity. The desire to eat healthier foods comes from what children learn in the garden. A ...

Alexandra Grenci, Family and Community Health Sciences Educator, Cooperative Extension of Hunterdon County Grilling vegetables is a great way to bring out sweet, toasty, caramelized flavors that other ...

Information for Residents Three species of ticks transmit disease in New Jersey. This includes the blacklegged (deer) tick, Ixodes scapularis (right), the lone star tick (Amblyomma americanum, center) ...

Counties with Rutgers Master Gardener Programs.The first Master Gardener program in New Jersey started in Bergen County in 1984. Since then, Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station (NJAES) ...

What Do Bed Bugs Look Like? Adults are rusty red, and apple seed sized, 3/8”, with six legs, oval, and flattened from top to bottom. They do not jump or fly, but are good runners and hitch hikers.

Rabbit ear mites, or Psoroptes cuniculi, are a common parasitic problem responsible for the condition known as ear canker. Considered one of the most common mites of rabbits, it also causes infection ...

Notes Soil textures finer than those listed (clay loams and clays) can be evaluated using the "silt loam" column. Organic matter values are expressed as percentage by weight basis. The value accounts ...

June 2018 Karen Ensle Ed.D., RDN, FAND, CFCS Family & Community Health Sciences Educator Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Union County Why are nutrition experts concerned about junk food? Too much can ...

FS099,Suffocation of the roots is the most common cause of tree and shrub death from over-mulching. Repeated applications of mulch in areas with high precipitation or high irrigation can contribute to ...