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Index of Articles - 2016

Barnyards & Backyards

Fall 2016

Title

Author(s)

Page #

Fall splendor; colors aflame

Jennifer Thompson

Ask Sam - How to fix tear in hoop house plastic?

Three strawberry types sweeten Wyoming tables

Chris Hilgert

5-6

Wyoming’s summer notches high temperatures, low precipitation

Windy Kelley

Lungren Girls’ Farm: A-maize-ing fun for the whole family

Mae Smith

8-10

Growing healthy soil in the garden

Caitlin Youngquist

11-13

Installing water hydrants can enhance property, make life MUCH easier

Scott Cotton

14-17

Extension educators build cost-friendly DIY solar thermal stock tank prototype

Chance Marshall and Hudson Hill

18-19

Hunter’s dilemma: What to do with extra game meat?

Laura Balis and Phyllis Lewis

20-23

Apt agricultural apps

Ashley Garrelts

24-25

Starting a business can diversify, strengthen income

Abby Perry and Jennifer Hinkhouse

26-28

Summer 2016

Title

Author(s)

Page #

At last summer, and Wyoming bursts with variety

Jennifer Thompson

Ask Sam - Help! Each summer I find baby birds out of their nest because I have several bird houses scattered throughout my yard and I've also found nests in my trees. What should I do?

Residential lot-turned-small-farm yields prized produce

Tony Hoch

5-7

The backyard buzz: Wyoming's native bees

Christine Bell and Lusha Tronstad

8-11

No lie! You can grow cherry trees in Wyoming - just be selective

Vicky Hayman and Chris Hilgert

12-14

An aquaponics operation may be right fit but look before jumping in

Abby Perry

15-17

The science behind crop improvement and new plant development

Sadanand Dhekney and Michael Baldwin

18-20

Goats serious bio-controllers of weeds - but management is key

Scott Cotton

21-22

What will you plant? USDA PLANTS database an online landowner resource

Kristina Hufford

23-24

Tips, tricks ease aches and pains of gardening gains

Laura Balis and Tina Russell

25-27

Spring 2016

Title

Author(s)

Page #

Fruit trees, insect pests, weeds, weather data and invertebrates - spring is good

Jennifer Thompson

Ask Sam - How do I become a licensed pesticide applicator?

Apple, pear trees can survive and thrive in Wyoming

Chris Hilgert

5-7

Beneath the water's surface: What lives in our streams?

Lusha Tronstad

8-11

Featured landowner: Passion for growing turns into grand experiment

Caleb Carter

12-14

Garden pest control may not require heavy artillery

Scott Schell

15-17

What's eating my plant?

Bonnie Bunn

18-20

Noxious weeds: To pull or not to pull?

Amy Collett

21-22

Collecting precipitation data provides information for public good

Windy Kelley

23-24

Help halt herbicide resistance

Caitlin Youngquist and Gustavo Sbatella

25-27

Winter 2016

Title

Author(s)

Page #

Winter chills inspire growing season thrills

Jennifer Thompson

European paper wasp, a world traveler, finally arrives in Wyoming

Scott Schell

4-6

Revisiting incentives for renewable energy

Milton Geiger

7-9

Featured landowner: Natrona County family sets deep roots, reaps results of hard work and diversification

Donna Hoffman

10-12

Fruit production do's and don'ts for the backyard or hobby farmer

Brian Sebade

13-15

Pruning your grapevines

Jeremiah Vardiman

16-17

Assessing cold damage guides pruning for bountiful vineyard production

Jeremiah Vardiman

18-20

Unpretentious potato quietly goes about feeding the world

Ted Craig

21-23

Need more season for growing your vegetables? We can do that

Karen Panter

24-25

Safety essential when operating compact tractors

Scott Cotton

26-27

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Barnyards & Backyards

University of Wyoming Extension

1000 E. University Ave, Department #3354

Laramie, WY 82071

Email: barnyardsbackyards@uwyo.edu