After taking first place at the recent state horticulture contest in Manhattan, the Southwind District Horticulture Senior Team placed third overall during their first ever National Horticulture Contest in Lincoln, Neb. The contest was sponsored…

MANHATTAN, Kan. — If you’re planning to plant a tree in your yard this spring, there are some steps you can take to make sure your new landscape has its best chance of success. Kansas…

February brought us above normal temperatures. I’ve heard the frogs singing on several days, which is always a welcome sound to my ears because I know spring is near. When the nice, warm days grace…

Nothing is more important to success in the garden than good soil. Time spent fertilizing, watering and tending to plants is necessary, but this time is almost a waste if the soil you’re working with…

Area 4-H’ers competed at the Kansas State University State 4-H Horticulture Judging Contest at Manhattan on Saturday. In the intermediate division, the team placed fourth and Hailey Shadden placed 10th as an individual.  Also competing…

MANHATTAN — Southwind Extension District 4-H member Jewel Endicott took home sixth place in the senior division Saturday in her first State Horticulture Judging Contest, at the Kansas State University campus.  Each 4-H member was…

Extension has been helping people for over 100 years. A lot has changed since the Extension service was created in 1914, but the one thing that remains the same is the mission of Extension. Extension…

Bradford pear trees are blooming across the city and countryside. Not only do some find the blooms malodorous, the trees are actually invasive, Southwind Extension District’s Horticulture Agent Krista Harding said. The Bradford pear, which…

Southwind Extension District 4-H members from Allen County competed Aug. 14, in the State Horticulture Judging Contest at Throckmorton Hall on the Kansas State University campus in Manhattan.   They had to identify 50 different…

Elsmore might seem an unlikely place to find an enormous bamboo garden, yet that’s exactly what’s hiding in Terry Allison’s backyard. Allison has called Elsmore home for around 20 years, and is now “semi-retired” due…