>>> "BACKYARD FARMER" IS A PRODUCTION OF NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA AND NEBRASKA EXTENSION.

TONIGHT ON "BACKYARD FARMER," WE'LL SHOW YOU HOW TO GET RID OF A YELLOWJACKET NEST, AND SEE HOW GARDENING BRINGS A COMMUNITY TOGETHER.

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

♪ >>> HELLO AGAIN AND WELCOME TO "BACKYARD FARMER."

I'M KIM TODD.

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SO KAIT, YOU HAVE A BEAUTIFUL LITTLE CREATURE.

>> YES.

>> IN A BOX.

>> IN A BOX.

IT'S STAYING IN THE BOX TONIGHT.

SO TONIGHT I BROUGHT WITH ME A WOLF SPIDER.

SO, AS WE GET INTO LATE SUMMER AND MORE INTO FALL, SPIDERS START TO BECOME MORE COMMON, PEOPLE RUN INTO THEM MORE BOTH OUTDOORS AND INDOORS.

OUTDOORS WE SEE ALL THOSE BEAUTIFUL ORB WEAVERS MAKING THEIR WEBS, AND INDOORS WE OFTEN RUN INTO THIS LITTLE GUY.

THIS IS A WOLF SPIDER.

IT IS NOT A BROWN RECLUSE SPIDER.

A LOT OF PEOPLE GET THOSE CONFUSED.

BUT YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF THESE START TO COME INDOORS IN THE FALL AND YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE TO KEEP YOUR PORCH LIGHTS OFF BECAUSE THAT ATTRACTS INSECTS, WHICH IS GOING TO ATTRACT SPIDERS.

AND ALSO FILL IN ANY GAPS IN THE DOORS OR ANY HOLES IN SCREENS BECAUSE THAT'S HOW THESE GUYS ARE GETTING INSIDE.

WOLF SPIDERS LIKE THIS ARE GOING TO BE COMPLETELY HARMLESS.

THEY'RE NOT AGGRESSIVE.

THEIR BITE IF IT DOES HAPPEN ISN'T OF ANY MEDICAL IMPORTANCE.

IF YOU FIND ONE IN YOUR HOME YOU CAN SIMPLY JUST RELOCATE IT OUTSIDE.

>> THEY'RE NOT MY FAVORITE SPIDER, BECAUSE THEY CAN GET REALLY BIG.

>> THEY CAN GET REALLY BIG.

THIS IS A SMALL ONE, BUT THEY CAN GET PRETTY LARGE.

>> REALLY BIG.

ALL RIGHT.

THANKS, KAIT.

ALL RIGHT, ROCH.

YOU DO HAVE TURF FOR A TURF GUY, WHICH SOMETIMES DOESN'T HAPPEN IN THAT CHAIR.

>> YEAH, LIKE I DON'T HAVE TURF, I HAVE AN ORNAMENTAL GRASS.

>> TURFAGE.

>> A TURFAGE.

YOU KNOW, IT'’S A MEMBER OF THE GRASS FAMILY.

THE REASON I BROUGHT THESE IN IS THAT WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE IMAGES THAT EVERYONE SENDS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME THERE IS A COUPLE KEY STRUCTURES ON A GRASS PLANT THAT IS OFTEN MISSING, AND SOMETIMES I GET LUCKY AND SOMETIMES I GUESS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE STRUCTURES THAT I NEED.

THE SEED HEAD NORMALLY IN A TURF SITUATION YOU'RE GOING TO BE MOWING AND EVEN IN A GARDEN SPACE YOU MAY NOT HAVE THE SEED HEAD SO LET'S THROW THAT WAY.

WE DON'T REALLY NEED THAT.

BUT THERE IS A STRUCTURE.

THERE IS A REGION CALLED THE COLLAR REGION, AND THAT IS RIGHT HERE ON THE GRASS PLANT.

AND WHAT YOU HAVE HERE IS MULTIPLE STRUCTURES.

YOU HAVE THE LIGULE, YOU HAVE THE AURICLE, AND YOU HAVE THE COLLAR, AND IF YOU LOOK REAL CLOSELY, THIS ONE IS WHAT WE WOULD CALL A POINTED OR TOOTHED LIGULE.

AND THE AURICLE ARE ABSENT ON THIS PARTICULAR PLANT -- THIS IS KARL FOERSTER -- AND THEN YOU HAVE THE LEAF.

IF YOU CAN GET A CLOSE UP OF THAT WITH YOUR PHONE OR WITH ANYTHING LIKE THAT, THIS WILL GO A LONG WAY BECAUSE YOU ACTUALLY HAVE THREE DIFFERENT THINGS HERE THAT ARE VERY UNIQUE IN EACH GRASS PLANT.

SO ONE COULD HAVE HAIRY LIGULES.

WE USED TO HAVE AN INTERMURAL BASKETBALL TEAM CALLED "“THE HAIRY LIGULES,"” FOR EXAMPLE.

>> OH, NO.

>> HEY, THAT'S A GREAT NAME.

AND THE LEAVES COULD BE FOLDED OR ROLLED IN THE BUD.

IT'S A GRASS PLANT, BUT NOT THAT KIND OF GRASS, BUT IT'S STILL ROLLED IN THE BUD.

YOU GOT A LOT OF STUFF GOING ON HERE, SO IF YOU CAN JUST TAKE THE TIME TO GET A REALLY GOOD CLOSE-UP OF THIS REGION RIGHT HERE ON THE GRASS PLANT, THAT WILL GO A LONG WAY IN US CORRECTLY IDENTIFYING THE GRASS THAT YOU SEND IN OR THE PICTURE THAT YOU -- THE PICTURE THAT YOU SEND.

IF YOU CAN JUST TAKE, ONCE AGAIN LITTLE CLOSE-UP OF THAT, YOU'LL GO A LONG WAY AND THEN YOU CAN HELP US HELP YOU.

>> PERFECT.

>> IT ALL JUST LOOKS LIKE GRASS TO ME, LIKE THAT WOULDN'T HELP ME.

WHAT KIND OF GRASS IS IT?

IT'S GRASS.

>> IT'S GRASS.

>> GREEN.

>> IT'S GRASS, GREEN, MOW IT OR EAT IT.

ALL RIGHT, JOHN, WHAT DO YOU HAVE TONIGHT?

>> I HAVE SOME PEPPERS THAT I HARVESTED FROM MY GARDEN.

THESE ARE SOME LITTLE PEPPERS WE TRIALED A FEW YEARS AGO IN THE ALL-AMERICA SELECTION PROGRAM, AND IT IS AN ALL-AMERICA SELECTIONS WINNER.

SO THEY'’RE TINY LITTLE PEPPERS.

THEY LOOK LIKE THEY'RE VERY HOT.

AND IN NORMAL CASES, THEY WOULD BE.

THIS IS A HABANERO PEPPER, BUT THIS IS A SPECIAL KIND OF HABANERO PEPPER.

IT'S A ROULETTE HABANERO PEPPER.

AND IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY HEAT.

IT IS A SWEET HABANERO.

AND YOU ASK WHY WOULD I WANT A SWEET HABANERO, BECAUSE IT'S A HOT PEPPER.

WELL, HABANEROS ALSO HAVE A VERY FRUITY FLORAL FLAVOR UNDERNEATH ALL THAT HEAT.

AND YOU MISS THAT, ESPECIALLY IF YOU WON'T EAT A HOT PEPPER.

YOU GET THAT NICE FLAVOR, AND SO YOU CAN MAKE SOMETHING WITH THESE, LIKE A PEPPER JELLY OR JAM AND YOU CAN ADD IN A LITTLE BIT OF JALAPENO OR ANOTHER HOT PEPPER TO ADD THE HEAT THAT YOU WANT SO THAT YOU'’RE NOT OVERWHELMED WITH THE HEAT OF THE HABANERO.

SO THIS IS ROULETTE HABANERO, AND YOU CAN JUST EAT IT JUST LIKE A SWEET PEPPER.

WE HAVE THESE GROWING IN OUR OFFICE THIS YEAR AND PEOPLE LOVE THEM.

>> I LOVE THE NAME ROULETTE, BECAUSE I WAS THINKING YOU GET A HOT ONE ON THE PLANT AND A SWEET ONE?

>> SO FAR, NO.

LUCKILY, SO -- BUT HERE, IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A SNACK, THERE WE GO.

I BROUGHT ONE FOR EVERYONE.

THERE YOU GO.

>> THANKS, JOHN.

ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO START WITH YOU.

>> THAT'’S AMAZING.

(LAUGHTER) >> ON THAT NOTE, WE'RE FINISHED FOR TONIGHT.

WE'RE JUST GOING TO SNACK.

>> RIGHT.

>> THANKS, JOHN.

>> ALL RIGHT.

KAIT, THIS IS AN EARLIER PICTURE SOME OF OURS ARE, BUT THIS IS A WINTER SQUASH LEAF FROM OMAHA, AND HE WANTS TO KNOW WHAT THESE EGGS ARE ON THE BACK OF THE SQUASH LEAF.

>> YEAH, SO THESE LOOK LIKE STINKBUG EGGS, POSSIBLY THE BROWN MARMORATED STINKBUG.

THEY ARE PLANT FEEDERS, BUT IF YOU COME ACROSS EGGS ON THE PLANT, YOU CAN EITHER SQUISH THEM OR JUST PULL THE LEAF, AND YEAH.

>> THAT'S ALL THEY ARE.

ALL RIGHT.

YOUR NEXT ONE IS APHIDS ON BUTTERFLY MILKWEED, AND ON SWAMP MILKWEED HERE.

THIS IS ALSO IN OMAHA.

MASSIVE APHID INVASIONS, WORSE ON THE TALL ONES, WHICH AGAIN IS THE SWAMP.

NOT AS BAD ON THE ORANGE ONE.

SHE DOESN'T WANT TO HARM ANY POTENTIAL BUTTERFLIES.

SHE WONDERS HOW DOES SHE CONTROL THE APHIDS AND THEN WILL THE PLANT SURVIVE?

>> YEAH, SO THESE ARE OLEANDER APHIDS AND OLEANDER APHIDS LOVE MILKWEED AND MANY, MANY MILKWEED PLANTS OFTEN GET JUST OVERWHELMED WITH THESE APHIDS.

THE EASIEST THING TO DO THAT'S NOT GOING TO HARM ANY BENEFICIAL INSECTS LIKE BUTTERFLIES IS JUST GOING TO TAKE THE HOSE, SPRAY IT WITH A STRONG STREAM OF WATER TO KNOCK THOSE APHIDS DOWN.

BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO DO THAT ABOUT WEEKLY.

"“ONE AND DONE"” JUST ISN'T GOING TO WORK WITH APHIDS BECAUSE THEY REPRODUCE REALLY QUICKLY.

SO JUST STAY ON TOP OF IT AND GET THE HOSE OUT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND THE PLANTS WILL BE FINE.

>> YES, THE PLANTS WILL BE FINE.

>> YOUR NEXT PICTURE IS A LINCOLN VIEWER.

FOUND THIS ON A BIND WEED LIKE VINE.

SHE THOUGHT IT WAS A FLOWER AND THEN IT WIGGLED.

AND SHE REALIZED THAT, YOU KNOW.

MOST FLOWERS DON'T WIGGLE UNLESS YOU WIGGLE THEM.

SO SHE DOESN'T NECESSARILY WANT TO GET RID OF IT BUT SHE WONDERS WHAT THE INSECTS ARE ON THIS VINE.

>> YEAH, SO ONCE AGAIN THESE ARE APHIDS, LIKELY THE OLEANDER APHID.

I THINK THE VINE MIGHT BE HONEY VINE MILKWEED.

AND SO, ONCE AGAIN, LOTS AND LOTS OF APHIDS.

>> MM-HMM, ALL RIGHT, AND FINALLY, THIS IS A SOUTHEAST LINCOLN VIEWER, LOTS OF FLOWER, INCLUDING MILKWEED THAT HAS THESE TWO ON IT AND THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT BOTH OF THESE INSECTS ARE.

>> SO THESE ARE ANOTHER COUPLE OF INSECTS THAT SPECIALIZE ON MILKWEED, TOO.

THAT RED ONE IS CALLED RED MILKWEED BEETLE AND THE CATERPILLARS ARE MILKWEED TUSSOCK MOTH.

THEY'’LL EVENTUALLY -- THEY LOOK LIKE THEY'RE GETTING PRETTY LARGE AND READY TO PUPATE AND SO THEY'’LL TURN INTO THE MOTH, BUT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO KILL THE PLANT.

THEY'LL JUST FEED OFF OF IT, CAUSE A LITTLE BIT OF COSMETIC DAMAGE BUT THE PLANTS WILL BE FINE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, KAIT.

OKAY.

SPEAKING OF IDENTIFYING GRASSES, ROCH, YOUR FIRST ONE THIS VIEWER LIVES ON A GOLF COURSE IN BELLEVUE.

SHE HAS GOT THIS BIG AREA UP AGAINST THE CART PATH.

SHE THINKS IT'S CRABGRASS.

SHE SAID SHE COULD PULL IT BUT IT WOULD LEAVE A BIG HOLE.

AND IT'S SORT OF KIND OF A ROUGH, SO THEY'RE SORT OF MANAGING THIS PIECE ALONG THE CART PATH A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY.

>> I'M SURE THEY'RE DOING THAT FOR MAINTENANCE REASONS.

FIRST OF ALL, SNAPS TO KAIT FOR THE NICE I.D.

ON THE HONEY VINE MILKWEED.

NICELY DONE.

THIS IS ACTUALLY TALL FESCUE BUT NOT THE TALL FESCUE YOU WOULD PUT IN YOUR LAWN.

THERE ARE SOME FORGED TYPES OUT THERE THAT ARE USED FOR ROUGHS ON GOLF COURSES AND CERTAINLY IF THEY'RE MANAGING LESS THEY'RE GOING TO PRODUCE A SEED HEAD AND THAT IS PROBABLY WHAT CAME IN HERE.

THERE IS NOTHING YOU CAN DO HERE SELECTIVELY TO REMOVE TALL FESCUE IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE.

SO SHE IS GOING TO HAVE TO -- I BELIEVE IT WAS A SHE -- SHE IS GOING TO HAVE TO DIG THAT UP AND FILL IT IN WITH SOME GRASS SEED OF HER CHOOSING.

MAKE SURE YOU GET IT ALL, AND IT'S GOING TO LEAVE A PRETTY GOOD CHUNK, SO BACK FILL WITH SOME GARDEN SOIL AND PUT SEED OVER IT.

RIGHT NOW IS THE IDEAL TIME TO DO THAT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

EXCELLENT.

AND NTEP WOULD BE THE PLACE TO FIND THE FESCUE.

>> THE NATURAL TURFGRASS EVALUATION PROGRAM NTEP.ORG IS THE MOST WIDESPREAD COMMODITY IF YOU CALL TURF A COMMODITY -- TESTING PROGRAM IN NATION.

THANKS FOR THAT SHOUT OUT FOR THEM.

THEY DO A GREAT JOB.

>> THANK YOU, ROCH.

YOUR NEXT ONE IS A LA VISTA VIEWER, AND SHE WONDERS, WE HAVE TWO PICTURES ON THIS ONE.

IS THIS BERMUDA OR ZOYSIA, AND IS ONE PREFERABLE OVER THE OTHER?

IT WAS IN HER YARD WHEN SHE MOVED IN.

>> THE VIEWER -- SNAPS TO THE VIEWER BECAUSE THEY SENT A PICTURE.

ON THAT FIRST ONE I WOULD HAVE HAD TROUBLE BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SECOND ONE CLEARLY THIS IS ZOYSIA GRASS.

IT HAS LARGER -- WHEN IT'’S GROWN IN THE NORTH, IT HAS LARGER RHIZOMES, SO YOU CAN SEE THOSE RHIZOMES THERE.

THANKS FOR DIGGING THAT UP AND PULLING IT THROUGH.

AND MANY PEOPLE WHO KNOW MY FEELINGS ABOUT ZOYSIA.

IF I HAD TO CHOOSE BETWEEN ZOYSIA GRASS AND BERMUDA GRASS, I WOULD CHOOSE ZOYSIA GRASS IN THIS INSTANCE IF THAT'S WHAT SHE HAS IN HER LAWN.

SHE'’LL JUST NEED TO LEARN HOW TO MANAGE IT.

WE HAVE SOME INFORMATION ON OUR TURF WEBSITE FOR THAT, BUT IF IT'S BERMUDA GRASS THEN THE TENDENCY FOR WINTER KILL IS VERY HIGH.

SO IN THIS CASE, BE HAPPY YOU HAVE GOT ZOYSIA GRASS AND IT SHOULD DO FINE UNDER NEBRASKA CONDITIONS.

>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, ROCH.

AND YOU HAVE TWO PICTURES FOR THIS NEXT ONE.

SHE HAS A -- THIS IS LA VISTA.

SHE HAS LEGACY BUFFALOGRASS.

IT'S 15 PLUS-YEARS-OLD, BUT THIS YEAR WE GOT THIS TAKING OVER.

IT'S TURNED A BIT SHADY AND THIS HAS COME IN, AND IT'S ALL THROUGH THE YARD.

SHE IS AFRAID SHE CAN'T REALLY DO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR INVADER WITHOUT HARMING THE BUFFALOGRASS.

>> WE HAVE GOOD NEWS FOR HER.

BUT LET'S START WITH BAD NEWS.

THIS IS NIMBLEWILL, WHICH IS A NATIVE.

MUHLENBERGIA IS THE GENUS NAME.

AND IT'S NOT UNCOMMON IN BERMUDA GRASS LAWNS -- EXCUSE ME, BUFFALO GRASS LAWNS, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE SHADE DEVELOPED AND NIMBLEWILL CAN GROW IN HEAVY SHADE, IT CAN GROW IN FULL SUN, ET CETERA.

BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS THERE IS A PRODUCT BY THE TRADE NAME TENACITY, OR MESOTRIONE.

MESOTRIONE IS SAFE ON BUFFALOGRASS AND TWO TO THREE APPLICATIONS STARTING NOW WILL KNOCK IT BACK BEFORE THE WINTER.

AND WHEN YOU SEE IT AGAIN, REMEMBER IT'S A WARM SEASON GRASS, WHEN YOU SEE IT AGAIN IN THE SPRING IF IT DOESN'T WINTER KILL BECAUSE IT KNOCKED IT BACK SO HARD WITH THE MESOTRIONE, THEN SPRAY IT A COUPLE MORE TIMES, AND GENERALLY THREE TO FIVE, AND OVER TWO SEASONS WILL GIVE YOU ABOUT 85% TO 100% CONTROL.

SO THERE IS HOPE, AND THAT IS AVAILABLE IN SOME OF -- NOT MANY OF THE GARDEN STORES BUT CO-OPS HAVE IT AND YOU CAN GET IT ONLINE, AS WELL.

MESOTRIONE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, ROCH.

ALL RIGHT.

YOUR FIRST ONE, WHICH IS THREE PICTURES, JOHN, IS ONE THAT ALL OF US BATTED AROUND.

>> UH-HUH.

>> IT IS A TREE.

WE'LL START WITH THAT.

THIS IS AN ASPEN.

IT WAS PLANTED FOUR YEARS AGO, AFTER NEW CONSTRUCTION.

THE SIDE BY THE TURF STARTED DYING ABOUT A MONTH AGO.

NOW, IT'’S SPREAD TO OTHER BRANCHES.

SOME OF THE BRANCHES WITH DEAD LEAVES ARE STILL GREEN UNDERNEATH.

THE HOMEOWNER THOUGHT THIS WAS MAYBE HERBICIDE DRIFT BECAUSE OF AN ISSUE ASSOCIATED WITH THE LAWN COMPANY.

BUT THEN, OF COURSE, WITH THIS IF NOT, WHAT IS IT AND WE SAW EVERYTHING FROM LITTLE TINY BORE HOLE IN THE TRUNK, KAIT, TO THE LEAVES THAT NO PATHOLOGIST TONIGHT, AND DRIFT WHICH IS ROCH'S BAILIWICK, BUT IT'S A TREE.

SO YOU GET IT, JOHN.

>> MY LUCK, RIGHT?

SO, FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS SEASON I'M GOING TO SAY IT IS NOT HERBICIDE DRIFT.

>> RIGHT.

>> THERE IS ACTUALLY A WHOLE LOT OF PROBLEMS GOING ON WITH THIS.

SO FIRST OFF THE SPOTS PROBABLY WHAT WE WOULD CALL MARSSONINA, A LEAF SPOT, SO ASPEN LEAF SPOT ON THERE.

SO THAT DISEASE IN AND OF ITSELF WILL NOT KILL THE TREE.

IF IT KEEPS GETTING IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN IT WILL WEAKEN THE TREE AND WILL EVENTUALLY DIE OUT, BUT THAT'S PROBABLY AT THIS POINT THE LEAST OF THE PROBLEMS WITH THAT TREE.

AS YOU MENTIONED, WE NOTICED THE BORER HOLE IN THERE.

I DON'T KNOW IF KAIT HAS AN OPINION ON THAT.

>> WAY DOWN LOW, KAIT, AND IT'S A LITTLE HARD TO SEE THERE.

>> WE DID NOTICE THAT HOLE THERE.

BUT THE BIG THING IS THAT THIS TREE IS PLANTED WAY TOO DEEPLY.

AND THE WAY THAT WE CAN TELL THAT IS THAT WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT WE CALL THE ROOT FLARE AT THE BASE OF ALL OF THOSE TRUNKS.

WHICH MEANS THAT THAT'S WHERE THE ROOTS CONNECT AND YOU CAN SEE THAT FLARE OUT AND WE DON'T SEE THAT HERE.

SO THAT MEANS THIS IS PLANTED TOO DEEPLY AND THAT CREATES AN OXYGEN ISSUE WITH THE TRUNK AND THE AIR EXCHANGE, AND SO BASICALLY THAT'S GOING TO SLOWLY KILL THE TREE, AND SO REALLY IT'S A SHORT TIMER I THINK.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, JOHN.

AND YOU HAVE ONE MORE, AND THIS IS A VALPARAISO VIEWER WHO SPOTTED THIS PLANT ON AN OLD BUILDING SITE AND WONDERED IF IT WAS ONE THAT THEY COULD DIGIGP AND GROW AND WOULD IT BE A GREAT YARD PLANT.

>> RIGHT.

WELL, YOU CAN DIG IT UP AND GROW IT AND IT WILL GROW AND GROW AND GROW AND GROW.

SO THIS CARDINAL VINE IS VERY LOVELY, BEAUTIFUL RED FLOWER THERE.

POLLINATORS LOVE IT.

UNFORTUNATELY, IN OUR AREA, IT WOULD BE WHAT WE WOULD CALL VERY AGGRESSIVE.

AND AS WE GET WARMER, IT BECOMES INVASIVE.

SO IN THE SOUTH IT'S VERY INVASIVE.

AS OUR TEMPERATURES SORT OF CHANGE AROUND HERE IT'’S BECOMING MORE AND MORE INVASIVE IN THIS AREA, SO I WOULDN'T DIG IT UP AND MOVE IT.

AND IF IT TELLS YOU ANYTHING IN THE SOUTH, WHAT IT'S CALLED WE CALL IT DEVIL'S SHOESTRING.

SO YOU DON'T WANT TO PLANT THE DEVIL'S SHOESTRING IN YOUR GARDEN.

IT WILL TAKE OVER.

>> WE DO HAVE ONE IN THE "BACKYARD FARMER" GARDEN LEFT OVER THAT WE TEACH WITH AND WATCH VERY CAREFULLY.

SO YEAH, WE -- YEAH, DON'T DIG THAT UP.

YOU KNOW YOU MIGHT HAVE HAD A TIME WHERE YOU STIRRED UP A HORNET'S NEST WHEN YOU'VE BEEN OUT IN THE LAWN MOWING OR DOING THOSE OTHER CHORES.

THEY PROBABLY WEREN'T HORNETS, THEY WERE MORE LIKELY YELLOWJACKETS.

SO OUR NPM PRODUCER AND DIRECTOR SEAN CARNEY RECENTLY HAD A SIMILAR SITUATION, AND OUR VERY OWN JODY GREEN CAME TO THE RESCUE.

>> MANY PEOPLE HAVE EXPERIENCED THE PAIN OF A WASP STING.

OUCH.

IF YOU'RE ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ENJOYS THE OUTDOORS, ENTERTAINING OUTSIDE AND, OF COURSE, GARDENING IN THE LATE SUMMER, IT'S GOOD TO BE REMINDED THAT THERE ARE SOCIAL WASPS, LIKE YELLOWJACKETS, THAT ARE PRESENT IN THE LANDSCAPE.

IT'S ABOUT THIS TIME THAT THEIR NEST CAN BE HOME TO HUNDREDS OF WASPS THAT CAN BE AGGRESSIVE IF YOU ARE ANYWHERE NEAR THEIR NEST AND THEY FEEL LIKE THEY ARE IN DANGER.

YELLOWJACKETS ARE SOCIAL WASPS THAT ARE OFTEN LIVE UNDERGROUND IN ABANDONED RODENT BURROWS.

THEY ARE OFTEN CONFUSED WITH GROUND NESTING BEES, AND SOMETIMES CICADA KILLERS.

ASIDE FROM BEING UNDERGROUND, THEY MAY ALSO BE FOUND IN BUILDINGS, IN WALL VOIDS, ANY SPACES THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR THEM TO FORM NESTS IN, IN THE EARLY SPRING.

IF YOU SEE A HOLE WITH SEVERAL FLYING INSECTS COMING AND GOING REPEATEDLY THROUGHOUT THE DAY, THIS IS LIKELY A YELLOWJACKET NEST.

IF YOU'RE NOT SURE, IT'S BEST TO TAKE A SHORT VIDEO FROM A SAFE DISTANCE AND SEND THAT CLIP TO YOUR LOCAL EXTENSION OFFICE.

MAKE NOTE OF THE EXACT LOCATION, AND PLEASE AVOID THE AREA.

IF THEY ARE YELLOWJACKETS, YOU HAVE THREE OPTIONS.

THE FIRST IS THAT YOU CAN LEAVE THEM ALONE AND AVOID THAT AREA UNTIL WINTER WHEN THE COLONY WILL EVENTUALLY DIE OFF.

THE SECOND OPTION IS CONTACTING A PROFESSIONAL PEST CONTROL COMPANY THAT CAN GET RID OF THE NEST FOR YOU.

AND THIRD, YOU CAN DECIDE TO TREAT YOURSELF.

IF YOU CHOOSE THE THIRD OPTION, AND WANT TO TREAT YOURSELF, REMEMBER SAFETY FIRST.

THIS IS THE TEST YOU WANT TO DO AT NIGHT WHEN ALL THE YELLOW JACKETS ARE IN THE NEST AND THEY ARE NO LONGER ACTIVE FLYING ABOUT.

YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE TO WEAR PROPER PROTECTIVE GEAR.

THIS CAN BE AS SIMPLE AS LONG PANTS AND LONG SLEEVES, BUT IT'S BEST TO PROTECT YOUR HEAD AND NECK AND FACE.

SO IF YOU HAVE A BEE HAT OR SOME KIND OF NETTING THAT WOULD BE GREAT, AS WELL AS SOME WORK GLOVES.

BECAUSE IT MAY BE DARK, YOU WANT TO USE RED LIGHTING.

YOU CAN EASILY PUT CELLOPHANE OVER A FLASHLIGHT OR USE A RED HEAD LAMP.

WHATEVER INSECTICIDE YOU'RE USING, MAKE SURE YOU READ AND FOLLOW THE LABEL.

THEN SAFELY TREAT THE NEST AND LEAVE THE AREA.

THE LAST THING YOU WANT TO DO IS COME BACK THE NEXT DAY AND CHECK FOR ACTIVITY.

IF THERE'S STILL ACTIVITY, REPEAT AGAIN THAT EVENING.

AVOIDING STINGS CAN BE AS SIMPLE AS COVERING FOOD AND BEVERAGES WHILE EATING OUTDOORS, MANAGING OUTDOOR TRASH RECEPTACLES, AND AVOIDING NESTS IN THE AREA.

IN TIMES WHEN YELLOWJACKET NESTS ARE DISCOVERED IN HIGH TRAFFIC AREAS LIKE FRONT PORCHES ELIMINATING THEM MAY BE THE BEST OPTION.

>> WE DO KNOW THAT SEAN DID SURVIVE THE MULTIPLE YELLOW JACKET ATTACK, SO WE MIGHT NOT BE ON AIR TONIGHT, BUT IF YOU GOT SOMETHING SIMILAR HAPPENING AROUND YOUR HOME, DO BE CAREFUL, FOLLOW THOSE GUIDES TO GET RID OF IT.

IT'S NASTY TO GET STUNG.

ALL RIGHT.

KAIT, YOUR NEXT QUESTION AND PICTURE COMES TO US FROM SHENANDOAH, IOWA, AND YES, THEY ARE SLUGS AND NO, THAT'S NOT AN INSECT BUT YOU GOT THE SLUGS.

THEY WERE HANGING FROM THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE BY A STRING OF SLIME, BLUISH GOO.

SHE WONDERS, ARE THEY MATING OR HAD THEY PARTIED TOO MUCH ON A SATURDAY NIGHT?

>> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

YES, THESE ARE MATING LEOPARD SLUGS, AND THAT -- THEY ACTUALLY NEED THE SLIME TO MATE, AND THEY USE GRAVITY, AND THAT BLUE SLIME THAT YOU SEE IS ACTUALLY THEIR GENITALS, SO SLUGS ARE HERMAPHRODITES.

THEY'RE MATING SO IN THE NOT TOO DISTANT FUTURE, YOU MIGHT SEE SOME BABY SLUGS AROUND THOSE HOSTAS THAT I SPOT NEXT TO THERE.

>> OR YOU SQUISH THEM BEFORE.

>> OR YOU SQUISH THEM BEFORE THAT HAPPENS.

>> BEFORE THEY EAT THE HOSTA.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, KAIT.

THAT'S A FIRST BY THE WAY.

WE'VE NEVER HAD MATING SLUGS ON THE AIR.

>> NOT SOMETHING YOU SEE EVERY DAY FOR SURE.

>> ALL RIGHT, YOUR NEXT ONE COMES TO US FROM WALTHILL.

TWO PICTURES, NICE PICTURES.

THEY WONDER WHAT KIND OF CATERPILLAR THIS IS, FOUND IT WHILE THEY WERE PICKING ELDERBERRIES.

>> THIS IS AN ACHEMON SPHINX MOTH SO -- OR A HORN RIMMED CATERPILLAR, BUT IT'S GOING TO TURN INTO A SPHINX MOTH.

>> A BEAUTIFUL ONE.

>> YES.

>> YOUR NEXT PICTURE IS FROM FREMONT.

THIS ONE IS ALSO WHAT IS THIS WORM-LIKE CREATURE FOUND IN A GERBER DAISY HANGING BASKET?

>> SO THIS ONE I WASN'T TOO SURE ABOUT BECAUSE OF THE ANGLE OF THE PICTURE.

JUST FROM WHERE IT WAS LOCATED AND KIND OF THE FEATURES THAT I WAS ABLE TO SEE IT COULD BE A CUT WORM, POSSIBLY A BUD WORM, AND THOSE ARE CONSIDERED PLANT PESTS, BUT IF YOU'RE NOT SEEING TOO MUCH DAMAGE ON YOUR DAISIES, YOU CAN KIND OF JUST LET IT GO.

WASN'T A HUNDRED PERCENT, BUT I'’M PRETTY SURE IT MIGHT BE A CUT WORM.

>> PICK IT OFF AND SQUISH IT.

>> YES.

>> AND THEN A FINAL E COMES TO US FROM LAKE PARK, IOWA.

SHE THINKS AN INSECT HAS DONE THIS TO HER TATERS.

AND SINCE THEY'’VE ALREADY DUG THEM THIS YEAR, IS THERE SOMETHING THEY CAN DO NOW, SO IT DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN NEXT YEAR?

>> YEAH, SO THIS LOOKS LIKE IT COULD BE WIRE WORM DAMAGE.

WE NEED TO SEE THE INSECT TO BE 100% SURE, BUT WIRE WORMS ARE IMMATURE CLICK BEETLES THAT LIVE IN THE SOIL.

AND THEY CAUSE -- THIS IS KIND OF WHAT THE TYPICAL DAMAGE LOOKS LIKE.

UNFORTUNATELY, RIGHT NOW THERE IS NOT GOING TO BE A WHOLE LOT YOU CAN DO.

THE BEST TIME TO TREAT FOR WIRE WORMS IS TO SAMPLE PRE-PLANTING AND SO TAKE A SAMPLE OF SOIL, SEE IF YOU FIND ANY WIRE WORMS IN IT, AND IF THAT'S THE CASE, YOU CAN DO A BROADCAST SPRAY.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, KAIT.

ROCH, NOW WE HAVE WEEDS AND VINES FOR YOUR NEXT ROUND HERE.

THE FIRST ONE COMES TO US FROM SEWARD, WAS IN ONE OF THE FLOWER BEDS, HAD TO USE LEATHER GLOVES TO GET IT OUT OF THERE.

HE WONDERS IF IT'S HORSE NETTLE.

WHAT IS THIS?

>> IT'S NOT HORSE NETTLE.

IT'’S CAT BRIER, WHICH IS -- "“SIMILAX"” I BELIEVE IS THE GENUS.

>> SMILAX.

>> SMILAX?

I DIDN'T SAY IT RIGHT.

I CAN READ IT BUT I CAN'T -- >> SMILAX.

>> SIMILAC.

>> IT'S TO MAKE YOU REGULAR, WHATEVER IT IS.

BESIDES THAT, THESE CAN BE WOODY PERENNIAL, THEY CAN BE REALLY INVASIVE.

THEY HAVE HUGE RHIZOMES ON THEM, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE FROM WHAT THE VIEWER DESCRIBED IT SHOULD BE RELATIVELY EASY TO GET THESE OUT.

I KNOW WEAR LEATHER GLOVES BECAUSE YOU DON'’T WANT THEM TO PRICKLE THEM BUT IF PEOPLE SEE THIS IN THEIR YARD NOW AND THEY'’VE GOT IT -- IT'S BEEN THERE MULTIPLE YEARS, YOU PROBABLY NEED TO DO A GLYPHOSATE TREATMENT AND IF YOU REALLY DON'T WANT TO BE HANDLING THAT, CUT IT OFF AT THE BASE AND YOU CAN PAINT THE GLYPHOSATE THE READY-TO-USE GLYPHOSATE, RIGHT ON THAT CUT IMMEDIATELY.

IT WILL ACTUALLY TRANSLOCATE DOWN AND DO A PRETTY GOOD JOB.

BUT WHEN THEY'RE YOUNG LIKE THIS IT SOUNDS LIKE HE SAID THEY'’D NEVER SEEN IT BEFORE, RIGHT?

SO CLEARLY IT SEEMS TO ME THEY CAN PROBABLY GET RID OF THIS BY PULLING AND / OR IMMEDIATELY SEEING IT AND SPRAYING IT WITH GLYPHOSATE AND KEEPING IT OFF THE DESIRABLE PLANTS.

THIS IS A NASTY ONE AND IT CAN PRODUCE PRETTY MASSIVE RHIZOMES AND STICK AROUND FOR A WHILE.

>> IT SURE CAN.

YOUR NEXT ONE COMES TO US FROM LINCOLN.

AND SHE DOES KNOW SHE HAS OLEANDER APHIDS ON THE VINE.

SHE WANTS TO KNOW WHAT IT IS BUT MOSTLY ROCH, YOU GOT THIS ONE BECAUSE SHE SAID THIS IS POPPING UP ALL OVER THE YARD.

SHE WANTS TO KNOW HOW TO GET RID OF IT.

THEY DON'T HAVE MUCH FOR ROOTS BUT THEY KEEP COMING BACK.

>> YEAH, FIELD BINDWEED.

IT'S A PERENNIAL, LONG LIVE PERENNIAL, AND IT LOOKS WEAK BUT IT'S NOT.

AND IT PRIMARILY REPRODUCES FROM SEED.

IT'S NOT REALLY GOING TO SPREAD.

IT'S GOING TO DIE BACK TO THE GROUND AND KIND OF BE LIKE A HERBACEOUS PERENNIAL, BUT THAT KIND, IT DOES THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT AT THE BILL GARDENS AT MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY MY ALMA MATER THEY HAVE -- THEY BURY SEED AND GO BACK AND GROW THEM UP, AND THEY HAVE SEED FROM A FIELD BINDWEED THAT HAS BEEN BURIED FOR 85 YEARS AND IT STILL GERMINATES.

THIS IS A TENACIOUS WEED.

IT'S A COMMON PROBLEM IN AG SITUATIONS, AS WELL.

PULLING IS FRUITLESS, JUST -- YOU REALLY CAN'T DO IT.

YOU CAN USE THE GLOVE OF DEATH THAT WE DESCRIBED ON THE SHOW FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, PUT ON A PLASTIC GLOVE, LONG, LIKE A PLAYTEX LIVING GLOVE, OR WHATEVER AND COTTON GLOVE AND SPRAY SOME READY-TO-USE GLYPHOSATE ON IT.

AND WIPE IT ON THE LEAF.

DON'T PULL ON IT.

YOU DON'’T WANT TO PULL IT OUT OF THE GROUND.

AND YOU'’LL HAVE TO BE PRETTY PERSISTENT WITH THAT.

SO ONCE AGAIN, THAT'S A GLYPHOSATE BASED PRODUCT AND BE CAREFUL WITH THE ONES THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO GET IT ON.

GENERALLY, WHEN YOU WIPE IT ON THE LEAF IT STAYS ON THERE BECAUSE THEY'’VE GOT A SURFACTANT IN THE READY-TO-USE FORMULATION.

SPRAY IT ON YOUR COTTON GLOVE.

MAKE SURE YOU WEAR THAT PLASTIC OR RUBBER GLOVE UNDERNEATH IT TO KEEP IT FROM GETTING IT ON YOUR HANDS AND FINGERS.

>> PERFECT.

ALL RIGHT.

YOUR NEXT ONE IS WHAT IS THIS VINE, AND HOW DO YOU KILL IT?

>> CAN I JUST REPEAT WHAT I JUST SAID?

IT'S FIELD BINDWEED.

SAME DRILL, RIGHT, EXCEPT THESE ARE NOW IN INTIMATE CONTACT WITH DESIRABLE PLANTS.

NOW YOU GOT A PROBLEM WITH TRYING TO GET THEM OUT.

YOU CAN TRY TO UNTWINE THEM AND PULL THEM AWAY FROM THAT PLANT BASICALLY.

AND THEN APPLY THE GLYPHOSATE AND LET THEM FALL OFF TO THE SIDE AND NOT BACK ON THE DESIRABLE SPECIES.

THOSE ARE BACK-TO-BACK FIELD BINDWEEDS.

>> ALL RIGHT.

YOUR FINAL ONE HERE, SHE SENT TWO PICTURES, AND SHE SENT MULTIPLE ONES EARLIER.

SHE IS IN BELLEVUE, AND HAS -- SHE HAS BEEN DEALING WITH THIS VINE FOR FIVE OR SIX YEARS AND EVERY SINGLE YEAR IT SEEMS LIKE IT GETS MORE AND MORE AGGRESSIVE AND GROWS IN THE HEAT.

WHAT IS THIS?

IS THIS BUCK WEED OR --?

>> I'M NOT SURE WHAT THIS IS.

WHEN I LOOK AT THE FIRST ONE, I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE, YOU KNOW, A REALLY ROBUST HEDERA OR COMMON IVY, BUT IT'S NOT.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS.

I DON'T RECALL SEEING THE SECOND PICTURE, SO THAT'S ON ME.

I'M NOT SURE.

WE'LL HAVE TO GET BACK TO THEM ON THIS ONE.

>> MIGHT BE THE WILD BUCKWHEAT THING THAT'’S ALL OVER.

>> I THINK YOU MAY BE RIGHT BUT I'M NOT CONFIDENT.

>> IF IT FLOWERS WE'LL HAVE HER SEND ANOTHER PICTURE.

>> AS IT WAS GOING BY I'M LIKE, I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT, KIM.

I DIDN'T -- FROM THE FIRST ONE I WASN'T CONFIDENT I KNEW WHAT IT WAS AND CLEARLY IT'S NOT WHAT I THOUGHT FROM THE SECOND PICTURE.

SO WINNER WINNER, YOU GET A CHICKEN DINNER, BECAUSE YOU STUMPED THE EXPERT.

>> AND YOU'’LL SEND US ANOTHER PICTURE.

>> YEAH, AND THEN THEY'’LL SEND US ANOTHER PICTURE, PERFECT!

>> ALL RIGHT, JOHN, YOU HAVE "“WHAT IS THIS CREATURE?

"” THE FIRST ONE IS BOUGHT CANTALOUPE SEED AND THIS IS WHAT CAME UP.

>> THIS IS A CASABA MELON, WHICH IS VERY FUN.

IT'S ACTUALLY THE SAME SPECIES AS CANTALOUPE.

BASICALLY, YOU KNOW IT COULD HAVE BEEN A MIX UP AT THE SEED COMPANY.

IT'S RELATIVELY NEW TO THE U.S.

IT'’S NOT -- IT'S NOT A COMMON THING THAT WE GROW HERE.

IT'S ORIGINALLY FROM SORT OF LIKE THE MIDDLE ASIAN COUNTRIES, AND IT CAME HERE FROM TURKEY, FROM KASABA, TURKEY.

THAT IS WHY WE NAMED IT CASABA.

IT'S GOT THAT LIKE LINES -- THE LINES ON IT, SO YOU WANT TO WASH IT WELL WHEN YOU TAKE IT IN TO HARVEST BECAUSE IT GETS DIRT IN THERE.

AND IT HAS A VERY THICK RIND COMPARED TO THE OTHERS, SO THE FLESH IS ON THE INSIDE.

IT'S NOT AS SWEET AS OTHER MELONS SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY EITHER EAT IT SWEET OR YOU CAN HAVE SAVORY, YOU CAN PUT CHILI POWDER ON IT OR LIKE MIX IT WITH LIKE FETA CHEESE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, AND IT'S DIFFERENT THAN OTHER MELONS, SO IF YOU'VE GROWN CANTALOUPES OR WATERMELONS, YOU KNOW THAT THE VINE TURNS BROWN AND THE MELON WILL SLIP OFF WHEN IT'S RIPE, CASABAS DON'T DO THAT.

YOU BASICALLY JUST HAVE TO WATCH AND GUESS, BECAUSE IT WON'T DO THAT LIKE OTHER MELONS DO.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND THAT WAS FROM DEWEESE, BY THE WAY.

YOUR NEXT ONE HERE IS GLENWOOD, IOWA.

HER PUMPKINS ARE ROTTING.

>> YEAH, THAT'’S -- THAT'S AN INTERESTING ONE.

I THINK WHAT'S GOING ON HERE BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE THE ROTTING IS ON THE BLOSSOM END.

I THINK THIS IS ACTUALLY BLOSSOM END ROT.

WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THAT IN TOMATOES.

BUT IT HAPPENS IN SQUASHES AND PUMPKINS AND PEPPERS AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS, AS WELL.

AND WHAT HAPPENS THERE IS THAT THERE IS A LACK OF CALCIUM IN THE FRUIT, IN THE PLANT, DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU HAVE A LACK OF CALCIUM IN THE SOIL.

IT'’S MOST COMMONLY CAUSED BY UNEVEN WATERING.

IF YOU LET THE PLANT DRY OUT TOO MUCH OR IF YOU OVERWATER, THEN THERE CAN BE AN ISSUE WITH THAT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

YOUR NEXT ONE YOU HAVE TWO PICTURES OF.

THIS IS A FREMONT VIEWER, AND THIS IS ALSO A MYSTERY VINE.

SHE SAID IT DOES TASTE LIKE CUCUMBER.

WHAT DO YOU THINK IT IS?

>> I THINK IT'S A TYPE OF CUCUMBER.

>> A GREAT BIG -- >> JUST A GREAT BIG CUCUMBER.

I WAS ORIGINALLY LOOKING AT THE OUTSIDE.

I WAS ORIGINALLY THINKING COULD IT HAVE BEEN CUCUMBER CROSSED WITH WATERMELON?

BUT I THINK IT'S JUST A WEIRD CUCUMBER.

ENJOY.

>> MAYBE HAD SHE SAID PRE-HYBRID STALK OR SOMETHING.

>> YEAH.

>> YOUR FINAL ONE HERE IS AN AUBURN VIEWER.

CAULIFLOWER GREW VERY TALL AND LEAVES CURLED IN THE CENTER.

NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE.

WHAT'S THE DEAL?

>> I THINK IT'S JUST -- YOU KNOW WE PLANT -- SOME PEOPLE PLANT CAULIFLOWER IN THE SPRING, AND THEN IN THE SUMMER IT GETS REALLY HOT AND IT DOESN'T REALLY WANT TO PRODUCE AND I THINK THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS, IT'’S JUST NOT PRODUCED, AND AS IT GETS REALLY HOT THE LEAVES START CURLING.

I DON'T THINK IT'S A DISEASE, OR ANYTHING.

I JUST THINK IT WAS PLANTED PROBABLY TOO LATE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, JOHN.

WE ARE PROUD TO SAY WE'VE DONATED QUITE A BIT OF PRODUCE FROM OUR GARDEN TO LOCAL FOOD BANKS.

WE ARE STILL HARVESTING.

AND PROBABLY WILL CONTINUE FOR SOME TIME NOW.

HERE IS TERRI WITH THIS WEEK'S UPDATE FROM THE "BACKYARD FARMER" GARDEN.

♪ >> THIS WEEK IN THE "BACKYARD FARMER" GARDEN, WE ARE BEGINNING TO LOOK AT WHAT WE LIKED, WHAT WE DIDN'T LIKE, JUST LIKE WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST, WHAT'S REALLY WORKED.

WE'RE ALSO CONTINUING HARVESTING OUR PRODUCE.

THE "BACKYARD FARMER" GARDEN HAS PRODUCED ALMOST 400 POUNDS OF PRODUCE OUT OF IT, AND THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE DONATED FOR GROW ROW HAVE BROUGHT 90 POUNDS OF PRODUCE.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT ALMOST 500 POUNDS OF PRODUCE THAT'S BEEN DONATED TO LOCAL FOOD BANKS AND PANTRIES IN THE EAST CAMPUS AREA.

OUR SEEDS THAT WE PLANTED A FEW WEEKS AGO FOR OUR FALL GARDEN ARE STARTING TO LOOK REALLY GOOD.

THEY'RE GETTING SOME REALLY GOOD GROWTH ON THEM, AND WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO HARVEST THEM WELL INTO SEPTEMBER AND EARLY OCTOBER IF OUR WEATHER HOLDS.

EVERYTHING IS LOOKING REALLY GREAT NOW FOR NEXT FEW WEEKS, SO STOP BY THE "BACKYARD FARMER" GARDEN SOON AND CHECK IT OUT.

♪ >> THAT'S ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT GARDENING, SHARING THAT EXTRA PRODUCE NOT ONLY HELPS OUR COMMUNITY, IT MAKES YOU FEEL GOOD, TOO.

WE DO NEED TO TAKE A SHORT BREAK.

STAY WITH US.

COMING UP WE HAVE THE LIGHTNING ROUND AND THE PLANTS OF THE WEEK.

THERE IS MUCH MORE GOOD GARDENING TO COME ON "BACKYARD FARMER" RIGHT AFTER THIS.

♪ >>> WELCOME BACK TO "BACKYARD FARMER."

COMING UP LATER, WE'LL SEE HOW A COMMUNITY OF REFUGEES CAME TOGETHER AROUND GARDENING.

YOU CAN STILL PHONE IN YOUR QUESTIONS TO 1-800-676-5446.

SEND US PICTURES AND E-MAILS TO BYF@UNL.EDU.

RIGHT NOW, IT IS TIME FOR THE LIGHTNING ROUND, AND ROCH, THAT WAS A LOYAL VIEWER AND THAT WAS A ZOYSIA GRASS LAWN, FOR YOUR EDIFICATION.

IT SAID BYF.

>> OH, WAS IT REALLY?

>> YES.

>> THEY PICK ON ME BECAUSE I DON'T LIKE ZOYSIA.

>> NEXT TIME THEY SHOULD MOW HIS NAME INTO IT.

>> THERE YOU GO.

JOHN, YOUR FIRST LIGHTNING ROUND QUESTION, THIS IS A HASTINGS VIEWER, WANTS TO KNOW WHEN TO DIG THEIR GARLIC.

>> SO YOU DIG YOUR GARLIC USUALLY ABOUT MIDSUMMER.

IT'S ACTUALLY A LITTLE LATE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE A VIEWER WHO WONDERS WHETHER BLOSSOM END ROT CAN OCCUR ON ANY SIDE OF A TOMATO OR IS IT ALWAYS JUST ON THE BOTTOM AND WILL IT HAPPEN THIS LATE?

>> IT USUALLY HAPPENS ONLY ON THE BOTTOM BUT COULD BE SORT OFF ON THE SIDE.

IT CAN HAPPEN ANYTIME WE HAVE UNEVEN WATERING.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS A DEWITT VIEWER WHO WANTS TO KNOW WHETHER PEAS ARE A GOOD FALL CROP FOR HERE AND IF SO, WHEN TO PLANT THEM.

>> THEY'RE AN OKAY FALL CROP.

THEY'RE NOT THE BEST BUT YOU CAN GIVE THEM A TRY.

PROBABLY A LITTLE LATE THOUGH FOR NOW.

>> ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE A HUGE NUMBER OF TOMATOES ON THE VINES IN COLUMBUS, BUT THEY ARE SPLITTING ON THE VINE.

WHAT'S THAT ALL ABOUT?

>> PROBABLY UNEVEN WATERING.

PROBABLY TOO MUCH WATER, RAIN, ET CETERA.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS A GRAND ISLAND VIEWER WHO HAD SWISS CHARD IN CONTAINERS.

HELD IT OVER, STILL LOOKS GOOD BUT IT TASTES AWFUL.

WHY?

>> BECAUSE IN THE SUMMER WE GET ALL THE BITTER COMPOUNDS, IT GETS TOO BIG.

>> ALL RIGHT.

NICE JOB.

ALL RIGHT.

ROCH, ARE YOU READY?

>> I DON'T KNOW.

FIVE IS HARD TO BEAT.

NICE JOB, JOHN.

>> JUST TAKE YOUR TIME.

[LAUGHTER] EXPLAIN THOROUGHLY.

[ LAUGHTER ] >> ALL RIGHT, YOUR FIRST ONE, ROCH, THIS IS A PIERCE VIEWER WHO WONDERS HOW TO ALLEVIATE PATCHES OF CRABGRASS AND WINDMILL GRASS THAT ARE IN HIS LAWN IN THE FUTURE.

>> SO CRABGRASS IS BEST CONTROLLED WITH A PRE-EMERGENT.

WINDMILL GRASS YOU, CAN USE PRODUCT CONTAINING -- COME ON, ROCH -- FENOXAPROP AND BE AGGRESSIVE WHEN YOU PUT IT DOWN.

I'M SORRY, THAT'S THE NAME, BUT PAY ATTENTION AND WRITE IT OUT BECAUSE IT'S HARD TO SPELL.

>> ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE A JUNIATA VIEWER WHO SAYS WE TALKED ABOUT A TALLER, DARKER, THICKER FESCUE ON AIR.

WHAT WOULD THAT BE OR WHERE WOULD WE SEND HER TO FIND IT OTHER THAN WATCHING OUR SHOW ONLINE?

>> SO THE THICKER, BIGGER MORE ROBUST FESCUES ARE EITHER K 31, THE VARIETY K 31 AND THAT SEED IS STILL AVAILABLE, AND YOU CAN USUALLY GET IT.

IT'S NOT CERTIFIED, SO YOU RUN THE RISK OF PICKING UP SOME ORCHARD GRASS AND OTHER THINGS IN THERE.

IT IS AVAILABLE AT MOST OF YOUR LARGER SEED DEALERS, LIKE UNITED SEED IN OMAHA OR ARROW SEED OUT WEST.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS A KANSAS CITY, KANSAS VIEWER WHO WONDERS HOW TO KILL POISON IVY AROUND A FENCE.

>> GENERALLY ANYTHING.

THERE IS POISON IVY DIRECTED KILLERS THAT ARE AVAILABLE AT MOST OF YOUR GARDEN STORE, BUT 2,4-D BY ITSELF WON'’T DO WELL, BUT IF YOU HAVE 2,4-D PLUS GLYPHOSATE ON A FENCE, THAT'’S USUALLY A RECIPE FOR DEATH IN POISON IVY.

JUST DON'T HANDLE IT.

AND DON'T BURN IT AND STAND DOWNWIND.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ALL RIGHT.

KAIT, ARE YOU READY?

>> YES.

>> WE HAVE AN ELKHORN VIEWER WHO SAID RED ANTS HAVE CREATED A COLONY IN HER GARDEN AND SHE WONDERS HOW TO GET RID OF THE RED ANT COLONY IN THE GARDEN.

>> YEAH, SO WITH ANTS YOU CAN ALWAYS USE BAITS.

OTHERWISE, IF YOU KNOW WE ARE THEY'RE COMING FROM, FOLLOW THEM BACK TO WHERE THEY ARE, TO WHERE THEIR NEST IS.

YOU CAN ALWAYS SPRAY AN INSECTICIDE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS A LINCOLN VIEWER WHO HAD LEAF MINER IN HER COLUMBINE.

SHE WONDERS WILL THE LEAF MINERS OVERWINTER IN THE FOLIAGE OR WHAT SHOULD SHE DO ABOUT THAT.

>> I'M GOING TO PASS ON THAT ONE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS A WEST POINT VIEWER WHO WANTS MORE GOOD WORMS IN HIS SOIL.

HE'S WONDERING IF HE CAN BUY FISHING WORMS AND LET THEM GO TO HAVE MORE WORMS IN THE SOIL.

>> SO DEPENDS ON WHAT KIND OF FISHING WORMS YOU'RE LOOKING AT.

BLOOD WORMS DEFINITELY NO BECAUSE THEY'RE AQUATIC.

IF THEY'RE EARTHWORMS, YOU CAN CERTAINLY TRY.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS A BEATRICE VIEWER WHO WONDERS WHETHER THE GROUND NESTING BEES WILL NEST IN THE SAME PLACE EVERY SINGLE YEAR.

>> NO, USUALLY THE COLONY WILL DIE OUT BY THE END OF THE YEAR, SO THEY MIGHT FIND SOMEPLACE NEW.

BUT IF THE GROUND IS SUITABLE, THEY COULD STICK AROUND.

>> ALL RIGHT.

NICE JOB ALL.

JOHN, YOU WIN THE PRIZE TONIGHT.

>> EXCELLENT SCORES YOU TWO.

EXCELLENT SCORES.

[LAUGHTER] >> ALL RIGHT.

AND OUR PLANTS OF THE WEEK WERE CHOSEN FOR THEIR GO BIG REDNESS SINCE CLASSES START.

>> RIGHT, CLASSES START.

SO THESE BIG RED FLUFFY GUYS HERE ARE AMARANTH BURGUNDY.

YOU GROW IT FROM SEED.

AND IT USUALLY RESEEDS VERY EASILY ON ITS OWN.

I HAVE A LOT OF AMARANTH IN MY GARDEN.

IT JUST COMES UP EVERYWHERE.

HUGE, SHOWY.

THIS ONE IS A LITTLE FLOPPY, FULL SUN ANNUAL.

FUN FACT, AMARANTH IS IN THE SAME FAMILY AS SPINACH.

AND THE SEEDS ARE EDIBLE, COOKED LIKE A GRAIN LIKE QUINOA BECAUSE THEY'’RE RELATED TO QUINOA AND ACTUALLY THE LEAVES ARE ALSO EDIBLE, LIKE SPINACH.

SO IF YOU NEED A SNACK, THERE YOU GO.

AND THEN THIS TALLER WHITE PLANT HERE, HELICHRYSUM, WHITE WONDER, IT'S PURE WHITE, LACY, MORE UPRIGHT, EXCELLENT IN SUNNY CONTAINERS.

SO THAT'S A NICE LITTLE SORT OF I GUESS CRIMSON AND CREAM COLLECTION THERE.

WE SAY "“GO BIG RED"” BUT IT'S REALLY CRIMSON.

>> IT'S REALLY SCARLETT.

>> SCARLETT RIGHT.

>> SCARLETT AND CREAM.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, JOHN.

KAIT, YOUR FIRST PICTURE ON THIS NEXT ROUND IS FROM LINCOLN.

SHE SAYS WHAT IS THIS INSECT, THE PHOTOS WERE TAKEN EARLY IN THE EVENING WHEN IT WAS VISITING THE PHLOX.

>> YEAH, SO THIS IS ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE SPHINX MOTHS.

THIS ONE IS CALLED THE SNOWBERRY CLEARWING SPHINX, AND IT KIND OF HAS THIS REALLY BEAUTIFUL COLORATION THAT IS MEANT TO MIMIC A HONEYBEE OR A BUMBLEBEE.

>> IT'S REALLY A BEAUTIFUL MOTH.

YOUR NEXT ONE COMES TO US FROM WAHOO.

WHAT IS THIS?

>> SO A VERY UNORIGINAL NAME CALLED THE GREAT BLACK WASP.

IT'S A LARGE SPECIES OF DIGGER WASPS THAT WE HAVE HERE IN NEBRASKA.

SO THEY'LL MAKE THEIR NESTS IN THE GROUND.

THE ADULTS FEED ON NECTAR AND THEY'’RE ALSO PREDATORY.

THAT'S WHAT THEY FEED THEIR LARVAE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

>> YOU ENTOMOLOGISTS AND YOUR CREATIVE NAMES.

>> YES.

>> YOUR NEXT ONE IS ALSO A LINCOLN VIEWER.

HE'S WONDERING, IS THIS THE RESULT OF ASH BORER, I ASSUME HE MEANS ASH EMERALD BORER.

PART OF A DEAD BRANCH HE FOUND UNDER THE NEIGHBOR'S ASH TREE.

THE TREE STILL LOOKS HEALTHY.

ONE ACROSS THE STREET IS PARTLY BROWN AND DYING.

>> YEAH, SO THIS IS DEFINITELY FOR -- POSSIBLY FROM BORERS BUT IT'’S NOT FROM THE EMERALD ASH BORER.

THE EMERALD ASH BORER HAS A REALLY CHARACTERISTIC D-SHAPED HOLE.

THESE ONES LOOK MORE O-SHAPED OR MORE ROUND, AND THERE IS MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF BORERS THAT CAN GET ON ASH.

YOU HAVE THE RED-HANDED, THE BANDED, THE LILAC BORER, SO IT COULD BE ANY OF THOSE.

UNFORTUNATELY, IT SEEMS LIKE THAT TREE MIGHT BE ON ITS WAY OUT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

BUT IT'’S NOT E.A.B.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT, ROCH.

YOUR FIRST PICTURE HERE IS PLANT I.D.

ON THIS PARTICULAR THING.

>> IT'S POKEWEED.

PERENNIAL, AGGRESSIVELY SPREADS BY SEEDS.

THEY LOOK SHOWY BUT THEY ARE MEDICINAL, AS WELL AS POISONOUS, AND ALMOST EVERY PART OF IT IS POISONOUS.

I'’M NOT CONFIDENT THE ROOTS ARE, BUT I KNOW THE LEAVES, THE STEMS, AND THEY CAN CAUSE SOME PEOPLE TO HAVE A HYPER-ALLERGENIC REACTION WHEN THEY RUB UP AGAINST THEM SO YOU DON'’T WANT THIS AND YOU CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO LET IT GET TO THIS POINT IN TIME BECAUSE WHERE YOU HAVE ONE, YOU NOW HAVE PLENTY MORE.

SO CATCH THIS AS EARLY AS YOU CAN AND DON'T LET IT SEED.

CATCH IT BEFORE IT POLLINATES BECAUSE IT CAN BE VERY AGGRESSIVE AND AGGRESSIVELY SPREAD ALL OVER A YARD OR AN ACREAGE BY SEED.

>> ALL RIGHT.

YOUR NEXT TWO PICTURES HERE COME TO US FROM IMPERIAL.

SHE SAID THIS POPPED UP IN THE FLOWER GARDEN.

NOT MUCH OF A FLOWER.

THE FLOWERS ARE SMALL.

IT'’S MOSTLY ALL LEAVES.

WHAT IS THIS?

>> THIS IS BEGGARTICKS OR SPANISH NEEDLE, AND IT'S AN ANNUAL.

AND IT'S REALLY QUITE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL BECAUSE THE SPANISH NEEDLE STICKS TO EVERYTHING.

SO THAT SEED IS SPREAD ALL OVER THE PLACE.

SO YOU WANT TO CATCH IT ONCE AGAIN, MUCH LIKE THE POKEWEED, BEFORE IT SEEDS.

I WOULD SUGGEST YOU ERADICATE THIS BECAUSE LIKE THE VIEWER SAID, IT'S NOT SHOWY, IT DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF LOOK TO IT.

THAT IS BEGGARTICKS OR SPANISH NEEDLE, PEOPLE CALL THEM, BY BOTH NAMES.

>> ALL RIGHT.

YOUR FINAL PICTURE HERE IS FROM KEARNEY.

THIS WAS A VOLUNTEER.

WHAT'S THIS?

>> IT'S EITHER VELVET LEAF OR ALSO KNOWN AS BUTTONWEED.

ALTHOUGH WHERE I'M FROM IN IN SOUTHWEST, BUTTON WEED IS A TOTALLY DIFFERENT SPECIES.

THE COMMON NAME, SOME PEOPLE CALL IT VELVETLEAF WHICH IS A COMMON AGRICULTURAL PEST, BUT IT'S ALSO KNOWN AS BUTTONWEED IN THE MIDWEST, AS WELL, AND IT'S AN ANNUAL, RELATIVELY EASY TO CONTROL.

SIMPLY BY SNIPPING IT OFF AT THE BASE AND NOT LETTING IT GO TO SEED.

>> ALL RIGHT, EXCELLENT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

OKAY, JOHN.

ZUCCHINI TIME.

>> YES.

>>YOUR FIRST PICTURE COMES TO US FROM ALBION.

WHY IS ONE OF THE ZUCCHINI PRODUCING THESE BUMPY THINGS, AND THEY HAVEN'T USED ANY OF THEM AS THE OTHER PLANTS ARE PRODUCING NORMALLY.

IS THIS YOU OR DOES THIS BELONG ON THE OTHER END OF THE TABLE?

>> THIS ACTUALLY BELONGS IN A CHAIR THAT IS NOT HERE TONIGHT.

>> PATH.

>> THIS IS A PATHOLOGY ISSUE.

AND I CONFIRMED MY SUSPICION WITH OUR RESIDENT PATHOLOGIST, KYLE BRODERICK.

THIS IS ZUCCHINI YELLOW MOSAIC SPOT.

SO IT'S A VIRAL DISEASE.

IT CAN INFECT LEAVES AND FRUITS.

YOU GET THIS KIND OF BLISTERING ON THE FRUIT.

SO IT'S A YELLOW MOSAIC VIRUS.

AND WHILE THEY ARE UGLY TO LOOK AT, THEY ARE EDIBLE.

AND VIRUSES ARE MORE COMMON THAN WE THINK IF YOU EVER SEE THOSE WARTY PUMPKINS, THAT'S A VIRAL DISEASE, AS WELL, VERY SIMILAR, IT'S NOT THE SAME DISEASE, BUT VERY SIMILAR.

>> ALL RIGHT.

YOUR NEXT TWO PICTURES ARE... LET'S SEE, OMAHA.

NOT SEEN THIS BEFORE.

NO SIGNS OF END ROT.

THE FRUIT LOOKED FINE ON THE OUTSIDE.

WHEN HE PICKED IT UP, IT JUST TOTALLY COLLAPSED.

HE DUG THROUGH THE MUSH, COULDN'T SEE ANY INSECTS.

THEY'’VE GOT LOTS OF HEALTHY ZUCCHINI.

THEY LOOK FOR SQUASH BUG EGGS.

WHAT DO WE THINK?

>> THIS ONE BECAUSE I HAD KYLE LOOK AT THIS ONE, TOO AND WE'RE NOT QUITE SURE THAT THERE IS A DISEASE.

WE CAN'T -- THERE IS NO DISEASE THAT HAS THESE SYMPTOMS IN ZUCCHINI.

SOMETIMES, IF WE HAVE A LOT OF EXCESS WATER THE CUCURBITS WILL TAKE UP EXCESS WATER.

FOR EXAMPLE, CANTALOUPES.

YOU CAN ACTUALLY GET WATER INSIDE THAT THEN LIKE, FERMENTS.

SO IT COULD BE THAT THERE WAS SOME OVERWATERING AND IT TOOK UP TOO MUCH WATER AND GOT MUSHY.

THERE COULD HAVE BEEN SOME DAMAGE TO THE FRUIT THAT THEN MAYBE LIKE AN OPPORTUNIST ROT GOT IN THERE.

BUT THERE IS NO PATHOGEN THAT WE KNOW OF THAT DOES THIS, OR MAYBE YOU KNOW, YOU GOT A LOT OF WATER, IT GOT REALLY HOT, AND IT COOKED ON THE INSIDE.

IT'S SORT OF PRECOOKED.

WHO KNOWS?

>> NOT VERY GOOD BREAD.

>> NO.

>> YOUR NEXT TWO PICTURES ARE OAKLAND VIEWER.

SHE PUT THAT ONE NEXT TO A BASKETBALL TO SHOW US HOW BIG IT IS.

FIRST WATERMELON, IT WAS TENDER, WAS HALF BROWN, THERE WAS A WHITE SPOT.

WEIGHED 23 POUNDS BUT SHE SPLIT IT OPEN AND THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED.

WHAT DOES THE VINE NEED SO IT WON'T DO THIS AGAIN?

>> RIGHT.

SO I THINK THE CLUE WAS THAT THE VINE, THE TENDRIL ATTACHING THE MELON WAS ONLY HALF BROWN.

I THINK IT NEEDED TO BE ALL THE WAY BROWN.

I DON'T THINK THIS IS RIPE, YET.

LIKE I SAID THE VINE THAT ATTACHES THE MELON TO THE PLANT WILL TURN BROWN AND THE MELON WILL COME EASILY AWAY.

SO IT SHOULD ACTUALLY COME AWAY WITH NO VINE LEFT ON IT.

IT SHOULD BASICALLY BE LIKE THE MELON'’S BELLY BUTTON AND THAT'S WHAT YOU COME AWAY WITH.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANKS, JOHN.

YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES GARDENING IS MORE THAN CREATING A BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPE AROUND YOUR HOME OR GROWING YOUR OWN FOOD.

IT CAN BE A UNIFYING ACTIVITY THAT HELPS PEOPLE CONNECT WITH THE COMMUNITY.

UNL RECENTLY PARTNERED WITH COMMUNITY CROPS TO REACH OUT TO A GROUP OF REFUGEES FROM IRAQ AND IT ALL HAPPENED AROUND A GARDEN.

♪ >> WE'RE OUT HERE AT PRAIRIE PINES, AND THIS IS AT 112TH AND ADAMS, SO EAST LINCOLN.

AND THE AREA WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW IS PART OF A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN COMMUNITY CROPS AND PRAIRIE PINES FOR A YAZIDI FARMER TRAINING IN EDUCATION OUTREACH PROGRAM.

COMMUNITY CROPS IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION FOCUSED ON SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY GARDENS, TRAINING GARDENERS, HAVING A SUSTAINABLE GARDENING COMMUNITY WITHIN LINCOLN SO PEOPLE CAN GROW THEIR OWN FOOD, THINGS THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO SPECIFIC CULTURAL GROUPS, AS WELL AS JUST HAVING A SUPPLEMENTAL FRESH GARDEN AT HAND.

>> MY NAME IS SHAHAD BISHAR.

I WORK WITH THE YAZIDI CULTURAL CENTER AND COMMUNITY CROPS.

I CAME TO UNITED STATES IN 2017, FEBRUARY '‘17 THEY PARTNERSHIP TO FOUND A YAZIDI FARMERS, SO COMMUNITY CROP LOOKED FOR FARMERS.

THEY HAVE THE -- A LOT OF EXPERIENCE IN FARMING.

THEY KNOW -- THEY ASK AND THEY KNOW YAZIDI HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE.

FIRST YEAR, WE STARTED 2019.

WE STARTED OUR PRODUCE.

WE ARE KIND OF, NOT TEACHING KIND OF TRADITION PEOPLE TO OUR CULTURAL FOODS.

WE ARE DOING A LOT OF CONVERSATION WITH PEOPLES WHO ARE YAZIDI, WHAT THEY GRE, WHERE THEY GREW FOODS, WHAT IS THIS?

I MEAN EGGPLANT, PARSLEY, KINDS OF CELERY, CRESS.

WHAT YOU ARE DOING WITH EATS?

HOW YOU COOK IT?

WHAT'S YOUR BEST RECIPE?

I MEAN, PEOPLE WANT TO LEARN MORE.

♪ >> LINCOLN IS HOME TO OVER 3,000 YAZIDI MEMBERS FROM IRAQ.

THEY'’RE AN ETHNIC AND RELIGIOUS MINORITY AND IT'’S THE LARGEST POPULATION OF YAZIDIS IN THE UNITED STATES.

AND SO THIS BECAME A REALLY GREAT CULTURAL EXCHANGE WHERE SHEHAB WAS OUR CULTURAL LIAISON, BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN MANY OF OUR FARMERS WHO HAVE NOMINAL OR NO ENGLISH, WITH STUDENTS WHO HAVE NO KURDISH KURMANJI, SO NOW THE STUDENTS HAVE A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION, LOCAL GARDENING PRACTICES AND FOOD WASTE, AND ALSO KIND OF UNDERSTANDING WHAT IT TAKES IN PART OF THE REFUGEE PROCESS, AS WELL AS THE ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT OF THESE PEOPLE.

>> BEING A REFUGEE IS NOT EASY.

THERE IS A LOT OF STRESS, TO YOUR HOME, BACK TO YOUR COUNTRY.

OUR --YOU KNOW, OUR FAMILY BECOME APART.

WHEN I CAME TO THIS LANDS, PEOPLES, I FEEL I BELONG TO THIS LAND.

SO SOMETHING IS HAPPENING BETWEEN OURSELVES AND THIS LAND.

WITH ALL MY ENERGY, AND WORKING AND ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO EAT HEALTHY, ENJOY FARMING, AND WE ARE GROWING FOR NEBRASKA AND PAYING FOR NEBRASKA SO WE ARE SUPPORTING NEBRASKA FOOD WHICH IS LOCAL FOOD.

♪ >> WHAT A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THE POWER OF GARDENING.

WE DO HOPE TO CHECK IN WITH THIS PROJECT AGAIN SOON.

AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT IT, TUNE IN TO OUR "“DIGGING DEEPER"” PROGRAM THAT AIRS ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE RIGHT AFTER THE SHOW.

ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE KIND OF A QUICK ROUND HERE.

KAIT, YOUR FIRST ONE IS EAST CAMPUS, A SPIDER IN ITS WEB.

WANTS TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE GARDEN SPIDER AND THE INTERESTING ZIGZAG IN ITS WEB.

>> ANOTHER ORIGINAL NAME.

IT'S THE YELLOW GARDEN SPIDER.

AND THAT ZIPPER YOU SEE IS CALLED A STABILAMENTUM.

WE DON'T REALLY KNOW ITS EXACT PURPOSE.

IT COULD BE TO ATTRACT INSECTS, MAYBE A BILLBOARD FOR BIRDS, NOT TO FLY INTO IT.

BUT WE THINK IT MIGHT ACTUALLY STABILIZE THE WEB, TOO.

>> VERY BEAUTIFUL.

THAT IS CHARLOTTE RIGHT THERE.

ALL RIGHT.

SO YOUR NEXT ONE HERE IS A NEST.

IT'S BEEN ACTIVE FOR AT LEAST TWO MONTHS.

AT FIRST, IT WAS A SINGLE WASP.

HE THOUGHT THERE WOULD BE A BIRTHING EVENT AND THEN THEY WOULD LEAVE.

INSTEAD, THERE ARE MORE AND MORE.

THEY WONDER IS THERE A QUEEN IN THERE AND WHAT SHOULD HE DO.

>> YES, SO THESE ARE NORTHERN PAPER WASPS, AND A BIRTHING EVENT DID HAPPEN.

THAT'S WHY YOU'RE SEEING MORE AND MORE WASPS.

THERE IS A QUEEN THERE AND THE NEST IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO GROW UNTIL THEY -- IT OVERWINTERS.

IF IT'S IN AN AREA YOU CAN LEAVE IT ALONE, YOU CAN.

OTHERWISE YOU'LL NEED TO GO AT NIGHT AND USE A WASP SPRAY ON THE NEST.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND YOUR NEXT TWO PICTURES ARE FROM A BROKEN BOW VIEWER.

THEY FOUND THIS BEETLE NEAR WEST POINT AND THEY SAID IT WAS TRYING TO BURROW INTO THE GROUND.

WHAT IS THAT?

>> SO THIS IS A GIANT WATER BUG.

AND IT WAS PROBABLY TRYING TO BURROW IN THE GROUND JUST TO FIND SOME SHELTER.

BUT THEY'RE NORMALLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE WATER.

AND ANOTHER NAME THAT THEY'RE CALLED IS CALLED TOE BITERS BECAUSE THEY HAVE THIS REALLY SHARP BEAK-LIKE MOUTH PART AND THEIR BITE IS QUITE PAINFUL.

>> A TOE BITER.

THAT'’S KIND OF A FUN NAME, ACTUALLY.

ALL RIGHT, ROCH.

YOUR FIRST ONE COMES TO US FROM LINCOLN.

JUST SUNDAY THIS PICTURE CAME IN.

THIS IS PRETTY NEW HERE.

THIS IS IN THE HIGHLANDS IN NORTHWEST LINCOLN.

WONDERING WHAT THIS FIVE-FOOT BROWN SPOT IS IN HIS LAWN.

>> SO WHEN WE SEE PICTURES OF THIS OUR FIRST INSTINCT IS TO SAY SOMETHING LAID ON THE TURF AND IT WAS HOT, RIGHT, AND SOMETHING BURNED IT BACK A LITTLE BIT AND THE GOOD NEWS IS IT WILL RECOVER.

THE OTHER POSSIBILITY IS THAT WE SEE -- SOMETIMES SEE THIS TIME OF YEAR LAWNS GO OFF COLOR BECAUSE THEY'’VE GOT A CONTAMINANT THAT CAME IN ON THE SEED WHEN IT WAS PLANTED AND IF THEY HAVEN'T SEEN THIS CIRCLE GET BIGGER AND BIGGER, WE PROBABLY DON'T THINK IT'S ROUGH BLUEGRASS, OR POA TRIVIALIS, SO I THINK SOMETHING WAS LAYING ON THE TURF AND CHECK WITH YOUR CHILDREN OR -- WE SEE THIS WITH SLIP AND SLIDES, WE SEE THIS WHEN PEOPLE LAY MATS FROM THEIR CAR WHEN THEY'RE WASHING THE CAR AND IT DOESN'T TAKE VERY LONG.

SOMETHING CAN LAY ON THE SURFACE FOR AS LITTLE AS 20 MINUTES AND CAUSE THIS KIND OF DISCOLORATION.

SO EITHER A CLOSE-UP AND RIGHT ON THE EDGE OF IT WOULD BE HELPFUL, BUT IF IT DOESN'T GET ANY BIGGER AND STARTS TO RECOVER IT WAS PROBABLY SOMETHING UNBEKNOWNST TO THEM THAT WAS LAYING ON THE TURF FOR A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.

BECAUSE NATURE IS NOT SYMMETRICAL.

EVEN CIRCULAR PATCH DISEASES HAVE SOME IRREGULARITY TO THEM, SO THIS IS INTRIGUING TO ME.

I WOULD LIKE THE VIEWER TO FOLLOW UP AND TELL US WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IN ANOTHER THREE TO FOUR WEEKS.

>> ALL RIGHT.

EXCELLENT.

AND YOUR NEXT ONE HERE IS AN OMAHA VIEWER.

AND SEVERAL SPOTS IN THE LAWN THAT HAVE TURNED WHITE.

AND IT'S NOT POWDERY MILDEW.

THE ENTIRE LEAVES ARE WHITE.

>> SO, THE PRODUCT TENACITY OR MESOTRIONE DOES EXACTLY THIS.

AND THIS ACTUALLY UPON CLOSE INSPECTION LOOKS LIKE CRABGRASS THAT HAS BEEN SPRAYED.

SO I'M THINKING THAT THEY SPRAYED OR THEIR LAWN CARE COMPANY SPRAYED AND IT'S DOING ITS JOB.

IT'S DISCOLORING AND DAMAGING THE CHLOROPHYLL, WHICH IS WHAT MESOTRIONE DOES.

THEY'RE GETTING RID OF THE CRABGRASS, WHICH IS A GOOD THING AND YOU NOTICE THAT THE OTHER GRASS AROUND IT, IN AND AROUND IT ISN'T ARMED.

SO THAT'’S MY GUESS, IS THAT SOMEBODY UNBEKNOWNST TO THEM OR THEIR LAWN CARE COMPANY SPRAYED TENACITY TO CONTROL THE CRABGRASS, AND IT'S WORKING AS IT SHOULD.

I HAVE NO OTHER EXPLANATION.

AND THIS IS JUST A VERY TYPICAL LOOK OF TENACITY DAMAGE OR MESOTRIONE DAMAGE ON SUSCEPTIBLE UNWANTED SPECIES.

THIS IS A GOOD THING.

>> EXACTLY.

ALL RIGHT.

JOHN, YOUR FIRST ONE HERE IS AN OMAHA VIEWER.

SHE WONDERS WHAT'S WRONG WITH HER RHODODENDRON.

>> WELL, FIRST OFF, RHODODENDRON IN OUR SOIL USUALLY DON'T WORK VERY WELL.

THE PH IS JUST WRONG.

RHODODENDRONS REQUIRE A LOW PH SOIL.

WE HAVE A HIGH PH SOIL.

THERE IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE ISSUES.

I THINK PROBABLY ALSO SOME HEAT AND WATER STRESS ARE GOING ON WITH THIS ONE TO CAUSE THAT SUDDEN LIKE THE LEAF FLAGGING AND THE REDNESS.

BUT YOU'RE ALWAYS GOING TO HAVE DISAPPOINTMENT WITH YOUR RHODODENDRONS.

>> THAT ONE LOOKS LIKE A FORMER.

>> IT LOOKS LIKE A FORMER RHODODENDRON.

>> OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

YOUR NEXT ONE IS ACTUALLY AN AZALEA.

THEY THINK IT'S MANDARIN LIGHT.

SHE HAS THREE OF THEM.

THE EDGES OF THE LEAVES YOU CAN SEE THE LITTLE BIT ON THE BOTTOM ARE GETTING BROWN AND THEY'RE CURLING.

THEY WERE PLANTED JUNE 10TH.

>> YEAH, SO THIS PROBABLY A LITTLE LATE TO GET IT ESTABLISHED BEFORE SUMMER BECAUSE WE NEED TO GET SOME ROOTS GOING TO TAKE UP WATER.

SO I'M GUESSING THAT THERE IS PROBABLY SOME WATER STRESS, HEAT STRESS GOING ON WITH THIS PLANT FOR THAT LEAF MARGIN BURNING.

THIS IS ALSO THE SAME CASE.

THEY REQUIRE A LOW SOIL PH, SO THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE AS HAPPY AND HEALTHY, PERHAPS.

>> ALL RIGHT.

YOUR NEXT ONE COMES TO US FROM MIDTOWN OMAHA.

SUMMER SAVORY IN A POT WITH TARRAGON AND DILL.

HE'S HAD TEN YEARS OF GROWING THESE TOGETHER, AND THIS IS ON THE SAVORY.

WHAT IS THIS?

SEEDS?

>> I THINK IT'S SEEDS.

IT LOOKS LIKE A SEED, A FRUITING BODY TO ME.

>> UH-HUH.

ALL RIGHT.

AND YOUR FINAL ONE HERE IS FROM GUIDE ROCK.

THIS IS A PEACH TREE THAT HAS THESE SORTS OF CRACKS ALL THE WAY UP THE TRUNK.

WE DON'T HAVE A PICTURE OF THE FULL TREE.

>> RIGHT.

THIS IS THE PROBLEM WITH PEACHES HERE THAT THEY JUST DON'T THRIVE.

I WAS JUST DOWN AT KIMBELL ORCHARD LEADING ONE OF OUR PLANT PATH GRADUATE CLASSES THROUGH THE ORCHARD, AND TALKING DISEASES AND THEY SHOWED US THEIR PEACH ORCHARD.

ALL OF THEM DEAD OR ALMOST DEAD.

THIS IS WHY WE TELL PEOPLE IN NEBRASKA DON'T PLANT PEACHES.

THEY DON'T DO THIS.

SO WHAT HAPPENS IS IT'S VERY COLD IN THE WINTER.

THE SUN HITS THAT AND IT WARMS IT UP AND IT CRACKS.

AND THEN DISEASES COME IN.

THAT'S GOING TO BE A FORMER PEACH TREE EVENTUALLY.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, JOHN.

OF COURSE, WE HAVE ANNOUNCEMENTS OF COOL THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN THE GARDENING WORLD, AND I BELIEVE WE START OUR VERY FIRST ONE WITH OUR BYF GARDEN AND GROW ROW PRODUCE DONATIONS.

THE GARDEN WAS 500 POUNDS, GROW ROW WAS 90 SO THAT'S A LOT OF WONDERFUL PRODUCE.

AND WE'RE STILL ACCEPTING THOSE DONATIONS IN THE "BACKYARD FARMER" GARDEN.

OUR SECOND ONE IS US, WE ARE GOING TO BE AT STATE FAIR AGAIN THIS YEAR, MONDAY, AUGUST 30.

Q&A AT 4:00 P.M. AND RECORDING AT 5:00 IN THE RAISING NEBRASKA BUILDING.

WE'RE GOING TO GO EAT JUNK FOOD AND YOU'RE GOING TO JOIN US.

OUR NEXT ONE IS ALSO US.

OUR LAST SHOW OF THE YEAR WILL BE TAPED ON EAST CAMPUS HERE 5:00, AND RECORDED AT 6:00 RIGHT HERE IN OUR GARDEN ON EAST CAMPUS.

AND WE HAVE ONE FINAL ONE, AND THAT WOULD, OF COURSE, BE "“DIGGING DEEPER WITH BACKYARD FARMER."

YOU CAN WATCH US ON FACEBOOK RIGHT AFTER THE SHOW, THURSDAYS AT 8:00, AND IT WILL BE AGAIN 20 MINUTES WORTH OF THAT WONDERFUL COMMUNITY CROPS GARDEN WITH THE YAZIDI FARMERS.

AND THAT IS ALL THE TIME WE DO HAVE FOR "BACKYARD FARMER" TONIGHT.

THANKS TO ALL OF YOU WHO SUBMITTED THOSE QUESTIONS AND PICTURES.

THANKS TO OUR PANEL FOR ANOTHER GREAT AND INTERESTING SHOW.

HELPING US ON THE PHONE THIS EVENING WE HAD MASTER GARDENERS KIT DIMON, LINDA HELTON, AND EXTENSION EDUCATOR TERRI JAMES.

NEXT TIME ON "BACKYARD FARMER," WE'RE GOING TO BE HELPING YOU GET THAT LAWN PREPARED FOR THE FALL SEASON.

MATT SOUSEK GIVES US SOME GOOD TIPS ON AERATION AND OVERSEEDING.

WE'LL ALSO HEAR FROM JEFF CULBERTSON ABOUT GETTING THE REST OF YOUR LANDSCAPE SET FOR THE FALL.

SO GOOD NIGHT, GOOD GARDENING, WE'LL SEE YOU ALL NEXT WEEK RIGHT HERE ON "BACKYARD FARMER."

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