Wisconsin Horticulture
Ashland/Bayfield Counties Ag/Hort Newsletter
Community Food Systems
Master Gardeners
Vegetable Varieties for Containers
Growing plants in containers (referred to as container gardening) is an easy way to grow and maintain vegetables.
Vegetables grown in containers can easily fit on a window sill,balcony, deck, door step or any other place where space is limited but where environmental conditions are suitable for vegetable production
See the pdf above for recommendations on varieties of popular vegetables that are well-suited for growing in containers
Sunflower & Container Herb Garden
2020 Virtual Gardening Workshop
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Cheq Bay Area Providers of Mulch, Compost & Topsoil
Feast by The Bay-Cheq Bay Area
Seeking information on where to find local produce, which businesses remain open, or how to access community food resources during these uncertain times? See below for links to information and local listings! Feast By The Bay
Soil & Plant Analysis Laboratory

What’s in your soil? or Manure? or Forage? Don’t guess, get a test done. The website has instructions on taking samples, sending your sample off and the fees for each item.
Bringing University Research to Your Garden
Other Horticulture Resources
- University of Wisconsin – Madison – Department of Entomology Insect Diagnostic Lab
- Choosing the Right Landscape Plants – The Learning Store
- University of Wsconsin-Madison – Plant Disease and Diagnostic Clinic
- PBS – The Wisconsin Gardener – Public TV
- University of Wisconsin – Madison, Division of Extension – Wisconsin Native Plant Sources
- Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
- Wisconsin Horticulture Calendar – Other events of interest
- University of Connecticut Plant Database
- Ohio State University Plant Dictionary
- USDA Plants Database
- Weed Science Society of America
- Wisconsin Phenological Society
Sarah DeGraff
Ag & Horticulture Educator
Extension Bayfield County
County Administration Bldg
117 E. 5th Street
Washburn, WI 54891-9464
Phone: 715-373-3293
Fax: 715-373-6304
Email: sarah.degraff@wisc.edu
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