Webster County

Create healthy environments indoors and out with research-based information and education from University of Missouri Extension.

Local resources

• Current Weather Conditions
• Missouri Planting Regions
• Spring Freeze Dates for Missouri
• Fall Freeze Dates for Missouri
• USDA Hardiness Zone Map

Home and Garden Resources for Southwest Missouri

• Master Gardener programs in southwest Missouri

• Learn about efforts to build a Botanical Center in Springfield, Mo.

• The Berry Basket  - newsletter for Missouri small fruit and vegetable growers

• Southwest Region News Service provides a free weekly e-mail that brings you educational (as well as lawn and gardening) news and useful information from University of Missouri Extension in Southwest Missouri. Request a subscription online.

Missouri-wide Home and Garden Resources

• University of Missouri Extension Home & Garden main page
• Extension Publications Search for home and garden information.
• Healthy Indoor Air for America's Homes How does your house measure up?
• H.O.M.E. Homeownership Made Easier Learn what's needed to buy a home.
• HomeWorks Maintain your housing investment.
• Integrated Pest Management Diagnose and manage garden pests.
• Master Gardeners Share your gardening expertise.
• Missouri Environment and Garden Newsletter Get year round gardening advice.
• Garden 'n Grow Summer volunteer gardening program developed for 9 to 13- year-old youths.
• Plant Diagnostic Clinic Diagnosis plant and pest problems.
• Soil and Plant Testing Lab Analyze your soil, plants and fertilizer use.
• MU Horticulture Department
• Kemper Center for Home Gardening, Missouri Botanical Gardens Find answers to your gardening questions 24 hours a day.

More resources

• PlantFacts
  Over 20,000 pages of Extension fact sheets and bulletins for answering
  plant-related questions from 46 different universities and government
  institutions across the United States and Canada. Maintained by Ohio State
  University.

• Yard and Garden Solutions
  Answers to flower, fruit, lawn, garden and tree questions from the University
  of Illinois

• Hort Corner
  Gardening information from the University of Illinois Extension
  Urban Programs Resource Network

• State Fruit Experiment Station at Mountain Grove, MO
  Operated by Missouri State University

• Northwest Berry and Grape InfoNet
  Fruit-growing research, information and markets in the Pacific Northwest

• Southern Region Small Fruit Consortium
  Fruit-growing resources maintained by North Carolina State University

• How to Prune Trees
  U.S. Forest Service site shows the right way to prune trees

• Missouri Environment & Garden
  News for Missouri's gardens, yards and resources, including a
  what-to-do-when gardening calendar.

• Forest Health Protection
  USDA site offers helpful information on tree pest and disease identification
  and control

Note: Links to commercial websites do not imply endorsement.

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		Web Manager:  Bob Schultheis Webster County Extension Center Email comments to: schultheisr@missouri.edu Updated 03/10/05