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Recording of the Yard and Garden radio show from Ol' Red 99.5 FM through the growing season. The host is Nicole Stoner with Nebraska Extension and features a different guest host each week. The show features recordings of call-in questions from the listen

Nebraska Extension-Nicole Stoner


    • May 30, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 1h 8m AVG DURATION
    • 84 EPISODES


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    Latest episodes from Yard and Garden with Nicole

    May 30, 2025 Yard and Garden

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2025 70:35


    Send us a textIn this episode Kyle Broderick, Plant Pathology Extension Educator at UNL, joins Nicole Stoner from Nebraska Extension to discuss environmental damage, tree injury, aphids, and weed management, among other topics.  

    May 23, 2025 Yard and Garden

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2025 68:21


    Send us a textIn this episode Jody Green, Urban Entomologist Extension Educator in Douglas and Sarpy Counties, joins Nicole Stoner from Nebraska Extension to discuss when to plant, growing onions, chiggers, and termites, among other topics. 

    May 16, 2025 Yard and Garden

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2025 68:38


    Send us a textIn this episode John Fech, Extension Educator in Douglas and Sarpy Counties joins Nicole Stoner from Nebraska Extension to discuss tree suckers, transplanting, and windbreak renovation, among other topics.  

    May 9, 2025 Yard and Garden

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2025 67:08


    Send us a textIn this episode Carol Waters and Scott Evans from Nebraska Extension to discuss vegetable gardens, lawns, and fruit trees, among other topics.  

    May 2, 2025 Yard and Garden

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2025 69:49


    Send us a textIn this episode Andrew Campbell from Campbell's Nursery joins Nicole Stoner from Nebraska Extension to discuss vegetable gardens, pruning, and transplanting, among other topics.   

    April 25, 2025 Yard and Garden

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2025 68:39


    Send us a textIn this episode Chelsea Tietjen and Myah Vrbka Instructors from Southeast Community College join Nicole Stoner from Nebraska Extension to discuss lawn irrigation, mowing, and thatching, flower garden selection and peaches, among other topics.  

    April 18, 2025 Yard and Garden

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2025 68:05


    Send us a textIn this episode Graham Herbst from the Nebraska Forest Service joins Nicole Stoner from Nebraska Extension to discuss henbit, staking trees, and what to grow underneath trees, among other topics. 

    April 11, 2025 Yard and Garden

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2025 70:35


    Send us a textIn this episode George Pinkerton, Co-Owner of Roseland Nursery joins Nicole Stoner from Nebraska Extension to discuss Spring lawncare, irrigation, and tree selection among other topics.  

    Yard and Garden Extra - March 28, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2025 12:09


    Send us a textIn this episode of Yard and Garden Extra, John Fech, Extension Educator in Douglas/Sarpy County Extension, joins Nicole Stoner to discuss spring lawn and garden cleanup and which things we should wait a little longer to cleanup and manage in the spring and why we should wait. 

    Yard and Garden Extra - March 6, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2025 28:10


    Send us a textNew Podcast recording called "Yard and Garden Extra" will fill in time between Yard and Garden episodes. Carol Waters,  Commercial Fruit and Vegetable Production Extension Educator with Nebraska Extension, joins Nicole Stoner on this episode to discuss fruit tree pruning and spraying. 

    September 20, 2024 Yard and Garden

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2024 62:44


    In this episode Jay Seaton from the Nebraska Forest Service joins Sarah Browning from Nebraska Extension to discuss fall and winter watering and other fall lawn and garden activities, among other topics. 

    September 13, 2024 Yard and Garden

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2024 66:56


    In this episode Steve Karloff from the Nebraska Forest Service joins Nicole Stoner from Nebraska Extension to discuss transplanting, hardiness zones, and tree care, among other topics.   

    July 26, 2024 Yard and Garden

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2024 72:21


    In this episode Laurie Stepanek from the Nebraska Forest Service joins Nicole Stoner from Nebraska Extension to discuss reseeding a lawn, proper irrigation, fall gardens, and juglone toxicity, among other topics.  

    July 19, 2024 Yard and Garden

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2024 67:41


    In this episode Jennifer Morris from the Nebraska Forest Service joins Nicole Stoner from Nebraska Extension to discuss lawn weeds, fruit trees, fall gardens, and curing onions, among other topics. 

    July 12, 2024 Yard and Garden

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2024 71:14


    In this episode Bob Henrickson, Horticulture Program Coordinator from the Nebraska Statewide Arboretum joins Nicole Stoner from Nebraska Extension to discuss herbicide drift, crabgrass, blossom end rot, and Japanese beetles, among other topics. 

    June 28, 2024 Yard and Garden

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2024 70:48


    In this episode Scott Evans, Horticulture Program Coordinator from Douglas & Sarpy County joins Nicole Stoner from Nebraska Extension to discuss Rhubarb, herbicide drift, sedges, and asters yellow, among other topics. 

    June 21, 2024 Yard and Garden

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2024 67:54


    In this episode Kyle Broderick, Plant Pathology Extension Educator from UNL joins Nicole Stoner from Nebraska Extension to discuss canker on fruit trees, asparagus, pine wilt, and environmental stress to plants, among other topics.   

    June 14, 2024 Yard and Garden

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2024 70:26


    In this episode Ian Peterson, Extension Educator from Dodge County joins Nicole Stoner from Nebraska Extension to discuss herbicide injury, weed control in strawberries, and squirrel damage on fruit trees, among other topics.  

    June 7, 2024 Yard and Garden

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2024 67:00


    In this episode Kyle Koch, Extension Educator and UNL Insect Diagnostician joins Nicole Stoner from Nebraska Extension to discuss mulching, lack of peach blossoms, and peonies, among other topics.    

    May 31, 2024 Yard and Garden

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2024 68:25


    In this episode John Fech, Extension Educator for Douglas/Sarpy Counties joins Nicole Stoner from Nebraska Extension to discuss yellowing lawn, gardens, pine wilt, and mulching, among other topics.    

    May 24, 2024 Yard and Garden

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2024 67:38


    In this episode Carol Waters, Extension Educator for Cass County and her intern Trey Lamkins join Nicole Stoner from Nebraska Extension to discuss mushrooms in the lawn, Lilacs, roses, and pruning, among other topics.    

    May 17, 2024 Yard and Garden

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2024 62:45


    In this episode Kait Chapman, Extension Educator and Urban Entomologist for Lancaster County joins Nicole Stoner from Nebraska Extension to discuss asparagus, transplanting peonies, top dieback in trees, and pruning, among other topics.    

    May 10, 2024 Yard and Garden

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2024 69:40


    In this episode Dana Freeman from Douglas/Sarpy County Extension and Graham Herbst from the Nebraska Forest Service fill in for Nicole to discuss snakes, purslane, lawncare, and planting bare-root trees, among other topics.    

    May 3, 2024 Yard and Garden

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2024 70:13


    In this episode George Pinkerton from Roseland Nursery joins Nicole Stoner from Nebraska Extension to discuss managing asparagus, pollinator plants, tree selection, and mulching the garden, among other topics.   

    April 26, 2024 Yard and Garden

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2024 68:52


    In this episode Chelsea Tietjen and Kevin Christiansen, SCC Instructors, join Nicole Stoner from Nebraska Extension to discuss tree selection, growing for dried flowers, and pine needle mulch, among other topics.  

    April 19, 2024 Yard and Garden

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2024 66:34


    In this episode Andrew Campbell from Campbell's Nursery, joins Nicole Stoner from Nebraska Extension to discuss insect pests in fruit trees, weeds in the garden, and overseeding lawns, among other topics. 

    April 12, 2024 Yard and Garden

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2024 68:41


    In this episode Dr. Paul Read, Professor of Viticulture at UNL, joins Nicole Stoner from Nebraska Extension to discuss henbit, fruit trees, and bindweed, among other topics.  

    September 15, 2023 Yard and Garden

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2023 72:16


    In this episode Laurie Stepanek from the Nebraska Forest Service, joins Nicole Stoner from Nebraska Extension to discuss pruning, seeding lawns, and trees with top dieback, among other topics. 

    September 8, 2023 Yard and Garden

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2023 69:48


    In this episode John Fech, Extension Educator with Douglas/Sarpy Extension, joins Nicole Stoner from Nebraska Extension to discuss managing white clover in the lawn, pruning trees, tree replacement options and oak tree problems, among other topics.      

    July 28, 2023 Yard and Garden

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2023 69:26


    In this episode John Porter, Urban Ag Program Coordinator with Nebraska Extension, joins Nicole Stoner from Nebraska Extension to discuss managing weeds, peaches, and managing tree suckers, among other topics.      

    July 21, 2023 Yard and Garden

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2023 64:02


    In this episode Dana Freeman, Horticulture Program Coordinator for Douglas & Sarpy Counties, joins Nicole Stoner from Nebraska Extension to discuss rhubarb, fall gardens, Japanese beetles, and clover in the lawn, among other topics.     

    July 14, 2023 Yard and Garden

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2023 66:40


    In this episode Kait Chapman, Extension Educator and Urban Entomologist for Lancaster County Extension, joins Nicole Stoner from Nebraska Extension to discuss pruning, blister beetles, and winter dieback, among other topics.    

    July 7, 2023 Yard and Garden

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2023 74:18


    In this episode Bob Henrickson, the Horticulture Program Coordinator with the Nebraska Statewide Arboretum, joins Nicole Stoner from Nebraska Extension to discuss top dieback in trees, crabgrass and other weed control in the garden, and storm damage to trees, among other topics.   

    June 30, 2023 Yard and Garden

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2023 64:52


    In this episode Steve Karloff, the District Forester from the Nebraska Forest Service, joins Nicole Stoner from Nebraska Extension to discuss Kermes scale, Japanese beetles, irrigation, and drought damage, among other topics.  

    June 23, 2023 Yard and Garden

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2023 70:26


    In this episode Scott Evans, the Horticulture Program Coordinator from Douglas/Sarpy Counties, joins Nicole Stoner from Nebraska Extension to discuss lawn irrigation, managing weeds in the yard, and transplanting , among other topics. 

    June 16, 2023 Yard and Garden

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2023 68:13


    In this episode Kyle Koch, Extension Educator and Insect Diagnostician from UNL, joins Nicole Stoner from Nebraska Extension to discuss canker disease on spruce, spidermites, herbicide injury, and irrigation, among other topics.  

    June 9, 2023 Yard and Garden

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2023 65:12


    In this episode Carol Waters, Extension Educator from Cass County, joins Nicole Stoner from Nebraska Extension to discuss blister beetles, pruning blackberries, care of rhubarb, and collecting soil samples, among other topics.   

    June 2, 2023 Yard and Garden

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2023 65:29


    In this episode Kait Chapman, Extension Educator and Urban Entomologist with Nebraska Extension, joins Nicole Stoner from Nebraska Extension to discuss asparagus beetles, what do to with iris after blooming, and squash vine borer, among other topics.  

    May 26, 2023 Yard and Garden

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2023 71:52


    In this episode John Porter, Urban Ag Program Director with Nebraska Extension, joins Nicole Stoner from Nebraska Extension to discuss propagation of plants, how to grow the largest pumpkin, and managing tree suckers, among other topics. 

    May 19, 2023 Yard and Garden

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2023 69:12


    In this episode Dr. Paul Read, Viticulturist from UNL, joins Nicole Stoner from Nebraska Extension to discuss pruning shrubs, river birch dieback, and planting asparagus, among other topics.  

    May 12, 2023 Yard and Garden

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2023 70:59


    In this episode Andrew Campbell from Campbell's Nursery joins Nicole Stoner from Nebraska Extension to discuss harvesting asparagus, top dieback in trees, and weed control in newly seeded turf among other topics.    

    May 5, 2023 Yard and Garden

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2023 68:18


    In this episode George Pinkerton, co-owner of Roseland Nursery, joins Nicole Stoner from Nebraska Extension to discuss weed control, drought, and irrigation among other topics.    

    April 28, 2023 Yard and Garden

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2023 71:38


    In this episode Graham Herbst from the Nebraska Forest Service  joins Nicole Stoner from Nebraska Extension to discuss iron chlorosis, when to plant trees, cold injury to trees, and pruning shrubs among other topics.   

    April 21, 2023 Yard and Garden

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2023 75:29


    In this episode Chelsea Tietjen and Lane Yocum, Southeast Community College Instructors,  join Nicole Stoner from Nebraska Extension to discuss freeze damage potential to plants, transplanting, and weed management in asparagus among other topics.  

    September 16, 2022 Yard and Garden

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2022 70:48


    In this episode George Pinkerton, co-owner of Rosebud Nursery,  joins Nicole Stoner from Nebraska Extension to discuss tree selection, fall and winter tree irrigation, and turf irrigation among other topics. 

    September 9, 2022 Yard and Garden

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2022 68:31


     In this episode Kyle Koch, Extension Educator and Insect Diagnostician from UNL,  joins Nicole Stoner from Nebraska Extension to discuss fall weed management, dormant seeding, Japanese beetles, and garden progress among other topics.  

    July 29, 2022 Yard and Garden

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2022 71:27


    In this episode Kyle Broderick from the UNL Plant and Pest Diagnostic Lab  joins Nicole Stoner from Nebraska Extension to discuss carpenter ants and tree decay, slime molds, transplanting trees, and aphids among other topics. 

    July 22, 2022 Yard and Garden

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2022 73:25


    In this episode Bob Henrickson from the Nebraska Statewide Arboretum  joins Nicole Stoner from Nebraska Extension to discuss squash vine borer, grasshoppers, blossom end rot, and slow ripening in our vegetable gardens among other topics.  

    July 15, 2022 Yard and Garden

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2022 70:02


    In this episode Laurie Stepanek from the Nebraska Forest Service  joins Nicole Stoner from Nebraska Extension to discuss managing weeds in landscape beds, grasshopper control, Japanese beetles, and lawn weed control among other topics.   

    July 8, 2022 Yard and Garden

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2022 70:02


    In this episode Kathleen Cue, Dodge County Extension Educator,  joins Nicole Stoner from Nebraska Extension to discuss wasp control, puncture vine, Japanese beetles, and cucumber wilt virus among other topics.  

    July 1, 2022 Yard and Garden

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2022 68:39


    In this episode Scott Evans, Horticulture Program Coordinator with Douglas & Sarpy Counties,  joins Nicole Stoner from Nebraska Extension to discuss needle cast disease on spruce, iron chlorosis in pin oaks, and proper planting among other topics. 

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