From glow-in-the-dark bacteria to televised tours of a live cow’s stomach, hot-rod tractors to virtual forests, you’ll find a variety of scientific show-and-tells at the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences Open House, Saturday, August 19 beginning at 10 a.m.

Whether you’re looking for winter-resistant finery for the front yard or fillings for next summer’s salad bowls, you’ll find ideas at Urban Horticulture Field Day, Saturday, Aug. 19 from noon to 5 p.m. at the West Madison Agricultural Research Station.

The red carpet will be out for Urban Horticulture Field Day Aug. 19, but wanderers are welcome all summer long at the West Madison Agricultural Research Station’s gardens. The gardens are open to the public from dawn to dusk, 7 days a week. Self-guided tour booklets are available at the mailbox near the entrance to the Trial Gardens or in the station headquarters office. Station staff are usually available weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. to answer questions regarding the plants.

Located in the UW-Madison”s College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, the Pesticide Use and Risk Reduction Project addresses the impacts of the U.S. Food Quality […]

A truckload of pumpkins from the gardens of the West Madison Agricultural Research Station had patients at UW Children’s Hospital grinning like jack o’lanterns.

The Bassett family tree is full of good apples. Since 1907, the Bassett family of Ski-Hi Fruit Farm has been growing more than 60 cultivars of apples while contributing time and resources to research, education and their community.

For the fourth straight year, Wisconsin will lead the nation with a cranberry harvest forecast at 2.4 million barrels of the tart, native fruit. From Tomah to Manitowish Waters the colorful harvest means income and jobs. Cranberries are the state’s most valuable fruit crop, with the 1997 crop valued at $162 million.

As gardeners know, potassium is a basic element in plant fertilizers. Plants fall flat without it. They need potassium to control the water content of their stems and leaves. Without enough potassium, plant leaves become limp and cells can’t elongate.

David Curwen, an emeritus professor of horticulture at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, died of cancer Sunday, Aug. 23 in Custer, Wis. at the age of 63

You won’t have time to vegetate at this field day – you’ll be too busy checking out more than 400 unique flowers and vegetables growing in the gardens at the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences West Madison Research Station.