Le Sueur County | Extension County Offices

4-H

Learn more about the Science of Animals Project area and zoonotic diseases

A great new video and evaluation sheet are available to assist you in your Science of Animals Project exploration. Again this year, Science of Animals projects focused on zoonotic diseases will receive additional premiums at the state fair!
Le Sueur County Facebook page

Our county now has a facebook page!

Conifer Madness

Thirty five to forty percent of my service calls deal with trees, and the vast majority of those calls consist of evergreens that often do not live up to their name.
Ash Tree Replacement

Emerald Ash Borer is creeping its way up to Blue Earth County. When your ash dies, what do you plant?

Gardening

Get information about best plants and gardening practices for Minnesota lawns, landscapes, and gardens.

What Makes a Plant False?

Whether it is Solomon's seal or false Solomon's seal, we must remember that plants, even the “false” ones, play an important role in their native habitat.
Solarization in the Garden

Solarization is where transparent plastic (2 to 6 mil) covers a garden bed and uses trapped heat to kill weed seedlings (and some diseases). Common in southern states, more temperate areas such as Maine, Indiana, and Minnesota have found some use in this process and are continuing to explore how to make it more effective.
Oats: A Domesticated Weed

In their day, oats were not a weed suppressor, but a weed. Before agriculture as we know it, wild grasses such as oats (Avena sp.), wheat (Triticum sp.), and barley (Hordeum sp.) often grew in the same area and were occasionally munched on by the earliest humans. Over time, people selected barley and wheat for domestication, leaving oats in the dust until fairly recently.

Le Sueur County partners with Extension to deliver even more practical education and research right in your county.

U of M Extension
Le Sueur County

88 S Park
LeCenter MN 56057-1620

(507) 357-8230 (phone)
(507) 357-8605 (fax)
mnext-lesueur@umn.edu