Gardening Tips and Resources from Across Iowa

Now that the snow is finally gone it's time to think about spring, gardening and lawn care.

Patch collected some tips and gardening resources from news outlets across the state below:

The Muscatine Journal has offered tips on what to look for when transplanting seedlings.

Seedlings purchased from a nursery shouldn't be transplanted immediately into a garden, for instance. And the Des Moines Register has more on hardening plants and vegetables.

And the Gazette offers some advice for lawn treatments

One can find answers to any gardening question from Iowa State University Extension offices, reports the Quad City Times.

Find local offices at extension.iastate.edu.

One can also find help from the Iowa State University Hortline from 10 a.m. to noon or 1 to 4:40 p.m. Monday through Friday or at hortline@iastate.edu.

The Iowa State University Plant and Insect Diagnostic Clinic offers advice on plant disease and insect questions from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday at 515-294-0581 or at sickplant@iastate.edu or insects@iastate.edu.