Rutgers Cooperative Extension personal finance online quizzes are intended for information and illustrative purposes only. The quizzes should not be regarded as "investment advice" or as a ...

The Brown Marmorated Stink Bug has a "shield" shaped body that is characteristic of all stink bugs. The adults are approximately 17 mm (5/8 inch) long with a mottled brownish grey color. The next to ...

Mulching trees, shrubs, and flower beds is a recommended landscape maintenance practice with many benefits, yet it can literally kill plants when applied improperly. Properly used, mulches provide ...

Health and wealth are related in many different ways. First, there is the sheer cost of unhealthy habits. Eliminate a $10 a day smoking or junk food habit, for example, and you can save $3,650 ...

We all know that vegetables provide us with a multitude of important nutrients including fiber, vitamins and minerals, and health benefits such as protection against heart disease, high blood pressure ...

School gardens are a wonderful and exciting way to make almost any classroom curriculum come alive and show "real-life" meaning to students as they learn. A garden can provide an opportunity for ...

Nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) from agriculture sources can affect water quality. These nutrients are required for plant and animal growth, but too much in agricultural runoff can result in ...

The following is a list of landscape plants rated according to their resistance to deer damage. The list was compiled with input from nursery and landscape professionals, Rutgers New Jersey ...

Below is an extensive database of tomato variety descriptions and images of fruit grown at Rutgers NJAES research farms. We continue to add details and photos as they become available.

Coontail sometimes called "Hornwort" is a common, dark green, submerged perennial aquatic plant (Fig. 1). While it lacks true roots, Coontail may be loosely anchored to the bottom by specialized, ...

With the plethora of apple varieties on the market, it can be challenging for an experienced grower looking to diversify their crops or aspiring farmers looking to establish a new orchard to choose ...

There are at least 13,000 species of lichens living throughout the world. Lichen species are so numerous and diverse that there are individual exceptions to most general statements about them.