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‘A little bit of normalcy’ — Pandemic didn’t stop ‘Backyard Farmer’ from helping your garden grow
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- Oct 4, 2020
- Oct 4, 2020 Updated Jan 12, 2022
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Jody Green (from left), host Kim Todd, Dennis Ferraro and Jeff Culbertson reported for duty on the first episode of the 68th season of "Backyard Farmer."
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A viewer from Waverly asked about these dead spots in his grass, and was told they were likely due to an incontinent coyote.
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A Lincoln viewer worried about this growth in a locust tree near Antelope Park. It's a common fungi that took root where a limb was cut off, and it's likely damaging the integrity of the tree, making it more prone to break off in a storm.
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The timing looked terrible for the nation’s longest-running locally produced public television show.
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Pandemic portraits: Lincoln artist captures strange new time in old-fashioned photos
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No masks, no matter in Nebraska’s last COVID-free county: ‘Most people around here don’t really care’
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Entomologist Jody Green was asked frequently to identify this insect. It's a wheel bug.
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Painted pavement and free herbs: Groups sprucing up 11th Street alley entrances
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Jody Green (from left), host Kim Todd, Dennis Ferraro and Jeff Culbertson reported for duty on the first episode of the 68th season of "Backyard Farmer."
- Courtesy photo
A viewer from Waverly asked about these dead spots in his grass, and was told they were likely due to an incontinent coyote.
- Courtesy photo
A Lincoln viewer worried about this growth in a locust tree near Antelope Park. It's a common fungi that took root where a limb was cut off, and it's likely damaging the integrity of the tree, making it more prone to break off in a storm.
- Courtesy photo
Entomologist Jody Green was asked frequently to identify this insect. It's a wheel bug.
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