USU Extension
Grand County Office
Phone
435-797-1483
Address
1850 S. Aggie Blvd.
Moab, Utah 84532
Hours
Monday - Friday
8:00 a.m - 5:00 p.m.
What is USU Extension?
With offices covering Utah's 29 counties, Utah State University Extension provides research-based community education, resources and programs in the areas of agriculture and natural resources; business and community; food, health, and wellness; home, finance, and relationships; and 4-H and youth.Follow Us/Subscribe
How We Can Help
USU Extension offers expertise and pertinent information specific to the needs of our county
4-H staff and volunteers develop fun summer learning clubs and activities for youth which are held at our office as well as a Clover Buds club for younger youth.
4- H Is the nation’s largest youth organization with more than 6 million 4-H youth in urban neighborhoods, suburban schoolyards and rural farming communities. 4-H:- Teaches youth leadership, citizenship, and life skills using a “learn by doing” approach and is an educational program that provides wholesome, fun activities with programs designed to engage youth in hands-on learning activities.
- Programming is provided through the caring support of adult volunteers and mentors, who inspire youth to work collaboratively, take the lead on their own projects and set and achieve goals with confidence.
Grand County is USDA Cold Hardiness Zone: 7
Plant Diagnostics Lab
Diagnostics Lab The USU Extension Office diagnoses plant problems and identifies insects, arachnids and weeds. Bring healthy and diseased plant tissue samples, or insects in a jar. Common problems can be diagnosed on the spot. Uncommon problems need to be sent to the USU plant pathology lab in Logan at the cost of $10.Soil Testing
It is a good idea to have your soil tested every couple of years to see which nutrients your soil needs. Information on how to get your soil analyzed can be obtained at the Extension Office or at usual.usu.edu (click on Forms and then Soil Test).Mike Johnson's Times Independent Articles
- November - Pinyons and the Pinyon Ips Beetle
- October - Fact or Opinion
- October - Fall Gardening Opportunities
- October - What to do About the Pesky Elm Seed Bug
- September - Vegetable Garden Issues and Tips
- July - More Fact Based Answers to Your Gardening Questions
- July - What Are Gardeners Asking About
- June - Improving Your Veggie Garden
- May - There is Never an End to New, Interesting Insects
- May - Insect Pests Here and Soon to Come
- April - Why Soil Amendments Matter and What to Add
- March - Spring is Here...Now What?
- February - Fruit Tree Basics Learned Over the Years
- January - Extension Programs for Dementia Caregivers, Free Tax Preparation
- December - Winter, Water and Your Garden
- November - It's Not Too Late For These Gardening Tasks
- August - What Gardening Questions Are Being Asked Now
- July - Cultural and Environmental Issues Impacting Vegetable Growth and Productivity
- July - Fact or Fiction: Gardening Tales
- June - Leafcutter Bees and Microclimates
- June - Hot Days Leading to Insects Seen Around Town
- June - Turfgrass: Is It Good, Bad or Simply A Personal Choice?
- May - Honeylocust Plant Bugs Are Out In Force
- May - Gardening Issues in May
- April - Don't Damage Your Soils
- April - The Pros and Cons of Getting A Large Tax Refund
- March - Gardening Questions Answered
- March - Root Growth of Vegetables
- February - To Till Or Not To Till
- February - What's All The Bull About Adding Manure To Your Soil
- January - Fertilizing Fruit Trees and Growing Vegetable Transplants
- January - A Gardener's Best Friend: The Cold Frame, Part 2
- December - A Gardener's Best Friend: The Cold Frame, Part 1
- December - Use It or Lose It, Keeping Dementia At Bay
- December - Have A Food Safe Holiday Season
- November - Expressing Gratitude Helps Us All
- November - Small Changes Can Make For A Healthier Life
- October - Fall Gardening Thoughts
- October - Answers To Some Frequent Gardening Questions
- September - The Peach Twig Borer, Another Pest On The Rise
- September - Elm Seed Bug - Another New Insect Friend or Not?
- August - The Bumble Flower Beetle, Really - No Kidding
- August - Insects Recently Seen In The Garden
- July - There's Still Time For A Fall Vegetable Crop
- July - Summer Happenings In The Garden
- June - And More Beetles
- June - Beetles, Beetles and More Beetles
- June - Do You Know Our Land-Based Crustaceans?
- May - Integrated Pest Management, Part 2
- May - Integrated Pest Management, Part 1
- April - What's Happening In The Garden
- April - What I Have Learned During Tax Season
- March - Fertilizing Fruit Trees
- March - Why Do Fruit Trees Fail To Bear Fruit?
- February - Put A Bed In Your Garden
- February - Early Insect Control and Shrub Pruning Before Bud Break
- February - Free Tax Help Now Available For Local Residents (Times by IRS)
- February - Free Tax Help Now Available Through March 31 (Moab Sun News by IRS)
- January - Complete These Garden Tasks Before Bud Break: Pruning Fruit Trees
- January - Become More In Tune With Your Landscape
- December - Everyone Needs an Emergency Fund
- December - Budgeting For Peace of Mind - Part Two
- December - Budgeting For Peace of Mind, Part 1
- November - Marssonina Leaf Spot and Local Cottonwoods
- November - Gardening Thoughts For Fall and Beyond
- October - Tips For Those Looking For Some Gardening Tasks To Accomplish This Fall
- October - These Insects Are Looking For A Winter Home - Might It Be Yours?
- September - Consider Planting A Winter Cover Crop (article not posted on Times website)
- September - September Lawns, Nutsedge and Leaf-Footed Bugs
- August - Home Canning Safety
- July - Will This Become A Greater Problem? (article not posted on Times website)
- July - That Hot Spell Wrecked My Plants; Now What Do I Do?
- July - Tamarisk Eating Beetles Still Doing Their Job, Officials Say (Quoted)
- July - They're Baaack
- June - The Incredible Sometimes Edible, Snail
- June - No Ooze is Good News
- May - Troublesome Insects - Nature's Way of Keeping Us On Our Toes
- May - To Stake or Not to Stake - Trees That Is, Not Vampires
- April - Fruit Trees, Early Vegetable Planting and the Impact of the Recent Cold Snap
- April - Fertilizers Are Necessary, But Are You Adding Too Much?
- March - Soil Texture, Organic Matter and Growing Plants for Pollinators (article not posted on Times website)
- March - Pruning Summer Flowering Shrubs and Combating Those Pesky Weeds
- March - On Your Mark, Get Set - Go Start Gardening
- February - Pruned Your Trees Yet? Time's A-Wasting
- January - It's Cold Then Warm Then Cold Then Warm - What's A Gardener To Do
- January - IRS Offers Free Tax Help for Grand County Residents
- January - Did the Latest Cold Temperatures Damage Local Plants
- December - USU Grand County Extension, Let Us Give You A Hand
- December - Invasion of the Fungus Gnats...(article not posted on Times website)
- December - A Q and A With Readers
- November - Fall and Winter Watering
- October - Diabetes Basics
- October - Two Fall Gardening Tasks
- October - Gardening Pests Visiting This Fall
- September - Growing Herbs Indoors in Winter
- September - Saving the Seeds of Beans, Peas, Tomatoes and More
- August - Saving Seeds - The Basics
- August - Buffalograss, Less Watering and Mowing Equals More Time for Fun
- July - Tomato Problems You Don't Want
- July - Lawns, Problems and All, Can Make Us Feel Like Home (article not posted on Times website)
- June - Proper Fertilization for Good Vegetable Production
- June - Proper Watering is One Key to Good Vegetable Production
- May - Insects, Both Troublesome and Not
- May - Leaf Beetles, Caterpillars and Cold Damage
- April - Gardening Thoughts for April
- April - My Favorite Herbs to Know and Grow
- March - Spring is Coming, Ready or Not
- March - Controlling Weeds Before They Start
- February - Tips for Growing Vegetable Transplants
- February - Time to Start Thinking Vegetables
- January - Time to Start Thinking About Spring
- January - Adding Winter Interest to Your Landscape
- December - Where Have All the Manners Gone
- December - Wow! What a Snow
- November - Extension Happenings
- November - An Apple a Day... Can be Quite Tasty!
- October - Bacteria on Shopping Carts and BPA on Receipts
- October - Overwintering and Preserving Herbs
- September - Problems Continue with Trees and Lawns
- August - Locust Trees and the Locust Borer
- August - More Trees to Consider for Relief During Hot Sunny Days
- August - A Stink Bug and a Webworm Go Into a Garden
- July - Cake and Eat It, Too (Moab Sun News)
- July - Trees to Consider for Relief During Hot Sunny Days
- July - My What Pretty Yellow Flowers
- June - Tribulus Terrestris, Why is that Goathead in my Yard
- June - Cottonwood Leaf Beetles
- May - New Extension Staff is Here to Help You
- May - Here an Aphid, There an Aphid, Everywhere an Aphid
- April - April Gardening Tips
- April - Still More Herbs to Know and Grow
- March - Water and the Landscape
- March - Fertilizers and Nutrients Help Gardens Grow
- February - VITA Program Offers Free Tax Preparation For Many (quoted, article not posted on Times website)
- February - Warming Temps Turn Thoughts Toward Gardening Preparations for Spring
- January - Coping With Stress
- January - Letter to Editor "Rain Recorded in May and June" (Moab Sun News)
- January - Disaster Preparedness
- January - Programs Are Available to Provide Financial Help
- December - Goodbye, and Thank You to our Watershed Coordinator
- November - Financial Education is Key to the Future of our Youth (article not posted on Times website)
- November - Garden Debris, Lawns and Fruit Trees
- November - Western Conifer Seed Bug
- October - Soil Moisture Issues
- October - Cooler Weather Spurs Insects to Look for a Winter Home
- September - Lawn Care, Fall Planting and Web Worms
- September - What's Causing That Brown Patch in Your Lawn (article not posted on Times website)
- August - 100 Years of 4-H in Utah Made Possible by People Like Marion Holyoak
- August - Harvesting Vegetables
- July - Weed Pests of Note: Spotted Spurge and Nutsedge
- July - Children Learn Skills in 4-H Clubs (quoted, Moab Sun News)
- July - Water and Landscapes: No Magic Cure
- June - Cottonwood Leaf Beetles and Clearwing Borers
- June - More Herbs to Know and Grow
- May - Tomatoes and Spring Blooming Shrubs
- May - Spring Gardening Chores
- April - Herbs to Know and Grow
- March - Protecting Water Quality by Limiting Pollutants
- March - Protect Water Quality by Limiting Surface Runoff
- March - Tree and Shrub Care
- February - Have You Checked Your Garden Soil Today?
- February - Time to Start Thinking About Gardening
- January - Watering the Winter Landscape - Is it Necessary?
- January - USU Extension Programs for 2012
- December - Debt Warning Signs and Tips for Debt Reduction
- December - Tips for Preventing Identity Theft
- November - Wise Money Management During the Holiday Advertising Blitz
- November - Putting the Garden to Bed
- October - Final Gardening Chores of the Season
- October - Fall Bulb Planting for Spring Delight
- September - More Planting and Harvesting Projects This Fall
- September - Cool Season Lawns and Fall Vegetable Tips
- September - Do Stink Bugs Really Stink and are Spider Mites Really Spiders
- August - Problems Seen with Tomato Plants, Hope They Aren't Yours
- August - Powdery Mildew - Coming Soon to a Cucurbit Near You
- July - Diagnosing Plant Problems, Part 2
- July - Plant Problems, Part 1
- June - Aphids, Aphids and More Aphids
- June - 4-H Summer Clubs Now Underway; Improve Financial Future with an IDA
- May - Cutworms, Army Worms and the Honeylocust Plant Bug
- May - Those Pesky Insects Are Coming
- April - Individual Development Accounts and Relationship Classes
- April - April Gardening Tips (article not posted on Times website)
- March - The USU Extension Office - It's Not Just About Trees
- March - Organic Matter, Organic Matter, Organic Matter
- March - Soil Testing Gives a Great Start to the Gardening Season
- February - With the Growing Season Fast Approaching, Finish Fruit Tree Pruning
- February - Protect Your Valuables - Keep a Household Inventory
- January - Organizing and Maintaining Financial Records
- January - Relationships: How to Make Them the Best They Can Be
- December - On Credit Reports and Keeping Money in Financial Institutions
- December - Wood Ash, Epsom Salt and Gypsum
- November - VITA Volunteers and Late Season Gardening
- November - Why and When to Prune Trees and Shrubs
- October - Bring on the Spring Blooms by Starting This Fall
- October - Saving and Storing Non-Hardy Summer Bulbs
- October - Moab is Great For Growing Tomatoes (quoted, Moab Happenings)
- September - Fruit Trees, Gourd and Christmas Cactus Care
- September - Fall Lawn Grass Care
- September - Cytospora, or Perennial Canker of Fruit and Shade Trees
- August - Poor Fruit Set on Vegetable Plants
- August - Slime Flux Disease in Ornamental Trees
- July - Garden and Ornamental Plant Pests: Yucca Weevil and Squash Bugs
- July - Western Striped Cucumber Beetle and Honeylocust Plant Bug
- June - Preserving Garden Vegetables
- June - Pinyon Insects
- May - Container Gardening (article not posted on Times website)
- May - May Gardening Tips
- April - Proper Soil Preparation, Fertilization, Watering Are Keys to Successful Gardening (quoted, article not posted on Times website)
- April - Support Local Agricultural Producers
- April - Garden Clubs, Cool Soil Temperatures and Lawn Fertilization
- March - More March Gardening Tips
- March - Gardening Tips for March
- February - Part Three: Sustainable Landscapes
- February - Part Two: Sustainable Landscapes
- January - Sustainable Landscapes, Part 1 of 3
- January - VITA Volunteering, Master Gardener Classes and Gardening
- December - Saving Money, It's Easier Said Than Done
- December - Setting Up Spending Plans and Recognizing Common Problems
- November - On Christmas Tree Care and Setting Financial Goals
- November - Understanding Money Habits is Key to Meeting Financial Goals
- October - On Garden Debris, Cover Crops and Honey Bees
- October - Water Rangers: Volunteers Helping with Precipitation Research
- October - Houseplant Care
- September - Perennial Care for Fall
- September - High Tunnels - The Key to Extending the Vegetable Growing Season
- September - Grand County 4-H Winds Down Season With Children's Fair (article not posted on Times website)
- August - Spider Mites and Credit Reports
- August - Temperatures, the Internet and Plums
- July - That Yellowing Lawn
- July - Weed Basics
- June - Insects in June
- June - Attracting Butterflies to Your Garden
- May - Insect Pests Around the Landscape
- May - Raising Chickens in Your Backyard
- April - Insect Problems in Early Spring
- April - Fruit Tree Care
- April - Cold Temperatures and Warm-Season Plants Aren't the Best Mix
- March - Tips for Maintaining Fruit Trees, Early Garden Planting and Financial Health
- March - Improve Soil Now for Great Summer Plants
- February - Growing Vegetable Transplants
- February - A Basic Gardening Tool Kit, Part 2
- January - Your Basic Gardening Tool Kit, Part 1
- January - Pruning Ornamental Trees, The Basics
- December - Caring for Holiday Plants and Holiday Pocketbooks
- December - Cool Weather Garden Tips and Financial Savings Opportunities
- November - Extension Service is about more than Horticulture
- November - November Gardening Tips
- October - Plant Your Spring Flowers Today
- October - Fall Gardening Thoughts
- October - Preparing for October's Frost
- September - Tips for Tending Trees
- September - Garden Tips for September
- August - Cool Season Lawns and Fall Vegetables
- August - Fruit Trees, and Birds and Spider Mites
- July - Squash Bugs and Tomato Blossom - End Rot
- July - Wise Water Use in the Landscape
- June - June Tips: Perennials and Shrubs, Fruits and Vegetables and Mosquitoes
- June - Lawn Tips for June
- May - Trees, Are They an Environmental Cost or Benefit
- May - Insects, Lawns and Trees
- May - Dealing with Caterpillars
- April - Native Bees, Our Beneficial Neighbors (Part Two)
- April - Native Bees, Our Beneficial Neighbors (Part One)
- March - Gardening Tips for March
- March - Good Soil - The Bedrock of Plant Success
- February - Planning Your Vegetable Garden
- February - Thinning Fruit on Your Fruit Trees
- January - Pruning Fruit Trees
- January - Pruning Landscape Trees
- December - Some Gardening Thoughts for Winter
- December - Christmas Plant Care
- November - Gardening Tips for Late November and Early December
- November - Success with Houseplants Requires Proper Selection, Care
- October - Composting for Your Garden
- October - Cover Crops for Your Vegetable Gardens
- October - Fall Cleanup: Putting the Garden to Rest for Winter
- September - Fall is the Ideal Time to Plant Trees or Shrubs
- September - Part Two: Revitalizing or Developing a Cool Season Lawn
- August - Cool Season Lawn, Part 1
- August - Iron Chlorosis: A Common Problem in Southeast Utah
- August - Some Tamarisk Could Take Longer to Die
- July - Managing Weeds in Landscapes and Gardens
- July - Troubleshooting Problems in the Vegetable Garden
- June - Insects in the Landscape
- June - Water and Your Landscape
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