From the Learning Garden

Watch videos from the York/Poquoson Master Gardeners to learn tips & tricks for all your gardening needs.

• Composting
• Starting from Seed
• Making Newspaper Pots and Seed Garden
• Raised Bed Gardening
• Native Bee Hotels
• April Transitions in the Garden
• Planting Tomatoes
• Grow Sweet Potatoes in Containers
• Earth Day in York County
• Vertical Gardening
• The Amazing Honey Bee
• Eastern Black Swallowtail Butterflies
• Gardening in the Fall
• Leave your Leaves
• Cold Weather Seed Starting made Easy
• Controlling Mosquitos in your Yard
• Swarm Capture in a Bee Yard
• Harvesting Sweet Potatoes
• Growing Sugar Snap Peas
• Time to Start Seeds
• Invasive Plants

Master your Garden Zoom Series

• Composting 101
• Starting from Seed
• Pruning
• How Green is your Lawn?
• Small Space Gardening
• Vegetable Gardening

Other Resources:

• Vegetable Gardening Resources Video
• A list of Vegetable Gardening publications you can read online
• Common Plant Diseases in the Landscape and Garden

Asian Giant Hornet "Murder Hornets" 

Asian Giant Hornets (Vespa mandarinia) named ‘Murder Hornets’ in popular media are not expected to be in VA in the near future. The European Hornet (Vespa crabro) is commonly found in the United States. It was first reported in North America around 1840 in New York and has spread to most of the Eastern United States. They are about 1½ inch long and resemble a large yellowjacket wasp. Other species that are commonly misidentified as Asian Giant Hornets are Asian yellow-legged Hornet (Vespa velutina) and the Cicada Killer wasp (Sphecius speciosus). Here is a VCE link to help you identify the difference between these species: https://www.ento.vt.edu/News/Asian_Giant_Hornet.html