Before you start the spring yard work and planting, get some tips from the Backyard Farmer panelists (seen on NET) during this live event. Panelist will give tips and answer any questions audience members have about plants, bugs, lawns, and other topics on gardening. Free Parking available in the lots east of the Biochemistry Building and C.Y. Thompson Library. Free and open to the public. Distinguished Backyard Farmer panelists who will be present at this live event include: Roch Gaussoin, Professor of Agronomy & Horticulture; Loren Giesler, Associate Professor of Plant Pathology; Fred Baxendale, Professor of Entomology; Jeff Culbertson, Manager, FM&P Landscape Services or Sarah Browning, Associate Extension Educator; And Host of the Backyard Farmer show, Kim Todd. “Backyard Farmer” is produced by the University of Nebraska–Lincoln Extension in cooperation with the Nebraska Educational Telecommunication Commission. “Backyard Farmer” has been helping gardeners for more than 50 years. This live and free event is sponsored by the University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries in celebration of National Library Week and in conjunction with the Nebraska Colloquium. For more information: visit http://iris.unl.edu/