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This Month in Your Garden – December 2024

December brings unique gardening opportunities across South Carolina! Discover tips for winter lawn care, planting spring bulbs, and managing cool-season vegetables. Explore festive indoor plants like poinsettias, amaryllis, and holiday cacti, and learn how to make the most of your winter landscape with vibrant pansies, ornamental kale, and more. Whether you're in the Coastal, Midlands, or Upstate regions, this guide has everything you need for a productive and festive gardening season.

December 2 Week 1 Garden Photos

Japanese maples ablaze with reds and golds for the holiday season. Crooked Trail Farm Japanese Maples Barbara H. Smith, ©2024 HGIC, Clemson Extension Coral Bark Japanese Maple (Acer palmatum 'Sango-kaku') Barbara H. Smith, ©2024...

Holiday Wellness Challenges

The holiday season doesn’t have to be a time of overindulgence and stress. Embrace wellness with fun challenges like festive fitness activities, healthy ingredient swaps in holiday recipes, practicing gratitude, and giving back to your community. These simple steps can help you and your family maintain health and wellness through the holiday season.

Creamy Fruit Salad

Salad: 8 cups of mixed fruit cut into bite-sized pieces (apple, grapes, pineapple, strawberries,...

The Home & Garden Information Center (HGIC) provides research-based information on landscaping, gardening, plant health, household pests, food safety & preservation, and nutrition, physical activity & health. HGIC is designed to complement Clemson’s network of professionals and volunteers by answering the routine types of calls and thereby freeing agents to deal with commercial agriculture/horticulture questions and conduct proactive programming to larger audiences. 1-888-656-9988 (SC residents only, 8:00 am – 4:30 pm, M – F)

Holiday Décor

Houseplants

Holiday Food

How to Take a Soil Sample

How to Set and Calibrate Your Irrigation System

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