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How to prepare your well for the next flood: Evacuation Preparations and Return Home

Sep 11, 2018 | Emergency, Water

You can take action to better prepare your well for a flood, even as you are making plans to...

Food Safety in Hurricanes & Floods

Jun 16, 2007 | Emergency, Food, Safe Handling
Food Safety After a Fire

Feb 16, 2007 | Emergency
Food Safety in Freezer Failure

Feb 16, 2007 | Emergency, Food, Safe Handling
Food Safety after a Tornado

Sep 16, 2004 | Emergency, Food, Safe Handling
Food Safety in Power Outages

Oct 16, 1999 | Emergency, Food, Health, Safe Handling

Plant a Cover Crop

Sep 24, 2018 | In the Garden

Do not let your garden soil go fallow through the winter. Plant a cover crop or a mix of cover...

NICH: An Organization that helps Consumer Horticulture find its niche

Sep 19, 2018 | In the Garden
Prepare Warm-Season Lawns for Winter

Sep 17, 2018 | In the Garden
How to Tell the Difference Between Goldenrod and Ragweed

Sep 10, 2018 | In the Garden
Autumn Roadside Wildflowers

Sep 3, 2018 | In the Garden
Figs are Ripening

Aug 27, 2018 | In the Garden

September Week 3 Insects & Animals

Sep 19, 2018 | Photo Blog, Photo Worthy Insects and Animals

September Week 3 Plants

Sep 17, 2018 | Photo Blog, Photo Worthy Plants
September Week 2 Plants

Sep 12, 2018 | Photo Blog, Photo Worthy Plants
September Week 2 Insects and Animals

Sep 10, 2018 | Photo Blog, Photo Worthy Insects and Animals
September Week 1 Plants

Sep 3, 2018 | Photo Blog, Photo Worthy Plants
September Week 1 Insects and Animals

Sep 3, 2018 | Photo Blog, Photo Worthy Insects and Animals

Canning Tips – How tight should your lids be?

Sep 10, 2018 | Tasty Bites

The canning and preserving season is well underway. Muscadine grapes and apples are ripe. Beans,...

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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)