This Month in Your Garden – September 2024
Coastal Region – Glen Payne Tropical Storm Debby left over 16″ of rainfall in the Lowcountry at the end of August. Irrigation systems can be checked, and watering days and run times can be...
Author: LayLa Burgess
This Month in Your Garden – March 1, 2024
Coastal Region- Glen Payne Irrigation systems can now be turned on to perform annual audits before spring officially arrives. Controllers found in the OFF position should be turned ON as ground...
This Month in Your Garden- July 2023
Coastal Region – Christopher Burtt Apply a second (or third) application (if necessary) of turf fertilizer. Follow soil result guidelines for appropriate ratios. Do not exceed 1 pound of...
This Month in Your Garden- March 2023
Coastal Region – Brad Fowler March normally brings with it a few warmer days, and it may be tempting to turn the irrigation on to make sure plants and turf are getting enough water, but try to...
Recycle, Reduce, and Reuse: Cucurbit-Style Birdfeeders
We’ve set our clocks back an hour with the end of day-light-savings time. Thanksgiving is a recent memory, and the day length continues to shorten as the winter solstice (December 21st) approaches....
Leave the Leaves Revisited
On a recent walk through the neighborhood with our family dog, it was apparent that fall was in full swing. Except for the evergreens, fewer trees have a full canopy of green leaves. Deciduous tree...
Small-Scale Gardening
When planting a traditional garden with conventional rows, approximately 100 square feet per crop per individual are necessary to provide fresh food for a season. An additional 100 square feet per...
This Month in Your Garden- August 2022
Coastal Region – Christopher Burtt This is the warmest part of the Summer. Watch for disease and insect issues and pay attention to water. Just because it is hot, do be careful not to...
The Gardener’s Toolkit- Deadheading
Gardeners toss around the term deadheading when discussing flowering, but what does it mean? Deadheading is pruning to remove older, faded flowers from a plant. But why is this technique beneficial...
The Cilantro-Coriander Connection
Want to know how to get two distinct flavors from one plant? Well, the plant known as Coriandrum sativum can provide just that. C. sativum is commonly cultivated as a low growing, vegetative herb...
Let’s Grow Sunflowers
Nothing brings on the brightness of mid-summer to early fall like the colors provided by sunflowers. Sunflowers (Helianthus annuus) have a wide skill set. They are grown for beauty, for pollination...
Pickens, Oconee, Anderson (POA) Master Gardener Program
2020 Master Gardener Training Course registration is OPEN Join Master Gardener Coordinator LayLa Burgess for her spring 2020 Master Gardener class. The class will meet each Monday, January 27...