Category: In the Garden

Bluestar

Apr 25, 2024 | In the Garden

Bluestars are in the genus Amsonia. There are at least twenty-two known species, and most are native to the Eastern United States. All are in the Apocynaceae (Dogbane) family, so named because the...

Question of the Week – Hover Fly Larva

Apr 24, 2024 | Entomology, In the Garden

What is this maggot-looking insect on the bottom of this strawberry leaf? This is a hover fly larva. Hover flies (Syrphidae), also called syrphid flies, are common bee-mimicking flies that are often...

SC Fruit and Vegetable Field Report – April 22, 2024

Apr 23, 2024 | In the Garden

Check out the latest episode of the SC Grower Exchange Podcast below. Statewide Jhessye Moore-Thomas As the end of the first year of the Climate-Smart Grown in SC program is approaching, leafy...

Tick Talk

Apr 22, 2024 | Entomology, In the Garden

Anybody who has spent time in the woods or other wild surroundings is familiar with ticks, those blood-sucking arachnids that seek out creatures, including we humans, on which to feed. Most of us...

Sprayer Clean-Out

Apr 18, 2024 | In the Garden

It is the season for landscape weeds. That means people will be pulling and spraying weeds to keep the yard pretty and neat. Please remember to clean your sprayer after each use to keep it working...

Question of the Week – Ambrosia Beetle

Apr 17, 2024 | In the Garden

What caused this small, toothpick-like mass of sawdust to protrude from the trunk of this stressed peach tree? The small toothpick-like mass of sawdust protruding from the tree is often called a...

SC Fruit and Vegetable Field Report- April 15, 2024

Apr 16, 2024 | In the Garden

Check out Extension Vegetable Pathologist Tony Keinath’s latest article in Growing Produce: Choose Cover Crops that Suppress Pathogens in Your Vegetable Plantings. Also, check out the latest episode...

Do You Love Hummingbirds?

Apr 15, 2024 | In the Garden

Ruby-throated hummingbirds: “Glittering fragments of a rainbow” John J. Audubon Do you love hummingbirds? In the spring, ruby-throated hummingbirds (Archilochus colubris) return from their winter...

Flower Arranging Supplies

Apr 11, 2024 | In the Garden

So many readers have expressed interest in creating floral arrangements using flowers and foliage from their gardens. The items listed below are must-haves for your floral arranging toolbox. Start...

Question of the Week – Parasitized Aphid

Apr 10, 2024 | In the Garden

What is the bloated tan thing found on the underside of this strawberry leaf? This is an aphid “mummy,” the lifeless body of an aphid that has been parasitized by a parasitoid wasp. Typically, the...

SC Fruit and Vegetable Field Report- April 8, 2024

Apr 9, 2024 | In the Garden

Check out Extension Vegetable Pathologist Tony Keinath’s latest article in Growing Produce, Choose Cover Crops that Suppress Pathogens in Your Vegetable Plantings. Also, check out the latest episode...

Ambrosia Beetles

Apr 8, 2024 | In the Garden

Ambrosia beetles are common, tiny (only about 1/16” long), and can infest hundreds of different woody plant species. In South Carolina, these little beetles typically infest stressed trees, vines,...