Category: In the Garden

This Month in Your Garden – February 2024

Feb 1, 2024 | In the Garden

Coastal Region – Brad Fowler Many plants can benefit from being pruned in late winter, but it is very important to check specific pruning requirements for each plant. Additionally, use correct...

What Is It? Wednesday – January 31, 2024

Jan 31, 2024 | In the Garden

This is a jelly fungus. Jelly fungi are usually found growing on dead or dying branches. Jelly fungi often swell when there is plenty of moisture in the air (pictured) and shrink when the air is...

SC Fruit and Vegetable Field Report- January 29, 2024

Jan 29, 2024 | In the Garden

Coastal Region Zack Snipes We had a week of warm weather after a cold snap. I have seen an uptick in black rot in brassicas. Unfortunately, there isn’t anything anyone can do, conventionally or...

SC Fruit and Vegetable Field Report- January 22, 2024

Jan 23, 2024 | In the Garden

Happy 2024! We’re back and ready for another great year of growing fruit and veggies! We hope everyone had a great Christmas and New Year. Don’t forget to look at our resources tab for...

Garden Smarter, Not Harder

Jan 22, 2024 | In the Garden

The realization that I’m no longer a “spring chicken” gardener anymore has slowly dawned on me. Gone are the days of heading out into my landscape at daylight and continually working until dark. My...

Cast Iron Plant

Jan 15, 2024 | In the Garden

The cast iron plant (Aspidistra elatior) is one tough plant, as its common name implies. It can grow in deep shade, is deer resistant, and can withstand drought. If that wasn’t enough, it can also...

Eastern Red Cedar

Jan 11, 2024 | In the Garden

Although Christmas is past, I wanted to focus my blog on this most beautiful and versatile tree: the eastern red cedar (𝘑𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘶𝘴 𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘢). The eastern red cedar was the Christmas tree of choice...

This Month in Your Garden – January 2024

Jan 8, 2024 | In the Garden

Coastal Region – Christopher Burtt If you have not done so yet, have your soil tested. Create a plan for the Spring in the garden, listing materials, such as seeds, to purchase now. Begin...

What Is It? Wednesday- Swinecress

Dec 13, 2023 | In the Garden

This cool-season weed called swinecress (Coronopus didymus) was found coming up in a mustard field. As a seedling, swinecress grows in a rosette, as seen here. As it matures and begins to flower, it...

Native Bee Diversity: Leafcutter Bees

Dec 11, 2023 | In the Garden

Early in the fall, I was delighted to find this fallen redbud leaf with this unusual, sculpted edge. This leaf is evidence of bee activity much earlier in the year. This is the work of female...

What Is It? Wednesday – Wireworm Damage

Dec 6, 2023 | In the Garden

While picking out the ingredients for my Thanksgiving sweetpotato casserole, I found this sweetpotato full of holes. The holes are tell-tale signs of wireworm feeding. Wireworms are the...

SC Fruit and Vegetable Field Report – 12/4/23

Dec 5, 2023 | In the Garden

Today’s update will be our final update of 2023. With things slowing down in the field, we will take some time to focus on other projects, and the Weekly Field Updates will resume in January. We...