Category: In the Garden

Farming Foundations Online Farming School

Mar 24, 2022 | In the Garden

Do you want to start farming but don’t know where to start? Would you like to grow vegetable crops to sell at a local farmer’s market? Would you like to develop a farming side hustle?...

SC Fruit and Vegetable Field Report – March 21, 2022

Mar 23, 2022 | In the Garden

Coastal Region Rob Last reports, “Starting with strawberries, spider mites are increasing in the area with eggs and adults warranting treatment. Strawberry crops are very susceptible to mite damage...

Too Much Turf?  Think About A Meadow Garden

Mar 22, 2022 | In the Garden

Turfgrass is the largest or one of the largest crops in America, and you can’t eat it or wear it.  In addition, it requires water, fertilizer, and a tremendous amount of energy to maintain.  Given...

Spring Is Here, And So Are My Anemones

Mar 21, 2022 | In the Garden

Anemone coronaria is not your stereotypical spring-blooming face that you see around here. It originated in the Mediterranean regions, and its Greek-origin name is a reference to the wind – hence...

A Healthy Pond Starts in Your Landscape

Mar 17, 2022 | In the Garden

What leads to a healthy (or unhealthy) pond? Look upstream to find out. Many of the pollution sources that can lead to algae issues, low dissolved oxygen, muddy water, and poor fish habitat in ponds...

SC Fruit and Vegetable Field Report- March 14, 2022

Mar 16, 2022 | In the Garden

Statewide Dr. Matt Cutulle reports, “I saw my first nutsedge plants this year pop up in the plastic mulch of a fellow researcher’s trial last week in Charleston. Soil temperatures in plastic mulch...

Calla Lily

Mar 15, 2022 | In the Garden

I remember the first time I saw a calla lily (Zantedeschia aethiopica). I was watching an old Katherine Hepburn movie, “Stage Door.” She swept into the room with an armload of calla lilies and, in...

A Native Groundcover for Areas with Part Shade

Mar 14, 2022 | In the Garden

Green and Gold (Chrysogonum virginianum) is sometimes referred to as Goldenstar. It is a native groundcover that grows to four inches tall and does well in dappled shade or morning sun and afternoon...

A Shrub Do-over Involves a Makeover

Mar 10, 2022 | In the Garden

Do your flowering shrubs need a makeover? Perhaps it’s the overgrown shrub that craves your contact whenever you use the front door or carport. Maybe it’s an old shrub that lost its vitality and...

SC Fruit and Vegetable Field Report

Mar 9, 2022 | In the Garden

Coastal Region Rob Last reports, “Starting with strawberries, the plant development is taking off with little in the way of disease pressure currently. Flower formation and fruit set are beginning....

Attracting Beneficial Insects to Your Vegetable Garden

Mar 8, 2022 | In the Garden

There is an old saying, “The enemy of my enemy is my friend.” We can apply this saying to gardening as just about every insect pest that plagues our gardens has one or more natural enemies that prey...

Trout Lilies

Mar 7, 2022 | In the Garden

Every walk in the woods is a treasure hunt as spring ephemerals begin to break through the soil surface. I am almost positive that this trout lily was not up yesterday, but today it is in full...