Tag: Blogs

What is it? Wednesday

Sep 30, 2020 | In the Garden

Puss Caterpillar Identification Later instar caterpillars densely covered in yellowish, reddish, brown, or mouse gray setae (hairs). Middorsal crest has rusty to smoky setae. “Tail”...

Native Notes – Goldenrod

Sep 29, 2020 | In the Garden

Thars gold in them thar hills (and in the flatlands too)! The rustling of dried corn stalks, stacks of pumpkins at the roadside stand, Halloween costumes at your local general store… all are signs...

September Week 4 Garden Photos

Sep 28, 2020 | Photo Blog, Photo Worthy Plants

“Even the greatest creations start from small seeds.” ~Anonymous~

How to Pick a Pumpkin and Select the Best Mums

Sep 28, 2020 | In the Garden

With all those mums and pumpkins at garden centers and farmers markets, how can we select the best and make them last? For an immediate impact, many people choose chrysanthemums (“mums”) in full...

Shop Your Stash

Sep 24, 2020 | Tasty Bites

What’s for dinner? Instead of getting take out or running to the grocery store, consider “using what you have on hand”. A beauty YouTuber called it ‘shop your stash’ as she described using what you...

What is it? Wednesday

Sep 23, 2020 | In the Garden

Fall Webworm Tent Tent Structure Fall webworm caterpillars incorporate leaves, and sometimes entire branches in silken tents spun, typically, at branch tips. (In contrast, eastern tent caterpillar,...

September Week 3 Garden Photos

Sep 21, 2020 | Photo Blog, Photo Worthy Plants

“Look deep into nature, and you will understand everything better.” ~Albert Einstein~ Cloudless Sulphur Butterfly (Phoebis sennae) Barbara H. Smith, ©2020 HGIC, Clemson University...

Managing Water in the Home Landscape

Sep 21, 2020 | In the Garden, Water

The weather events and weather patterns of recent years, like the “1000 year storm” in 2015 associated with Hurricane Joaquin, have left residents grappling with water management in their yards. On...

The Good in (Whole) Grains

Sep 17, 2020 | Tasty Bites

September marks the beginning of National Whole Grains Month, which places all our favorite comfort foods such as pasta, bread, cereals, and popcorn on the pedestal they so lovingly deserve....

What is it? Wednesday

Sep 16, 2020 | In the Garden

Tobacco Hornworm and Braconid Wasps Fast Fact Cotesia congregata are important biological control agents of about a dozen moth species in two families (Sphingidae and Noctuidae). Life Cycle An adult...

September Week 2 Garden Photos

Sep 14, 2020 | Photo Blog, Photo Worthy Plants

Fall is headed to South Carolina: A walk around Crooked Trail Farm this week.

Cover Crops for the Fall

Sep 14, 2020 | In the Garden

Planning to leave the vegetable garden fallow this fall? If you take the time to plant a cover crop instead, you will reap the benefits later. In general, cover crops protect the soil from erosion,...