Healthy Tips – Carrots
Find out how healthy tips carrots can boost your food prep, preservation, or nutrition.
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Weed of the Month: Crabgrass
It’s late summer and crabgrass weeds have invaded some lawns. Unfortunately, crabgrass is very difficult to control with most herbicides once it develops a few tillers or branches. There are several...
September Week 3 Garden Photos
“Fall is fast approaching.” Bougainvillea(Bougainvillea species) Thank you, Bill, for sharing your lovely bougainvillea. Courtesy of Bill Gore©, HGIC Fan Native Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana) The...
Fall Webworms
HGIC is receiving numerous calls about “spider-looking” webs on the ends of tree branches. The culprits are fall webworms (Hyphantria cunea). The webs are filled with 1 inch long caterpillars with a...
Healthy Tips – Asparagus
Discover helpful insights on healthy tips asparagus for cooking, preserving, or celebrating.
E. coli, Swimming Safety, Citizen Science, and YOU!
Any day now, temperatures should drop, and we will begin what I believe to be the best season in South Carolina – the Fall! This is not just a football-induced admiration. Fall is a great time to be...
Majestic Hemlocks
Ten species of hemlock tree exist worldwide, with four of those species native to North America (NA). The eastern United States is home to two of the native NA species, Canadian or eastern hemlock...
September Week 2 Garden Photos
Walk around the fall garden to see interesting plant seeds. Money or Silver Dollar Plant (Lunaria annua) Barbara H. Smith, ©2019 HGIC, Clemson Extension Fuller's Teasel (Dipsacus fallonum) Barbara...
Preserving Figs
Find out how preserving figs can boost your food prep, preservation, or nutrition.
Old Fashioned Garden Mums
Everyone is familiar with the potted greenhouse mums offered at many garden centers that end up in the trash after the flowers fade, but are you acquainted with old-fashioned garden mums? These...
Healthy Tips – Sweet Potatoes
Find out how healthy tips sweet potatoes can boost your food prep, preservation, or nutrition.
September Week 1 Garden Photos
Goodbye August and Hello September! Irridescent Spider Web Spiders are beneficial as they will catch many mosquitoes, gnats, and other insects in their webs. Barbara H. Smith, ©2019 HGIC, Clemson...