This Month in Your Garden- June 2022
Coastal – Brad Fowler Many vegetables like sweet potatoes, southern peas, summer squash, and okra can still be planted in June to be harvested throughout the summer and into the fall. Check...
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SC Fruit and Vegetable Field Report – May 31, 2022
Coastal Region Zack Snipes reports, “It seems like everything is coming in from the fields right now. We got some rain but could really use some more. I am seeing lots of aphids on a variety of...
Summer Shopping at Farmers Markets
Summertime is upon us, and here in South Carolina, that means garden-fresh tomatoes, sweet corn, and watermelon until our bellies ache. However, if we haven’t planned a vegetable garden like THIS,...
May 30 Week 5 Garden Photos
Brighten Up Your Summer Landscape with Annual Flower Color Gingerland Caladium (Caladium 'Gingerland') Barbara H. Smith, ©2022 HGIC, Clemson University Bat Face Cuphea (Cuphea llavea) Barbara H....
Watering the Vegetable Garden
As you drink your recommended 6 to 8, 8-ounce glasses of water per day, don’t forget that your vegetable garden should also never be short of water this summer. Did you know that water makes up 80...
Be a Lazy Gardener and K.I.S.S. for Healthy Plants
Most people know K.I.S.S. is an acronym for Keep It Simple Silly (or something very similar). K.I.S.S. is great because you can apply it to just about any situation in life. Horticulture is no...
SC Fruit and Vegetable Field Report – May 23, 2022
Coastal Region Rob Last reports, “As we see temperatures increase, strawberry flowering is reducing. Plants are still heavy with fruit, so managing diseases such as anthracnose and botrytis through...
Corn Poppies
Corn poppies (Papaver rhoeas) are charming little darlings whom I let mischievously wander around my garden from season to season, deciding upon a new piece of real estate to make their home. Their...
What’s Happening with Hemp? May 22, 2022
Each year the South Carolina Department of Agriculture puts out a call for applications to farm hemp in the state. In 2022 nearly two hundred farmers were issued permits to grow industrial hemp in...
May 23 Week 4 Garden Photos
May Wildflowers Benefit Pollinating Insects Small's Ragwort (Packera anonyma) and Prairie Fleabane (Erigeron strigosus) Barbara H. Smith, ©2022 HGIC, Clemson University Butterflyweed with Bumble Bee...
National Brown Bag-It Day
Bringing your lunch is a sure way to save money on eating out during the work week, and it’s also a great way to know what you’re putting in your body. You can always pack the classic peanut butter...
Growing Health
Gardening and health are intrinsically linked. In order to eat healthy, we must first grow healthy foods. Working in the yard or the garden can provide us with physical activity. And, of course, the...