Tag: Blogs

April 29 Week 5 Garden Photos

Apr 29, 2024 | Photo Blog, Photo Worthy Plants

Cicada Brood XIX has arrived in Greenwood County. Enjoy the amazing photos taken by HGIC Agent, Ginger Long. Brood XIX is one of the largest broods in the country, covering the greatest geographic...

National Stress Awareness Month: Foods to Reduce Stress and Anxiety

Apr 25, 2024 | Tasty Bites

We are all familiar with stress coping mechanisms like deep breathing, exercise, and quality sleep. But did you know that eating habits can have an impact on stress and anxiety as well? Research...

Bluestar

Apr 25, 2024 | In the Garden

Bluestars are in the genus Amsonia. There are at least twenty-two known species, and most are native to the Eastern United States. All are in the Apocynaceae (Dogbane) family, so named because the...

Question of the Week – Hover Fly Larva

Apr 24, 2024 | Entomology, In the Garden

What is this maggot-looking insect on the bottom of this strawberry leaf? This is a hover fly larva. Hover flies (Syrphidae), also called syrphid flies, are common bee-mimicking flies that are often...

SC Fruit and Vegetable Field Report – April 22, 2024

Apr 23, 2024 | In the Garden

Check out the latest episode of the SC Grower Exchange Podcast below. Statewide Jhessye Moore-Thomas As the end of the first year of the Climate-Smart Grown in SC program is approaching, leafy...

Tick Talk

Apr 22, 2024 | Entomology, In the Garden

Anybody who has spent time in the woods or other wild surroundings is familiar with ticks, those blood-sucking arachnids that seek out creatures, including we humans, on which to feed. Most of us...

April 22 Week 4 Garden Photos

Apr 22, 2024 | Photo Blog, Photo Worthy Plants

“April is the Kindest Month. April gets you out of your head and out working in the garden.” ~Marty Rubin~ Jinguji Red Stem Solomon's Seal (Polygonatum pluriflorum 'Junguji') Barbara H....

Sprayer Clean-Out

Apr 18, 2024 | In the Garden

It is the season for landscape weeds. That means people will be pulling and spraying weeds to keep the yard pretty and neat. Please remember to clean your sprayer after each use to keep it working...

Question of the Week – Ambrosia Beetle

Apr 17, 2024 | In the Garden

What caused this small, toothpick-like mass of sawdust to protrude from the trunk of this stressed peach tree? The small toothpick-like mass of sawdust protruding from the tree is often called a...

SC Fruit and Vegetable Field Report- April 15, 2024

Apr 16, 2024 | In the Garden

Check out Extension Vegetable Pathologist Tony Keinath’s latest article in Growing Produce: Choose Cover Crops that Suppress Pathogens in Your Vegetable Plantings. Also, check out the latest episode...

April 15 Week 3 Garden Photos

Apr 15, 2024 | Photo Blog, Photo Worthy Plants

The HGIC Visit to Riverbanks Botanical Garden in Columbia ~Part 2~ This is a beautiful place to bring the whole family. There’s a 3-acre interactive Children’s Garden that features a...

Do You Love Hummingbirds?

Apr 15, 2024 | In the Garden

Ruby-throated hummingbirds: “Glittering fragments of a rainbow” John J. Audubon Do you love hummingbirds? In the spring, ruby-throated hummingbirds (Archilochus colubris) return from their winter...