Tag: Blogs

Meal Kit Boxes and Food Safety

Jul 31, 2023 | Tasty Bites

A meal kit delivery service sends a box of food ingredients to your home that contains everything you need to prepare a complete meal, including the recipe and instructions for preparing. There are...

July 31 Week 5 Garden Photos

Jul 31, 2023 | Photo Blog, Photo Worthy Plants

“Crinum are classic plants: beautiful and possessed of a unique mystique. Known as Heirloom or pass-down plants, they have a long and intriguing history of cultivation around the world.” ~Jenks...

Anise Hyssop

Jul 31, 2023 | In the Garden

Anise hyssop (Agastache foeniculum) is a wonderful native perennial to add to your pollinator garden, perfect for attracting hummingbirds, bees, wasps, butterflies, and other pollinating insects....

Bring on the Heat—Bring on the Blooms with Rose-of-Sharon

Jul 27, 2023 | In the Garden

I can easily spot rose-of-Sharon or shrub althea (Hibiscus syriacus) at this time of year, even when traveling at 55 mph. This deciduous shrub flowers during the torrid months of July, August, and...

What Is It? Wednesday – Bacterial Wilt

Jul 26, 2023 | In the Garden

The row on the left has succumbed to bacterial wilt. In the row on the right are grafted plants that had bacterial wilt resistance. You can see the night and day difference between the grafted and...

SC Fruit and Vegetable Field Report- July 24, 2023

Jul 25, 2023 | In the Garden

Coastal Region Zack Snipes It has been extremely hot and humid in the Lowcountry. Most of our summer crops are winding down with the heat, humidity, and disease. I know it’s summer, but now is...

July 24 Week 4 Garden Photos

Jul 24, 2023 | Photo Blog, Photo Worthy Plants

Summer Perennials Are Great Additions to Your Garden. Wild Bergamont (Monarda fistulosa) with Bumble Bee Barbara H. Smith, ©2023 HGIC, Clemson University Clasping Coneflower (Rudbeckia...

Muhlygrass Mealybug

Jul 20, 2023 | In the Garden

Muhly grass (Muhlenbergia capillaris)*, sometimes known as sweetgrass, is a beautiful ornamental grass celebrated for its displays of pink, purple, or white flowers in the late summer and fall....

What Is It? Wednesday – Kudzu flowers

Jul 19, 2023 | In the Garden

These are kudzu flowers. You can see the characteristic trifoliate kudzu leaves in the background. Kudzu is one of our most common invasive plants in the Southeast. Interestingly, it was introduced...

SC Fruit and Vegetable Field Report- July 17, 2023

Jul 18, 2023 | In the Garden

Coastal Region Zack Snipes It is hot and humid in the Lowcountry, and I think summer is here. We are in a very busy phase in the fields as we are finishing up harvesting and preparing for the...

Cannas Can Take the Heat!

Jul 17, 2023 | In the Garden

As the summer temperatures rise, you can count on canna’s (Canna x generalis) tropical foliage and flowers to stand out. They start blooming in early summer and continue through fall. Hummingbirds...

July 17 Week 3 Garden Photos

Jul 17, 2023 | Photo Blog, Photo Worthy Plants

See What Is Blooming at Crooked Trail Farm This Month. Spider Flower (Cleome hassleriana) Barbara H. Smith, ©2023 HGIC, Clemson University Crooked Trail Farm Garden Staff-Kate and Lillybelle Barbara...