Gardening Tips – November 2011

Thanksgiving Cactus (Schlumbergera truncate) Notes from a Master Gardener’s Notebook November – I’m a shutterbug…so I have a camera in my hand whenever I want to make notes about my […]

Gardening Tips – October 2011

Chrysanthemum AgCenter’s tips for a successful fall garden Remove all existing weeds including the roots before you plant vegetables. It is essential to remove all weeds, especially perennial grasses from […]

Gardening Tips – August 2011

Zinnia Hot Flowers for a Hot Summer Garden For sunny beds or containers, choose periwinkle, melampodium, blue daze, purslane, portulaca, pentas, torenia, perennial verbena, salvias, sun-tolerant coleus, lantana, zinnia, marigold, […]

Gardening Tips – July 2011

  Perennial Care Our long growing season and sporadic summer storms can produce abundant and even rampant growth during the summer. Tall plants can shade out or fall over onto […]

Gardening Tips – June 2011

Some Like it Hot – submitted by Mary Dawn Pugh Not that I’m any kind of Marilyn Monroe, but I do love hot-season gardening. Some of the best things to […]

Gardening Tips – July/August 2010

The Giant Swallowtail lays it’s eggs on Citrus trees While the high temperatures outside in July and August may not agree with us humans too well, insects are a-buzz this […]