When we moved back to Seneca in January after spending 9 months with friends in New Zealand, we quickly fell in love with our new home, which we had rented via the Internet several weeks before we returned. And even though our landscape is quite smal
Even with our mild winter and recent extremely warm spring weather, it only takes one night cold enough to produce “frost,” and tender plants may be severely damaged or even killed when these ice crystals form on the foliage and new growth. I d
Even the meteorologists and climatologists are baffled by all these consistent summer-like weather patterns, so I don’t feel quite so embarrassed to say I now feel that it appears to be time to get started with your 2012 vegetable garden in spite o
The recent extended period of extremely warm (almost hot) weather has the majority of us gardeners racing here and yonder while trying to catch up with Mother Nature, and after almost 65 years of studying and working with her, I’m doing my best to
As has been the case in recent years, winter here in the Upstate appears to have given way to early spring and even summer-like temperatures, which readily tempt us to get an early start on our vegetable garden plantings for the upcoming season. Bu
As I mentioned in my introduction, I am a frequent visitor to Head-Lee Nursery, and even during the dead of winter, wife Pat and I can always find time to get out and find out what’s available for the garden—inside as well as outside. Pat was i
Let me introduce myself. I am Randy Peele, a life-long horticulturist and journalist from Lee County in the “sandy” Coastal Plain of South Carolina, and although I have gotten much better at growing vegetables and ornamentals in the heavy clay
In her book “Edible Landscaping,” Rosalind Creasy, who has been practicing what she preaches for some 40 years, encourages us to calculate the “real cost of lawns” and consider converting part or even all of our l
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Digging Deeper Vol. 7
I was involved all last week with the on-line Food Revolution Summit, which provided lots of documented advice on the proper eating habits for a healthier and more satisfying lifestyle. One mainstream recommendation of the some two dozen guest speakers was to grow your own and eat as many fruits and vegetables as you can,… Read More