by Stephanie Suesan Smith | May 9, 2012 | entomology
Red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta). Photo Credit: April Nobile, AntWeb, California Academy of Sciences, 2000-2008CC:By-NC-SA What, you may be asking yourself, does the Texas two step have with fire ants? It actually is a two step method of killing the nasty...
by Stephanie Suesan Smith | May 2, 2012 | after the harvest
One of the best things about growing vegetables is getting to eat them fresh from the garden. Since I am recipe challenged, I asked Michelle Rocha to contribute a guest post on the subject: Summer is just around the corner, so everyone is preparing his or her garden....
by Stephanie Suesan Smith | May 1, 2012 | diseases
Rose Rosette Disease Oklahoma State Rose Rosette Disease is caused by the Rose Rosette Virus that came over to the United States in the 1800s with Asian wild roses. Many of these roses were planted by settlers all over the United States and have become naturalized. ...