by Stephanie Suesan Smith | Jul 7, 2010 | Farm safety, gardening101
Pesticides always seem to be in the news, and they are never portrayed favorably. While it is certainly true that reducing the amount of pesticides used benefits the environment, some use is necessary if we wish to have food, safe homes, and healthy families. It is...
by Stephanie Suesan Smith | Jul 5, 2010 | tomatoes
Blossom end rot can ruin your tomatoes. Nothing is more frustrating than to have a big, beautiful tomato that is just about ripe develop a rotting spot on the bottom, where the blossom was. This is what blossom end rot does. It can take out half the tomato...
by Stephanie Suesan Smith | Jul 3, 2010 | entomology
I am looking out my study window and see a weed with grasshoppers stacked on it loafing. When I walk outside, it is like the parting of the Red Sea as they get out of my way. This is a bad year for them. We had a lot of moisture early, then it was very dry. ...
