by Stephanie Suesan Smith | Sep 24, 2012 | gardening101
American Toad For those of you who wish to use fewer and less toxic pesticides in the garden, you should attract toads to your garden. A single adult toad can eat 10,000 insect pests in a single summer. Toads eat most insects, including slugs, gypsy moths, and...
by Stephanie Suesan Smith | Sep 19, 2012 | Fruit trees
Snow in the peach orchard With the end of fruit season, it is time to ready your fruit trees for winter. Here are some of the things you can do to help them, Things To Avoid Do not fertilize after mid summer to avoid interfering with the trees hardening off process...
by Stephanie Suesan Smith | Sep 14, 2012 | trees
Old Oak Tree Home owners are frequently stunned when a tree that appeared to make it through the drought last year “suddenly” dies. Actually, trees take a long time to die. Many trees that appear to be dying now have been dying all year from the...
by Stephanie Suesan Smith | Jul 4, 2012 | herbs
Cilantro Cilantro is a Greek herb that is in the same family as parsley. It is used in a variety of dishes in cuisines as varied as Mexican and Thai. Coriander, the seed of the cilantro plant, is also used to flavor a wide variety of dishes. Soil and Temperature...
by Stephanie Suesan Smith | Jul 1, 2012 | herbs
Black Swallowtail Caterpillar on Dill Dill (Anethum graveolens) was introduced into this country from Asia and is used as a culinary herb. Both the fernlike leaves and the flowers are edible. So are the seeds. After the first year, dill readily self-seeds and will...
