by Stephanie Suesan Smith | Jun 27, 2012 | squash
Spagehitti Squash Blossom Are you having problems with your cucumbers and squash growing to two or three inches long and then rotting? You may be having pollination problems. Pollination Insects Squash and cucumbers have male and female flowers. Bees bring pollen...
by Stephanie Suesan Smith | Jun 4, 2012 | entomology
Two-spotted spider mites, Tetranychus urticae, adults and eggs. Are your plants showing yellow leaves, or even brown ones? Do you have little cobwebs on the back of your leaves? You may have spider mites, a common pest of many plants. ...
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. ...
