by Stephanie Suesan Smith | Aug 15, 2011 | Farm safety
Yellowjacket working a camellia blossom photographed by Vicki DeLoach Stinging insects such as wasps, bees, and ants are important pollinators and often eat pests in the garden. They can also be pests, however, especially when they decide you are threatening them or...
by Stephanie Suesan Smith | Aug 2, 2011 | entomology
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug by David R. Lance, USDA APHIS PPQ, CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Stink bugs, in one form or another, are pests on most agricultural products. They damage things as different as peaches, pecans,...
by Stephanie Suesan Smith | Jul 25, 2011 | Fruit trees
Peaches right off the tree are wonderful. You can grow one or two peach trees with a little effort if you have sandy loam or sandy soil. They do not grow well in clay soils because the roots drown. Before You Buy Before starting your orchard, it is important to...
by Stephanie Suesan Smith | Jul 5, 2011 | Farm safety
Gardening is wonderful exercise, but since it takes place outside, the weather can cause a problem. Summer heat can be brutal in Texas. Of course, hot is relative. In the summer of 1980, we left record heat here in Texas of up to 113 and spent some time in England,...
by Stephanie Suesan Smith | Jun 22, 2011 | gardening101
Normally when we talk about water-wise gardening, we are talking about ornamentals. Vegetable gardeners need to be water-wise, too. Vegetables require a lot of water, relatively speaking. It is our responsibility as gardeners to give them what they require in the...
