by Stephanie Suesan Smith | Feb 19, 2011 | gardening101
It is time to fertilize lawns and gardens in North East Texas. Hopefully, you had a soil test done in December or January. These results will contain detailed recommendations for what fertilizer to use and how to apply it. If you don’t have a recent soil...
by Stephanie Suesan Smith | Feb 17, 2011 | entomology
Scale insects photo by https://www.flickr.com/photos/treegrow/ When I was a teenager, my parents bought a peach orchard. I heard my Dad talk about spraying the trees with dormant oil and thought that was really weird. Who oils trees that are still alive? Scale...
by Stephanie Suesan Smith | Feb 14, 2011 | gardening101
Seedlings ready to harden off If you do vegetable gardening, chances are you buy some plants from nurseries or other growers. Broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, tomatoes, peppers, and eggplants are the most commonly bought starts. Just because someone else started...
by Stephanie Suesan Smith | Feb 11, 2011 | herbs
Most people think of parsley as that green stuff on their plates in restaurants. It is actually a very useful herb. It is also very nutritious. Parsley is easy to grow and can be grown in containers indoors during the winter for year-round availability. Different...
by Stephanie Suesan Smith | Feb 9, 2011 | Brussels Sprouts
Brussels Sprouts photo by Visitor7 Brussels Sprouts are a cool-weather crop. When they get hot, the plant produces flowers and the little sprouts are ruined. Brussels Sprouts are a Northern European vegetable related to cabbage. No records exist of them earlier...
