by Stephanie Suesan Smith | Nov 23, 2010 | gardening101
I end a lot of my articles with instructions to consult your local Extension agent for specific information. Living in rural Texas most of my life, it never occurred to me to explain just what an Extension agent was and how to find the office nearest you. Not, that...
by Stephanie Suesan Smith | Nov 22, 2010 | gardening101
Diseased leaf We have all had plants die on us. Sometimes the cause is obvious — a big chunk chewed out of the plant, or so many bugs they kill the plant. Other times, the cause is not so obvious. Then it is often a disease that killed the plant. Types of...
by Stephanie Suesan Smith | Nov 19, 2010 | peas
Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 US https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/deed.en, via Wikimedia Commons English Peas (P. sativum) encompass edible pod peas, snow peas, and sugar peas. In my area of Texas, we plant peas in February with the other...
by Stephanie Suesan Smith | Nov 19, 2010 | peas
Black-eyed peas have many names. They are called field peas, Southern peas, cowpeas, crowder peas, and some 50 other names. Whatever the name, up until the Civil War, black-eyed peas were grown primarily to feed cattle. Some may have been eaten by slaves, but free...
by Stephanie Suesan Smith | Nov 15, 2010 | beans
There are lots of kinds of beans, but green beans are a good example of how to grow the whole family of beans. There are bush beans, which are similar to little shrubs, and pole beans, which are like ivy and need poles for support. You can grow both kinds...
