by Paget Rose | Jul 21, 2021 | Growing Tips, Information
Keep Your Trees Alive During The Drought John Thompson,SEMG 2018, NM Tree Steward, Corrales Tree Committee All of NM is in a drought and Sandoval County is in an extreme to exceptional drought condition. Keeping the trees alive in your landscape should be your first...
by Paget Rose | Jun 27, 2021 | Growing Tips, NMSU
Southwest Yard & Garden – Is There Anything Grasshoppers Won’t Eat? This colorful rainbow grasshopper (Dactylotum bicolor) can be easy to find in desert grassland areas, but is not considered to be an economically important pest in our region. Photo...
by Paget Rose | Jun 15, 2021 | Growing Tips, NMSU
Southwest Yard & Garden – Fun with Nectarine Sap Exudate Nectarine Sap Exudate from Tiny Holes in Peel Created Bizarre Formation: Osmotic Pressure Inside Nectarines Forced Sap to Ooze Delicately Question: What’s the deal with these clear, stiff,...
by Paget Rose | Jun 15, 2021 | Growing Tips, NMSU
Southwest Yard & Garden – Heat-Loving Flowers for Color All Summer Question: I want to try growing flowers from seed in my front yard. Which do you recommend I start with first? Sylvia S. (age 10), Las Cruces Answer: I’ve had great luck growing...
by Paget Rose | Jun 14, 2021 | Growing Tips, Information
Easiest Herbs to Grow Many of us have learned or remembered how to prepare home cooked meals, courtesy of the quarantine. Part of our culinary enjoyment is adding herbs to enhance the dishes. Many herbs are easy to grow both inside and outside. Herbs come as annuals...
by Paget Rose | Apr 17, 2021 | Growing Tips, NMSU
Southwest Yard & Garden – Hummingbirds are BACK This week, in honor of the golden currant (Ribes aureum) shrubs blooming in the Los Lunas bosque and at the City of Albuquerque BioPark Botanical Garden, I’m writing about hummingbirds in the garden. I learned...
