by scmgadmin | Oct 28, 2019 | Growing Tips, Tips & Ideas
Southwest Yard & Garden – How Frost Affects Plants: The Champs vs. The Wimps We harvested and weighed over 1,100 lb of unripe tomatoes from frost-bitten plants last week at the NMSU Agricultural Science Center at Los Lunas. Photo credit M. Thompson....
by scmgadmin | Oct 24, 2019 | Plant of the Month
Southwest Plant of the Month – Butterfly Weed – Asclepias tuberosa Plant Form: Flower Plant Size: 2’ X 2’ Plant Type: Perennial Water: Low Sunlight: Sun, Partial Shade Colors: Orange, Yellow Physical Description: Brilliantly colored, 3″ clusters of...
by scmgadmin | Oct 24, 2019 | Beneficial of the Month
Beneficial Insect of the Month – Beneficial flies (Order: Diptera) Part II – Tachinid Flies (Family: Tachinidae) The flies in this family are parasitoids, i.e., the females lay their eggs on or in the bodies of other insects, and when the fly larvae hatch,...
by scmgadmin | Oct 14, 2019 | Events
Corrales Harvest Festival 2019 Early in 2019, the Corrales Kiwanis Club, sponsor of the Corrales Harvest Festival, asked SCMG Sam Thompson to bring agricultural activities for youth into the Festival. Sam, with the help of John Thompson and Sangeeta Kala McCandless,...
by scmgadmin | Oct 14, 2019 | Classes and Workshops
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