by scmgadmin | Mar 5, 2015 | Growing Tips
Plant of the Month: Jupiter’s Beard by Jan Koehler Jupiter’s Beard Scientific Name: Centranthus ruber Other Common Name: red valerian Type: Herbaceous perennial Family: Caprifoliaceae , (USDA family classifica tion: Valerianaceae) Native Range: Europe and...
by scmgadmin | Mar 5, 2015 | Growing Tips
Grafting Tomatoes by Sam Thompson, SCMG Coordinator Grafting vegetables is one method for increasing production while overcoming many disease problems. Essentially, the desired vegetable is grafted onto a specific rootstock that has the desired disease resistance. In...
by scmgadmin | Mar 5, 2015 | Growing Tips
Why Not Use Pruning Sealer? Reprint from Southwest Yard & Garden Southwest Yard & Garden is a weekly column, written by Curtis W. Smith, Ph.D., Extension horticulture specialist, that addresses garden and landscape questions. Here is a reprint from the...
by scmgadmin | Mar 4, 2015 | Arts and Crafts
A Little Winter Cheer by Dave Pojmann, SCMG The holidays are over, and the poinsettias are losing their leaves; it’s too cold outside to do much in the garden, and you’ve already memorized the seed catalogs. If you want a way to use what hard work and...
by scmgadmin | Dec 30, 2014 | Books and Publications
Book Review: Garden Problem Solvers Pictured above are two reference books commonly available to the home gardener. I have both of these books, and this review will discuss and compare them. First of all, both books are large format (approximately 8-1/2 x 11 inches),...
