by Tracy Bogard | Aug 25, 2020 | Tips & Ideas
Southwest Yard & Garden – Tomato Warning: Side Splits and Shoulder Cracks Question: What’s wrong with these tomatoes? We’re seeing marks developing on some fruit in rings. The insides of the larger splits have white fuzz in them, but when the splits are...
by Tracy Bogard | Aug 17, 2020 | Tips & Ideas
Southwest Yard & Garden – Cicada Killer Wasps Are Cooler Than They Are Scary Question: What is this HUGE insect in my yard? I hope it’s not a murder hornet! Concerned New Mexicans All Over the State Answer: I saw versions of this question pop up again and...
by Tracy Bogard | Aug 13, 2020 | Recipes
Garden2Table Recipe: GRILLED PEACH-CORN SALSA Peaches, corn, and tomatoes are bountiful this time of year, and this recipe uses them all to make a tasty and healthy salsa that can be served with chips, loaded on top of fish tacos, or served alongside grilled meat or...
by Tracy Bogard | Aug 13, 2020 | Plant Pests, Tips & Ideas
Learning From Squash Bugs by Linda Walsh – SEMG 2018  If There’s Squash Bugs in Heaven I Ain’t Staying is the title of Stacia Spragg-Baude’s biography of Evelyn Curtis Losack, woman farmer and water rights activist from Corrales. With all there is to talk about...
by Tracy Bogard | Aug 13, 2020 | Plant of the Month
Southwest Plant of the Month – Trailing yellow dalea – Dalea capitata General Information Plant Form Ground Cover Plant Size 1′ x 5′ Plant Type Evergreen Water Usage Low Sunlight Sun Colors Yellow Physical Description: Low mounding ground...