by Tracy Bogard | 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 Tracy Bogard | 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 Tracy Bogard | 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 Tracy Bogard | 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...
by Tracy Bogard | Apr 17, 2021 | Growing Tips, NMSU
Southwest Yard & Garden – Diagnosing Trees with Oozing Sap… Again Reddish sap oozing from a plum tree at Bachechi Open Space in Albuquerque, March 2021. Photo credit M. Rehn. (but this time, the sap is reddish-orange and doesn’t stink!) Question: Any idea...
by scmgadmin | Jul 20, 2019 | NMSU
NMSU Hires State Manager for Master Gardeners Program New Mexico State University’s College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences has hired a state manager for the Master Gardeners program. Eduardo Servin will be charged with overseeing Cooperative...
