The hand out from today’s Lunch Box Lecture “Is Your Yard a CarolinaYard?” by Katie Giacalone? http://www.clemson.edu/extension/natural_resources/water/carolina_yards/

Here are handouts and references from the July Lunch Box “Controlling Pests Safely” presented by George Montgomery. I have attached a copy of George Montgomery’s hand out for the July Lunch Box(PRINCIPLES FOR INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT).  George also handed out … Read More

Hand out:  http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog/pdf/em/em8504-e.pdf Recommended reading: Gardening for a Lifetime by Sydney Eddison Container Gardening:  250 Designs and Step-by-Step Techniques by the Editors and Contributors to Fine Gardening Recommended websites: Clemson’s HGIC website E-answers.adec.edu About E-answers:  E-answers is a dynamic, online … Read More

Vegetable Gardening in Georgia http://www.caes.uga.edu/publications/pubDetail.cfm?pk_id=7817 Tomato Varieties:  Growth Habit and Disease Resistance http://www.aces.edu/~gloveta/documents/TomatoVarietiesupdated.pdf Planning a Garden in South Carolina (includes planting dates for different growing regions of SC) http://www.clemson.edu/extension/hgic/plants/vegetables/gardening/hgic1256.html Container Vegetable Gardening:  http://www.clemson.edu/extension/hgic/plants/vegetables/gardening/hgic1251.html Raised Bed Vegetable Gardening:  http://www.clemson.edu/extension/hgic/plants/vegetables/gardening/hgic1257.html

Andy Cabes top 50 plant list from the 3/19 lunch box discussion Top 50 Handout

Additional Links and Information Bees, Beekeeping and Plants Bees Love: Clemson University:  http://www.clemson.edu/extension/beekeepers/ where there are links to fact sheets and newsletters.  Click on Newsletters then on the 2012 February newsletter for an update on neonicotinoid insecticides’ effects on bee health. UGA:  http://www.ent.uga.edu/bees/BeeConservationintheSoutheastHoneyBeeProgramCAESEntomologyUGA.html From … Read More

Additional Links and Information Clemson University:  http://www.clemson.edu/extension/hgic/plants/vegetables/gardening/hgic1259.html From Betty Crowther, Georgia Master Gardener: BHG: http://www.bhg.com/gardening/yard/garden-care/seed-starting-essentials/ Easy Annual Flowers to start from seed – *can also be sown directly outside after all danger of frost Ageratum, angelonia, amaranth*, bachelor button*, calendula*, … Read More