Coastal and Tropical South
October, 2010
Regional Report
National News - From NGA Editors
Recipes for Healthy Kids
Did you come up with some delicious new ways to use the produce from your garden this year? Did you hit on ways to serve garden-fresh veggies that your kids gobbled down? Are you interested in...
A Kaleidoscope of Color
Flowers add to the beauty of the garden, but for season-long excitement, nothing beats plants with colorful foliage. And few are as colorful for as long as the new 'Kaleidescope' abelia from Plant...
Sweet Bittersweet
With its abundant berries in autumnal shades, bittersweet vine has long been a favorite for fall decorating. Unfortunately the popular Oriental bittersweet ( Celastrus orbiculatus ) is a rampantly...
Managing Soil Pathogens with Mustard
No, we're not talking about raiding the condiments cupboard for some Grey Poupon! But research done at Cornell University has demonstrated that mustard plants, as well as other related brassicas...
In the Garden
Clean It Up
Not wanting to be a nag, I'll ask politely: Please clean up your garden! There's no better time than now to do it for the health and safety of the garden, and the gardener.
Storm safety
Serious outdoor safety issues present themselves in the...
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Resources
Web Finds
National Drought Overview Brought to you by the NOAA Satellite and Information Service and the National Climatic Data...
Clever Gardening Technique
Double planting Gardeners get so excited about planting a new season of veggies, they sometimes go overboard in...
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Regional Reminders
- Cabbageworms
- Daffodil days
- How to groom
- Strawberry beds
- Camellia care
