How to Plant Garlic in the Fall: How, When and Why

How to Plant Garlic in the Fall: How, When and WhyMy method for planting garlic is for gardeners in areas that get freezing winters. If you don't get freezing nights, snow and frozen ground... garlic bulbs are often pushed into the garden bed  surface, about an inch deep and covered with some mulch.I...

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PhD student Stephen Via's research is focused on the impact of explosive compounds on vegetation across scales.  In his recently-published paper, "Differential effects of two explosive compounds on seed germination and seedling morphology of a woody shrub, Morella cerifera", Stephen examined the...

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Fall is Here and Now is the Time to Build Raised Beds and Prepare Garden Beds for Next Spring

Fall is Here and Now is the Time to Build Raised Beds and Prepare Garden Beds for Next SpringFall often signals the end of the gardening season. It is a great time of year to convert your earth beds over to simple raised beds or to increase the size of your garden with another raised bed or two....

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The Long Awaited Summer (Fire) - Will it save our savannas?

1st Summertime prescribed fire conducted in Brunswick Co, NCLongleaf Pine relict (right), middle sized trees are mostly Pond Pineno Longleaf Pine regeneration is presentVegetation response several weeks later (same site as previous)Longleaf Pine unfazed but significant needle loss on all Pond Pines It...

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Purple Mountain Pitcher Plants - New & Improved!

Purple Mountain Pitchers grow well in naturally occurring beds of Sphagnum mosslike these growing wild in Transylvania County, NCRon Deterrmann, has been tireless in his effortsto secure conservation for Purple Mountain Pitchers                     ...

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Bulk Seed Sale: 7 Varieties of Cool Weather Salad Greens

7 Varieties of Cool Weather Salad GreensI selected these bulk purchase seeds based on what I enjoy in my salads. There are 4 types of lettuce with different colors and shapes. A spicy arugula, an endive and some turnip greens. You can grow these in the spring and fall in most areas. They love the cool...

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