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Extend the Fresh Produce Season with a Fall Vegetable Garden

Extend the Fresh Produce Season with a Fall Vegetable Garden

By Kathy Torres If you have ever enjoyed a BLT with fresh tomatoes from your garden, you probably…

Plan Your Rose Garden

Plan Your Rose Garden

White House Rose Garden, "The Architects Newspaper" July 27, 2020 By Kathy Torres The wheels are about to…

IT’S TIME! SOUTH CAROLINA PEACHES ARE HERE!

IT’S TIME! SOUTH CAROLINA PEACHES ARE HERE!

By Kathy Torres We had the perfect spring this year and that will soon be reflected in the…

Creating a Natural Privacy Screen

Creating a Natural Privacy Screen

By Kathy Torres You may have the best neighbors in the world, but when you are relaxing in…

Creating a Mini Meadow

Creating a Mini Meadow

By Kathy Torres The next time you walk into the Produce Market and Backyard Nature Center at Wingard's…

Air Plants – No Soil Needed!

Air Plants – No Soil Needed!

By Kathy Torres What? How can a plant live without soil? Beneath the tree canopies in their native…

Winter Blooming Plants – A Touch of Spring to Lift the Spirit!

Winter Blooming Plants – A Touch of Spring to Lift the Spirit!

By Kathy Torres There's no doubt that winter is the dark, dreary and often rainy season of the…

African Violets…Mysterious and Captivating!

African Violets…Mysterious and Captivating!

By Kathy Torres Happy New Year!!!  I can’t think of a better way to start off a new…

New USDA Agricultural Hardiness Zone Map

New USDA Agricultural Hardiness Zone Map

By Kathy Torres Bob Dylan wrote a song in 1963 with lyrics, "The times, they are a changin."…

Evergreens that satisfy a yearning for the North

Evergreens that satisfy a yearning for the North

EVERGREENS THAT SATISFY A YEARNING FOR THE NORTHBy Kathy Torres It's no secret that many people from the…