Growing Southern | Garden Blog

Part of my "growing Southern" experience has been dating a man who enjoys hunting.  I know there are women out there who say they could never date a man who kills animals.  I get it.  But if I had stuck by that dating rule, I would have missed out on...

I just bought a new house with two large rose bushes in the backyard.  They must die.
My very first post on this blog, over a decade ago, was about my frustration with keeping my roses pest free:
Growing Southern | Garden Blog: Take time to stop and smell the fungicide...

When I toured the South Carolina Botanical Gardens earlier this summer, I found inspiration in this corner.  This portion of the garden is made up of all plants that tolerate low water conditions.  Perfect sort of plants for the two beds near the back...

When planting my vegetable garden this spring, I found a family of fire ants had moved in.  Lucky me!
I'm not a purist when it comes to organic gardening, but dumping poison where I intend to grow food doesn't seem like the best idea.  When researching my plight on the Clemson Extension homepage, I discovered a whole page devoted to this topic.  And...