Topic: Alabama

A handful of Alabama's wild plants -- including the central counties' Alabama pitcherplant and the northwestern counties' Alabama gladegrass -- grow nowhere else on Earth, according to Auburn University's Encyclopedia of Alabama. In May and June, each stem bears from six to ...

Why Build A Greenhouse

When I lived in the south, Mississippi, Alabama, I saw no need for a greenhouse. My first greenhouse I had was when I moved to North Pole, Alaska. This is just about 15 miles south of Fairbanks.The growing season where I lived ...
Mosquitoes are nectar and blood feeding insects belonging to the Culicidae family.They have been around for ages and are responsible for killing millions of people worldwide. Research shows that it can be just as effective as DEET and perhaps more so and ...
That song, so beautifully performed by Alabama, brings a picture to my mind of a smiling face lined with age, and sparkling blue eyes wise with years of life and love. Still, the nights bring Jack Frost nipping and pinching any tender ...
The Indian borage first came to my notice when I was suffering from a bad cough, and a friend suggested chewing the leaves of this plant she had growing in her garden. And, if you're like me, a beginner gardener, it's encouraging ...
Show Highlights The exhibitor floor is mapped into several featured topics. Attendees and Exhibitors This show is organized by International Exhibitors and is frequented by professionals in gardening, home exhibitions, arborculture and horticulture, landscaping, and government parks and garden departments. Exhibitors include ...

Ole! Ole! Oleander!

Oh, that won't grow here. When I moved to Alabama, that oleander came with me. And I've learned how much cold oleanders can really take. At 10 degrees, flower buds die and leaves get burned. At 0 degrees, the plant will probably ...
Alabama is located mostly in USDA Hardiness Zones 7 and 8. Clemson University explains that Bermuda grass, centipede grass and zoysia grass are the most common type of lawn grass in Alabama, although some areas also have carpet grass, bahia grass, tall ...

Pecan

The tree occasionally reaches a height of about 50 m (160 feet) and a trunk diameter of 2 m. Rich and distinctive in flavour and texture, the pecan has one of the highest fat contents of any vegetable product and a caloric ...
Tomato, potato blight hits eastern US; experts say it's spurred by rain, big-box distributionTomato plants have been removed from stores in half a dozen states as a destructive and infectious plant disease makes its earliest and most widespread appearance ever in the ...