Dr. Chin-Feng Hwang has joined us this month. He came from UC Davis in California, where he was working on the genetics of resistance to the dagger nematode in grapes. His main work here will be in grape breeding, and …
The composting workshop held on Saturday the 17th got off to a bit chilly start, but the sun was out and everyone warmed up at the end. John Avery told us how much and what makes good compost. One of …
With a few really nice and warm days, everything just about explodes into growth. Unfortunately that also applies to weeds . In this area apricots always bloom, but unless there is no more frost, we will not see any fruit. …
The first flowers in the spring are always the most exciting ones. This year the first snow crocus opened it’s flower on a sunny (yes, there were a few!) day in the middle of January. Then more appeared. Oddly only …
These are Norton and Cabernet Sauvignon plants that we use for research purposes. pH Brix TA Norton 2.85 18.2 1.946 Cabernet 3.19 18.8 1.049 Interestingly, we also have a number of very small plants grown from seeds from a Norton …
This time down to just about 30 degrees. A few weeks ago I was comparing notes on garden developments with people from Springfield, and it seemed to be that they were always ahead of me by a week or so …
that is what our weatherstation recorded last night. it is a degree lower than the 28 that Marylin discussed, so I guess we will have to wait and see. Freeze damage will not be obvious until a couple of days …
It is another cold and blustery day, not much like spring at all. To top it all off, it is supposed to freeze for a couple more nights. The last few frosts have all been fairly light frosts, so damage …
Last week was so warm for so many days in a row that bloom and bud development was just about explosive. By now all pears are blooming as well as all plums, and the last time I saw them the …
Today I look at the Hort Garden area and I see that the Ozark Premier plum is in bloom. That’s really too bad, because I really like these plums and unless something really strange happens, THERE WILL BE MORE KILLING …