Gwinnett County Master GardenersJuly, 2011
Edible Flowers
Our gardens are full of flowers that are bursting with color, interesting shapes and fragrances. But, some of them may actually also be edible. See the 10 Commandments of Edible Flowers below and check the list to see if you have any edible flowers growing in your yard. THE 10 COMMANDMENTS OF EDIBLE FLOWERS 1. [...]
Iris’ in the Bad Lands
By Kay M. Phiel, Gwinnett County Master Gardener In early May, 2011, a friend and I took a Road Scholar/Elderhostle program to the Black Hills, Bad Lands, and Mount Rushmore in South Dakota. We were surprised to see a Prairie Homestead out in the very desolate-looking Bad Lands area of western South Dakota. It was raining [...]
McDaniel Farm Park Update
Here are some pictures taken out at McDaniel Farm Park in the garden today. We harvested about 60#’s of produce to send over to Annandale Village, our Plant-a-row for the Hungry location here in Gwinnett. We now have a total of 395#’s of produce harvested and donated to-date! The garden is looking great and we [...]
New Bug on the Block – Kudzu Bug
In 2009 the kudzu bug, also called the globular stinkbug, Megacopta cribraria, was first observed in Georgia, which appears to be when and where it was introduced to the US. These small stinkbugs are native to Southeast Asia and feed primarily on Kudzu. They however also feed on soybeans, one of Georgia’s agricultural crops. I [...]