S.C. Needs Your Help!
Help Detect Destructive Ramorum Blight! - You can help to prevent the introduction of Ramorum blight into your home landscape and South Carolina's forests! The Clemson University Plant Problem Clinic is running a survey from September to November to detect this destructive ...(continue)

Food Safety & Nutrition News
Unwashed Reusable Grocery Bags Breed Bacteria - Cloth shopping bags may be good for the environment, but are they good for your health? Research shows that they need to be cleaned regularly to keep them from becoming breeding grounds for germs. Researchers at the University of Arizona and Loma Linda University in California tested ... (continue)

Seasonal Gardening Tips
Controlling Fire Ants in the Vegetable Garden - Fire ants can be a nuisance in the vegetable garden. In addition to being a stinging insect, they can damage some vegetable crops, such as okra and Irish potatoes. Occasionally they may feed on tender seedlings of corn, cucumber and ... (continue)

New Publication – Food & Nutrition
Making Your Own Baby Food - You don’t have to buy commercially prepared food for your baby. Homemade baby food is easy to make, inexpensive and environmentally friendly. It can be as nutritious, if not more nutritious, than store-bought baby food. Eating homemade baby food teaches your baby ... (continue)

New Publication – Gardening
Henbit - As the weather cools this fall, some homeowners are going to notice the appearance of various winter annual weeds, including henbit (Lamium amplexicaule), in their lawns. Winter or cool-season annuals are plants that germinate from seed in the fall and then grow little during ... (continue)