Cathy Isom continues her series on figs by giving you her easy steps in how to harvest, and store, your homegrown figs. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Figs are easy-going until harvest time. They can become a finicky crop when it comes to proper harvesting times, techniques, and storage. Make sure to follow these steps to ensure …
Expensive Fruit You Can Grow at Home
Cathy Isom has a few great tips for you about the expensive fruit you can grow from home. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. For anyone who loves figs, they know they can be pretty pricey when purchased from the local supermarket. Instead of spending an arm and a leg on buying figs, consider growing your own. Figs …
Bees Required to Create an Excellent Blueberry Crop
BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA, (USDA/ARS)—Getting an excellent rabbiteye blueberry harvest requires helpful pollinators—particularly native southeastern blueberry bees—although growers can bring in managed honey bees to do the job, according to Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists. This is especially true for commercial rabbiteye blueberry producers in Mississippi and Louisiana. With sufficient pollinators, they have been able to increase the percentage of flowers …
How to Eat Avocado Seeds, and Why
Most of us simply take them and plant them, or throw them out. Cathy Isom tells us why, and how to eat Avocado seeds. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Avocados are well known health promoters that are packed with vitamins and antioxidants that do wonders for our skin, blood, tissue and organs. But the seed is actually where most of …
Crossing Two of Summer’s Favorite Berries
Cathy Isom explains what you get when you cross two of summer’s favorite berries. She also tells you how to plant and care for this wonderful fruit. That’s coming up on This La nd of Ours. If you’re a fan of midsummer raspberries and late summer blackberries, then you’re going to love hybrid offspring of these two berry favorites… loganberries. …
It’s Watermelon Time in North Florida!
The watermelon harvest is now getting into full swing in the north central Florida region. Visiting a field plot trial with the Enza Zaden seeds team this week, I had the opportunity to meet one of our Southeast AgNet radio listeners at his farm in Trenton, Florida, as the harvest crew was doing the first crown cut of one of …
Ways to Avoid Wasting Your Bountiful Harvest
Your garden produced to much for you to consume? Cathy Isom has some great ways to avoid wasting your bountiful harvest. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Too much food from your garden can be a wonderful problem to have. But if you have way more than you can feed yourself and your family and you don’t want …
One of the Easiest Fruit Trees to Grow
If you are looking for something to add to your garden, or yard, Cathy Isom is letting you know about one of the easiest fruit trees to harvest and grow. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. If you’re looking for an easy to manage fruit tree that is both beautiful and bountiful, than try your hand at growing …
Enza Zaden Field Day Features Watermelons and More
Growers and seed distributors had a field day Tuesday at the Enza Zaden seed breeding and field trials facility near Myakka City, Florida. The main attraction was the watermelon trials that include new varieties being tested and introduced into the market. Other trials added great flavor to the day’s tour and discussions, with multiple plots for bell peppers, mature green …
Identify and Get Rid of Pesky Garden Critters
Cathy Isom has a few interesting ways to help you identify and get rid of a pesky garden critter. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Aphids are interesting creatures which can wreak havoc on your garden. They are usually small green bugs with a soft body. Different species of aphids can be a variety of colors such as …