What is Wrong With This Picture?

By Mark Arena, Clemson Extension Agent Recently, I received a phone call from a homeowner stating that the top portion of his evergreen tree was dead and wondering why. Unfortunately, however, he did not know what type of tree it was. The next step was to ask a few...

What is Wrong with this Picture?

By Mark Arena, Clemson Extension Agent and Barbara Smith, Home and Garden Information Center Recently, I was driving along a two-lane rural country road and noticed a tractor spreading topsoil across a front yard. The owner claimed that he was putting down the topsoil...

On the Stump: Winter 2018

As I began to think of Arbor Day this year, I remembered (with just a slight twinge), the seemingly countless times I listened to mayors, teachers and garden club ladies recite Joyce Kilmer’s famous poem, “Trees”. Simplistic in style and direct in purpose, it is a...