Amanda McNulty
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Why organic matter is essential for good soil in SC gardens
The McNulty family makes one kind of cake and that’s that. No matter what the occasion, we have Gregg Street pound cake. My Aunt Irene, who brought the recipe with her from Montgomery, Ala., gave the butter measurements in ounces. Consequently, the fat content of the cake sometimes varied from ...
Amanda McNulty
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Local gardening: The right way to prune palmettos
Amanda McNulty: Our state tree, Sabal palmetto, all too often gets over-zealously and incorrectly pruned.
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Local gardening: When to do winter garden chores
Planting in late fall, pruning in late winter, means better growth next spring Planting in late fall, pruning in late winter, means better growth next spring
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SC Gardening: The fish bait tree
Fast-growing catalpa, or Cigar Trees, attract a caterpillar that’s good for fishing
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The scourge of multiflora roses
Local gardening column by Amanda McNulty, Clemson extension agent Local gardening column by Amanda McNulty, Clemson extension agent
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Local gardening: Privets, the fragrant sirens of the South
They smell nice, bloom beautifully and bear bird-friendly fruit. So why isn’t it the plant from Horticultural Heaven?
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Local gardening: Bradford Pears, it’s over
Cut down those Bradford and seedling pears now.
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Local gardening: For love of pine straw mulch
For Amanda McNulty, there’s nothing better than a layer of pine straw in your garden
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Get a soil test and never fertilize
A friend who worked at the Foxfire School in north Georgia many years ago remembers children who were sewn into their long underwear at the beginning of winter and not cut loose until spring. The school rooms and homes in that poor, remote part of the world were so cold that bathing wasn’...
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Local gardening: The history and the future of the Leyland Cypress
Leyland Cypress , X Cupressocyparis leylandi , was thought to be the plant world’s equivalent of a mule. Its parents are the Monterey Cypress ( Cupressus macrocarpa ) and the Alaskan Cypress (of the genus Chamaecyparis, Xanthocyparis , or others depending on who’s looking...
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Why your soil should be like Swiss cheese
When I started college at Clemson, as a non-traditional (i.e., older) student burdened with a low GPA, I vowed to never skip school again no matter what. A bout with the flu caused me to miss four classes and when my husband returned from a rugby party with a broken arm, he had to wait until after...
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