Living in Aiken and the Open Heart of Winter
A personal jot on life in Aiken with a digression about Edisto Church, old friends, and mild winter days. The author relays spring dreams, notes 75 degree weather, and recounts Mark’s arrival with daffodils after a woods walk near a vacant house. Bob McCartney highlights downtown plantings of Japanese Flowering Apricot along Marlboro Street and offers gardening tips and history.
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Hank
Edisto
Aiken
Mr. Lachicotte
Mark
Trenton
Bob McCartney
Marlboro Street
Abbeville
Barnwell
Bob
Winter blooming shrubs and rare fruiting plants in Aiken gardens
TED STEPHENS and Bob discuss Prunus campanulata, Virburnum tinus, Daphne odora, and the Michelin figo Banana Shrub at Woodlanders and Hopelands in Aiken. A magnolia-like bloom in a triangle near the Horseracing Hall of Fame draws visitors to smell and admire before spring.
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Woodlanders Nursery
Bob S
Aiken
Ted Stephens
Bob
Hopelands
Fountains
DuPre Street
Horseracing Hall of Fame
Extension guidance on using wood ashes to adjust soil pH
Extension notes explain wood ashes add potassium and raise soil pH but are less effective than lime. They advise soil testing before application, caution against overuse in already alkaline soils, and outline steps to combine ashes with lime gradually along with gypsum if calcium is low. Contact Extension at 649-6297 for details.
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Ag Service Lab
Artichoke comeback after El Nino hits California fields
Castroville growers report a strong artichoke crop rebound after three rough seasons of floods heat and El Nino. Executive director Mary Comfort says farmers want consumers to enjoy a better year as plants laden with tender artichokes signal recovery in the renowned Artichoke Capital of the World.
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Kenny Iazzerini
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