Top Plants for Tennessee Gardens
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By Kathy Gilbert, Chattanooga Times/Free Press, Tenn.  Mar. 3--"A dead plant is an opportunity," joked Carol Reese, extension area specialist in ornamental horticulture from Jackson, Tenn. at Greenway Farms in Hixson last month.   Ms.
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Maybe Tennessee fans should try doing the Gator Chomp instead of singing "Rocky Top." That way, the Volunteers might feel as if they're at The Swamp on Saturday night when the No. 11 Gators (1-0) visit. Home-field advantage hasn't meant much lately in the Tennessee-Florida series, which usually goes a long way in determining the East Division winner in the Southeastern Conference.
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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. _ I was happy to see the label "poisonous" on the plant Brugmansia when I visited a garden center in the other day. I applaud them for letting the public know _ especially shoppers who have curious small children or pets.
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MONTGOMERY, NY - The leaves on the maples are approaching full color. Just like the hardwoods back in Maine. Pumpkins sit on front steps, although here, in the Hudson River Valley, they&#39;re called stoops.
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Sidney Spencer scored 15 points and No. 5 Tennessee shook off poor shooting in the first half with a scoring burst early in the second for a 67-46 win Sunday over No. 23 Texas. In a matchup of college basketball's two winningest coaches, Tennessee's Pat Summitt got career win No. 922 and her second in a row over Texas' Jody Conradt, who has 889.
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Ohio State is the top seed in this region, but the feeling here is that the Buckeyes won't be the top dog when the teams come out of San Antonio. Nor will No. 2 Memphis, although the Tigers can play with anyone. We think this is going to be a Texas weekend in Texas -- or, rather, an Aggie weekend.
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By KAROUN DEMIRJIAN Staff Writer  For the first time in years, it's harvest time at the Meserve Farm in Scarborough. "We planted pumpkins and squash, and now it's time to pick them," said Ramona Snell, a farmer from Buxton who planted the inaugural crops in early June.
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It's Auburn vs. Tennessee &#151; let the tailbacks loose. The eighth-ranked Tigers' 1-2 punch of Carnell "Cadillac" Williams and Ronnie Brown hope to repeat the performance they had last year against Tennessee.
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By Victoria Advocate, Texas  Dec. 16--U.S. government bureaucrats introduced the Chinese tallow tree along the Texas Gulf Coast around 1900 for a productive reason. The native Asian species produces wax-covered seeds that experts hoped could be turned into a moneymaking agricultural crop.
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Whether you've got a few minutes or a day to spare, here are the essential jobs for your plot this week   ERICACEOUS plants such as rhododendron, azalea and enkianthus  that have finished their flowering should receive a fertiliser boost to keep soil vibrant.
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By Allyson Bond, High Point Enterprise, N.C.  Jun. 17--RANDOLPH COUNTY -- A rare species of flower will remain in its natural habitat in RandolphCounty.
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Himalayan Pink, Sel Gris, Hiwa Black, Fumee de Sel and Flower of Bali. These are not rare tropical plants, but part of the growing trend of artisan salts. I noticed a blinding array of gourmet salts when I attended the Fancy Food show in New York City a few weeks ago.
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By B.C. Manion, Tampa Tribune, Fla.  Jun. 2--LITHIA -- Lynn Barber's favorite hobby, gardening, sounds placid enough, but it's fraught with danger.   Once, while transplanting a citrus tree, she was swarmed by fire ants.
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By JULIE YOUNG  Antonia FD Vassar munched on a crisp sugar-snap pea and surveyed her ripening front yard.  Little stone walkways wind around garden beds of varying shapes and sizes. An early morning sun drenches lettuces, peas, kale, strawberries, carrots and beets.
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Soybean rust was confirmed in a  Tennessee, the ninth state infected by the highly contagious  disease that has rapidly swept across the U.S. South and is  taking aim at big Midwest farming states, officials said on  Wednesday.
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By Column by Buzz Bertolero  Q. We planted the low growing, purple flowering Verbena as a ground cover. The foliage was attractive in the spring but looks awful during the summer months. It's a stringy brown color with a few flowers.
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By Kathy Gilbert, Chattanooga Times/Free Press, Tenn.  Mar. 12--Four new community-supported agriculture programs have opened in  the Chattanooga area, a development some suggest signals more interest in  locally grown, organic produce.