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Winter: Perfect for Gardening
Subscribe on iTunes! and now on Stitcher. It may be chilly outside, but it is also the perfect time to grow leafy greens, hardy shrubs, and other plants. Learn from UT Gardens Director, Sue Hamilton, how winter can be a rewarding time to garden. Learn tips and tricks to ensure your cold weather horticulture stays green.
Listen to our Winter Gardening podcast.
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Check out some of the "magic moments" shared recently.
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Agriculture making headlines
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Pausing to inspect the cut end of a 15-inch-diameter hickory trunk in the log yard at Promark Percussion in Elkton, Ed Moore rubs his hand over the white layer of dense, hard wood – the only part used for drumsticks – between the bark and the darker heart. "A whole lot more goes into making a drumstick than people realize," says Moore, plant manager at Promark, a subsidiary of Long Island, N.Y.-based D'Addario, which produces parts for musical instruments. "Hickory gets natural defects. Worms like it, so the birds like to peck holes in it. Bird pecks are a no-no in drumsticks." Read More »
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Sindhu Jagadamma, an assistant professor of soil management at the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture, has been elected to lead the Global Climate Change Community of the American Society of Agronomy (ASA). Beginning in January 2017, Jagadamma will serve as the committee’s vice chair and in January 2018 she will ascend to the position of committee chair. Read More »
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has designated 46 counties in Tennessee as primary natural disaster areas due to damages and losses caused by a recent drought.Watch More »
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Congrats to Circle J Ranch who won our December social media contest!! He shared how agriculture brightened his holidays and won a specialized #tnmagicmoments M&M's gift box.
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