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Four Common Tomato Problems

There’s nothing quite as delicious as homegrown tomatoes. My favorite way to eat tomatoes are in fresh bruschetta or cucumber tomato salads! If you grow these plants, you know that a juicy tomato comes with a lot of hard work and often a little problem solving along the way.

A smiling person standing outside and holding a basket full of colorful flowers.

Extension Matters Volume 12 Number 2

Delivering Flower Joy

By day, she’s a registered dietitian who works with dialysis patients, but after her regular workday, Sandra Carr is headed to work at Raymond Blooms, her flower farm in Hinds County.

Black ants walk along a building post outdoors.

Feature Story

Search for needs brings unwanted ants indoors

A cluster of yellow flowers has bronze-red centers.

Southern Gardening

Uptick Gold & Bronze tickseed is a great plant

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