Growing on the High Plains SKIP MANCINI PRODUCER AND HOST OF HIGH PLAINS HISTORY AND GROWING ON THE HIGH PLAINS Rosemary is an herb of many uses and a long and varied history. The ancient Greeks declared that it improved memory, and students would often wear wreaths of it in their hair while studying for exams. In the middle ages it was thought to possess powers of protection against evil spirits. Medicinally, it has been used for centuries to...
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GARDEN & HOME TIPS & TRICKS Keep Those Pumpkins Pretty! We’re put together some tips for your jack-o-lantern carving for this Halloween. 1. Choose the right pumpkin. I like them taller than they are wide because that is the shape of a face. I also like them big and ugly because that makes them look interesting. 2. Decapitation or Back Surgery?: You don’t have to take off the top, you can also take of the bottom or...
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GARDEN HACKS SLUG BUG! Slugs. They are the bane of a gardener’s existence. The sweetest, would-not-hurt-a-fly gardener will gleefully crush the soft, slimy bodies of these ugly, plant devouring monsters. The best way to kill slugs depends on two factors. The first being how much work you would like to invest in eradicating slugs from your garden. The second is how much suffering you would like the slugs to go through. The Salt Method – This is...
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Cantaloupe Agua Fresca Agua fresca means “fresh water” in Spanish, and that’s exactly what this drinks is: a refreshing water-based beverage. Made up of little more than fresh fruit, citrus juice, and water, aguas frescas are the perfect way to cool down when it’s hot outside. What to buy: Look for the ripest melons available in the produce section—the riper the melons, the less sugar you’ll have to add to the recipe. A ripe melon...
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GARDEN & HOME July Gardening Tips From Our Garden To Yours, Expect Success With Stutzmans Some Helpful Tips for Gardening in July The secret to a long summer flower show is deadheading — removing dead blooms on annuals, perennials, and roses. Snipping dead blossoms encourages the plant to form more flower buds. Cut mums to 6” high in the first week of July. If annuals, like petunias, in your flower garden look scraggly and tired, cut them...
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PLANT OF THE MONTH Crape Myrtle “Crape Myrtles are well suited to our Kansas summers.” While I like all of the plants we grow here at Stutzmans, a personal favorite of mine is Crape Myrtle. When most people think of Crape Myrtle, they envision the large shrubs and small to medium sized trees found in the Deep South. Unfortunately, with our sometimes erratic and extreme winters they don’t grow like that here. ...
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