Tag: Dorchester

Tawanah Reeves-Ligon, Dorchester County 4-H Agent For many homeschool families, finding projects, curriculum, and social opportunities that have a meaningful impact and build skills as well as a love of learning in children can feel daunting, at best, and impossible, at its worst. However, there is a simple opportunity in your community that you may […]

Dorchester County 4-H Agent We’re excited to welcome Tawanah Reeves-Ligon to the Clemson Extension family as the newest Dorchester County 4-H Youth Development Agent. An Atlanta native, Mrs. Ligon fell in love with the Lowcountry as a teenager while attending a wedding. She would eventually move here and marry the love of her life, Robert […]

Mike Windhorn, Regional Forestry and Natural Resources Agent & Molly Jones, Regional Water Resources Agent    Canada Geese are grazers that prefer well-maintained lawns next to a body of water. They are very wary of predators, so they prefer large open areas where they can easily see an approaching predator. They also use ponds for rest […]

SAMANTHA PORZELT, WATER RESOURCES AGENT FOR BERKELEY, CHARLESTON, AND DORCHESTER COUNTIES Fall is finally here, and the yearly question comes: Should you rake the leaves or let them be? While bagging them up has long been the tradition, conservation groups like the National Wildlife Federation encourage a different approach: leave the leaves where they fall. […]

Zachary Snipes, Assistant Program Team Leader-Horticulture, Area Horticulture Agent With Christmas and New Year’s Day right around the corner, the only thing that should be on your mind is a big ol’ pot of collard greens for your holiday celebrations.  Now is the time of the year when greens should be happily growing in gardens […]

Marion Barnes, Senior County Extension Agent National Farm Safety and Health Week serves as a yearly reminder to the public and the agricultural community of the dangers of living and working on a farm. The 2025 National Farm Safety and Health Week theme is Safety First, Avoid the Worst. During the weeklong observation, many agricultural […]

Jessica Hardiman, Food System and Safety Agent Fall is a great time to enjoy mashed and pureed vegetables –potatoes, pumpkin, winter squash, sweet potatoes, refried beans, and more! However, if you are planning to can these foods to enjoy at a later date in the year, great care needs to be taken in order to […]

Glen Payne, Urban Horticulture Agent, Beaufort County Vines are twisting and turning this summer angling to find just the right amount of sunlight and companion plants to make reaching new heights possible to set aerial seedpods. There are several vines throughout the Savannah River Valley that can be seen while driving along roads, sitting on […]

Clemson University researchers installed air quality sensors in five locations in the Savannah Valley District: Allendale, Blackville, Hampton, Orangeburg, and Walterboro. The information from these sensors are now available online – with updated air quality readings every two minutes. The circles on the map are colored according to the current air quality (green = good, […]

Ellen Sturup Comeau, Water Resources Agent, Beaufort County Sunny weather, hot temperatures, and high humidity are here! Staying hydrated is critical to staying healthy in the intense weather, and the same is true for the plants in your yard. However, did you know that overwatering your plants can lead to more issues than underwatering them? […]