Today's Features

LITTLE RIVER, S.C.—Get ready for crabs, crafters and crooners.

The 32nd Annual Blue Crab Festival is set for this weekend just south of the border in Little River, S.C.

Scheduled 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, the award-winning festival traditionally showcases all-day entertainment and an array of food and arts-and-crafts booths lining the Little River waterfront the weekend after Mother’s Day.

Other events at the “biker-friendly festival” include a children’s area and activities.

The banana tree is not a really a tree, nor is what we call a banana actually a fruit. The “tree” is actually a large herb and the banana is seedless and thus, botanically speaking, not a fruit. Each banana tree produces one and only one bunch of 100-400 bananas during its lifecycle.

I can tell the weather is getting better, just by the phone calls and questions coming into the extension office about preserving foods.
So far, people have been mostly interested in making jams and jellies, but I anticipate we’ll soon be getting the freezing and canning questions. That’s great. We don’t mind the calls because they are an important part of what we do.

Carol Weaver
Master gardener
There are many reasons to raise your own annual flowers and vegetables from seed. Aside from the personal satisfaction you gain from successfully propagating your own plants, you can grow varieties that are not readily available at the local nursery or big-box store. Growing from seed may also be more economical than purchasing small plants at retail prices.