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White County Clean Up

Hummingbird Feeders: Ruby-throated hummingbirds have been spotted across the Southeast, so don’t wait – put those hummingbird feeders out now! Read more: bit.ly/Ark-Hummingbir…

Fruit trees around the house are damaged by a large number of different insects and diseases. You can control or prevent this damage by well-timed sprays applied properly to the trees. Read more here: uaex.uada.edu/publications/P…

I got my traps out today. We're going to monitor for the cabbage looper moth and the tomato fruit worm moth at Downtown Community Garden which is located behind the Downtown Church of Christ in Searcy.

I run my IPM traps on Tuesday! Today we had 12 cabbage looper moths and five tomato fruit worm moths in our traps at the Downtown community garden in Searcy. #uaexHORT

Today, Beth Moore talks about the Arkansas Grown Conference and Expo and the impact it has had on the state's agriculture industry and community. youtu.be/CV7qmXC4uh8

I've got my okra variety demo planted and another IPM trap up to monitor for tomato fruit worm moths. The pink delicious tomato we are trialing this summer is in the same bed with the okra. This site is convenient since it is behind the Extension office! #uaexHORT

Meet one of our summer Interns, Abby Stockton. She is obtaining her Agricultural Business degree from Southern Arkansas University. Today in the rain, we have been running our IPM traps and scouting our peaches for the Brown Rot Demo.

We want to welcome our 2025 Summer interns! Abby Stockton and Kacie Clark are excited to obtain experience and learn more about the opportunities available through the Extension Service. We're looking forward to sharing our skills and providing them with a chance to learn.

We're having a great time at the High Tunnel Workshop on growing cut flowers. This one is in White County and hosted by Kathy Algood of Dripping Springs Farm.

We're kicking off the Arkansas Pecan Growers Association educational conference and farm tour. We're touring Keith and Jacob Feather's orchard in Griffithville.

On Tuesdays, we check our demos and run our IPM traps. This is our okra and tomato demo at the office in the demo beds behind the building. I'm happy to report that there are zero tomato fruitworm moths in the trap for this week. #uaexHORT

Check out this helpful infographic made by our summer intern, Abby Stockton, to learn what causes it, how to spot it, and — most importantly — how to prevent it! This common tomato issue isn’t caused by a disease, but by a calcium imbalance and watering problems.

Our Arkansas Diamond Trials are doing well. Abby Stockton, summer intern, has been collecting the data twice each month. She will provide a summer update at the next Master Gardener meeting. #uarkhort

Abby Stockton, Summer Intern, has been learning things about all types of agriculture. She's also been learning about horticulture iand some of our timely topics. She prepared this info graphic on Rose Rosette Virus.

As Interim State Pecan Specialist I get to work with other county agents on pecan demos across the state. Yesterday I was in Atkins with Krista Quinn and Kevin Lawson. We scouted the orchard and put up pecan weevil traps.

Summer interns, Kacie and Abby, are scouting pecan orchards. They are looking for Pecan Nutt Casebearers, Pecan Weevils, and Black and Yellow Aphids.

Y'all I am so excited! I'm happy to report that we have our first harvest from our okra variety demo! My coworker Nancy Sullivan is taking this batch home so that she can do a test test and she'll give us results soon! #uaexHORT

Our Diamond Plant Trial is doing well for the most part! It appears we have been the victim of a flower bandit though! We've had two marigolds and one Sunpatient kidnapped. They were there yesterday and today they have vanished! 🤨 #uarkhort

I'm out running IPM traps today. I'm at the community garden this morning. Trap counts: Tomato Fruitworm Moth: 7 Cabbage Looper Moth: 19 It's 94 degrees at 9:30 am! #uaexHORT