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Continue reading →: Late Berry Pruning
We are late getting our berries pruned this year, because I wanted to use them for the workshop last Saturday. I pruned most of the raspberries on Saturday, but we still had to do some cleanup and then prune up the currants and gooseberries. Pruning and some good old fashioned…
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Continue reading →: Handouts from Grow Good Food Workshop
If you want a copy of the handouts from the Grow Good Food Workshop this morning, they are available here for downloading and printing. Vegetable Gardening from the Ground Up (PDF) Top 20 Tomato Problems (PDF) Growing Berries (PDF)
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Continue reading →: Friday PhotoEssay
It’s hard to believe that it’s already April! I guess I had better believe it, since I’ve got so many things growing in my office now. You can see from the leaves on the Bok Choy that the flea beetles are already out in force. Turning over the leaves show…
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Continue reading →: The First Time Gardener: Getting to Know Your Soil
There’s no doubt that our soil is an incredibly important part of our gardening success, and there’s a lot that you can learn from your soil by doing a couple of simple tests. You can also learn a lot just by going out, feeling your soil, and paying close attention…
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Continue reading →: Planting Tomato & Pepper Seeds
Today was the day that we planted the tomato and pepper seeds for the Demonstration Garden. Thanks to the Pepper Garden, there are LOTS of peppers this year. 16 varieties of peppers, 12 varieties of tomatoes, 132 pots, 8 flats, almost 5 cu. ft. of potting mix. Step 1: Fill…