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Continue reading →: Tree Festival
The 9th Annual Tree Festival will be held at the Sedgwick County Extension Education Center at 21st and Ridge in Wichita on Saturday March 27 from 8:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. This informative event will provide information on selecting, planting and maintaining trees whether in the city or countryside. Admission…
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Continue reading →: The First-Time Gardener: A Round-Up of Posts
No, I don’t mean RoundUp as in the herbicide product that you spray to kill any and every plant. I mean I’m going to provide you a list of some posts from last year that may be a helpful review of information OR if you are a newer reader, they…
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Continue reading →: Get Growing Vegetables Workshop
Get Growing Vegetables, a vegetable gardening workshop for beginning gardeners, will be held on Saturday, March 27, 2010, at the Sedgwick County Extension Education Center Sunflower Room at 21st and Ridge Rd. in Wichita. The workshop is free and is being held in conjunction with the Tree Festival sponsored by…
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Continue reading →: Building Compost Bins
We have a set of “Cadillac-style” compost bins in our Demonstration Garden. By “Cadillac-style,” I mean 3 bins in a row made of old wooden pallets, lined with chicken wire, and gates with latches on the front of each bin. It makes for easy composting, as you can put fresh…
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Continue reading →: Friday PhotoEssay – Signs of Spring Edition
You know spring is coming when green things start popping up. You also can tell it is spring when pictures of those tiny green shoots and buds are exciting. By July we will think these pictures are silly and unimpressive. Well…it’s green, yes. But this is maybe less exciting than…