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Continue reading →: Something to Watch For…
If you are in the KWCH 12 viewing area, check out the Does It Work? segment on the 10 pm news to see something that we’ve been doing in the Demo Garden this summer. I haven’t been able to share it with you up to now because of the pending…
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Continue reading →: The First Time Gardener: My ________ isn’t producing! What’s Wrong?!?
Every year, at some point during the summer, the Master Gardener Hotline is inundated with calls from frantic vegetable gardeners concerned about one or more of the plants in their garden not producing. Usually this starts out with cucumbers and occasionally squash. The complaint is that there are lots of…
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Continue reading →: Demo Garden To Do List
OR Things We Need to Do to Make the Garden Look Spectacular for Tomato Day! Hunt and Destroy every last weed. Water everything thoroughly. Deadhead the zinnias. Remove all dead plants/leaves/stalks, etc. Spray all the tomatoes with Neem Oil to continue the battle against spider mites. NOT pick any Roma…
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Continue reading →: Fusarium Wilt on Tomatoes
We have a few heirloom tomato varieties out in the Demo Garden this year, and they are a challenge to grow. I am finding that they are particularly challenging in Kansas, compared to other areas. I am also discovering that the raised beds in the Demo Garden have been contaminated…
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Continue reading →: Tasty Squash & Tomato Recipe
Now that we are starting to get lots of produce from our garden (and the farmers markets too!), it’s a great time to try some new recipes that feature fresh summer vegetables. Last Friday we made this delicious Summer Squash & White Bean Saute, since we had a lot of…