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Continue reading →: Giving Them Space to Grow
If you have ever planted vegetable seeds, you know how very tiny many of them are. It can be a huge challenge to get them spaced appropriately when seeding. (For larger gardens, I would encourage you to purchase some type of push seeder. It makes for less bending over when…
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Continue reading →: Tomatoes, Peppers, Eggplant, Oh My!
On Monday I promised a list of the tomatoes, peppers, and eggplant that we will be planting out in the demonstration garden this summer. Here is the list, along with the percentage of germination as of today. I also have made an effort to link the variety names to a…
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Continue reading →: Ready, Set, Plant!
It was a busy morning out in the Sedgwick County Extension Master Gardeners Demonstration Garden! We started by pulling some weeds and then incorporating compost into two of the beds where we would be seeding. Then, some very dedicated Extension Master Gardeners laboriously planted the tiny seeds so as not…
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Continue reading →: First Time Gardener: How Wet is Too Wet?
Since we have had some rain in the past few days, it struck me that knowing when to get back out in the garden after a rainy period might not be as obvious to others as it is to me. (That’s the farm girl talking – waiting for things to…
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Continue reading →: Out Working…
The Extension Master Gardeners will be out in the garden planting and fertilizing, and otherwise gardening this morning. Check back this afternoon for some “action” photos!