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Continue reading →: Are You a Vegetable Gardener?
There have been a multitude of stories about how vegetable gardening is increasing this year all across the country. What category do you fit in?
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Continue reading →: Rain?
Did you get any rain last night? Here in the Demonstration Garden…I don’t think we got more than a sprinkle. Of course, I would know for sure if we actually had a rain gauge! Note to self: Buy a rain gauge. Deciding when to water can be one of the…
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Continue reading →: First Time Gardener: Preparing the Site
If this is your first year planting a vegetable garden (or the first time in many years), you need to start out right by selecting a good location and preparing the soil adequately. Improving your soil is a work in progress over the course of many years, but it will…
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Continue reading →: Ready, Set, Grow!
The first of the spring seeds are in the ground and ready to grow as of this afternoon! Seeds are going into the ground in our Family of 4 Garden! In the Family of 4 Garden, we planted a 4′ x 4′ area to radishes, lettuces, spinach, and mesclun mix.…
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Continue reading →: Spring Cleaning!
We were busy as beavers this past Tuesday in the Demonstration Garden! There was a lot of cleanup to do to get ready to start planting. We also had some other projects, mostly related to our fruit bed. Here are some pictures of what we did this week: We raked…