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Continue reading →: Can I Use a Home Soil Test Kit to Test My Soil?
When I talk about soil testing, one of the most frequent questions I get asked is if they can just use a soil test kit that you buy at a garden center rather than doing a lab test. (You can have a lab test done through K-State or through a…
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Continue reading →: Handouts from the Grow Good Food Workshop
If you couldn’t attend the workshop or if you missed out on one of the sessions, here are the presentations: 1. Getting Started with a New Garden Beginning Gardening 2. Choosing What to Plant Choosing What to Plant Handout 3. Common Pests & Problems Common Vegetable Pests & Problems 4. Growing Heirlooms &…
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Continue reading →: Handout from the Planting & Preserving Workshop
I usually try to post the handouts/presentations from all of my classes on the blog, and I realized that I never posted my presentation from the Planting & Preserving Workshop back in February. Planning and Planting to Preserve (PDF) I realized in looking through the slides that I didn’t really have…
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Continue reading →: First Plantings for 2014
After we got all the compost into the raised beds on Tuesday, we had a few things to get planted. Because of our garden plans this year, we just had a couple things to plant here and there. First, we had ‘Yukon Gold’ potatoes to plant in the MG Favorites…
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Continue reading →: First Work Day for 2014
We had our first work day of the season this morning, and boy am I tired! I’m afraid that my gardening muscles are pretty out of shape this spring. Our most important task for the day was to incorporate some beautiful, new compost into all of our beds. Since we…