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Continue reading →: 2019 Garden Plans
It is once again the time of year where we plan what will be featured in our Demonstration Garden for the season. As always, we have a great mix of tried-and-true vegetables and some new and interesting things. When it is cold and snowy, it is a lot of fun…
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Continue reading →: Fall Changes for the SNAP-Ed Garden
Although the summer is over, the SNAP-Ed garden still has a few more things left growing! We have collard greens, turnips, lettuce, spinach, radishes, of course our parsley and oregano, and just one beet made it through for us. We had some healthy harvests of tomatoes and peppers make it…
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Continue reading →: The Milkweed Ecosystem
These are some pictures taken by one of our Master Gardeners, Lisa LaRue, back in mid-August. We always love our butterfly and pollinator bed because it is beautiful and beneficial to the environment of our garden. These pictures take a closer look at everything that is going on in that…
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June & July in the SNAP-Ed Garden
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Continue reading →: June & July in the SNAP-Ed GardenWe have had some very successful harvests from our SNAP-Ed garden in the past two months! Our tomato cages made from tree branches and twine seemed to hold up for our giant Juliet tomato plant, which was a big producer! We also had a good turn out from our…
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Continue reading →: Why Horticulture?
This bowl of blackberries represents the importance of horticulture. The importance to our families, our communities, and our state. On the surface, we might sometimes be tempted to boil down our impact as horticulturists to something like the following statement: “Through educational programming, this family learned the appropriate fertilization and…