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Continue reading →: Garden Renovation: Days 28-30 – Final Pavers & Raised BedsThis week has seen the completion of two major parts of our renovation process: the permeable pavers in the classroom area and the raised beds! From here we have lots of smaller projects to put the finishing touches on the garden and one big project – filling the beds with…
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Continue reading →: New Raspberry Varieties from Cornell University
Cornell University in New York has announced the release of 2 new raspberry varieties. They look pretty neat! Of course, releasing them right now means that they won’t be available on the market until next spring. But hey – that’s something to look forward to next year! (For the full…
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Continue reading →: Garden Renovation: Days 26-28 – Building Raised Beds & FINAL Drainage!We are making progress! With any luck, we should have the last 2 raised beds built and everything ready for soil by next Tuesday. Last Friday we built a raised bed out of landscape timbers and placed two beds made of red cedar. One of the Master Gardeners had pre-built…
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Continue reading →: Vegetable Garden Fertilizers & Pesticides
With the gardening season well underway, thanks to the early, warm spring, I think lots of Kansas gardeners are trying their best to make sure that they have a great garden this year, after the dismal year we had last year. As you are getting your garden started, I would…
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Continue reading →: Putting Out Tomatoes
Yeah, we aren’t jumping straight from building the raised beds to planting tomatoes in one day. Sorry, we aren’t that good! However, down inside one of those raised beds is a great place to put some tomatoes that are ready to be hardened off, especially on a cool, blustery, April…