When the days are dark, cold, and dreary and cabin fever is at its worst, that is the perfect time to start dreaming and planning your summer vegetable garden. Maybe you can introduce your child or grandchild to the joys of gardening this summer. Amy Barr is the Delaware County 4-H & Youth Development Program Assistant. She encourages novices to start with a small garden. She says “it’s best to have a few rows dedicated to each child, instead of a big garden. It is much easier to plant the seeds or transplants than to weed and water the garden for the entire summer.”
Feb 15 2013 | Posted in
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Is it spring yet? As I write it is the coldest it has been in the past two years and there is a pathetic snow with flakes that just look bored with their job.
Feb 8 2013 | Posted in
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One of the reasons I garden is to feel better. By surrounding myself with beauty, engaging in moderate exercise and inhaling plenty of fresh air I am drawn into a euphoric state that comforts me. However, gardening can also be a source of frustration. My battle with feverfew is a good example.
Feb 1 2013 | Posted in
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The growth of community gardens and backyard gardens are predicted to hit an all-time high in 2013. As part of the mission for the Grow and Share Community Garden Initiative through the Delaware County Master Gardeners, we will host our annual spring garden day Feb. 9 at the Columbus State Community College Delaware branch.
Jan 25 2013 | Posted in
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The recent snap of warm weather was an exciting glimpse of spring. I love winter and have thoroughly enjoyed the snow this year, but the gardener in me cannot help but be enticed by the promise of a new gardening season. I took a chance and used the short window of thawed ground and temperatures in the 50s to finish some daffodil planting that should have been wrapped up in October. We’ll see if that turned out to be a wise decision. As the cold took hold once again, I put down my bulb planter and picked up a few seed catalogs. Always dangerous. I was very happy with my garden last year and my emphasis on herbs. I plan to repeat many of last year’s plantings, with a few new choices peppered in. One of my newer herbs will be stevia.
Jan 18 2013 | Posted in
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This year will find more of us reconnecting with nature and doing more down to earth ventures. It’s being called the “year of bliss” by the group Garden Media. They recently revealed their garden trends for 2013, and it sounds like a great garden year. While the snow is still on the ground and the cold temps are hanging around, start planning your garden and your outdoor living space.
Jan 11 2013 | Posted in
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There are few gardeners who clock as many hours as honeybees. Many are out at first light of morning and continue to work until the last light of the evening sun from late spring-autumn. While honeybees do not mulch and weed they do provide us an invaluable service: pollination. When bees leave their hives to forage for pollen, they bring life to millions of plants along the way. A 2000 Cornell University Study estimates that one out of every three bites of food we take relies on the pollination of honeybees; either plants that directly rely on pollination to produce fruits and vegetables or livestock who are fed diets of plants dependent on insect pollination. In 2006 when beekeepers started losing massive portions of their bees, it did not take the media long to notice.
Jan 7 2013 | Posted in
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With Jan. 1 just around the corner, many of us are still looking for that perfect New Year’s resolution. Most people seek resolutions that will change their life, make them angelic, smarter, popular, healthier, and of course happier. It’s exhausting just to think about it. In contrast, I offer resolutions for the chronic procrastinator. That’s right, these resolutions, with a few exceptions, can be delayed for months, at least until the growing season. I present to you my top 10 gardening resolutions.
Dec 29 2012 | Posted in
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