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On May 5th the Down to Earth Garden Club joined the spring clean-up. The group cleaned and weeded the old Pershing parking lot and then moved on to the City Building where Lorraine and Merce had been weeding. Pat and Sharon went on to the Beaver Meadow Walkway. We proceeded to the park for lunch where […]
Stating seeds for annual plants is relatively uncomplicated. The seed goes into sterile soil or artificial medium, you give it some water, place it in a warmish place and after a while germination occurs. Having mastered germinating annuals, many gardeners eventually have the thought that if they start their perennials from seed they can, with […]
We had a very peculiar spring this year with days that were more suitable to July, followed by temperatures that dipped as low as 20 degrees. This brought many of our spring flowering ornamental trees into premature bloom only to have those blossom destroyed by low temperatures. Throughout all of this there was one tree […]