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SPRING OR SUMMER?

Thursday, March 29th, 2012 by 

SPRING OR SUMMER? This seems to be the question of the day. Plants in nature seem to be releasing all the energies usually saved for May a month early. This month can bring great happenings to many or a late freeze can bring much destruction to the plant community

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Mail Order Plants

Tuesday, January 31st, 2012 by 

The nursery and garden seed catalogs have been arriving for the past two months. This is the time when I like to spend time checking out new cultivars of vegetables and new varieties of perennials flowers. Honestly, I think the main reason I look through the catalogs is to drool over the picture perfect examples of what I image growing in the yard and garden.

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Explore the Concept of Container Gardening

Friday, January 6th, 2012 by 

Explore the concept of container gardening to bring back color, placement, productivity, and enjoyment to the art of gardening.

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Weeding, Pruning and Controlling

Tuesday, June 28th, 2011 by 

Prune and control seems to sum up the yard agenda for summer. Most everything for the flowerbeds and landscape has now been planted. Due to the unusually cool spring, transplants seem well established. Now it is time to move into the next phase of the yard and garden season, that of weeding, pruning and controlling insects and disease.

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Volunteerism!

Thursday, June 23rd, 2011 by 

Read how Judy manages her driveway garden and the volunteer plants that make their way to the garden beds.

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Class of 2011 Master Gardeners

Monday, December 27th, 2010 by 

Adults who love plants, gardening, landscaping and teaching others have an opportunity to join the 2011 class of Master Gardeners Classes again!! Does this mean “learning is life-long”? The Nebraska Master Gardener program is a horticulture-related volunteer training program available in many counties throughout the state.

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The Fong’s vs. The Slugs

Tuesday, June 8th, 2010 by 

For the last two years we have planted a garden. We have learned what it is like to nurture seedlings in to full grown plants. We have stood along the fence night after night surveying our crops. We have harvested baskets and baskets of tomatoes, zucchinis and cucumbers. We had not until this year experienced gardening as a full contact sport.

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Master Gardener program helps you understand “green”

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010 by 

It’s that time again to begin thinking Spring. I just completed my application to be a MASTER GARDENER for the University of NE Extension in Adams County for 2010. This will be my 6th year in the program which includes both a commitment to my education and to volunteerism.

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