… Seed starting is a highly rewarding and fun activity as you plant your seeds and then watch them come to life. Learn how to set up a simple indoor system for producing … to begin with, seed selection, seedling containers, growing media, light stands, watering and fertility, potting, hardening off, and preparing your plants to move outdoors. Bill Shores, …
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… New! Strawberries are sophisticated. In this hands-on class, local food blogger and cookbook author Emily Paster will teach you how to make strawberry balsamic jam, a … on this classic preserve. The class will also cover the how-tos of water-bath canning—a safe and easy method of home food preservation, including addressing safety concerns and equipment needs. Each student will make and take home a jar of their own jam. Emily Paster, …
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… Bring your own soil sample from home and learn what’s in it and how you can help your garden grow more lushly, beautifully, and successfully. Tom Tiddens, plant health care supervisor at the Garden, shares soil basics for …
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… Make your grow space colorful, attractive, and productive. We will discuss a variety of innovative ways to incorporate edible plants into … all kinds of growing spaces such as in-ground beds, raised beds, containers, pathways, arbors, and vertical plantings, along with techniques such as choosing a design style, blending edible and ornamental plants, successfully using repetition, and selecting plants with season-long …
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… it is time to think about overwintering those wonderful tender perennials, Mediterraneans, and tropical plants that you have grown to love over the summer. In this class, you will learn which plants will overwinter successfully and which ones are best to compost and buy new in spring. You will learn the best techniques and secrets of success to keep your …
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… New! Assemble and decorate a gingerbread house in this cooking class. Learn how to make royal icing and use a pastry bag. As students decorate, a light dinner will be prepared featuring liptauer cheese spread with pumpernickel, beet, horseradish, and apple salad with poppy seed dressing, and mushroom stroganoff with cabbage and buttered …
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… Pure white double flowers with a greenish tint to the eye are 1.5 to 2.5 inches in width and produced n long sturdy stems suitable for cutting for flower arrangements. Plant seeds in full sun, average soils and water during periods of drought. Like other Zinnia's, it appreciates a bit of elbow room to allow for good air movement to reduce the incidence of downy and powdery mildews. Pollinators, both insects and birds are drawn to the flowers and songbirds …
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… over compact green foliage" this non-hardy perennial thrives in well drained soils, full sun and moderate to low fertility throughout the growing season. Effective in containers and fronts of flower beds where the shorter stature fulfills a design aesthetic. Insect and disease resistant it is also favorite of a number of bees, other nectar feeding insects and …
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… Native to moors, swamps, and grasslands in central Eurasia, purple moor grass is a slow-growing plant that produces an … tall that turns yellow in the fall. Purple flowers bloom on 20- to 32-inch stalks in July and August. Purple moor grass grows best in full sun with regular moisture and is tolerant of both acidic and alkaline conditions. Archived Copy: This content was captured …
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… syriacus 'America Irene Scott' has pale pink double flowers with prominent staminal columns and creamy white and green variegated foliage. It grows to 8-12 feet high and blooms from mid summer to fall, but does not produce seed. It is sold commercially as Sugar …
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