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Garden Calendar

Garden Calendar: Tree lilacs add color to summer landscape
By Jennifer Smith
June 20, 2013
Japanese tree lilacs, a small tree that produces large, creamy white panicles on the tips of its vase-shaped crown and bears little resemblance to its purple shrubby cousins, are blooming right now in downtown Lawrence.
Garden Calendar: Learn how to be a Master Gardener
By Jennifer Smith
June 13, 2013
K-State Research and Extension in Douglas County is accepting applications for this year’s Master Gardener training.
Garden Calendar: Leafy greens bolting early
By Jennifer Smith
June 6, 2013
When lettuce, spinach, and arugula start producing flowers, you can usually consider them done for the season. Why have gardeners and producers in the area have been reporting it so much this year?
Garden Calendar: Sweeten up your garden with sweet potatoes
By Jennifer Smith
May 30, 2013
Looking for something easy to grow that is a great late-in-the-season addition to the vegetable garden? Try growing sweet potatoes this year. By Jennifer Smith
Garden Calendar: City proposes alternating irrigation schedules
By Jennifer Smith
May 23, 2013
Wise watering saves time and money, grows healthier plants, and could help to reduce the need for future expensive infrastructure from your water provider.
Garden Calendar: Bees begin annual swarming
By Jennifer Smith
May 16, 2013
Over the next few weeks, honey bees will gradually become more active, and a swarm of them could end up in your yard.
Garden Calendar: Are dandelions friends or foes?
By Jennifer Smith
May 9, 2013
Dandelions can be pesky but are easily controlled with a few key practices, and the ones who survive have value to the environment.
Garden Calendar: Strawberry growers use innovative methods for earlier crop
By Jennifer Smith
May 2, 2013
At Wohletz Farm Fresh, 1831 North 1100 Road in rural Lawrence, strawberries are about to hit the big time.
Garden Calendar: Water teepees provide early start for tomatoes
By Jennifer Smith
April 25, 2013
The first tomato of summer: It’s the one gardeners and foodies long for as days get warmer, gardens flourish with plant growth, and farmers markets pick up steam. Want that first tomato a little earlier?
Garden Calendar: 10 things for spring
By Jennifer Smith
April 18, 2013
Whether you are an experienced gardener or just putting your first plants into the ground, gardening is a continual process of learning and growing. Here are a few tips we can all keep in mind as we kick off this year’s gardening season. By Jennifer Smith
Garden Calendar: Low tunnels help produce early crop
By Jennifer Smith
April 11, 2013
While most gardeners are planting their early-season veggies and preparing the soil for later crops, one Lawrence gardener is already reaping the rewards of her labor.
Garden Calendar: Guerrilla gardens started on neglected land need commitment
By Jennifer Smith
April 4, 2013
Have you ever looked at a neglected piece of land and thought about planting flowers or vegetables on it? Maybe just some wildflower seeds to spruce things up? If so, you could be part of a growing trend that is being referred to as guerrilla gardening.
Garden Calendar: Pecking at a bigger problem
By Jennifer Smith
March 28, 2013
If trees could talk, I would hope they would tell us what hurts, or where it hurts, or when a pest attack is getting the best of them.
Garden Calendar: What to know about spring fertilizer applications
By Jennifer Smith
March 20, 2013
Warmer weather should be around to stay soon, and my garden gloves and pruners are already waiting by the door for their chores. These early days of spring are a good time to give many species of plants supplemental nutrients in the form of fertilizer, but how much and what kind really depend on what you are trying to grow and what your soil has already.
Garden Calendar: Trapping best remedy to get rid of moles
By Jennifer Smith
March 14, 2013
The giant mounds of soil in my lawn that appeared after the snow melted tell me that I have a new and unwelcome visitor to my yard: a mole.

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