- Garden Calendar: Learn how to be a Master Gardener
- 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
- 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?
- A vegetable-eater’s Eden
- Home garden, one of 18 on tour, features curb-to-curb produce, chickens
- June 5, 2013
- For an easy summertime dinner at home, Bob Gent loves a good stir fry. He’ll toss together potatoes, eggplant, okra and tomato, and maybe a little meat to make a full and savory meal. Such a dinner is especially easy for Gent — everything he needs is growing just steps from his kitchen door.
- Garden Calendar: Sweeten up your garden with sweet potatoes
- 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
- KU medicinal plant research garden will open for tours
- May 28, 2013
- The Kansas University Native Medicinal Plant Research Garden will host tours at 2 p.m. on June 2 for any interested community members.
- Garden Calendar: City proposes alternating irrigation schedules
- 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.
- Masterful gardens
- Garden Tour to showcase spectacular landscapes in the area
- May 20, 2013
- Looking for ideas to spruce up your yard? Want to see some of the Lawrence area’s finest gardens? The upcoming Garden Tour, organized by the Douglas County Extension Master Gardeners, is the perfect opportunity to see the plants and practices that work best in this area. By Jennifer Smith
- Garden Calendar: Bees begin annual swarming
- 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.
- Fix-It Chick: Eliminate weeds with proven methods
- May 13, 2013
- Though it can be argued that weeds are not our enemy, uncontrolled fields of dandelion, chickweed, ground ivy or wild onions can unnerve even the most passive groundskeeper.
- Garden Calendar: Are dandelions friends or foes?
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Industry, beauty and antiques collide at North Lawrence corner
- April 15, 2013
- It’s hard to miss the North Lawrence vintage home decor shops. Past the muffler shop, through the billowing dust cloud by the grain elevator, parallel to the whistling train rumbling by on the tracks, the cluster of picture-perfect shops with elegant signs and windows full of pretties sticks out like a sore thumb — or more like a shiny jewel. By Sara Shepherd
- Garden Calendar: Low tunnels help produce early crop
- 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.
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