July 19th,
2016, Kim’s Weekly Garden Newsletter
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Kim Willis - no parts of this newsletter may be used without permission.
Hi Gardeners
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| Species lily Leichtlinii |
Today is quite
pretty but beware we have a heat wave coming for later this week and weekend. It’s going to be hot and very humid. Maybe you have heard of the internet rumor
that is saying corn “sweat” is
making things hotter. Here in rural
Michigan there’s a lot of corn growing and this time of year it’s giving off a
lot of water that it’s pulling from the ground.
It’s not really sweat, but evaporating water. Technically it doesn’t make things hotter-
moisture in the air just makes us feel hotter.
Speaking of water, I
am back to my usual watering routine. I
am sure hoping we get some rain this week, there’s about a 50-50 chance. I try not to water the vegetable beds and my
larger perennial bed unless we go without rain for 10 days or so, but when it’s
hot and windy I sometimes need to break down and water them.
In my garden this
week the echincea and rudbeckia are blooming, also the glads have started
blooming. The wind the other night blew
some of them over as well as a big stalk of lilies. I like glads but I don’t like to have to
stake them. I plant a few each year that
are heirloom varieties. Also blooming
are the water hyacinths and some nice nicotiana that came up from seed. They may have hybridized with the woodland
nicotiana that bloomed last year because the flowers on one plant are quite
large.
My border dahlias
are starting to bloom, daylilies are still going strong but Asiatic lilies are
starting to fade fast. The tiger lilies
have started blooming however and the Orientals will be in bloom soon. I have a species lily Leichtlinii in bloom that’s
quite graceful and pretty.
My Chinese hibiscus
has started a new bloom cycle, it’s gorgeous right now. The deck plants are all doing well. Cosmos Double Click keeps giving me new color
varieties. Nasturtiums, calendula, bee balm, bedding phlox and the tall garden
phlox are blooming. The Joe Pye Weed has
started blooming but my plant is still tiny.
My white Rose of
Sharon has started blooming- I think it’s the first time it’s ever bloomed in
July. Things are just getting real ahead
of schedule this year because of the heat.
We have ripe
blueberries and I made a nice blueberry cobbler the other night although I had
to buy some Michigan blueberries so I could freeze a little. They are at the market now. We’ll have lots of blackberries in a few
days. My early sweet corn has tassled
nicely and we’ll have corn soon too.
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| Seedling nicotiana |
Differences
in pickling and eating cucumbers
I made some quick pickles this week that turned out
crisp and tangy but gardeners often ask
why their pickles are soft instead of crunchy.
There can be a number of reasons why this happens but using the right
type of cucumbers for pickling does help.
There are two main types of cucumbers, eating cukes and pickling cukes. Both kinds can be pickled but pickling kinds will
generally result in a better product.
Eating cucumbers are long and narrow with smooth thick
skins, dark green in color, and white spines or no spines (prickly bumps on the
skin). The flesh is softer than pickling cukes and some are seedless. Pickling
cucumbers are shorter and fatter with thin skins, a more bumpy look and dark
colored spines. Their flesh tends to be
firmer and the skin is lighter in color than table cukes.
It’s important to remember that both kinds of cucumbers
can be eaten fresh or made into pickles. Pickling types have less moisture in the flesh
and thin skins which makes it a bit easier to get them crisp. Gardeners who make lots of pickles will
probably want to choose pickling types.
You can’t tell what type you have by looking at the plants, only by the
label or by looking at the cucumber fruit.
Many pickling types will have “pickling” or “pickles” in their names.
Important things to remember if you want crisp pickles is
to pick the cucumbers young, before they have much yellow or white streaking or
undersides. Then use them for pickles
when they are fresh and still firm. Don’t
use older, softening or blemished cucumbers for pickles because they don’t look
good enough to be table cukes, that’s often the incorrect thinking that makes
soft pickles. Refrigerate cucumbers until used.
Also always use canning salt or salt without iodine in
pickles. Don’t use waxed cucumbers; grocery store cucumbers are often
waxed. Even after washing the skin may
not absorb the pickling solution well.
Follow a good pickling recipe.
There are pickle recipes on the page listed to the right of this article titled Fruit/vegetable canning, recipes
Lovely
lavender Laurentia or Blue Stars
It’s not as common as some other annuals but every year
I search out some laurentia (Isotoma axillaris) for my porch. I have been growing it for years and I really
enjoy the light sweet scent it emits in the evening. If you have never tried this plant you are
missing a summer treat. This plant is
sometimes called blue star or blue star creeper but those common names are also
used for a cousin of the plant that’s sometimes used as a groundcover but has a
much shorter bloom period. Laurentia
comes from a former classification of the plant, it should probably be called
Isotoma but I am used to the name Laurentia as are many gardeners.
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| Laurentia, Blue Stars |
Laurentia/Isotoma is native to Australia. It’s really a perennial that’s very frost
tender, so it’s treated as an annual here.
It’s a low growing, mounded plant
about 12 inches high with dainty, fine foliage that would be good for front of
the border or what I love it for, containers.
It’s relatively new to the bedding plant scene, at least in the US. ‘Beth’s Blue’ a Proven Winners selection is
the cultivar I normally end up with but there are a few other selections out
there including ‘Indigo Stars’, ‘Avant- Garde blue’, and ‘Avant-Garde pink’
that you may find. Generally gardeners
will want to start with plants, but seeds are available in some catalogs.
The 1 inch lavender blue flowers of Laurentia are star
shaped and the plants are generally covered in bloom through the summer,
although in really hot weather I notice that blooming slows sown. The plant doesn’t need dead heading to keep
blooming. I have seen butterflies check
out the flowers although bees don’t seem particularly interested in them. The sweet scent of the flowers is stronger in
the evening but it’s never over powering. Nurseries have produced deeper blue,
pink and even white flowered selections but it’s still hard to find those.
The leaves of Laurentia are long and narrow, with odd
shaped projections or teeth scattered irregularly along the edges. Laurentia is
considered to be drought and heat tolerant.
It is not tolerant of cold and should be put outside after all danger of
frost has passed. I have tried over wintering
the plant inside a few times but with no success.
Laurentia prefers full sun but mine blooms nicely on
the deck where it gets full sun for some morning and late day hours but is
shaded in the middle of the day. It likes a rich but well drained soil and
prefers to dry out slightly between watering.
Container plants that get too dry however, will quit blooming.
Laurentia does need some fertilization for best bloom,
like most container plants. Mix slow
release fertilizer for blooming plants in the potting soil or use a liquid
fertilizer once a week. I use the slow
release fertilizer when planting and then start liquid fertilizer in late July,
as I do with most of my containers.
The foliage of Laurentia has a milky sap that can cause
skin irritation if broken stems are handled. You probably won’t want to use it as a cut flower
but this rarely poses a problem in containers or the garden. That sap does make the plant off limits to
most animals like deer and even insects don’t munch it.
Laurentia is pretty, fragrant, easy to grow and
deserves a place in your garden.
Could
cinnamon help improve learning?
It has been observed that subtle differences in brain
chemistry and composition that occur in both people and animals determine how
quickly and efficiently they learn and how good their memory is. While some struggle to learn, others learn
quickly.
This month’s issue of the Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology has an article on research done
on animals that suggests that cinnamon could help improve the ability to learn. When mice that had exhibited a poor ability
to learn were fed ground cinnamon their learning ability greatly improved.
Researchers say the cinnamon converts to sodium
benzoate in the body and when the sodium benzoate entered the mice's brains, it
increased CREB, (a protein involved in memory and learning) and decreased
GABRA5, (a
protein that generates tonic inhibitory conductance in the brain) and
stimulated the plasticity (ability to change) of hippocampal neurons.
The researchers have also found that ground cinnamon
improved the function of brains in animals with Parkinson’s disease. Human studies will be needed to determine the
effectiveness of cinnamon on human memory and learning. However cinnamon is a normal, safe food
product and you could experiment with adding additional cinnamon to foods. (Never take ground cinnamon alone.) Researchers suggest that if you want to supplement the
diet with cinnamon to use the more expensive Ceylon cinnamon rather than
cinnamon cassia found in cheaper cinnamons.
For more information www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/07/160712214659.htm.
Is
pomegranate the secret to better aging?
Human trials are under way as researchers have found
that in animals pomegranate does help cells, particularly muscle cells, repair
damage from aging in animals. The pomegranate is converted by gut bacteria to urolithin
A, a substance that helps cell mitochondria work better. Some people and animals have more of the gut bacteria
that convert pomegranate than others and benefit more from treatment. But researchers have already developed an
urolithin product that may help when insufficient gut bacteria are present.
Urolithin A has also been found to have some benefit in
the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease.
Previous research on pomegranate shows it can help reduce atherosclerosis,
including cholesterol oxidation, in blood vessels and reduce the chance of
heart attacks. In this case pomegranate
teams up well with dates to reduce arterial plague.
A glass of pomegranate juice each day could provide the
body with many benefits and should be safe for most people to consume.
Here’s the references for the above information.
Urolithin
A induces mitophagy and prolongs lifespan in C. elegans and increases muscle
function in rodents. Nature Medicine, July 2016 DOI: 10.1038/nm.4132
Anti-atherogenic
properties of date vs. pomegranate polyphenols: the benefits of the
combination. Food Funct., 2015; DOI: 10.1039/C4FO00998C
Beware
of Jerry Baker remedies
I just got another one of those Jerry Baker advertising
booklets in the mail, trying to get me to buy his newest book of fairy
tales. “You’ll never believe what duct
tape can do in your garden,” the headline screams. I sort of guessed right when I said –
“probably repair something” - at the
very end of the booklet there was the sage advice that you could tape sponges
on your knees to kneel in the garden.
Jerry Baker is one of my trigger points. It’s hot, I’m cranky so here’s my little rant
against America’s snake oil gardener.
Jerry Baker is now about 85 years old. I really doubt
he’s still the actual author of those awful “home garden remedy” books that
keep getting churned out. And while I do
know how Baker became the darling of the home remedy crowd, I have never
understood why.
I was working at a Kmart in Rochester Michigan in the
70’s-80’s as a garden shop manager. My
garden shop was always one of the top 2 profitable garden departments in the
Detroit area at the time and we were close to Kmart headquarters so we got a
lot of visits from buyers and other bigwigs.
One day I was introduced to Jerry Baker, who the buyer said was going to
be the new spokesperson for a line of Kmart garden products.
At first I was very pleased that I was going to get to
chat with a plant expert as I gave him the “tour”. I had about 20 years of garden experience at
the time plus a degree in biology but it’s always nice to talk to experts. I was quickly disappointed. Baker didn’t know the difference between
annuals and perennials, called the evergreens we had in stock Christmas trees,
and just generally didn’t know anything about gardening or plants. I got to speak with him several times and my
opinion didn’t change. He was only
average looking, certainly no model, so I was baffled as to why they would
choose him as a spokesperson and to this day I still am.
I asked Jerry once about his own garden and he told me
he didn’t have one because he lived in an apartment and didn’t have time to
garden but that he helped his grandmother garden as a kid. I doubt in the many years since then that he
has done much gardening except maybe at photo shoots, although in one interview
in 1989 he claimed to tend a ½ acre garden.
I could be wrong but after reading a few of his ridiculous books it’s
obvious his experience is lacking.
One of the things I and some other people had suggested
at meetings for Kmart garden shop managers was to have some pamphlets printed with garden
information for the public we could give out at the stores. Guess who wrote the pamphlets? Mr. Baker of course or at least his name was
on them. And they were about things like
spanking the trees with newspaper to make them grow. I politely asked my boss one time why Baker
was suggesting all these really “out there” home remedy ideas about gardening
when we were trying to sell garden products.
That made him think and suddenly Baker was promoting Kmart lawn
fertilizer and rose spray in the pamphlets.
One Baker pamphlet told people to mix beer and dish
soap and climb on their roof to spray it for moss. I suggested to headquarters that advice was
just screaming personal injury lawsuit and they quickly pulled it. He’s still pushing one of his dangerous
little home remedies in the latest advertising I got in the mail. In it he suggests mixing chewing tobacco
juice with dish soap to spray plants.
Nicotine is a highly toxic poison, certainly not a safe remedy and both
the environment and you would be safer with a commercial insecticide. And to get chewing tobacco juice you have to
chew that nasty, cancer causing stuff.
Certainly that remedy is one that no one should ever use and it’s
obvious his publisher doesn’t have a technical expert editor scanning his
material.
It’s interesting that in his biography Baker doesn’t
mention being a spokesperson for Kmart.
But he does give his experience as an undercover cop who posed as a
gardener. That’s kind of like the actor
who plays a doctor on TV pretending to be a real one. I was told of his former career in police
work and I was told why it ended, but I won’t go into details since it was
second hand information that might not be entirely true.
Jerry did write his famous talking to plants book in the
70’s and that was just about the time he would have become Kmart’s
spokesperson. You can hype anyone into
something and his acting experience as an undercover cop has stood him well
over the years. But gardening with your
grandmother many years ago and listening to old wives tales is hardly enough to
make you an instant expert.
Most of his gardening tips are silly, useless remedies
but fairly harmless. I can see the tips
about taping sponges to your knees and other home-made gadgets but many of his remedies
show his complete lack of horticulture knowledge or garden experience. Yet people listen to this crap because
there’s this idea that old time, homey remedies are so much safer and effective
than commercial garden products. This
gardening granny is here to say that most of Mr. Bakers remedies aren’t based
on any science, don’t work and some are downright harmful. What he is good at is using his “homey” charm
to make people buy his useless books.
PBS and other shows have added to Bakers
popularity. They like an actor that gets
people interested in watching and don’t care whether he has any credentials or
not. I gardened with my grandmother too,
but rarely use that as the basis for
giving advice, and my grandmother , while she didn’t have any formal degrees,
did things like hybridize iris and develop new strains of plants. She was in the garden nearly every day in
season and she read and studied about plants extensively.
Jerry Baker has no degree in horticulture or probably
anything else, and his claim to even be a Master Gardener has been contested as
no one can find any indication that he ever took the course. And his use of the
name Jerry Baker, America’s Master Gardener, has been contested. It’s the fault of Extension Master Gardener
programs that they didn’t copyright the name before he started using it. He’s no Master Gardener.
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| As useful as Jerry Baker remedies |
What you will never find in any Jerry Baker book is any
scientific proof or studies to show that his remedies are effective. You may find testimonials, people who say
they tried it and it worked but most snake oil salesmen have those. But if you know anything about science or
botany you know that most of his remedies have no chance of working, they are
scientifically impossible.
True garden experts, people knowledgeable about
gardening and who have degrees in biology and horticulture routinely condemn
Jerry Bakers advice. They have
petitioned PBS and other places to stop using him as an expert. If you are truly interested in gardening
please don’t use Bakers books or tips or the on line bunk based on those tips
as your guidance.
If you are against chemicals and think Bakers little
tricks are saving the environment, just examine the labels of some of the
products he suggests, like mouthwash and dish soap. You’ll find all kinds of chemicals in there,
and those products were never developed to be safe for garden use. Just because you use them in one way doesn’t
mean they are safe to use in a different way or mixed with different
things. And we got rid of many dangerous
products our grandparents used like nicotine and DDT because we discovered just
how harmful they are.
Many of the home remedies won’t even save you money
once you gather all those ingredients and spray, spray, spray. People have done comparisons of his
recommendations and commercial products used as directed and found the
commercial products are often less expensive to use. That’s especially true because they usually
work and Bakers remedies don’t.
And if these home remedies don’t work – and most of
them don’t, then you are adding chemicals to the environment that didn’t need
to be put there and wasting both time and money. If a mouthwash company isn’t advertising that
their product can be used in the garden there’s probably a good reason- why
wouldn’t they want to promote additional use of a product?
It’s hard to keep coming up with even more bizarre and
useless remedies after you’ve written so many books of them. But the books keep on coming. And I bet Baker has a gardener doing his
gardening now with all the money he’s made conning folks. Maybe he can learn something from him.
By
the way- my credentials – I don’t talk about them much- are 50+ years of home
gardening, work in both retail and wholesale garden industries, 15 years as an
Extension home horticulturist, a degree in biology and in education, Advanced
Master Gardening certification, many other garden education certificates, and I
am the author of 4 non- fiction books all published by established commercial
publishers: “Complete Idiots Guide to Country Living”, “Knacks Guide to
Canning, Pickling and Preserving”, “Raising Chickens for Dummies”, now on its
second edition, and “Beer- a Cookbook” .
I have also published more than 600 articles in various media forms on gardening and a variety of topics.
Want some other resources to read debunking Jerry Baker
type remedies? Try : The Truth About Garden Remedies: What Works,
What Doesn't, and Why –by Jeff Gillman, The
Informed Gardener by Linda Chalker-Scott, Coffee
for Roses: ...and 70 Other Misleading Myths About Backyard Gardening by
C.L. Fornari, all available at bookstores and Amazon.
Also try these websites
Don’t stop weeding your garden
When it’s hot and plants are mature enough to compete
well with weeds, gardeners sometimes give up on weeding. Besides the fact that weeds shade garden
plants and compete for water and nutrients, there is another reason to keep
weeds out of the garden. Some weeds also bring disease and harmful insects into
the garden.
Common lambsquarters, pigweed and nightshade all get
some of the fungal diseases that tomatoes and potatoes get. These are extremely common weeds in Michigan
gardens. They can serve as a source of
infection for early and late blight and also septoria leaf spot. Nightshade is a perennial and some fungal
diseases may over winter in its living tissue.
Petunias, while not a weed, can also carry some tomato-potato
diseases. Don’t plant them near those
crops.
Dandelions and wild carrots or Queen Anne’s Lace,
growing near garden carrots may be a source of “aster yellows” a disease that
infects garden carrots. They are spread
to carrots by an insect called a leafhopper that feeds on both types of plants.
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| Redroot pigweed |
Many viral diseases are spread by aphids, leafhoppers
and beetles feeding on infected weeds and then moving to related garden
plants. Tobacco mosaic virus of tomatoes
and peppers, cucumber mosaic virus and powdery mildew are some diseases that
can be spread by insects from weeds to garden plants. Pests like the tomato hornworm may begin
feeding on nightshade and then move to tomatoes.
Here are some other weeds that are important to remove
from your garden to help control disease and insects. Prickly lettuce, sowthistles, Canadian
goldenrod, ragweed, shepards purse, purslane, yellow rocket, dayflower,
deadnettle, teasel, heal all, chickweed and bur cucumber.
If you grow raspberries or blackberries in the garden
all wild brambles should be removed for 100 feet around your plot. They serve as a reservoir for rust and other
diseases.
Weeding
is therapeutic; I prescribe 2 hours of late evening weeding for all of you.
Kim Willis
“He who has a garden and
a library wants for nothing” ― Cicero
Events, classes and other offerings
Please let me know if there is any event or class that
you would like to share with other gardeners.
These events are primarily in Michigan but if you are a reader from
outside of Michigan and want to post an event I’ll be glad to do it.
Do you have plants or seeds you would like to swap or share? Post them here by emailing me. You can also
ask me to post garden related events. Kimwillis151@gmail.com
An interesting
Plant Id page you can join on Facebook
Here’s a
seed/plant sharing group you can join on Facebook
Invitation
If you are a gardener
in Michigan close to Lapeer we invite you to join the Lapeer Area Horticultural
Society. The club meets once a month, 6:30 pm, on the third Monday at various
places for a short educational talk, snacks and socializing with fellow
gardeners. No educational or volunteer requirements for membership, all are
welcome. Membership dues are $20 per year. Come and visit us, sit in on a
meeting for free. Contact
susanmklaffer@yahoo.com Phone
810-664-8912
For Sale: I have baby parakeets for sale, hatched this
spring $15 each. They are not hand
fed. Beautiful colors, lutino, (yellow)
and shades of pale green, olive green, and sea green. Some I can sex now, others are a guess. You’ll need to bring your own cage. Parakeets are active birds that are a lot of
fun to watch. Call at 989-761-7609.
Also for sale Muscovy
ducklings, black laced, about a month old, fine to be without mom but you must
buy at least 2. $5 each. Can’t be sexed yet. Call the number above. Muscovy are flying ducks, large sized and
make good meat ducks. They do not quack-
and are very quiet.
Summer is here! Our days are longer
and there is more hours of light to enjoy being outdoors. We welcome you to
join us: experience nature and be inspired! Back Track To Nature will offer
programs on two of Lapeer Land Conservancy properties. As well as at Three
Roods Farm and the Tibbits Nature Sanctuary both located in Columbiaville, MI.
We offer
environmental education programs for scouts, seniors, homeschoolers, garden
clubs, youth groups, retreats, special interest groups and we will tailor
programming to fit your specific needs.
Culinary
Herbs for Beginners Tibbits Nature
Sanctuary
Friday,
July 15, 2016 6pm-8pm $7 per person
Love the
taste of herbs in your meals, but the idea of blending your own or using them
fresh is a little intimidating? Join Gina Delisi for an introductory tour of
culinary herbs! The class will focus on: Fresh Herbs vs. Fresh-Preserved vs.
Store bought, When and how much to add to a meal, Failsafe combinations and
getting the biggest band for your buck.
Recipes and samples will be shared. We will also be demonstrating how to
make herbal infused vinegar, oil and salt. Call Karen at 810-969-1023 to
register.
Culinary
Herbs, Beyond Basics Tibbits Nature
Sanctuary
Saturday,
July 23rd, 2016 10am - 12pm $10 per person
Variety is
the spice of life! We all love Basil, Rosemary and Chives, but sometimes you
find yourself wishing for flavors that are new, ethnic and unique, then this
class is the answer. We will be covering traditional ethnic spice blends from
around the world and focusing on specific herbs that really pack a flavor
punch. A few herbs that will be included in this class are: Ginger, Lemongrass,
Tamarind, Sassafras, Lovage, Fennel, Sumac, Turmeric and Cardamom. Samples and examples of herb usage will be
provided including Cardamom coffee. Call Karen at 810-969-1023 to register.
Preserving
your Herbs - Tibbits Nature Sanctuary
Sunday,
July 31,2016 10am - 12pm $5 per person
You've
worked all summer on those beautiful herbs, and now the plants are huge and
fall is coming quick. Make sure to have plenty of top quality herbs all winter
long by beginning to preserve now while your herbs are in their best
condition. Join me for a class that
covers every type of herb preservation. Freezing, MANY ways of drying, oil
& vinegar infusions, herbal broths, herbal liquors and herbal salts. Pros and Cons of each technique will also be
covered. I will be demonstrating many techniques. Bring your questions! Call
Karen at 810-969-1023 to register.
Other
programs include: Riseman Refuge and Polly Ann Trail Bike Ride
6pm 8pm Wednesday, July 20, 2016,
Make a
Nature Journal Tibbits Nature
SanctuaryThursday, July 21, 2016, 4pm -
6pm, $5 per person,
Writing in
Nature Tibbits Nature Sanctuary, Thursday,
July 21, 2016,6pm - 8pm $5 per person,
Walking
Meditation Tibbits Nature Sanctuary, Thursday, July 21,
2016 8pm - 9pm $5 per person
Death Cafe Tibbits Nature Sanctuary Saturday, July 23, 2016 1pm - 3pm $7 per person
A Council
of All Beings 10:30am - 4:30pm,Saturday, August 6, 2016 Three Roods Farm
A Great
Hundred Acre Wood Adventure ( Kids
program) 2pm - 3pm Sunday, August
14,2016 Tibbits Nature Sanctuary
Aldo
Leopold Bench Building Workshop 1:30pm
- 4:30pm, Saturday, August 27, 2016
Tibbits Nature Sanctuary
Reservations
are needed for all programs listed. Please call or email Karen at 810-969-1023 and
pagekp@gmail.com Directions to the
Tibbits Nature Sanctuary and Riseman Refuge will be given at the time of
registration. Thank you!
MSU Garden Day Sat, August 6, 8am-4:15 pm, MSU
Horticulture Gardens, 1066 Bogue St, East Lansing, MI
At this
conference you will be able to select your favorite garden-themed workshops and
enjoy two keynote presentations by David Culp. Pre- registration is $86 until
7/25 Go to http://www.hrt.msu.edu. To see the class selections and
register.
Here’s a facebook page link for
gardeners in the Lapeer area. This link
has a lot of events listed on it.
Here’s a
link to all the nature programs being offered at Seven Ponds Nature center in
Dryden, Michigan. http://www.sevenponds.org/
Here’s a
link to classes being offered at Campbell’s Greenhouse, 4077 Burnside Road,
North Branch.
Here’s a
link to classes and events at Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor
Here’s a
link to programs being offered at English Gardens, several locations in
Michigan.
Here’s a
link to classes at Telly’s Greenhouse in Troy and Shelby Twsp. MI, and now
combined with Goldner Walsh in Pontiac MI.
Here’s a
link to classes and events at Bordines, Rochester Hills, Grand Blanc, Clarkston
and Brighton locations
Here’s a
link to events at the Leslie Science and Nature Center, 1831 Traver Road Ann
Arbor, Michigan | Phone 734-997-1553 |
http://www.lesliesnc.org/
Here’s a link to events at Hidden Lake Gardens, 6214
Monroe Rd, Tipton, MI
Here’s a
link to events and classes at Fredrick Meijer Gardens, Grand Rapids Mi
http://www.meijergardens.org/learn/ (888) 957-1580, (616) 957-1580
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information
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I write this
because I love to share with other gardeners some of the things I come across
in my research each week. It keeps me engaged with local people and
horticulture. It’s a hobby, basically. I hope you enjoy it. If at any time you
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