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Build a Successful Community Garden

Gardeners know it’s not too early to plan for spring. The same is true if you’re interested in planning a community garden. Much of the work of creating a community garden is done well in advance of soil and lumber...

2013 GREAT PLAINS GROWERS WORKSHOP: January 10-12, 2013

The conference will be held at the Fulkerson Conference Center, Missouri Western State University, 4525 Downs Drive, St. Joseph, MO. On Friday, topics of interest will be tree/small fruits, beginning organic, beginning beekeeping, marketing, conventional vegetables IPM, and introduction to...

TREE PROTECTION & REPLACEMENT ORDINANCES WORKSHOP

IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR ALL GARDENERS CONCERNING TREE ORDINANCES IN THE REGION—FREE WORKSHOP FRIDAY! TREE PROTECTION & REPLACEMENT ORDINANCES When: Friday, Dec. 14, 2012   8:30-11:30 a.m. Where: MARC Conference Center,  600 Broadway, Suite 200,  Kansas City, MO 64105 Fee: No cost...

Annual Urban Farmers and Friends Meeting

Annual Urban Farmers and Friends Meeting (sponsored by Cultivate KC) will be Saturday, January 26, 9am-12pm. Every year for the last seven years Cultivate KC has held a get-together that brings together the food dreamers-and-doers in Kansas City.  In the...

Protect newly-planted trees from freezing injury

  Left  photo is Sun Scald Right  photo is Frost Crack   Freezing can result in bark splitting. During the winter or early spring, sharp temperature changes between day and night can freeze the water within the trunk causing it...

Combined Pesticide Exposure Affects Bumblebee Colonies Story by: Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council Individual worker behavior and colony success are both affected when bees are exposed to a combination of pesticides, according to research conducted by Dr. Richard Gill...

Eat Your Landscape

Check out this article from the MO Gardener Newsletter Eat Your Landscape by Martha Swiss - September 2012 Here are some easy-care ornamental plants that are beautiful to look at and delicious to eat.  Vegetable gardens aren’t the only way...

October Gardening Tips

Start fall compost pile Plant winter- and spring-flowering bulbs Divide and replant crowded fall-blooming bulbs after leaves yellow Buy winter- and spring-blooming bulbs Plant container and balled-and-burlapped trees fruit trees Cut back on feeding houseplants (do not feed dormant houseplants)...

Winterizing the Garden

Top Ten List for Inspiring Winterizing. 1. Spend a golden, autumn day in the vegetable garden. The way our winters have been quickly descending on us, this could be a last opportunity to soak up the warm sun- shine. While...

Don’t Forget the next GG

Gardeners' Gathering Tuesday, Oct 16 - 6:30 pm Scott Rieter, Groundskeeper Linda Hall Library Arboretum and Horticultural Grounds, "A Year in the Life at Linda Hall Library Grounds". Country Club Christian Church, 6101 Ward Parkway, KC, MO.  The lecture is...