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Enjoying garden fresh veggies into the fall!

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This year I grew tomatoes, green peppers, and strawberries.  I am still waiting for most of my tomatoes to ripen and unfortunately the prognosis isn't good because it is the end of September.  According to my horticulture coworkers it was a tough year here for tomatoes.  Because in the summer it was too hot at night for them to “set” and now it is too cold for them to ripen.  On the other hand, my peppers are the best I’ve ever
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Terrarium Gardening

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This week we planted dianthus flowers in terrariums.  This was inexpensive for a few reasons.  Our horticulturist was given 12 terrariums from a liquor store to use.  They held small liquor bottles.  It took me two days to remove the liquor stickers—but they are very nice bowls.  I was also able to use some left over OmaGro to fill them.  This will also give the plants some well needed fertilizer to start them out.  Passers-by think they are fish bowls! 
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Gardening Dilemmas

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We’ve had record rain and record heat—and it’s only July 1.  As with everything in life—it’s always something!  Last week we discussed fertilizer.  To demonstrate how plants take up fertilizer and nutrients, the children made dots with markers on paper towels, and then they placed the end in a small bowl of water to watch the colors rise.  It was an extremely simple way to demonstrate this principle. This week we harvested some of our radishes and more lettuce.  The children
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