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Five Things You Didn’t Know You Needed to Know About Growing Tomatoes!
Written by the MGNV Organic Vegetable Demonstration Garden Master Gardeners, with special thanks to Debbie Siegel and Tom Laughlin. Five Things About Growing Tomatoes Are you growing tomatoes this year? Here are five things you should know about getting the best tomato … Continue reading
Posted in Community Gardens, Demonstration Gardens, Five Things You Didn't Know About..., MG in the Garden, Organic Vegetable, Public Education
Tagged beans, Black Krim Organic, blood meal, compost, composting, Demonstration Gardens, Food and Agriculture Organization, fruit, heirloom tomatoes, Homestead 24, Jasper tomatoes, legumes, Master Gardeners of Northern Virginia, MGNV, nutrients, organic matter, Organic Vegetable Garden, peas, Plants, rotating crops, seedlings, spring frost, tomatoes, vegetables, winter frost, winter leaching, winter rye
2015: A Celebration of Soils
Written by Julie McGuire, Master Gardener To celebrate the 45th Earth Day on 22 April 2015, Julie shares some news about the International Year of Soils. In celebration of the 2015 International Year of Soils, MGNV presents you with some ‘punny’ … Continue reading
Posted in Community Gardens, MG in the Garden, Public Education
Tagged air space, biogeochemical process, compost, composting, ecosystem, FAO, Food and Agriculture Organization, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, geological conditions, humus, International Year of Soils, Master Gardeners of Northern Virginia, MGNV, National Cooperative Soil Survey, nematodes, nitrogen, nitrogen cycle, open pore space, organic matter, osmosis, phosphorus, Plants, potassium, regions, solute flow, subsoil, subsurface, topsoil, Trees, UN, United Nations, water space
