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Winter and the Vegetable Gardener
People seem to think that winter is a slow time for a vegetable gardener, but that’s a misconception. In fact, winter is the time a vegetable gardener works out plans for the coming year’s garden. Continue reading
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
The Long View – Meditations on Gardening (The Garden as Artifact)
The Garden as Artifact By Christa Watters Garden: n. Planted area of ground, a plot of ground where plants such as fruits, vegetables and flowers are grown. (Latin origin hortus garda implies a closed area. Ultimately from a prehistoric German … Continue reading
Posted in MG in the Garden, The Long View – Meditations on Gardening
Tagged Alexandria, Arlington, buds, climate change, December solstice, deciduous, evergreens, fruits, garden bone structure, garden structure, gardening, horticulture, invasive species, Master Gardeners, midwinter, seed catalogs, Seeds, shrubs, Simpson Gardens, snow, spring, spring equinox, Trees, vegetables, wildlife, Winter, winter gardens, winter interest
