Chicago Heights residents interested in the secrets of gardening,Dr. Jim O’Donnell will share his tips with the Union Street Art Gallery on Wednesday, June 19. The free event is open to the public.

From 7 to 9 p.m. on Wednesday, attendees will be welcomed into O’Donnell’s gardening circle to learn some of his gardening secrets. Attendees are encouraged to preregister for the event with the gallery.

For more information or to preregister, call 708-754-2601.

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Chicago Heights residents interested in the secrets of gardening,Dr. Jim O’Donnell will share his tips with the Union Street Art Gallery on Wednesday, June 19. The free event is open to the public.

From 7 to 9 p.m. on Wednesday, attendees will be welcomed into O’Donnell’s gardening circle to learn some of his gardening secrets. Attendees are encouraged to preregister for the event with the gallery.

For more information or to preregister, call 708-754-2601.

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Chicago Heights residents interested in the secrets of gardening,Dr. Jim O’Donnell will share his tips with the Union Street Art Gallery on Wednesday, June 19. The free event is open to the public.

From 7 to 9 p.m. on Wednesday, attendees will be welcomed into O’Donnell’s gardening circle to learn some of his gardening secrets. Attendees are encouraged to preregister for the event with the gallery.

For more information or to preregister, call 708-754-2601.

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• Post your own events and announcements.

Denise Norma talk about what we should be doing in our gardens landscapes during this hot, hot month of June…including fertilizing, mowing, and checking for pests.  In this online-only extended interview, Denise Norma also talk about what to do to prevent blossom end rot on tomatoes and whether it’s still ok to eat those unsightly tomatoes.  Aired June 15, 2013.

Each week, Edina community members turn to Patch’s Local Voices section to share information, insight and opinions about what matters to them. Patch blogs give anyone from gardening enthusiasts to local business owners the power to easily connect with the whole neighborhood.

Here’s a look at what Edina Patch bloggers had to say over the last week.

Do you want to join Local Voices? Email Community Editor Val Engler at val.engler@patch.com, or get started here.

By Carol Stocker
I will be on line live Friday, June 14, 1-2 p.m. to answer your gardening questions.
Actually, all this rain is good for plant life, and humans too, as it refills aquifers and reservoirs. And after digging all those new plants into your garden, aren’t you glad you don’t have to water – yet. Never fear. The hot dry days will be here soon. Right now, we can pretend we live in the northwest where the gardens are always lush. Here’s a tip: it’s much easier to pull out weeds with taproots, like dandelions, and small self seeded trees like those pesky Norway maples, when the soil is deeply moistened like this. When you get outside this weekend, do some weeding! Those roots will slide right out of the soil with a tug. And here’s another tip…most weeds are annuals and pull up easily. This is good to know if you are weeding in a perennial garden and don’t know which are the real plants and which are the weeds.

Here’s some upcoming events at Elm Bank this summer:

June 23, Sunday
Elm Bank Antique Auto Show
Do you love old cars? Does the sight of a classic Corvette or a car
with tail fins make you smile? Then be prepared to do a lot of smiling
on Sunday, June 23rd because that’s the date of the 11th annual Elm
Bank Antique Auto Show. Elm Bank is located in Dover; its entrance is
on Route 16 on the Wellesley/South Natick town line, a mile south of
Wellesley College.

August 3, Saturday
Mass Marketplace Festival
10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
New England farmers, specialty food producers, and artisans will come
together for the 17th annual Massachusetts Marketplace at the Gardens
at Elm Bank in Wellesley. Featuring homemade crafts, soaps, baked
goods, popcorn, teas, herbs, fine art, and annual plants from vendors
located throughout Massachusetts and New England.

For more information, google the Massachusets Horticultural Society.

4H-ers help with garden

Submitted photo Four-Leaf Clover 4H Club members Nancy, Jasmine
and Cheney Ilar and leader Jean Jonjak weed the vegetable garden at
the Hayward Community Food Shelf.

Posted: Saturday, June 15, 2013 8:00 am

Gardening tips abound at Meet Me in the Garden series

Gardens got off to a late start this year with the cool, tardy spring, but they are getting ready to sizzle now with recent rains and warming temperatures.

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Zephyrhills, FL (PRWEB) June 12, 2013

Long-time area gardener Stan DeFreitas is encouraging Tampa Bay area families to eat healthier by growing their own vegetables. DeFreitas will be sharing growing tips and helping children to plant their own vegetables at a special event that will be held June 15 at the Walmart Supercenter located at 7631 Gall Blvd in Zephyrhills.

The event, sponsored by The Clorox Company’s Hidden Valley® Ranch brand, will feature a number of games, crafts and giveaways, as well as free veggie snacks, Hidden Valley Ranch dip and Florida Department of Citrus-provided Florida orange juice. The message behind the activities is the importance and ease of healthy eating, particularly fresh produce.

“Eating fresh vegetables is part of a healthy lifestyle,” said DeFreitas. “Families can purchase fresh vegetables at a farmers market or at Walmart which also sources from local growers. Or they can plant them on their own. Growing your own is the most fun and is very easy.”

DeFreitas, who is known as “Mr. Green Thumb” and is a well-known local gardening expert, says okra, squash and peppers grow very well in Florida.

“Not only do these vegetables grow well here, but they also taste great. And for kids who need a little encouragement, Hidden Valley Ranch dressings add a lot of flavor to each bite,” DeFreitas said.

The event will be held June 15 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. DeFreitas will offer his gardening advice and children will have the opportunity to plant vegetable seeds in their own decorated pots, which they can take home. Families also can play ring toss and bean-bag toss, catch veggies floating in a pond, and eat veggie snacks. Kids also will be able to participate in roping activities and get their faces painted.

Hidden Valley Ranch, through its Love Your Veggies campaign, has committed more than $1 million to schools and organizations to help seed, and grow, a love of veggies in kids from an early age.

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By Carol Stocker
I will be on line live Friday, June 14, 1-2 p.m. to answer your gardening questions.
Actually, all this rain is good for plant life, and humans too, as it refills aquifers and reservoirs. And after digging all those new plants into your garden, aren’t you glad you don’t have to water – yet. Never fear. The hot dry days will be here soon. Right now, we can pretend we live in the northwest where the gardens are always lush. Here’s a tip: it’s much easier to pull out weeds with taproots, like dandelions, and small self seeded trees like those pesky Norway maples, when the soil is deeply moistened like this. When you get outside this weekend, do some weeding! Those roots will slide right out of the soil with a tug. And here’s another tip…most weeds are annuals and pull up easily. This is good to know if you are weeding in a perennial garden and don’t know which are the real plants and which are the weeds.

Here’s some upcoming events at Elm Bank this summer:

June 23, Sunday
Elm Bank Antique Auto Show
Do you love old cars? Does the sight of a classic Corvette or a car
with tail fins make you smile? Then be prepared to do a lot of smiling
on Sunday, June 23rd because that’s the date of the 11th annual Elm
Bank Antique Auto Show. Elm Bank is located in Dover; its entrance is
on Route 16 on the Wellesley/South Natick town line, a mile south of
Wellesley College.

August 3, Saturday
Mass Marketplace Festival
10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
New England farmers, specialty food producers, and artisans will come
together for the 17th annual Massachusetts Marketplace at the Gardens
at Elm Bank in Wellesley. Featuring homemade crafts, soaps, baked
goods, popcorn, teas, herbs, fine art, and annual plants from vendors
located throughout Massachusetts and New England.

For more information, google the Massachusets Horticultural Society.

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Published: Friday, June 14, 2013

Searching for a way to enjoy freshly grown vegetables without a garden space? Consider growing vegetables in containers on your porch, deck, patio or terrace. The gardening industry has created great options to planting in the garden soil.

A product called “Hot Potato Grow Kit” is available at www.territorialseed.com. This kit contains a cedar potato tower, seeds and bone meal. Soil is then added in layers. A second option is a “Potato Grow Bag,” a specialized fabric “pot” that can produce potatoes in any sunny location. Using this bag, seed potatoes are placed in the bag of moistened soil and covered with three inches of soil. When plants have grown to 8 inches, more inches of soil are added and this process is repeated until the bag is full. This technique encourages plants to produce a great harvest of potatoes. The “pot” is available from www.gardeners.com. Both items may also be found in local garden centers. Either container can easily fit on a deck or patio and be readily available for harvesting.

A “Strawberry Pyramid Grow Tub” that requires a mere one-square foot of space can hold 18 strawberry plants. This option on the deck or porch provides protection from the pesky garden rabbits and squirrels that usually get first dibs on the fruit. This container folds flat for easy storage. www.gardensalive.com offers this pyramid, as well as other online sources, and, again, may possibly be found in local nurseries and garden centers.

The “first ever sweet corn that can be grown in a container” is available from www.burpee.com. The corn plant not only provides two to three ears, seven to eight inches long on each stalk, but also provides vertical interest to your patio veggie garden display. Nine seeds are planted in a 24-inch container and will be ready to harvest in about two months.

Interested in growing your own mushrooms? Check out www.midwestgrowkits.com. You can also take a short field trip to the University of Michigan-Dearborn’s Environmental Interpretive Center on Evergreen Road. There are mushrooms being grown on the property just a few yards south of the center.

Pole beans with their twining vines can easily be grown in containers by using stakes and trellises. And, too, there are many varieties of grape, cherry and other small tomato plants suitable for container gardening available at local garden centers. They are generally sold as “patio” tomatoes.

Season all of these veggies with your own homegrown garlic. All you need to plant, harvest and store your own garlic indoors or on a porch, deck or patio is available from www.territorialseed.com. 

Take advantage of these new products and enjoy tasty a harvest from your own patio.

Jane Geisler is the Horticulture chair for the Garden Club of Dearborn. She is an advanced Master Gardener, a Master Compostor and a member of Master Gardeners’ Association of Wayne County and a member of the Henry Ford Herb Associates.

Please take a look at the Garden Club’s website at www.gardenclubdearborn.org for more information throughout the months. Have a great summer. Enjoy the flowers along Michigan Avenue in west Dearborn and at the Centennial Library. The club’s new president is Patty Mack. come meet her at the September meeting. Remember, the club meets at noon the second Monday in September through May at the First Presbyterian Church on North Brady.

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Searching for a way to enjoy freshly grown vegetables without a garden space? Consider growing vegetables in containers on your porch, deck, patio or terrace. The gardening industry has created great options to planting in the garden soil.

A product called “Hot Potato Grow Kit” is available at www.territorialseed.com. This kit contains a cedar potato tower, seeds and bone meal. Soil is then added in layers. A second option is a “Potato Grow Bag,” a specialized fabric “pot” that can produce potatoes in any sunny location. Using this bag, seed potatoes are placed in the bag of moistened soil and covered with three inches of soil. When plants have grown to 8 inches, more inches of soil are added and this process is repeated until the bag is full. This technique encourages plants to produce a great harvest of potatoes. The “pot” is available from www.gardeners.com. Both items may also be found in local garden centers. Either container can easily fit on a deck or patio and be readily available for harvesting.

A “Strawberry Pyramid Grow Tub” that requires a mere one-square foot of space can hold 18 strawberry plants. This option on the deck or porch provides protection from the pesky garden rabbits and squirrels that usually get first dibs on the fruit. This container folds flat for easy storage. www.gardensalive.com offers this pyramid, as well as other online sources, and, again, may possibly be found in local nurseries and garden centers.

The “first ever sweet corn that can be grown in a container” is available from www.burpee.com. The corn plant not only provides two to three ears, seven to eight inches long on each stalk, but also provides vertical interest to your patio veggie garden display. Nine seeds are planted in a 24-inch container and will be ready to harvest in about two months.

Interested in growing your own mushrooms? Check out www.midwestgrowkits.com. You can also take a short field trip to the University of Michigan-Dearborn’s Environmental Interpretive Center on Evergreen Road. There are mushrooms being grown on the property just a few yards south of the center.

Pole beans with their twining vines can easily be grown in containers by using stakes and trellises. And, too, there are many varieties of grape, cherry and other small tomato plants suitable for container gardening available at local garden centers. They are generally sold as “patio” tomatoes.

Season all of these veggies with your own homegrown garlic. All you need to plant, harvest and store your own garlic indoors or on a porch, deck or patio is available from www.territorialseed.com. 

Take advantage of these new products and enjoy tasty a harvest from your own patio.

Jane Geisler is the Horticulture chair for the Garden Club of Dearborn. She is an advanced Master Gardener, a Master Compostor and a member of Master Gardeners’ Association of Wayne County and a member of the Henry Ford Herb Associates.

Please take a look at the Garden Club’s website at www.gardenclubdearborn.org for more information throughout the months. Have a great summer. Enjoy the flowers along Michigan Avenue in west Dearborn and at the Centennial Library. The club’s new president is Patty Mack. come meet her at the September meeting. Remember, the club meets at noon the second Monday in September through May at the First Presbyterian Church on North Brady.

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