By Penny Markland
How does your garden grow? With help from the library, of course!
After a long winter, we are all ready and eager to see some green. Marg Bill Sullivan of Four Season’s Greenhouses will be at the Melfort Public Library on Thursday, April 24 at 7 p.m. to tell us all about “Gardening Tips Trends” for 2014. They always bring a gorgeous display of their most popular and newest flowers – sure to generate enthusiasm for the upcoming growing season. Coffee and outdoor inspiration will be served.
We have a large selection of gardening and landscaping material to help you plan, plant and maintain your vegetables, flowers and trees.
Lois Hole’s series of gardening books are great because they are specific to varieties of plants that will do well on the prairies. Titles include Bedding Plant Favorites, Favorite Trees Shrubs, Tomato Favorites, Perennial Favorites and more. Best Garden Plants for Saskatchewan Manitoba by Patricia Hanbidge is very helpful in determining which choices will best suit the conditions here. The library also has a subscription to the magazine Gardens West, another great source of ideas and inspiration.
Interested in composting but not sure how to get started? The DVD Home Composting on the Prairies gives you the information you need. This DVD produced by the Saskatchewan Waste Reduction Council will teach you how easy it is to create a useful product for your lawn and garden and keep materials out of the landfill.
Succulent plants are currently hot in the gardening world. Succulents Simplified by Debra Lee Baldwin will show you how to participate in this trend with design ideas, seasonal care tips and quick projects using these interesting plants.
If you are looking to try something new, you may want to check out The Book of Kale: the easy-to-grow superfood. This book includes growing tips plus more than 80 recipes using these nutrient dense greens.
New this week in fiction: Lost Lake by Sarah Addison Allen, a beautiful, haunting story of old loves and new, and the power of the connections that bind us forever. Allen’s books always have an element of mystery and magic, and Lost Lake is no exception.
Fans of romantic suspense will not want to miss Suzanne Brockmann’s new book Do or Die – part of her Reluctant Heroes series. The author is an expert at writing in the popular military romance style.
Melfort Public Library hours are Monday and Friday 10 – 6, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 9:30 – 9:00, and Saturday 10 – 5. Contact us at 306-752-2022 or at melcirc@wapitilibrary.ca or through our Facebook page.
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