Gardening

Gardening

Deborah Moggach: I have that rare thing in London, a large front garden. This means that I do a lot of weeding in public. Sometimes people who have been visiting the nearby psychiatric unit wander in and give me advice. One man told me he was Francis Bacon Claire Glenn-Atteberry, gardening journalist for the Rogue River Press, is a life-long gardener with a strong leaning toward organics and companion gardening. She resides in Zone 7, where she is growing two daughters. Contact Claire via email. When I began gardening in the early 1970s, I was introduced to a seemingly revolutionary term called "organic gardening." Of course this way of gardening, as I soon discovered, was not new as it had been practiced for many years throughout the world. Though the southward butterfly migration is just beginning, we are already having a banner Monarch season in Savannah, Ga., and elsewhere in the South compared to recent years. For this we are most happy and hoping everyone starts to see this trend. Use a stiff brush on root crops (beets, turnips, potatoes) to remove dirt. For answers to your Gardening questions, call 570-963-6842 and request the “Garden Helpline.” Water and soil test kits are also available at the Penn State Extension Office. OKLAHOMA CITY – For some gardener’s, the anticipation for fall is in full effect. Today on 4 Your Garden, Linda Vater stopped by to talk about what essentials you need to start your fall gardening. Vater suggests gardeners grab a good pair of muck .

Q: For the second year in a row, my tomato plants have what I think may be early blight. The plants are lanky and the lower leaves are yellowing with small dark spots. My tomatoes appear healthy and are ripening so I do not want to pull plants up this early. Warm weather begs green thumbs across the country to break out their gardening gloves and till the soil for the season’s plantings. Whether this is your first year tending a home garden or it’s something you’ve been doing for decades, gardening When it is just too darn hot to handle the multitude of gardening chores nagging us for our attention, salve your guilty conscience by reading entertaining and educational gardening blogs. There’s at least one for every plant lover’s interest. » Fall Planting Class: 6 p.m. Sept. 18 at Mayflower Greenhouse, 726 Airport Drive, Hobart. Join designer Jamie Hemenway-Peotter for ideas on using fall plants in containers and beds. Bring container with you or if it is too big, measure it to get a custom .