The Master Gardener program trains avid gardeners, who in return volunteer through local university extension agents. Master gardeners help with school and community gardening. Here’s a map that connects you to master gardeners nationwide. Helpline (989) 6853 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. weekdays for garden questions. Click here for the group’s monthly tips.
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Preparing for fall gardening
It’s time to plant starts of fall vegetables and sow lettuce for fall harvest. I’ve got kale, collards and broccoli already started. Cucumbers and zucchinis are dying back. Untreated they go to wilting diseases but not until I’ve had a good harvest. Don’t compost diseased plants, it spreads the problem.
– Dorothy Mullen
Drawing corn, harvesting garlic at Community Park
After children in Spanish class drew pictures of corn seedlings growing in the raised beds at Community Park Elementary School, their teacher, Adam Blejwas, revealed to them the surprise of the first garlic harvest of the season.