Gardening

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		+	Get your fingers in the dirt
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		+	Every gardener knows that this is the most difficult part of the gardening year. You've sharpened your tools and ordered your seeds, but you can't get out and start digging - the weather just won't cooperate.
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		+	To get your fingers in the dirt now, try this: take a styrofoam egg carton. Poke holes in each cup using a fork. Remove the top of the carton with a utility knife and put under the cups to use as a drainage tray.
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		+	Fill each cup with potting soil. Put a few seeds in each cup and water. Put on a sunny windowsill and keep moist. Within the week, your seeds should sprout and you'll have a head start on your garden.
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		+	For other get ready garden and seed starting tips, try one of these books from the library:
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		+	[http://encore.sjcpl.lib.in.us/iii/encore/search/C%7CSall+new+illustrated+guide+to+gardening%7COrightresult%7CU1?lang=eng&suite=pearl The All New Illustrated Guide to Gardening]
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		+	[http://encore.sjcpl.lib.in.us/iii/encore/record/C%7CRb1868440%7CSpruning%7COrightresult%7CX5?lang=eng&suite=pearl The Pruning Book]
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		+	[http://encore.sjcpl.lib.in.us/iii/encore/record/C%7CRb1764001%7CSgardening+year+round%7CP0%2C9%7COrightresult%7CX1?lang=eng&suite=pearl Tending Your Garden: A Year Round Guide to Garden Maintenance]
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-	Thanks to the cool summer, produce has been slower to ripen (and also to go bad, thankfully!) The Farmer’s Market is full of beautiful, fragrant bushels of peaches to can or freeze. Many home gardeners are just now getting tomatoes to ripen and it will be time to can them as well. There is plenty of local sweet corn , too, along with peppers, beets, late season raspberries and blackberries, basil for making homemade pesto and second or third planting green beans. Eat hearty and enjoy the last of the summer harvest!
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Revision as of 22:21, 4 March 2010

Local Gardening Links Fernwood Botanical Gardens Five Point Gardens Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park Ginger Valley Potawatomi Greenhouse and Conservatories Purdue University's Consumer Horticulture Shiojiri Niwa Japanese Garden Other Links BBC Gardening GardenWeb - The Internet's Garden Community KidsGardening.com National Gardening Association Orchid Mall Organic Gardening The Victory Seed Company

Contents 1 SJCPL Gardening Resources 1.1 New Gardening books on our Shelves 1.2 Gardening Magazine Subscriptions 1.3 Gardening Tips 2 Community Garden Resources 2.1 Farmer's Market 2.2 Purdue Master Gardener 2.3 Community Gardens of Michiana 2.4 Definitions & History

SJCPL Gardening Resources

New Gardening books on our Shelves

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You Grow Girl	A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants	Kids' Container Gardening	Square Foot Gardening

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Easy Orchids	The Garden Maker's Manual	The Moosewood Restaurant Kitchen Garden

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Gardening Magazine Subscriptions

Backhome Better Homes and Gardens Chicagoland Gardening The English Garden Fine Gardening Flower & Garden Garden Design

Garden Gate The Herb Companion Horticulture, The Art of American Gardening House & Garden OG (formerly Organic Gardening) Weekend Gardener

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Gardening Tips

Spring is coming!

Get your fingers in the dirt

Every gardener knows that this is the most difficult part of the gardening year. You've sharpened your tools and ordered your seeds, but you can't get out and start digging - the weather just won't cooperate.

To get your fingers in the dirt now, try this: take a styrofoam egg carton. Poke holes in each cup using a fork. Remove the top of the carton with a utility knife and put under the cups to use as a drainage tray.

Fill each cup with potting soil. Put a few seeds in each cup and water. Put on a sunny windowsill and keep moist. Within the week, your seeds should sprout and you'll have a head start on your garden.

For other get ready garden and seed starting tips, try one of these books from the library:

The All New Illustrated Guide to Gardening

The Pruning Book

Tending Your Garden: A Year Round Guide to Garden Maintenance

Community Garden Resources

Farmer's Market

Visit the Farmer's Market for fresh, seasonal produce and garden plants. 1105 Northside Boulevard South Bend, IN 46615

Open Year-round Tuesday & Thursday, 7:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. Friday, 8:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. (May through September) Saturday, 7:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.

Purdue Master Gardener

The Purdue Master Gardener Program provides residents of Indiana with training in a variety of horticultural subjects. Participants in the program then volunteer to serve as gardening educators in their communities. Local contact information is available on the web.

Community Gardens of Michiana

Are you interested in starting a garden in your neighborhood, or participating in one that's already going? Contact Community Gardens of Michiana for more information!

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Definitions & History

The Wikipedia has some fascinating information about gardening and its history

Last updated: -- Mrs. B April 1, 2009