water conservation RAIN BARREL WORKSHOP Bartow Learn to collect rain water. For $30 you can purchase a 55-gallon rain barrel (includes spigot). Pre-register if you would like a rain barrel as quantities are limited. WHEN: 9-11 a.m. Jan. 9 LOCATION: Polk County Extension Service, 1702 U.S. 17 S. COST: Workshop is free
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There’s never a time of year in Northeast Florida or Southeast Georgia when you can ignore what’s going on at ground level. Here’s a whole year’s worth of advice on keeping your lawn and garden happy and healthy.
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There are two schools of thought when it comes to backyard fruit-growing in North Central Texas. One view is to plant fruit that appeals to you, without really knowing whether those crops are adapted to your part of the universe. Nobody really graduates from that school. Sad and frustrated, they all drop out after a […]

Have you ever had a plant that you loved and thought “My, I wish I had a fresh new specimen of that same plant” but that you didn’t know how to go about reproducing one?
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A January Brown Bag Lecture Focusing on Indoor Gardening Projects By Amy Landers Albuquerque, NM - If you are like most gardeners, January has found you wistfully looking out the window at the vacant garden outside waiting for the first days of spring when you can joyfully return your fingers and toes to the soil. […]

Senior Neighbors, an Alexian Brothers ministry, will offer gardening classes on Friday, Jan. 15 and Friday, Jan. 22, at their center at 1000 Newby Street (corner of 10th and Houston streets) in downtown Chattanooga.
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