Monthly Archives: September 2010

Gardening workshop Sunday in Tulare

“Pruning With a Purpose,” a gardening workshop fundraiser, will be from 2-4 p.m. Sunday at the Tulare Public Library, 475 North M St., Tulare. Read the rest of the article here

Quote of the Day: Susan Orlean Explains How Gardening Is Like Math

“Planting is existential, boundless, aspirational. Closing the garden for the winter is like doing a math equation and getting it right, ending with something finite and absolute.”- Susan Orlean in her New Yorker blog, commenting on the joys of pruning (with a comparison to editing) Read the rest of the article here

Gardening guru heads to World Cup

A GREEN fingered Grange-over-Sands gardening expert is heading to Japan to compete in the “Gardening World Cup.” Read the rest of the article here

Rutgers Master Gardeners Cultivate Gardening Presentations

Hunterdon Counties is a county-based group of volunteers trained to assist Rutgers Cooperative Extension in this task. One of the popular ways to educate the public is through the group’s Speakers’ Bureau. Read the rest of the article here

Diane O’Connell: Gardening ‘keeps me stress free’

Name: Diane O’Connell, retired cashier now a “yard controller,” living in Oregon. Garden specs: 120 feet wide and 150 feet deep. When did you start gardening My mother always had flowers all over the place. When we moved into our first home and had a young family, I planted zinnia seeds in an array of

Gardening With Gutner: Repairing Your Lawn

Fall is the time to get your lawn back into shape. The warm, hot summer has really beat up many lawns, but now that the temperatures are cooling down, it is a nice time to do some recovery work. Read the rest of the article here