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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span>The <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Master Gardeners' annual plant sale provides gardeners and cooks with a variety of options for herbs, and vegetables. I am partial to Lemon Basil but, what do you do with it? I have used it in tea, as a basil for tomato salad, sprinkled over fish, in some vegetable dishes and in stir fries at the end. Lemon and bime basil, as well as Thai basil, are used in many Asian recipes. Infusing your favorite summer cocktail is also a pleasing way to use this herb. </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Let me know how you used this basil in our comment section. </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626;">Cover the bottom of a shallow dish with half of your lemon basil. </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626;">Place the chicken over it, and cover the bird with more basil, saving about 1 cup of leaves for the chicken glaze. </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626;">Rub the basil into the bird's surface. Lightly cover and refrigerate overnight.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626;">To cook, slow roast on the grill or in the oven. </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626;">During the last 30 minutes, glaze the chicken by brushing with a pureé of 1 cup basil leaves, 3 tablespoons sugar, a seeded and minced Thai chile, the juice of a lemon and 1/3 cup canola oil.</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Infuse olive oil and drizzle on your salads or anywhere a fresh lemon taste can be used</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Make a pesto, and use it in a favorite pasta recipe</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Use the basil as a butter for fish, steak and chicken</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Freeze the butter and cut it into chunks as needed when you cook</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Try a little lemon or lime basil in your iced tea or vodka tonic</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Chop it up and use it over fruit</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Use it in Asian soup recipes, curries & stir fr<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">y</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Add this basil last once your dish is taken off heat to preserve its delicate taste</span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span></span></li>
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gardenersthoughtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12294461150865828621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571081263807939052.post-62631386727489174402019-05-02T08:45:00.000-04:002019-05-21T11:12:27.939-04:00A Fruitful Partnership: A Strawberry Community Orchard at Woodford Mansion in East Fairmount Park<i>By Martha Moffat</i><br />
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In 2008, the <a href="http://woodfordmansion.org/" target="_blank">Woodford Mansion</a>, the <a href="https://www.phillyorchards.org/" target="_blank">Philadelphia Orchard Project (POP)</a>, and the East Park Revitalization Alliance (EPRA) began a collaborative project to plant the first fruit modern trees at Woodford Mansion in East Fairmount Park. The orchard is currently maintained by the East Park Revitalization Alliance (EPRA) and includes dozes of fruit and nut trees, a berry garden, a pollinator garden and an herb garden. These gardens serve the residents of the Strawberry Mansion neighborhood, providing fresh fruit and educational programming.<br />
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<i>(Pictured at top right: an aerial view of Woodford Mansion)</i><br />
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<b>History of Woodford </b><br />
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<a href="http://woodfordmansion.org/history.php" target="_blank">Woodford Mansion</a> was built in 1756 as a summer home. It is a National Historic Landmark and has been operated by the Naomi Wood Trust as a House Museum since 1928. The Naomi Wood Collection of antiques is displayed at Woodford Mansion.<br />
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Historically, there had always been an orchard at Woodford, as mentioned in an advertisement from 1769 for the sale of the property (pictured below). It seemed only natural to bring that back to the area in 2008.<br />
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<b>Challenge: How Can Woodford Mansion Help and Engage Our Neighboring Community?</b><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEWJTzNsPbwWvFTO1twTDlglD6ioWyoeHpxO-hQYHujIuMtl3dv_SEpRQFqxXlbSGHztSmLg_5h1mo-auRH8h6Dn4PM5ZEt362O-Jux3wx9zlalCkmKRdyF44n6PxUz2w4ScXQm-A_7wk/s1600/Woodford+blog+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="An image of the Woodford Orchard design plans" border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1324" height="193" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEWJTzNsPbwWvFTO1twTDlglD6ioWyoeHpxO-hQYHujIuMtl3dv_SEpRQFqxXlbSGHztSmLg_5h1mo-auRH8h6Dn4PM5ZEt362O-Jux3wx9zlalCkmKRdyF44n6PxUz2w4ScXQm-A_7wk/s320/Woodford+blog+1.jpg" title="" width="320" /></a>When POP received a donation to plant a new orchard to benefit neighborhoods in Philadelphia, the Strawberry Mansion neighborhood and Woodford Mansion was the logical choice.<br />
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Strawberry Mansion is one of the most challenged neighborhoods in the City of Philadelphia. The area is a food desert with high poverty, a high crime rate, and many health issues.<br />
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<i>(Pictured above is the plan for Phase 1 of the orchard and pollinator garden.)</i><br />
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Since the orchard was planted, POP, EPRA and Woodford Mansion co-host numerous community events there, including strawberry, apple and peach festivals. 2018 marked the 10th annual Apple Festival! <i>(Pictured bottom right: members of the community pick strawberries in the orchard at Woodford Mansion.)</i><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSQxJQwXuVFWFrJKHfmMdqdxGig9fuoOaNJTFpMVuwxE4Y3RJGMgoKXoLXe9PznmPJXf57NARtzZ4ghT2YQ9K8u2TfaXEI5TqmbrahINEgIDjAsOn9CJpQK4I_UrFd39r1t_4_nbm7vZo/s1600/Woodford+blog+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Children pick strawberries next to a mansion" border="0" data-original-height="263" data-original-width="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSQxJQwXuVFWFrJKHfmMdqdxGig9fuoOaNJTFpMVuwxE4Y3RJGMgoKXoLXe9PznmPJXf57NARtzZ4ghT2YQ9K8u2TfaXEI5TqmbrahINEgIDjAsOn9CJpQK4I_UrFd39r1t_4_nbm7vZo/s1600/Woodford+blog+3.jpg" title="" /></a>All members of the community are welcome to visit the orchard. Children from the Mander Recreation Center visit the site during all four seasons. During the winter season, children from the Mander Playground make ornaments for Woodford’s tree and pay a visit to hang them and get a special tour of the orchard.<br />
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Plans are also in the works for a <a href="https://www.fairamountfoodforest.org/about.html" target="_blank">Fair-amount Food Forest </a>to be planted under the trees outside the fence for the Strawberry Mansion community. Stay tuned!<br />
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<i>Martha Moffat is a Penn State Extension Philadelphia Master Gardener and the Site Manager at Woodford Mansion. </i><br />
<br />Laddy Lauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01615587494839282292noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571081263807939052.post-18301686737005079212019-04-25T11:52:00.002-04:002019-05-14T08:53:42.757-04:00What do you do with lime basil?<i>By Michele Koskinen</i><br />
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Growing different varieties of basil has been fun, and using it has been an adventure.<br />
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Lime basil can be used in drinks, pies, sorbets, with chicken and in salads. Search for lime basil recipes and up pops interesting recipes to try.<br />
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Today's recipe take us to summer and a cool refreshing treat.<br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">What would summer be without something cold and refreshing? And, if you have a nice supply of fresh basil -- or even better some fresh <a href="http://www.ourherbgarden.com/basil/basil-varieties/lime-basil.html"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(136, 0, 4); color: #880004;">lime basil</span></a> leaves -- don’t you want a cool recipe to use them with?</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">How about lime basil sorbet or frozen pops? And, what if you could alter the recipe to fit the kitchen gadgets you already had? Of course, this recipe could just be the best ammunition to convince yourself you need an ice cream maker, blender or new finely-meshed sieve.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">If you would like your lime basil sorbet to have a pretty green color, blanch the basil leaves in boiling water for about 10 seconds. Drain off the water and quickly plunge the basil into cold water to stop the cooking process. Remove the leaves from the cold bath and they’re ready to be turned into a cool, refreshing treat.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Put all of the ingredients, including the 3 ¼ cups of water, into a blender on high speed for about 60 seconds or until smooth. Strain the liquid through a fine-meshed strainer to remove the unblended bits of basil leaves and stems.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">If you don’t have a blender or if your strainer may not catch the little blended pieces, you can go old school. Put the sugar and water into a pan and bring to a boil. Once boiling, throw in the lime basil bundle and remove pan from the heat. Let steep for around 15 minutes (longer if you want a stronger basil flavor). Strain. Add the lime juice once the mixture cools. Don’t forget the lime juice or your sorbet won’t be as tasty.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Method 1 – The easiest way to create a nice, creamy sorbet is to use an ice cream maker. Process until the mixture looks like a firm slushy. Scoop the semi-frozen mixture into a freezer-safe container and freeze until it can be served using an ice-cream scoop.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Method 2 – If you do not have an ice cream maker, you can still create a true sorbet texture. Place the mixture into an air-tight container in the freezer. When it is frozen to a semi-solid state, mash it with a fork and return to the freezer. Once frozen, use a blender or food processor to ‘cream’ up the sorbet. Can be refrozen until served.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Method 3 – Maybe you don’t have an ice cream maker and method 2 just sounds like too much of a nuisance…why not make frozen juice pops? If you already have a set of molds, just pour the lime basil mixture into them, freeze and enjoy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Combine sugar, 1 cup juice, and corn syrup in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat. Cook 2 minutes or until sugar melts, stirring constantly. Stir in basil. Cook 30 seconds. Remove from heat. Pour mixture into a bowl. Add remaining 1 cup juice, 2 cups water, and 1 tablespoon rind. Cover and chill. Strain mixture through a fine sieve; discard solids. Pour mixture into a freezer can of an ice-cream freezer; freeze according to manufacturer's instructions. Spoon mixture into a freezer-safe container; cover and freeze 1 hour or until firm. Garnish with finely grated rind, if desired. Finely grated lime rind (optional)</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Risotto <a href="https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/9621-lime-basil-risotto">https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/9621-lime-basil-risotto</a></span></div>
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Chicken <a href="https://www.marthastewart.com/865386/chicken-basil-and-lime"> https://www.marthastewart.com/865386/chicken-basil-and-lime</a></div>
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Cookies <a href="https://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/lemon-lime-basil-shortbread-cookies">https://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/lemon-lime-basil-shortbread-cookies</a></div>
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2019 Garden Day & Plant Sale will be held from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. at
the Horticulture Center in Fairmount Park. Come rain or shine! For more
information,</span></span> visit</span> <a href="https://extension.psu.edu/programs/master-gardener/counties/philadelphia/mggardendayplantsale2019" target="_blank">our website.</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Like many other thrifty gardeners, I am always on the hunt
for a great deal.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>So, I go to a lot of
flea markets and yard sales.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>As I search
for deals, I always try to ascertain if the bargains are worth the drive.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>I can honestly confirm, this sale is worth
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">The 2019 Garden Day and Plant Sale is just two weeks
away.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>You’ll want to add this event to
your schedule.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>The variety of vegetables
for sale is impressive.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>You will be able
to choose from <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">thirty varieties of tomatoes</b>.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Looking for <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">heirlooms</i>?<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Twenty of the
thirty tomato varieties are heirlooms.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Looking
for a hybrid variety?<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>This sale has
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Several varieties have interesting back stories.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>The Rutgers 250 Schermerhorn, for example, is
being touted as a “new heirloom.”<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>The
Rutgers tomato, first made famous by Campbell’s Soup Co. years ago, has come to
be known as the quintessential Jersey tomato.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>This seed pays homage to the original; you be the judge.</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: calibri;">Sun Gold remains our best-selling cherry tomato year after
year because of its sweet, delicious flavor. </span><span style="font-family: calibri; margin: 0px;"> </span><span style="font-family: calibri;">But this year, you might want to check out the
Artisan Series cherry-type tomato. </span><span style="font-family: calibri; margin: 0px;"> </span><span style="font-family: calibri;">Some
are round and stripy; others are blush-colored and long and pointed.</span><span style="font-family: calibri; margin: 0px;"> </span><span style="font-family: calibri;">All are super cool-looking and seriously do
taste as great as they look.</span><span style="font-family: calibri; margin: 0px;"> </span><span style="font-family: calibri;">Artisan performs
well as a container plant, too.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">You might want to add a plum/paste tomato to your garden
this year.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Some think plum tomatoes are
used exclusively for canning.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Actually, plum
tomatoes tend to be meatier and have fewer seeds than beefsteak varieties.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>For this reason, they are fantastic for
salsa, as well as, sauce. <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Jersey Devil
is a plum tomato that performs well in our area, prolifically supplying sweet,
sausage-shaped tomatoes all season long.<span style="margin: 0px;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Try adding a little color to your garden this summer.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>We have a number of uniquely-colored
beefsteak varieties for sale this year.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>Ranging from the enormous, yellow Pineapple (fruit can weigh up to 2
pounds) to the hybrid Chef’s Choice Green, to the bi-colored stripes of the
heirloom Mr. Stripey. </span></span></span></div>
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peppers, and kale.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>The Green Elephant
Table promises to provide some great gardening treasures.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>You can be sure to find something wonderful
at the Garden Day and Plant Sale in beautiful Fairmount Park on April 28<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Hope to see you there.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>It’s so worth the drive! <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span></span></div>
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<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><span style="font-family: "calibri";"></span>Karen Pimblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17459559743141035815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571081263807939052.post-56477732943175993762019-04-11T08:07:00.000-04:002019-04-11T08:07:11.271-04:00Save the Date! 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float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><span style="color: #1155cc;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="color: black;">The Penn State Extension Philadelphia Master Gardeners will hold their 6th annual Garden Day and Plant Sale on Sunday, April 28 2019 from 10am - 2pm at the Horticulture Center in Fairmount Park! <br /><br /> </span></span></span><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2tvuW__jswXTecneqwJRXaKDVRYsJTtpcHGQ4NNbUvaw0ITZIwFK3A4nqJFYdI4n4M9e7Mx4yc6dqH6JEZkq-FtHABz-Q276TbDeHDNVMxRUeDnooS9wLPUla8ibXCw8AaEfqNjhUeNs/s1600/plant+sale+image+2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2tvuW__jswXTecneqwJRXaKDVRYsJTtpcHGQ4NNbUvaw0ITZIwFK3A4nqJFYdI4n4M9e7Mx4yc6dqH6JEZkq-FtHABz-Q276TbDeHDNVMxRUeDnooS9wLPUla8ibXCw8AaEfqNjhUeNs/s320/plant+sale+image+2.JPG" width="240" /></a><span style="color: #1155cc;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="color: black;">We will be selling a wide variety of affordable seedlings and house plants, as well as herbs, vegetables and more than 25 varieties of tomatoes. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #1155cc;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="color: #1155cc;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="color: black;">This
event is more than just a plant sale. Penn State Extension Philadelphia
Master Gardeners will host workshops and demonstrations throughout the
day. There’s something for the entire family!<br /><br />Scheduled workshops and demos include: </span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1155cc;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="color: #1155cc;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="color: black;"><br /><b>Science in the Garden </b><i>(ongoing; 10:00 am - 2:00 pm): </i>Science in the Garden features hands-on activities related to climate change, science and the superpowers of plants.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1155cc;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="color: #1155cc;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="color: black;"><br /><br /><b>ColorWheels Make & Take</b><i> (10:00 am - 1:00 pm): </i>Get
on the ColorWheels bus! Children of all ages will enjoy this arts and
crafts activity that connects the world of the garden to artistic
expression.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #1155cc;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="color: #1155cc;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="color: black;"><b>Edible and Useful Flowers </b><i>(10:15 am - 10:45 am):</i>
Join the Philadelphia Orchard Project (POP) for a talk on the culinary
and medicinal uses of the plants grown in their orchard. Take a guided
tour at 11:00 am or 11:30 am, sample teas made from the fruit trees, and
then check out the POP plant sale table.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #1155cc;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="color: #1155cc;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #1155cc;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="color: black;"><br /><b>Shake Up Your Salad! </b><i><b>(</b>sessions at 10:30 am and 11:15 am):</i>
Penn State Extension’s Nutrition Links Coordinator will demonstrate how
easy it is to make a healthy, tasty and inexpensive salad. Taste the
results yourself, and then visit the plant sale tables for ingredients
to make your own.</span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #1155cc;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><br /><br /><span style="color: black;"><b>Bugging Out! Know the Insects in Your Vegetable Garden</b> <i>(11:30 am - 12:15 pm):</i> From pill bugs to mantids and butterflies to cabbage worms--share your insect pest management strategies and learn from others’ experiences too.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1155cc;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="color: black;"><br /><br /><b>Indoor Plants: Beautiful, Beneficial, Sustainable</b> <i>(12:30 pm - 1:15 pm):</i> Learn about the value of indoor houseplants! Have a plant you want more of? Bring it to the workshop—or purchase one at the plant sale—and learn how easy it is to propagate plants. We’ll provide the pots and soil.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #1155cc;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="color: black;"><br />Master Gardeners will also be available to answer all your gardening questions, and don’t forget to check out our Edible Landscape Garden and our Certified Pollinator Habitat Garden for inspiration when planning and designing your own home garden. <br /><br />We hope to see you there! </span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1155cc;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="color: black;"><br /><br /><i>This event will be held rain or shine! For more information about the Penn State Extension Philadelphia Master Gardeners’ Garden Day & Plant Sale, visit <a href="https://extension.psu.edu/programs/master-gardener/counties/philadelphia/mggardendayplantsale2019">https://extension.psu.edu/programs/master-gardener/counties/philadelphia/mggardendayplantsale2019 </a><br /><br />For directions and information about the Horticulture Center, <a href="https://www.blogger.com/visit%20https://myphillypark.org/explore/parks/fairmount-park-horticulture-center/">visit https://myphillypark.org/explore/parks/fairmount-park-horticulture-center/ </a></i></span></span></span>Stacy Stanislawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05156230375510602365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571081263807939052.post-15130290766921800842019-03-28T08:00:00.000-04:002019-03-28T08:00:00.894-04:00The Fairmount Organic Recycling Center<div style="text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you are a Philadelphia resident and a gardener, then RUN, don't walk to the the <a href="http://www.fairmountpark.org/recyclingcenter_citizen.asp" target="_blank">Fairmount Organic Recycling Center</a> located at 3850 Ford Road in Fairmount Park.</span></div>
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The Organic Recycling Center is an amazing resource that many gardeners don't realize they have access to. For residential use, city residents may obtain <b>free</b> compost, mulch, wood
chips and herbivore manure. Residents are allowed to take up to 30-gallons of material per trip, and to make up to two trips per week. Giant logs are also available for cutting into firewood at no charge. You must provide your own tools, and a chain saw and splitter are recommended for cutting logs
into firewood. For the organic materials, I would suggest bringing gardening gloves, a shovel, and a tarp or plastic sheeting to protect your trunk from any spillage.</div>
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Upon arrival, residents must stop in the office to provide their driver's
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For those driving cars, you can pull up directly next to the huge piles of organic material to load your containers. Trucks (even non-commercial ones) are not allowed in this area. Folks driving trucks must stay parked by the office and then load their containers onto a provided cart to wheel them over.</div>
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I'm not able to produce enough of my own compost at home to fulfill all of my gardening needs, so the Organic Recycling Center is a resource that I greatly appreciate and use often. Maybe on my next trip I'll see you there!</div>
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The Fairmount Park Organic Recycling Center is located at:<br />
3850 Ford Road, Philadelphia, PA 19131<br />
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7:30AM-11:30AMUnknownnoreply@blogger.com03850 Ford Rd, Philadelphia, PA 19131, USA39.9994314 -75.208846539.9979109 -75.211314 40.0009519 -75.206379000000013tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571081263807939052.post-1425322983861958312019-03-14T16:30:00.000-04:002019-03-14T16:30:10.768-04:00Orchids: A Splash of Color to Brighten a Long WinterWhat can be better on a cold, grey, winter day than stepping into a greenhouse bursting with color from exotic plants? <a href="https://longwoodgardens.org/" target="_blank"><b>Longwood Gardens </b></a>in Kennett Square has an annual Orchid Extravaganza from January through March, with hundreds of orchids on display. You will find everything from more common plants such as <i>Phalaenopsis, </i>to rare gems such <i>Fredclarkeara </i>After Dark 'SVO Black Pearl', in many colors and creative displays.<br />
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Growing Your Own Orchids</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">You can also enjoy the winter beauty of orchids in your own home, and having a windowsill full of blooming orchids is easier than you may think. With proper care, blooms will return year after year. <i>Phalaenopsis, </i>commonly referred to as moth orchids, bloom for extended periods of time and are readily available (you can even find them at many grocery stores). Here are a few pointers to keep your plants healthy:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Potting medium</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">: When you purchase an orchid, it will often be in a pot full of bark. Never transplant orchids to regular potting soil, as the specialized roots need the aeration that a loose medium provides.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Light</b>: Most orchids do best with all day exposure to bright, indirect light. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Water</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">: Careful watering is important to keep orchids hydrated, but not too wet. Watering once a week is typically sufficient, though be sure that the potting medium is dry before adding more water. To increase humidity in the winter, you can place orchid pots on a tray with pebbles covered in water. </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Fertilizer: </b>You can use either a regular 20-20-20 fertilizer or an orchid-specific fertilizer. Apply a weak solution monthly to your regular watering</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Whether you enjoy them at a greenhouse such as Longwood, or at home, the exotic flowers of orchids are sure to add some sunshine and color to your winter day. </span></div>
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I’m Patrick Hauck, and like all gardeners, I like to dig in
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nearly forty years working in the world of historic preservation, promoting the
revitalization of historic buildings and landscapes, so I’m really in my zone when
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This is a brief overview about our home and garden on Rural
Lane in West Mt. Airy, an ongoing effort for the last 14 plus years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The house is one of four identical Victorian
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Here is another image of the rear of the houses, circa 1920,
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Here is the front of the property when we purchased it in
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features one dying tree and one planted way too close to house. A project after
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Fast forward to a few years ago and you can see what a
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And you thought the front was tired, check out the
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Sleuthing out the clues as to what the original porch looked
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This is the rear viewshed in the backyard before any work
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Here is the same view in early summer a few years back with
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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. This little metal
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Here is it, all buttoned up and painted. It serves as both a
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I love to create rooms in a garden--separate areas each
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from that room include the amazing mimosa tree in July and surrounding
plantings. It is a great gathering
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<b> </b>Lower Garden/Outdoor Library: The lower garden holds what I
call the library. It is wonder shady retreat for reading on a hot summer day. A
gated opening provides a view of the woods behind the house, and the room
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I’m primarily pollinator gardener and keep expanding each
year, doing the botanical math of addition, division multiplication and subtraction
of plants. If there is one thing I’ve learned, it is to just keep plugging
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Master Gardeners from across the state represented the Penn State Extension Master Gardener program at this year’s Pennsylvania Farm Show, part of a special informational booth highlighting program areas of Penn State University's College of Agricultural Sciences. </span></div>
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Walking through my Northwest Philly neighborhood on the way to work this morning, I noticed two things:<b> air brisk enough to make me look like Puff the Magic Dragon </b>and <b>tons of forlorn green or semi-ripe tomatoes</b>, hanging sadly from their cages and trellises.<br />
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In green, green Germantown, it seemed like nearly every block had a bushel of the unharvested fruit awaiting <b>the final cold snap</b>—one that <a href="https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=39.95222000000007&lon=-75.16217999999998#.W-s2IThKiUl" target="_blank">looks likely to come this week</a> as temps dip below freezing. Once the tomatoes freeze and thaw, all those burst cells inside will leave the meat mushy and unappealing.<br />
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I adapted the following recipe <a href="https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1017532-tomato-jam" target="_blank">from Mark Bittman of the New York Times</a> and have salvaged the last tomatoes of the season every year for the last few years. In addition to alleviating the guilt of letting your homegrown produce go to waste, properly preserved jars of this <b>savory-sweet treat</b> make fun holiday gifts for friends and coworkers who appreciate good eats.</div>
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<b>You can adjust the spices to your palate</b>, adding extra zip or dialing it back as you see fit. The resulting dark-green jam is thick, aromatic and, frankly, addictive.<br />
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<b>Harvesting: </b>Pick and wash firm, crisp fruit that hasn’t been damaged by the cold. Semi-ripe tomatoes showing a blush of color will work too, though this recipe works best when the bulk of the fruit—any variety, from cherry to beefsteak works fine—is on the greener side.<br />
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<li>1.5-2 cups light brown sugar (If the jam does not develop the sticky quality/mouthfeel that tells your brain <i>mmmm...jamb</i>, add more sugar to taste. Green tomatoes are lower in sugar compared to ripe.) </li>
<li>Juice of one freshly squeezed lime, measuring at least 2 tablespoons (<b>Optional: </b>if you like a little more citrus pop, use the fine side of a box grater and zest the lime before juicing.) </li>
<li>1 tablespoon fresh grated or minced ginger</li>
<li>1 teaspoon ground cumin</li>
<li>¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon</li>
<li>⅛ teaspoon ground cloves</li>
<li>1 teaspoon salt</li>
<li>1 jalapeño or other peppers, stemmed, seeded and minced. Red pepper flakes, cayenne and other mildly spicy peppers will also work. Add to taste, but remember heat and time on the stove will gradually pull more of the spicy capsicum oils out. </li>
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This method will keep at least a week, but I prefer to puree the jam in a food processor after it cools and then use <a href="https://www.splendidtable.org/recipes/small-batch-spiced-blueberry-jam" target="_blank">basic canning methods</a> to preserve my annual batch.<br />
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Spreading your jam out into in 4 oz., wide-mouth jelly jars will let you keep this summer-turned-fall treat on hand until fresh tomatoes return. Add a little fancy ribbon and a scrap of tablecloth and you’ve got a Martha Stewart (or <a href="https://foodinjars.com/about-food-in-jars/" target="_blank">Marisa McClellan</a>)-level holiday gift that goes nicely with a fresh baguet and some sharp local cheddar. </div>
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Brian Rademaekershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11065962516545802331noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571081263807939052.post-14146602578984117382018-10-25T22:14:00.000-04:002018-10-25T22:14:25.404-04:00Picking the Perfect Pod<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Kathryn Kamowski</span></i><br /><br />As autumn begins, it is the perfect time to try your hand at saving seeds! Many plants are almost ready to put their seeds out, or already have. In this post, we’ll go over some of the basics of seed saving from pods. Feel free to experiment and have fun!<br /><br />Pods are protective layers that can hold a great array in size and number of seeds, and can come in a variety of sizes and shapes. The important thing to remember about pods is to allow them to mature on the plant. A dry, brown pod is a ready pod! In many cases, the pod may split, exposing the seeds. This is when you know they are ready to be harvested. If you harvest them too soon, the seeds may not be viable.<br /><br />If you are worried that seeds will fall out of the pods before you are ready to harvest them, a tried-and-true strategy for collection is bagging the immature pods. Lightly secure a small bag or piece of cloth fully around the pod. Be sure that the material you use allows air and light to reach the pods, and that you secure the material firmly enough that it will not blow off, but not so tight as to damage the plant. The bag will catch any seeds as the pods burst open, with the added benefit of critters not being able to get to the seeds before you do.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br />One of the nice things about saving seeds in pods is that they are typically already dried out and ready for storage. To be certain no moisture remains on the seeds, you can spread them out on a paper towel for a few days. Some seeds, such as the milkweed, may have other elements (like fluff) attached to the seed which should be removed prior to storage. <br /><br />When your seeds are dry, store them in a paper envelope (plastic or glass is OK if you are certain there is no moisture left in the seeds). If you plan on sowing the seeds next spring, you can store them in the refrigerator as a cold stratification method to imitate the winter temperature and assist in germination. If you choose to store your seeds outside of the refrigerator, make sure the location is cool, dry, dark, and out of reach of pests.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Remember to label your seeds! Come spring, it may be difficult to remember which seed packet contains which plant seeds. <br /><br />A quick word to seed swappers and sellers: be careful about saving seeds from plants that are patented. Some plant varieties are patented by their creators, and in many cases it is illegal to save seeds from these plants. If you are not sure, check your variety online prior to saving seeds, or do not share your seeds with others.<br /><br />Have fun saving!</span><br />
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<i style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></i>Laddy Lauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01615587494839282292noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571081263807939052.post-9805743895857547272018-10-19T00:00:00.000-04:002018-10-25T22:16:38.338-04:00Creative Space Saving Ideas<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Kathryn Kamowski</span></i><br /><br /><br />Living in an urban area, space comes at a premium to many of us. Now that it is fall and we take stock of how our gardens and plants fared this year, I want to share some ideas with you on ways to soak up every last inch of growing space for next year’s garden so you can plan ahead. <br /><br />I encourage you to find new, plant-growing uses for old items. Did your watering can spring a leak this summer? No problem; it will be your new cutest planter!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">No yard? Go vertical. An old pallet becomes a planter wall to frame your favorite outdoor plants. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br />Earlier this year, I asked our fellow gardeners at the Philly Plant Exchange Facebook group to send in photos of their best space-saving ideas. With their permission, I am sharing their photos and ideas in this post.<br /><br />Loren Taylor also used vertical pallet planters, creating a beautiful privacy wall in the process.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Arly Chulmans shared photos of her vertical gardening techniques. Old shoe organizers become perfect plant pockets.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Cinder blocks are creatively stacked to create lot of vertical space in a narrow horizontal space. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br />Rebecca Hamell showed that sometimes space saving is about minimizing tools. By burying an irrigation system, Rebecca eliminates the need for hose containment or a bulky sprinkler system that sprays beyond the wanted range.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Using trellises to support tomatoes and other large plants takes less space than traditional tomato cages and plant supports.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Melissa Mazur also uses a combination of trellises and raised beds to make the most of a narrow space.</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Dominic Ariaudo makes the most of his outdoor staircase, hanging plants from the bannisters and steps, and using it to provide partial shade for his container plants.</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Siri Mai packs a huge amount in her 5’x10’ balcony with plant shelves, balcony boxes, and hanging baskets.</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And finally, Tresa Copes followed the tried-and-true strategy of fitting as many pots and planters in her space as possible! </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hopefully some of these ideas have inspired you to take next year’s garden to the next level. Happy planning!</span></div>
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Laddy Lauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01615587494839282292noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571081263807939052.post-61037649150846702582018-10-05T07:10:00.000-04:002018-10-05T07:10:36.929-04:00Seed Saving: Preserving This Year's Flavors<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As summer winds down and early onset nostalgia for this year’s tomatoes hits hard, it’s time to think about saving seeds for next year. Saving seeds is easy and it has many benefits. <br /><br />The most obvious is that it saves you money – you won’t have to buy seeds or transplants for your favorite vegetables next year. It also helps maintain a genetic diversity. Go into any heirloom seed catalogue and you’ll see hundreds of varieties of vegetables you may have never heard of. Many of these varieties have relied on gardeners preserving the seeds and planting them through the years. In addition, it helps build a community through sharing seeds of vegetables that do well in particular regions. Finally, it connects you with your garden beyond eating the food it provides. Careful attention to the seeds you save and the plants you grow in following years opens up a whole new level of understanding how your plants interact with each other. <br /><br />Plants produce seeds when their flower is pollinated. This can either happen through self-pollination or cross pollination. When a plant self-pollinates, no new genetic material is introduced and so the next generation of plants are similar to the parent plants. In cross pollination two varieties of the same species of plant are crossed and the future generations have a combination of characteristics from the parent plants. Ensuring your plants do not cross pollinate is important if you are trying to grow a specific heirloom variety. However, cross pollinated plants are great to maintain a genetic diversity and find new varieties. Depending on the reason for saving seeds, the process actually starts when you plan your garden. <br /><br />PLANNING YOUR GARDEN TO SAVE SEEDS<br /><br />If you want to plant delicious heirloom varieties year after year and preserve their genetic line, you’ll need to prevent cross pollinating with other varieties. You can do this in a few ways. The first is to consider what varieties you plant and create distance between them so that they do not cross pollinate. Depending on the plant, a distance of 100 feet to 1 mile could be required. In many cases this is feasible; however, if you have a small garden and want variety, there are still a few other methods. <br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">You could plant just one variety per species so that even a cross pollination would result in the same heirloom characteristics. Alternatively, b</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">agging the flowers will create a barrier so that they won’t be pollinated by insects or the wind. To do this, put a paper or fine mesh bag over the flowers before they open. If the flowers are perfect – containing both male and female parts, like a tomato – they’ll self-pollinate in the bag. If the flowers are male or female, like a pumpkin, they’ll require you to pollinate them when they open and then re-bag them. <br /><br />If all of this seems like too much work and you want to be a bit adventurous and see what nature will create, you can just let your plants do what they’ll do. Maybe you’ll get lucky and they’ll self-pollinate; maybe you’ll end up with a delicious never-been-tried crossed variety; maybe the result will be inedible. The point is – if you are just starting seed saving and didn’t go through the meticulous process of avoiding cross pollination – you can still participate in seed saving. <br /><br />A little note on hybrids. Hybrid vegetables are sold at nurseries and are wonderful. However, the seeds they contain don’t match the vegetables you are eating this year. They might, but like any cross-pollinated plant, they might not. In fact, the seeds may not even be viable. But, while the best seeds are “open pollinator” varieties, I would never discourage anyone from garden experiments – including saving seeds from hybrid plants. <br /><br />ON TO THE SAVINGS!<br /><br />Now that you’ve decided to save seeds you’ll need to know when to harvest, what to harvest, how to harvest and finally how to store them until next year. <br /><br />Harvesting seeds often does not happen at the same time you harvest plants to eat. Vegetables that reach their market maturity, the time when we like to eat them, are often still immature with undeveloped seeds. Beans need to be dried longer on the vine, cucumbers need to stay out until they’re a little wrinkly and eggplants need to wait until they turn a yellow/green color. Because of this, you’ll want to designate some of your vegetables to be seed savers rather than dinner. <br /><br />Choosing what seeds you’re going to save is key. You want to choose a vegetable that is ideal in size, color, and from a plant that’s free of disease. These are the characteristics you’re passing on, so you want them to be the best! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Once you’ve chosen the vegetables you want to save seeds from and waited until they’ve reached seed maturity, you’re ready to harvest the seeds. To do that you’ll either wet harvest or dry harvest. Vegetables with pulpy flesh – tomatoes, cucumbers, eggplant, etc. – are wet harvested, while beans, basil, lettuce, etc. are dry harvested. <br /><br />HARVESTING - DRY METHOD<br /><br />Dry harvesting is fairly easy. You’ll want to let the seeds dry as long as possible on the plant. For example, a bean pod will be yellow, dry and nearly crumbly with hard seeds when it’s ready to be harvested. You don’t want to wait too long as eventually the seed pods will open up and scatter your beans in the garden (not necessarily a bad way to go for a lazy gardener). Once you’ve removed the seeds from the plant you need to further dry them by placing them in a single layer on a screen or paper towel in a well-ventilated area for a few days. Blow off any remaining seed pod, chaff or debris. <br /><br />If the seeds are small – like from dill or basil – you can take the whole seed head and put it in a paper bag. Once they are all dry give the bag a shake until all the seeds are off the seed head. Again, blow off any chaff or debris and you’re done. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">HARVESTING - WET METHOD<br /><br />For plants with a pulpy flesh there are a few more steps. Once the vegetable has reached seed maturity – again, slightly after you’d want to eat it – remove it from the plant. Slice it open and scoop out the seeds. For tomatoes it’s really easy to crush and squeeze the pulp and seeds out. Put the mass of pulp and seeds in a jar or bucket and add a bit of warm water. These seeds require or benefit from a bit of fermentation. You simply need to stir the mixture once a day for three or four days. As the seeds ferment, the good ones will fall to the bottom leaving the unviable seeds and pulp at the top. Pour this off and save the sunken seeds. You can spread them on a fine screen or paper towel to dry. <br /><br />STORING SEEDS<br /><br />Seeds need to be in a cool, dry place to last through the winter until the ground is ready to be planted next year. This can be in glass jars or paper envelopes, in a cool basement or the fridge. You can even freeze them – however this requires even more drying. If you’ve dried seeds on a paper towel and they’ve become stuck, you can fold them up in the paper towel and store them that way. Once you’re ready to plant them, rip the towel with the seeds and plant the whole thing – this will prevent the seeds from being damaged as you try to separate them from the paper fibers. Finally </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">–</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> label, label, label! Winter is long, and well-intentioned memories will fade. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br />SHARING!<br /><br />Now you’re ready to start saving. Once you’ll do you’ll soon realize that saving seeds from even one cherry will give you way too many plants for next year. One of the most gratifying parts of saving seeds is being able to share with fellow gardeners. Starting a seed swap with your community is a great way to share the bounties of this year’s garden and to experiment with what your neighbors are planting! <br /></span></div>
Laddy Lauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01615587494839282292noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571081263807939052.post-10652874899448623072018-09-28T12:00:00.000-04:002019-03-10T23:20:35.823-04:00Have deer friends? Maybe Perennial Onions Can Help!<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /><span style="text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial;">I manage the vegetable garden at Pendle Hill, a half-acre space tucked into a corner of campus that produces fruits, vegetables, and culinary herbs for the kitchen. Pendle Hill’s campus is beautiful and wooded and, much to my chagrin, heavily populated with white-tailed deer. Last season they flocked to the garden like a free buffet, helping themselves to Swiss chard and my young tomato plants. This winter, in addition to making plans for a deer fence, I’ve also come across several deer-deterrent strategies. The one that I’m most excited about is the use of perennial onions.</span><br /><br /><span style="text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial;">Why? Well, it turns out that deer cannot stand the smell of plants in the <i>Allium</i> genus, which includes onions. This year I’ve chosen to focus my attention on perennial onions for a few reasons. First, annual onions require a great deal of time and attention to grow; perennial varieties, on the other hand, require much less labor and maintenance once established, and will continue to produce for years. Perennial onions actually used to be much more widely cultivated than they are now, but fell out of favor with the advent of mechanical harvesting (perennial onions tend to grow in patches, whereas annual onions can be grow in uniform rows). Perennial onions also have a variety of flowers and flavors, adding forage for pollinators and flavors to your kitchen.</span><br /><br /><span style="text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial;">In my research I came across a variety of different perennial onions. The following is a selection of my favorites. Enjoy! And may your garden flourish.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><span style="text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; white-space: pre;"><b><i>Allium fistulosum </i></b></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">(Welsh Onion) </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial;">Sometimes called bunching onion, scallion, or spring onion, <i>Allium fistulosum</i> will be a welcome addition to my garden this year. (I’ll be planting ‘White Spear,’ a heat-tolerant cultivar, and ‘Evergreen Hardy White,’ a cold-hardy cultivar to see which does best.)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A favorite amongst foragers and foodies, ramps (also known as spring onion, ramson, wild leek, wood leek, and wild garlic) have been dangerously overharvested in recent years. In Quebec, people are limited to harvesting 50 plants per year, and restaurants are forbidden to use them. The good news is that, if you have the right conditions in or around your garden, it is possible to start your own patch of ramps. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial;">Ramps are a bulb-forming perennial; they spread clonally by division, and grow in close groups just below the soil. The whole plant is edible and has a flavor that’s a combination of onion and strong garlic. One of the earliest spring vegetables, ramps were used as a spring tonic and culinary herb by Native American tribes including the Iroquois, Potawatomi, and Ojibwa. They provide much needed vitamins and minerals after long winter months. New leaves emerge in March and April, and die back in June as the flower stalk emerges. Seeds develop in late summer. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br />Ramps like growing under forest canopies, especially canopies composed of beech, birch, sugar maple, and/or poplar. They’ll also grow under buckeyes, lindens, hickories, and oaks. They like well-drained soil high in organic matter and leaf mold. If you don’t have a wooded area nearby, you can build a shade structure for your ramps. Ramps can be grown from seed, though it will take some time for a patch to grow in this way as seeds could take years to germinate based on conditions. Direct seed in the spring or fall. If it’s possible to find seedlings, transplant out in March and April. Allow your ramps a few years to establish themselves into a patch, and then harvest by thinning in order to assure a lasting supply. <br /><br /><b><i>Allium tuberosum </i>(Garlic Chives)<i> </i></b><br /><br />Native to southwestern parts of the Chinese province of Shanxi, garlic chives have been cultivated around the world. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Garlic chives grow from a small, elongated bulb that originates from a stout rhizome beneath the soil. Its leaves are flat, and somewhat fleshy, tasting more like garlic than chives. In the late summer/early fall, it produces white flowers on umbels on stalks 10-24 inches in height. These flowers are quite beautiful, and attract butterflies.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In warmer areas, the garlic chive is evergreen. In colder areas (zone 7 and below) it dies back to the ground in the winter and resprouts from rhizomes in the spring. It grows in slowly expanding, perennial clumps, and will also sprout from seed. It’s worthwhile to note that in some states garlic chives are considered a noxious weed (in Arkansas, for example), and will require some work to keep it within a certain space. Deadhead flowers before they set seed in order to control spread.<br /><br />Garlic chives can be grown in average, dry to medium, well-drained soil in part shade or full sun. Direct seeding is preferable – sow seeds ¼” deep when the soil warms in the spring. Seeds can also be started 6-8 weeks before transplant indoors.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /><b><i>Allium proliferum</i> (Egyptian Walking Onions) </b><br /><br />Egyptian Walking Onions are one of my favorite plants. I have a small patch started in the garden, and I’m hopeful they’ll spread. <i>Allium proliferum</i> have long, hollow leaves like Welsh Onions. Rather than producing flowers, however, they produce a cluster of bulblets. When the cluster gets heavy enough, the stalk falls over, and the bulblets sprout up from the soil, and so the onion “walks.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A hybrid of <i>Allium fistulosum</i> (Welsh Onions) and <i>Allium cepa</i> (the common onion), it’s postulated that this onion was brought to Europe from the Indian subcontinent by the Romani people. The entire plant is edible, from the shallot-like bulbs to the leaves and stalks. The bulbs are tougher and more pungent than the rest of the plant. Young plants can be used much like scallions in the spring. Most cultivars are quite strong-flavored, but there are more mild and sweet cultivars available as well. While Egyptian Walking Onions can grow in tropical conditions, they are also quite winter hardy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Walking Onions prefer full sun, and slightly moist but well-draining soil. Topsets (the clusters of bulblets produced by the plant, also called ‘bulbils’) can be planted any time of the year, though fall is the optimal time to plant. Plant each topset in soil about two inches deep with one foot spacing in rows two feet apart. Plants will most likely not produce a topset until their second year after planting. <br /><br /><b><i>Allium cepa </i>var.<i> aggregatum</i> (Potato Onions, Shallots) </b><br /><br />I haven’t grown either of these before, but I’m excited to try! Potato onions and shallots are closely related enough that they are considered to be the same species and variety. The exact line between the two is hard to pinpoint, but potato onions are said to be larger, divide into fewer bulbs, store longer, and have a stronger flavor than shallots. They are comparable in flavor to common onions, and can be used as a substitute in recipes that call for them. Potato onions are also known as multiplier onions, pregnant onions, or mother onions. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br />Potato onion plants produce a cluster of bulbs attached at the base each year. To keep a patch going, you can harvest the larger bulbs while leaving the smaller ones behind to produce more bulbs the following year. Some people harvest all of their onions and replant the smallest ones the following year just like potatoes (hence the name). Potato onions are smaller than common onions, typically between 1 and 3 inches in diameter, and store very well once cured.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Potato onions are quite winter hardy, surviving up to USDA zone 4. They require long summer days, and so typically do best above latitude 37 (in Philadelphia, we’re at latitude 38, so we’re good!). Potato onions are typically propagated via division. Bulbs are planted in the spring or fall, just below the soil in the fall to give them a bit of protection during the winter, and about one half to two-thirds of the way down into the ground in the spring. Potato onions typically grow mostly out of the ground. They can also be grown from seed, though this route is more difficult. Start seeds indoors about 2 months before the last frost, scattering them and pressing them lightly into the surface of the soil. They require strong light. Germination can take as long as three weeks, and germination rates are around 60%. Plants can be transplanted once they reach about 3 inches in height.<br /><br />Potato onions are heavy feeders, so they do well with a nitrogen boost in the spring. They don’t put up well with weeds either and thus also require weeding. <br /><br />Shallot classification, it turns out, is a bit tricky. Most shallots are the same variety as potato onions – <i>Allium cepa</i> var. <i>aggregatum</i> – but were previously classified as <i>Allium ascalonicum</i>. The French gray shallot (or griselle), however, is actually a different species: <i>Allium oschaninii;</i> as is the Persian shallot, which refers to three species: <i>Allium stipitatum,</i> <i>Allium altissimum</i>, and <i>Allium hirtifolium</i>. The former is often referred to as the “true” shallot, and grows wild from central to southwest Asia. The latter is also native to central and southwestern Asia, grows on rocky slopes and in fields, and is often harvested in the wild. It has large flowers on tall slender stalks and as a result is often used as an ornamental. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">For the sake of simplicity, I’ll primarily be talking about <i>Allium cepa</i> var. <i>agreggatum</i>.<br /><br />Originally from central/southwest Asia, shallots can range in skin color from golden brown to gray and rose red, while their flesh is typically off-white and tinged with green or magenta. Like garlic, they’re formed in clusters of offsets with a head composed of multiple cloves. As you probably know, they are widely cultivated and treasured for culinary use. They have a milder flavor than common onions, and can often be substituted for them in recipes. Finely sliced and deep-fried shallots are often used as a condiment in Asian cuisine. They can also be pickled. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Shallots get their name from the ancient Canaanite city of Ashkelon; people in classical Greek times believed that shallots originated from there.</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /><br />While you can start shallots from seed, most are propagated via offsets. Much like garlic, they can be planted in the fall (zones 3-10) or spring, 4 to 6 inches apart with the pointed end facing up just below the soil surface. They prefer rich, loose soil, with a slightly acidic pH of around 6-6.8, though they will grow in more neutral soil. During the growing season, they need plenty of water. Green tops can be cut and used like chives as long as you’re careful to leave enough leaves to nurture the bulb. Flower stalks should be cut to in order to redirect energy towards the bulbs. Left in the ground, they’ll resprout the following season.</span></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Chives grow wild across much of Europe, Asia, and North America. They’re commonly used as a culinary herb – all parts of the plant, including the flowers, are edible. They grow to be around 12-30 inches tall, and have small, slender, conical bulbs that grow in dense clusters. Stems and leaves are hollow and tubular, distinguishing them from garlic chives which, as we saw earlier, have flat leaves.<br /><br />They are also used in gardens as pest-control – they produce sulfur compounds, which repulse many insects. At the same time, they are also great pollinator plants, producing large amounts of nectar. In a UK survey conducted by the AgriLand project, they were ranked in the top 10 for nectar production.<br /><br />Grown from seed, plants will mature in the summer or early the following spring. They can also be propagated via division. In colder regions, chives die back to the ground in the wintertime, with new leaves sprouting from the bulbs in early spring. They thrive in well-drained soil high in organic matter with a pH of 6-7 and full sun. When harvesting, make sure to cut stalks down to the base. Continuously harvesting plants during the season will help to keep stalks tender for cooking.<br /><br />I could go on – <i>Allium</i> is a large genus, comprised of hundreds of species, all of which, according to Peterson’s Field Guide, are edible. I’m sure there are plenty more perennial onions to explore!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Since garlic is a cool weather crop, growth halts when the soil temperature reaches 80-90 degrees. The tops of your garlic will begin to turn brown and die back, indicating it’s time for harvest. If you’re growing a scape producing variety, this will happen approximately 3 weeks after you see the scape. If you’re not sure that your garlic is ready, test one bulb by digging it up and looking for the differentiation of individual cloves. To get a good wrapper layer, it’s best to harvest the garlic when 3-4 leaves are still partially green.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">If harvested early when individual cloves have not yet differentiated, or if left in the ground too long so that cloves have burst out of their wrapper (likely not storable), not to worry. Bulbs harvested a bit early can be eaten as “Spring garlic.” These have a delectably fresh and delicate garlic flavor. Those harvested a little late are still delicious but must be used quickly, as they will not store long. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">It is important to avoid damage to the garlic bulb when harvesting. Use a garden fork or shovel to dig straight down a few inches away from the bulb and lift. If growing a hardneck variety, you can gently pull the stem after loosening up surrounding soil. Do not pull the stem of softneck varieties. This may cause breaks or tears in the neck, making them more vulnerable to spoilage organisms. After cloves have been lifted from the ground, remove the excess soil but do not wash them.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Cure garlic for at least 4 weeks in a warm, dark, well-ventilated place. Bulbs can be hung to dry or laid out on a screen. Test dryness by rolling the neck between your fingers. If the neck goes flat and does not roll, bulbs are dry enough. To store, trim roots closely and clip stems, leaving ¼ to ½ inch intact. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Ideally, garlic will keep for up to 6-8 months. It stores best below 40 degrees and above 60 degrees. Storing garlic at temperatures between 40 degrees and 56 degrees encourages premature sprouting. Make sure to check on stored garlic from time to time. Anything going soft or beginning to sprout should be used as soon as possible. </span></span></div>
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<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The time for sowing seed garlic is fast approaching, so don’t forget to save your biggest and best cloves for next year’s crop. If you need a refresher, check out <a href="https://philadelphiacountymastergardeners.blogspot.com/2017/12/4-easy-steps-for-homegrown-garlic.html" target="_blank">4 Easy Steps for Homegrown Garlic</a>. </span></span></div>
shannonpacillihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17129981753779125942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571081263807939052.post-10129960699219564672018-09-07T17:29:00.001-04:002018-09-07T17:29:04.509-04:002018 Grow West Master Gardener State Conference<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Hi Philly MGers!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">I went to the </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Grow West 2018 Master Gardener State Conference</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> the last weekend in June </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">with a fellow Philadelphia County Master Gardener (MG), Sally Gendler. I wish you all could have </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">been there! </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Six Southwestern Pennsylvania counties hosted the four day event at Seven Springs Mountain Resort </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">in Seven Springs, PA. The event included tours of Pittsburgh city proper, private gardens, a tour of two</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> Frank Lloyd Wright’s local masterpieces, lectures by PSU professors, gardening authors, and a </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">speech by the founder of Master Gardening. There was also an expansive and competitive silent </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">auction, a garden market with handmade birdhouses, tools and plants, as well as a make your own </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">vertical garden workshop. Furthermore, the hotel which is a cross between the Poconos and a little </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Swiss Alps village had lots to offer too, from lovely, rustic seating overlooking summer greenery and </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">activities to stores and a serious spa lovers hideout called Trillium Spa. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">I always wanted to see Wright’s Falling Water and pairing a MG event to a visit to the iconic architect’s</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> masterpieces was just the ticket to get me to go. The 4 hour drive from Philly was filled with lovely </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">scenery, rolling hills and dairy farmland everywhere.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">The first morning, as I left my room for the Wright houses pre-conference tour, I walked past someone</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> who looked familiar, Angela Weathers from Franklin County MG. We turned to each each other, </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">laughed, and spent the day together on the tour. We had a two-hour tour at Kentuck Knob and Falling </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Water and I’m so glad I met a friend to share the experience with. Falling Water is nothing less than </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">a man-made wonder. <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Leslie at Kentuck Knob</i></td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Though picturesque, nothing like it will ever be built again because Wright had </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">such a unique style plus modern laws would never allow something like this to be built there. Just to </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">keep Falling Water preserved is challenging as water is streaming everywhere around and it’s also in </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">the middle of mountain woodlands filled with blooming laurels and rhododendron. <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT-bvj0Cw_jhzhyQF8uBej0m1otaI_E4zPGgSW_AxVxLiXfTHdj_pTIgOuQzYKNTtDSvoWgtSez9jC9T2o4VsnJkX4iGxxeZK9z3L_U-4lf42wAXrZw0kuvvUNDzGxgP6aF5vGTK6s29E/s1600/FallingWater.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="398" data-original-width="320" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT-bvj0Cw_jhzhyQF8uBej0m1otaI_E4zPGgSW_AxVxLiXfTHdj_pTIgOuQzYKNTtDSvoWgtSez9jC9T2o4VsnJkX4iGxxeZK9z3L_U-4lf42wAXrZw0kuvvUNDzGxgP6aF5vGTK6s29E/s400/FallingWater.JPG" width="321" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Frank Lloyd Wright's Falling Water</td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Following our tour, </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">there was a cocktail social at the top of a ski lift. Unfortunately, the lift only stayed open </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">for a ½ hour </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">so we missed that trip but we sat on the seat later and had our picture taken anyway.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Sally and Leslie on Ski Lift</i></td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">We met new gardener friends like Diane Diffenderfer, Wayne County Office Coordinator, and David</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> Gibby, founder of the Master Gardener program, who was honored at the banquet. It meant so much</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">During the whole conference homemade cookies were on plates everywhere to help keep our energy </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">up through all the busy breakout sessions and speakers, as it is the local master gardeners’ hosting </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">tradition. The first day right after breakfast we listened to “Container Savvy” gardening by Jessica </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Walker and learned about starting a home orchard, where I received “A Field Guide to Tree Fruit </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Disorders, Pests, and Beneficials” by Penn State Extension which was printed in both English and </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Spanish. Later, there was a pesticide education update talk followed by “Growing Native Plants from </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Seed” by Mark Tebbitt, native seed starting expert. Tebbitt described in detail the seven types of </span><br />
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Not only does Mr. Scanniello, a </span><span style="font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;">rosarian at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden in New York,</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> guide us through 12 months of tasks to perform in the rose garden, he discusses varieties of roses, diseases, pests and some remedies for varying problems encountered when growing roses.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Laddy Lauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01615587494839282292noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571081263807939052.post-2825574364286877352018-08-09T23:02:00.000-04:002018-08-14T19:01:25.582-04:00Have You Seen the Edible Landscape Demo Garden?!<i>Laddy Lau</i><br />
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If you have not been to the Edible Landscape Garden in Fairmount Park, you are missing a hidden treasure.<br />
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Each time I visit, there is something new to explore. Read more about what is happening at the <a href="https://extension.psu.edu/programs/master-gardener/counties/philadelphia/news/2017/buzzworthy-news-at-penn-state-extension-philadelphia2019s-gardens-in-fairmount-park">garden</a> and the great work of the volunteers that are making this space a wonderful place for education and nourishment.<br />
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<br />Laddy Lauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01615587494839282292noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571081263807939052.post-7750106559403909462018-08-04T16:38:00.002-04:002018-08-04T16:38:26.928-04:00Growing A Bountiful Fall Harvest<i>Laddy Lau</i><br />
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<li>Consider timing, drainage and low areas in your yard when planning your garden</li>
<li>Sow seeds a little deeper during the summer to protect them from sun </li>
<li>Use floating row covers to protect your plants from wind</li>
<li>Incorporate cover crops in your garden to add nutrients back into your soil and aid rotation of your plants</li>
<li>Utilize early and late variety plants to optimize your garden harvest</li>
<li>Know your <a href="http://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/PHZMWeb/">plant hardiness zone</a> to determine the best time to directly sow seeds or transplant your seedlings </li>
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We are halfway through the <a href="https://philadelphiacountymastergardeners.blogspot.com/2018/06/2018-master-class-schedule.html?spref=bl">2018 Master Class schedule</a> which are free, public workshops. You don't have to be a gardener to participate. It is a great a way to learn new things, meet people with shared interests, and maybe take a plant(s) home. (psst...today there were fig saplings). <a href="https://www.facebook.com/PhilaMasterGardeners/">Join our urban gardening community today!!</a><br />
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><br />You probably have noticed patches of deep red or pink tall flowers on your local travels this June and July. There's a good chance they are two different species of Monarda. The red ones are Monarda didyma and the pink are Monarda fistulosa. Didyma is an eastern North American native while fistulosa is native to all of North America.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><br />These plants are in the mint family and have common names such as bee balm, bergamot, oswego tea, and horsemint. They are herbaceous perennials and if you look closely, are well-visited by a number of critters thanks to the strong fragrances. Didyma is among the most fragrant of Monarda and a favorite of hummingbirds, which have the ability to reach into the deep flowers. The pink fistulosa are frequented by large bees. Both flowers are also visited by some butterflies and moths.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">A good place to visit these flowers is at the Fairmount Park Horticulture Center Pollinator Demonstration garden.
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<span style="font-size: large;">T</span><span style="font-size: large;">he Serviceberry (<i>Amelanchier <span style="background: white;">laevis</span></i>) that you see in these pictures is planted in a small
courtyard garden in Fishtown, a neighborhood located northeast of Center City Philadelphia, and as you can see it is the
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">In the spring, it will display a delicate white shower of
lightly fragrant flowers over the entire tree</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">In the summer, it will bear tasty
berries but be quick. Birds love these berries too! </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">In the fall, the
round leaves turn a stunning shade of orange. Also, you will find that the Serviceberry comes in multi or single
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<span style="font-size: large;">It’s the beginning of June in Philadelphia so the Serviceberries
are in full fruit production right now and what a treat! You can pick the
reddish/purplish fruit right off the tree or bake them into cakes, muffins
& pies just like you would with blueberries.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">The morning sunshine shone warm and bright among the flowering trees, plants and display tables Sunday morning at the Fairmount Park Horticulture Center, as <a href="https://extension.psu.edu/programs/master-gardener" target="_blank">Penn State University Extension Master Gardeners </a>set up for their annual plant sale. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Everything from succulents to herbs to tomatoes, peppers, edible greens, perennials, native plants and more were on sale. </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;">by Michelle L. Dauberman</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">L</span><span style="font-size: large;">ast year the edible demonstration garden expanded its
footprint by adding five raised beds and this year the garden is adding four
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<span style="font-size: large;">This fun expansion was spear
headed by Lois Fischer and graciously supported by the Edible Garden Committee,
Penn State Extension Master Gardeners & some philanthropic Drexel
University students.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is such an exciting time for the garden so check out the
new additions while we celebrate Earth Day during the Penn State Extension
Master Gardener Plant Sale on April 22, 2018.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Visit our location again over the summer when the garden at
it peak!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thanks to everyone who donated their generous time,
materials and labor!</span></div>
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For more information on the Penn State Extension MG Garden Day and Plant Sale:</div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">https://extension.psu.edu/programs/master-gardener/counties/philadelphia/news/2018/garden-day-and-plant-sale</span></div>
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For more information on raised beds:</div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">https://extension.psu.edu/programs/master-gardener/counties/lancaster/idea-gardens/the-raised-bed-garden</span></div>
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