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The grape tasting table is a popular stop during Harvest Day. (Photos: Kathy Morrison) |
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Rudbeckia brightens the Water Efficient Landscape. |
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This whimsical plant ID
hangs in the vegetable garden. |
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"Farmer Fred" Hoffman, left, and Phil Purcell talk trees. |
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Master Gardener Carole Ludlum talks trouble-shooting grapevine
problems. Below, grape clusters in birdproof organza bags. |
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The Master Gardeners' help table was busy all day long.
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Choosing blossoms and herbs to make a solar-dyed silk scarf was a fundraising activity at Harvest Day.
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Plant vendors such as Morningsun Herb Farm drew many shoppers.
The event also offered food trucks and educational tables. |
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Garden Checklist for week of July 21
Your garden needs you!
* Keep your vegetable garden watered, mulched and weeded. Water before 8 a.m. to reduce the chance of fungal infection and to conserve moisture.
* Feed vegetable plants bone meal, rock phosphate or other fertilizers high in phosphate to stimulate more blooms and fruiting. (But wait until daily high temperatures drop out of the 100s.)
* Don’t let tomatoes wilt or dry out completely. Give tomatoes a deep watering two to three times a week.
* Harvest vegetables promptly to encourage plants to produce more. Squash especially tends to grow rapidly in hot weather. Keep an eye on zucchini.
* Pinch back chrysanthemums for bushy plants and more flowers in September.
* Remove spent flowers from roses, daylilies and other bloomers as they finish flowering.
* Pinch off blooms from basil so the plant will grow more leaves.
* Cut back lavender after flowering to promote a second bloom.
* It's not too late to add a splash of color. Plant petunias, snapdragons, zinnias and marigolds.
* From seed, plant corn, pumpkins, radishes, winter squash and sunflowers.