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An elevated garden can be a success
Melinda Myers For the Journal-Courier
May 22, 2021
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Get the most out of your elevated garden by spacing plants just far enough apart to reach their mature size.MelindaMyers.com
Raised beds and elevated gardens provide easier access to gardens and can increase space available for growing vegetables and flowers. You will enjoy convenience and easy access when including one or more in your landscape or on your patio, deck or balcony.
Providing proper care for these elevated planting spaces will ensure the biggest possible harvest and a growing season filled with beautiful flowers. Adapting planting strategies and care to fit the needs of these unique growing spaces can help reduce maintenance.
Cucumbers a cool summer treat
Melinda Myers For the Journal-Courier
April 18, 2021
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After the first flush of flowers, male and female flowers will appear for bees to pollinate and cucumbers to develop.MelindaMyers.com
Add a cool refreshing twist to your meals, beverages, appetizers, and snacks with cucumbers. These popular vegetables are grown worldwide, adding anti-inflammatory vitamin K, vitamins C, B-5 and more to your meals. Take it a step further by using your own fresh-from-the-garden cucumbers.
Grow cucumbers sprawled on the ground or in a container on your patio, balcony, or deck. Save space and train them up a decorative support. They make great vertical accents in containers as well as edible and ornamental gardens. Going vertical not only saves space, it improves productivity by reducing disease problems while also making harvesting easier.
Make way for new award-winning garden plants of 2021
Source: Bruce J. Black, Horticulture Educator, Illinois Extension
Illinois Extension
GALESBURG After a long winter thumbing through seed and plant catalogs for inspiration, March is the time when Illinois gardeners can finally start seeds for the spring garden.
But gardening starts long before the first seed is planted and planning is essential for both first-time and experienced gardeners.
“Finding space for new plants that are suited for your USDA hardiness and having blossoms all year long can be a challenge,” says University of Illinois Extension horticulture educator Bruce J. Black. “After mapping out your existing perennials, think about what new plants could be added to your landscape.”
Ice and snow. Ice and snow. Fluctuating temperatures and unusual warmer weather delayed this winter, but ice and snow did eventually arrive. After a long winter, we are all looking forward to spring 2021, fresh air and gardening.
While we are just now able to start seeds in March, thumbing through the 2021 seed and plant catalogs has hopefully brought you inspiration and warmth this winter.
Photo credit All-America Selections. This annual flower, Zinnia hybrida var. Profusion Red Yellow Bicolor, blossoms with a bold red center surrounded by golden petals that is great for a hanging basket or edging.
Gardening starts long before the first seed is planted and planning is essential for both first-time and experienced gardeners.