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Category Archives: gardening
Freezing Temperatures Again Tonight
Last night may have been near-freezing depending on your location, and tonight will be colder, with predicted lows of 29, so be sure to cover any plants you want to protect from frost. My garden was mostly fine last night although my chard suffered a little without protection; our thermometer said 32.9 when I got [...]
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Hard Freeze Warning
The National Weather Service is calling for a hard freeze tonight, so make plans to protect tender plants. With a predicted low of 25, even areas in downtown and near the water may get cold enough to freeze.
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A New Gardening Year
New Year’s is a great opportunity to think about your gardening plans for the next year. We have months of cool and warm weather left before our oppressive summer heat sets in, plenty of time to grow cool season veggies and start planning for summer favorites like tomatoes and peppers. There’s time to order potatoes, [...]
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Food of the Moment: Kale
Kale has had a high media profile lately because of the Eat More Kale debacle, and it has also been touted as a superfood, made its way onto restaurant menus and been packaged as a healthy alternative to chips. See NPR’s excellent food blog The Salt for links to more information about kale. For the [...]
Tithonia
After a summer of benign neglect, our flower garden is overflowing with brilliant Tithonia, commonly known as Mexican sunflower. They bloom from midsummer through fall, and hummingbirds and butterflies love them. They can grow 4-6′ high and are sprawling plants with velvety leaves. You can use them as cut flowers, but you have to be [...]
Mobile Botanical Gardens Fall Plant Sale
WHAT: Mobile Botanical Gardens Fall Plant Sale WHEN: Thursday, October 20, 4-8pm; Friday and Saturday, October 22-22, 9am-4pm; Sunday, October 23, 11am-4pm WHERE: Mobile Botanical Gardens, 5151 Museum Drive, Mobile AL COST: $20 for the opening night party and sale on Thursday; all subsequent days are free ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Gardeners of all sorts – including [...]
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Fairhope Local Food Production Initiative October Meeting
WHAT: Fairhope LFPI Meeting WHEN: Monday, October 17 at 6:30pm WHERE: Parlor of the Christian Life Center of the Fairhope United Methodist Church, Morphy Avenue just east of Section Street in Fairhope. The Parlor is just inside the building entrance and to the right. TOPIC: Master Gardner and Local Food Production Initiative Secretary Marilyn Mannhard [...]
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Weeks Bay Native Plant Sale, October 7-9
WHAT: Weeks Bay Native Plant Sale WHEN: Friday – Saturday, October 7-9, 9am – 4pm daily WHERE: Safe Harbor at Weeks Bay across U.S. Highway 98 from Weeks Bay Reserve (south of Fairhope on 98) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Included in the sale will be shrubs, perennials, butterfly plants, trees, hummingbird plants, wetland plants, and dune plants, [...]
Garden Plots Available at Homestead Village Community Garden, Fairhope
Garden plots are available at Homestead Village Community Garden in Fairhope – just in time for fall planting. Sponsored by the Local Food Production Initiative of Fairhope, the community garden is comprised of a total of twenty (20) garden plots. Each plot consists of a raised bed, 4’ wide and 12’ long. Anyone who lives [...]
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Herbs in Winter