This Saturday at the Tallahassee Mall parking lot (Monroe street side), the City of Tallahassee is sponsoring a compost bin sale. These awesome composters are a steal at $30.00 each. The sale happens from 9:00 am until 3:00 pm. From past experience, I can tell you that they will sell out long before 3:00 and [...]

There are several garden and nature related workshops coming up: “Ants: The Little things that Rule the World” lecture at Goodwood, Friday, April 10 Part of the Brown Bag lunch series, noon to 1 pm, Jubilee Cottage, 1600 Miccosukee Road Call 877-4202 for details Colorful Container Gardening Workshop Learn how to choose plant combinations that [...]

Kenny’s raised bed garden is doing well despite the recent flooding. He’s tried something new to stake the tomatoes: bamboo with branches attached. Although there are many resources online, here are a few links to raised bed gardening web sites. Hope you find them helpful! http://organicgardening.about.com/od/startinganorganicgarden/a/raisedbed.htm http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4966110622933784243 http://www.uri.edu/ce/factsheets/sheets/raisedbed.html http://www.wikihow.com/Construct-a-Raised-Planting-Bed http://cmg.colostate.edu/gardennotes/713.pdf http://www.mastergardenproducts.com/raisedbed.htm

I know for some of us, every month is garden month, but April is officially National Garden Month! How will you celebrate it? The National Gardening Association has got some great ideas and articles, as well as helpful how-to videos. To celebrate National Garden Month, there’s also a contest you can enter to win a [...]