Members learned about making bog gardens from Chuck Andersen at Mason Hollow Nursery on June 29, 2024. We saw Chuck’s 1:1 mix of sand and peat moss, the bog garden he made next to the pond at the nursery, a variety of bog plants including some carnivorous plants, and, of course, all the plants in … Read more
Hope you all enjoyed our Fun with Fermentation workshop. Thanks to Judith, Bev, Anna, Natalie and Scott for making Sunday’s presentations and workshop. Depending on which vegetables you used for your fermentation it will take 1 to 2 weeks to mature. Recipes Fermented Vegetables: Fermented Vegetables Sauerkraut: sure-fire-sauerkraut-jar-recipe Knotweed Pickles: Fermented Knotweed Pickles – Forager … Read more
Karen has once again assembled an amazing list of many area plant sales. Because the list is comprehensive we are making it available in a PDF document instead of individual events on our calendar this year. Many of the garden club plant sales are around Mother’s Day in May but there are also sales and … Read more
Did you know that there is a Gardeners Exchange Book Club? A few years ago, several members got together and started a book club. The club operates somewhat independently of Gardeners Exchange with their own email list and meeting schedule. If you want to know more about the book club, contact Perry (see your member … Read more
by Member Juliet Silveri In February 2021 I began an ambitious, ongoing landscape project, converting overgrown but flat and sunny farm space into beauty–garden rooms, allees, rows of hedges, a terrace, and inviting paths. I hired a landscape designer, with the intent of keeping the outer areas pastoral (grass, some large trees, a fence, a … Read more