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It seems the garden season has barely begun and already plants are crowding each other. So out comes my pruning shears and by-pass pruner. Pinch and prune can refer to a variety of techniques including pruning, deadheading, pinching stems or buds, or cutting back leggy plants to shape, form and trim. It is usually species-specific and based on common sense. Don’t worry about hurting your plants by experimenting.
Master Gardener Volunteers, MOMS Club , Spooner High School horticulture class , Spooner Girl Scout Troop 27-35, and UW Interns have been busy in the last week getting the All American Selection Winners (#AASWinners) planted. This year's theme is "Get Social in the Garden". Pictures are the planting days and under "Read more..." the eight garden beds are shown after first planted.
Now showing in the Teaching & Display Garden are the most perfect peonies. The peonies were some of the few non-native plants retained when the Garden was converted to a Monarch Way Station. In bloom now along with the peonies are Baptisia (False Indigo), Aquilegia canadensis (Columbine), Prairie Pholx, Azaleas, and Nepeta Walker’s Low (Catmint). The Baptisia, Aquilegia, and Pholx are all native plants. Bees and several Monarch butterflies were busy at the blooms. It’s an excellent time to make a visit, check out the blooming plants and see the All American Selection displays as they are being planted (#AASWinners). The common expression when people stop by is “Wow”.
![]() The idea of an insectary is that certain plants contain properties that either invite beneficial insects or repel harmful insects. Beneficial insects prey on pests that cause damage in the garden. Ladybugs and praying mantis are good examples of beneficials. Using plants for pest control not only cuts down on your workload, but it also reduces the amount of insecticides that you use in your garden. And fewer insecticides means more good bugs, which in turn means help in controlling bad bugs. North Country Master Gardeners – UW Extension announce Kids in the Garden, a FREE summer program for kids 5 to 14 years of age.
Dates: The program will be offered on Monday afternoons from 4:00 to 5:30 pm; and repeat on Tuesday mornings from 9:30am to 11am. Each program will have an educational presentation, an activity, a nutritious snack, and end with a topic-related story read on story boards while walking around the garden.
Where: Spooner Agricultural Research Station Display Gardens, W6646 Highway 70, Spooner, WI 54801 (Children’s garden – raised beds area of the gardens) In case of rain– we will meet at the Spooner Agricultural Research Station large meeting room. To Pre-Register & for more information call the Spooner Agricultural Research Station @715-635-3506. **A parent or an adult is required to stay with children under 10 years of age. ** For more information on Event click here for the full brochure We all love the scent of lilacs. We want to enjoy them in the house as well as outside. Lilacs make lovely bouquets. Here are a few tips to make your lilac bouquet last longer. After you bring in your lilac quickly put them in a sink of cold water. Lilacs love to drink water. With a woody stem that can be hard to do after they are cut for bouquets. To help your lilac drink up, soften the stem by placing the end of the stem in a cup of hot water. After softening the stem, pound the bottom of the stem with a hammer. This will help your lilacs drink up. Create you bouquets and be sure to watch your vase, again, lilacs like to drink up, you may need to refill your vase with water in a few hours. For a step by step tutorial click here.. AuthorCarla TePaske NCMGV Hello Gardeners, ”You deserve a Break Today…” Busy as bees, our Spring routines have begun here in the Northwoods as we aspire to the challenge of another exciting growing season. Whether your garden undertaking is large or small, eventually we all feel we’ve extended some muscles beyond the norm. On occasion, perhaps you like me, have cast aside the importance of “ergonomic” gardening, only to be reminded of it later when you reach for the Tylenol! Here’s an idea to interrupt that routine… lay down your rake or hoe, invite a friend and head to Cable, WI to spend a couple of hours visiting the new “BEE-Amazed...by our Native Friends” Exhibit at the Natural History Museum. I did just that on May 2 for the Grand Opening and was warmly welcomed by Emily Stone, Naturalist/Director and Mollie Kreb,Curator Naturalist of the Museum. Their team of creative volunteers have been designing and constructing this exhibit for months. I personally believe it should be nominated for the Natural History Academy of Exhibits Award! Did you know northwest WI is home to 166 species of pollen seeking native bees? Visitors of all ages will be enlightened with many useful facts and stimulating visuals throughout the interactive exhibit from the mural tracing a year long bee cycle to “Play Pollinator” at the pinball machine. Set your GPS and be on your way - you will BEE Amazed! The Cable Natural History Museum hours are as follows: Tuesday through Saturday 10 - 4 pm & beginning June 17, Sunday and Monday 10 - 2 pm. Phone 715.798.3890 www .cablemuseum.org And another opportunity...As part of the “Save the Pollinators” initiative, the certified Monarch
Way Station, established in 2016 by the North Country Master Gardener Volunteers, is an outdoor classroom with walking paths among the native flowering plants and shrubbery. This is a perfect segue to observe the bees and pollinators in action at the Spooner Agricultural Research Station Teaching and Display Garden, Spooner, WI. Kay D. Childs, North Country Master Gardener Volunteer ![]() We are all guilty. We buy our plants and immediately take them home and plant them. This is harsh treatment for tender seedlings who have been coddled in the greenhouse. Take an intermediate step and be rewarded with healthier plants. Transplanting from indoors to outdoors can cause a plant to go into shock. Consider the greenhouse: steady temperatures, little to no wind, controlled watering, and filtered sunlight. Our gardens offer none of this. While the plant is dealing with the harsher outdoor conditions it can be a victim of environmental damage, diseases and pests. And while dealing with these conditions, it will not be growing much. Take the time to condition the plants for their new home by hardening them off. |
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