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Look what we are up to! The Junior Master Gardener kids
led by Kathy and Liz learned all about germination while starting many kinds of tomato seeds. Once the seedlings developed some of their true leaves, we transplanted them into larger pots. Now they are basking in the warm light inside the brand new greenhouse at The Giving Garden! Coming soon to the greenhouse will be the cucumbers, summer squash and winter squash.
On a recent cold, sleeting day, the Junior Master Gardeners learned how to make homemade seed tape for small seeds such as carrot, chard, kale, beets and radish! Have you ever planted tiny seeds in your garden just to have them sprout in clumps because they were washed
together or not sprout at all because they were planted too deeply? Seed tape can improve crop yield and make thinning and weeding much easier! Seed tape can be expensive to buy in the stores, especially for the seed amounts we need for a large garden such as this one! All one needs is toilet paper, a flour and water paste, a small paintbrush and seeds! Oh, and a little patience, too!.JPG)
We are looking forward to getting out to The Giving Garden for the first time to see the garden
when it is set up for the 2015 summer season!submitted by Master Gardener Kathy Luoma
Foot Note: Thank you Lakeview Foundation for your donation of our greenhouse!
