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Vegetable Gardening in North Texas

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Spring VegetablesJoin the Somervell County Master Gardeners with speaker Teresa Day-Fickel with a program on Vegetable Gardening in North Texas. Monday, March 13, 2023 6:30pm to 7:30pm at the Somervell Citizens Center, 209, SW Barnard, Glen Rose.

Teresa enjoys gardening and volunteering her time as a Tarrant County Master Gardener and has completed advanced training in Vegetables, Propagation, and Greenhouse Management. She loves teaching people how to grow, harvest and preserve food at the Harvesting Hope Community Garden in Arlington. She developed and teaches the food preservation series of classes at the Tarrant Area Food Bank demonstration kitchen.

Astronomical Events that Affect Our Environment

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We’ve all heard of people who really do plant or harvest their gardens by the moon or stars! Join the Somervell County Master Gardeners on Monday, September 12, 6:30 pm at the Somervell County Citizens Center, 209 SW Barnard, Glen Rose, to hear Robert Slaughter discuss just how astronomical events can and do play a part in our environment!

Earth as seen from spaceThe Universe and the Earth’s Natural Environment. How do events that occur millions, even billions of miles from the Earth affect our environment? Does the Earth itself affect our natural world? In this presentation, Robert Slaughter will delve into the processes that can change the world we live in, from the Sun, to the Moon, to highly energetic events that occur billions of miles from the Earth. We will look at these and other processes that affect the world we live in.

Reminder! Fall Gardening Preparation Program

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It’s almost time!

With the recent tantalizing bits of rain, gardeners can be more optimistic that maybe we can be successful with our fall gardening endeavors! Fall gardening…ah, yes, it really is time to start getting things ready and possibly even in the ground! Come to the Somervell Master Gardener’s Community Horticulture Education program, Fall Gardening Preparation and hear Harold Annis, Tarrant County Master Gardener tell us everything you need to know to give your fall gardens the best chance for success!

August 15, 2022, at 6:30pm at the Somervell County Citizens Center, 209 SW Barnard, Glen Rose, TX 

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Fall GardeningYes, even with this oppressive heat, we gardeners are ever hopeful! And oddly, now is a good time to get serious about planning and preparing for our fall gardens! Harold Annis, Tarrant County Master Gardener will be presenting a program on just that! Fall Gardening…Fall is a great time to grow vegetables: many of the bugs have gone away and the outside temperature is (hopefully) bearable to humans.

During the class we will discuss the essential elements of vegetable gardening; Site, Sun, Seed, Soil and Season. Harold will give special emphasis to fall gardening with suggestions on how to be more successful and enjoy fall gardening.  

“To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow”….Audrey Hepburn 

 

Happy 2020!

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Georgette Recker
Somervell County Master Gardener

 

DON’T THINK THE GARDEN LOSES ITS ECSTASY IN WINTER. IT’S QUIET, BUT THE ROOTS ARE DOWN THERE RIOTOUS.

-RUMI

In the blink of an eye, January 2020 is coming to its end.  I hope you had a wonderful December and that the new year is finding you refreshed, rejuvenated, and ready to create some memorable experiences in your garden.  I, for one, am anticipating my best garden ever, but then again I feel that way every January. The seed catalogs are piling up, I’m watching the weather report, checking my slumbering perennials for signs of life, dreaming of the smell of warm earth and the feel of dirty fingernails and the taste of ripe tomatoes. Crazy, right?  But, maybe not so crazy. According to an article by Janet Keift in Horticulture Update from Texas Cooperative Extension, Texas A & M University, “Gardens play an important part in our well being. A garden might serve as a tranquil retreat or private escape from the demands of everyday life. The beauty of flowers can lift spirits, while pulling weeds can be a great release for stress and excess energy. A harvest of colorful flowers or tasty vegetables provides a sense of achievement and feelings of success, while neighbors and visitors often express their appreciation for those efforts.”

So, with apologies for being tardy with the newsletter this month, let’s roll up our sleeves, pull on our gloves and hats, and let’s get ready to garden!