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Music Friday; LIVE Green Vendor Village
Come out this Friday, August 19th to support LIVE Green in Lancaster. Admission is free to this all ages show (families welcome) featuring The Defibulators and Vinegar Creek Constituency. Music begins at 5:30 sharp. Food, beer and wine will be available for sale. In Lancaster Square, 100 block of N. Queen Street, across from Binns Park.
Get this Book on Food Preservation
I know someone who can teach you to can. Wildly knowledgeable and talented author Daniel Gasteiger is teaching many of us to preserve with his book, “Yes, You Can! And Freeze and Dry It, Too. The Modern Step-by-Step Guide to Preserving Food.”
Pickle Wisdom; Surprisingly Simple
Pickling may seem like a frightening black art practiced only by women of the past with extraordinary quantities of home economic mojo, but it’s actually much less complex than say, maintaining a quality compost pile. With attention to a couple important things, pickling is easy
Diggin’ the Natives; Scutellaria incana
I have learned the hard way not to promote a plant until you have grown (killed)it at least once. While I haven’t grown Skullcap for long, it has proven to be a very tough character in a container.
My Father’s Garden; Gardening is Life
In his youth, he valiantly defended our country and earned two purple hearts. He next grew a family and a career including overseas service. Bruce Malmont believed that life is a garden. He created his own dreams, his own life while constantly cultivating love in the hearts of his family. Finally, he was able to spend time in his own garden. His son, Jason, remembers his amazing life.
Stop by and chat at PRG Garden!
Folks often ask to see our gardens. We’d love to share them with you all the time! And we will more and more. But given life and weekends and family and time constraints… we decided to share Wendy’s garden first this coming weekend! Hope to see you!
Passion for the Magic of Green
Terrariums provide green inside all year long. “It’s the smallest garden you’re ever going to plant,” says Author Tovah Martin.
Figure Out What's Bugging You
by Wendy Brister · August 19, 2011
HACC Harrisburg to offer Entomology Class – Fall 2011