Spring is just around the corner and Hickory County Master Gardeners are ready. The gardens have been plowed at The McCarty Senior Center and planting plans are in process as soon as the weather warms up. Many vegetables will be grown again for use in the daily meal menus for local seniors. These vegetables include: lettuce, radish, onions, cucumbers, tomatoes, sweet potatoes, green peppers, hot peppers, and squash. Giant pumpkins will be a new challenge this year to be used as decoration in the fall. The landscape will also be adorned with lovely plants and colorful flowers.
A couple days ago, the flowering plant plugs were delivered. Today the greenhouse is filled up with potted plant plugs that will be nurtured to be ready for sale April 29th and May 3rd. These plants include: Begonias, Calibrachea, Geraniums, Gerbera Daisies, Sweet Potato Vines, New Guinea Impatiens, Lantana, Snapdragons, Sunpatiens, Torinia, Vinca, Blanket Flower, and assorted Herbs and Vegetable plants. This is our main fund raiser and I am very happy to be an active volunteer since 2012 and even happier that my husband is also a newly trained Master Gardener this year! Gardening has always been one of the best things we love to do together and now we can do more and be around other people that enjoy growing as we do. Intuition is valued in gardening as knowledge, training, experience, and nature awareness all come together as we do service for our community.
Several additional gardens have been added for 2014
Plant plugs arrive in very neat trays and are carefully removed to be planted in prepared pots
Trays of pots are filled with potting soil
The soil filled pot trays are then sprayed with water to be ready for planting
An efficient assembly line forms as volunteers prepare the pots along the wood benches
Plant pots are labeled and sorted
The greenhouse is filled to capacity and now they are ready to grow!
Master Gardeners have done a good job filling the greenhouse in 3 hours working together.
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