Gardening

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1 SJCPL Gardening Resources
2 Community Garden Resources

SJCPL Gardening Resources

New Gardening books on our Shelves


You Grow Girl	A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants	Kids' Container Gardening	Square Foot Gardening


Easy Orchids	The Garden Maker's Manual	The Moosewood Restaurant Kitchen Garden

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Gardening Magazine Subscriptions

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Gardening Tips

Dig in to summer

Last frost came late this year, May 24 for some local areas. By now, all your tender plants should be in: basil, tomatoes, peppers and frost-susceptible flowers, like cannas and dahlias.

Now is a good time, while plants are still small, to get your tomato cages around the plants and tie climbing beans and cucumbers to trellises. Mulching around strawberries, potatoes and sweet potatoes with straw will help keep weeds down and roots moist.

Radishes, lettuces, strawberries and swiss chard should be ready for harvest now or soon. Irises are finishing their blooming, and peonies are just beginning. The blackberries are blooming now, too, in anticipation of luscious dark berries in early August...

Dig in!

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Community Garden Resources

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Farmer's Market

Visit the Farmer's Market for fresh, seasonal produce and garden plants.

1105 Northside Boulevard
South Bend, IN 46615

Open Year-round

Tuesday & Thursday, 7:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
Friday, 8:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. (May through September)
Saturday, 7:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.

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Purdue Master Gardener

The Purdue Master Gardener Program provides residents of Indiana with training in a variety of horticultural subjects. Participants in the program then volunteer to serve as gardening educators in their communities. Local contact information is available on the web.

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