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Licking County Master Gardener Volunteers

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Empowering others with research-based gardening education

Empowering others with research-based gardening education Empowering others with research-based gardening education
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Welcome to Four Seasons of Gardening Online Education

Learn all there is to know about gardening through the seasons with science-based education. Check back often as more content will be added. 

WINTER 2020.....Beat the blues with something green!

Seasonal Calendar

Caring for Holiday Plants

Caring for Holiday Plants

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Winter: December 1st to  February 28 (February 29 in a leap year)


Spring: March 1st to May 31st 

Summer: June 1st to August 31st 

Fall  (autumn): September 1st to November 30th 


Caring for Holiday Plants

Caring for Holiday Plants

Caring for Holiday Plants

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Growing Christmas Cactus  https://www.canr.msu.edu/news/how_to_care_for_and_reflower_your_christmas_cactus

Caring for Poinsettias https://www.thespruce.com/poinsettias-keepers-or-compost-1403587

Care after the holidays  

https://www.hgtv.com/outdoors/flowers-and-plants/after-care-for-holiday-plants-pictures

Gift Giving with Plants

Caring for Holiday Plants

Holiday Decorating with Plants

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Traditions behind gifting of holiday plants

https://www.thespruce.com/traditional-christmas-plants-4150457

10 Best Christmas Plants

https://www.countryliving.com/gardening/g3869/christmas-plants/

Best Plants to Give as Gifts

https://www.treehugger.com/best-plants-give-gifts-4868219


Holiday Decorating with Plants

Holiday Decorating with Plants

Holiday Decorating with Plants

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Using Fresh Greenery

https://hgic.clemson.edu/factsheet/holiday-decorating-with-fresh-greenery/

Decorating from the Garden

https://www.johnson.k-state.edu/lawn-garden/agent-articles/miscellaneous/holiday-decorating-with-fresh-greenery.html

Decorating for the Birds

https://www.thespruce.com/decorate-a-christmas-tree-for-the-birds-386538

Live Christmas Trees

Holiday Decorating with Plants

Live Christmas Trees

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5 Best Varieties of Christmas Trees

https://www.pennlive.com/gardening/2017/11/the_five_best_christmas_trees.html

Tips for Selection and Care

https://extension.psu.edu/tips-for-selection-and-care-of-cut-christmas-trees

Care for Potted or Balled Trees

https://www.treehugger.com/how-care-living-christmas-tree-4858504





Gardening indoors

Holiday Decorating with Plants

Live Christmas Trees

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Herbs indoors

http://www.eatingwell.com/article/289996/your-ultimate-guide-to-growing-herbs-indoors/

Tips for Growing Herbs Indoors

https://www.chicagobotanic.org/plantinfo/smartgardener/fresh_all_winter_grow_herbs_indoors


Winter Gardens

Up Your Health with Plants

Up Your Health with Plants

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Winter Gardening

https://www.oeffa.org/tips.php?sjt=winter

Winter Garden How To

https://rurallivingtoday.com/gardens/fall-and-winter-vegetable-gardens/

Hydroponics

https://rurallivingtoday.com/hydroponics/


Up Your Health with Plants

Up Your Health with Plants

Up Your Health with Plants

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Improve Air Quality

https://www.lung.org/blog/do-houseplants-really-improve-air-quality

5 Houseplants to Boost Your Immune System

https://www.englishgardens.com/top-5-house-plants-to-boost-your-immune-system/

Benefits of Houseplants

https://consumerhort.org/nich-releases-new-series-free-infographics-plantsdothat-inside/


 

Fall  (autumn): September 1st to November 30th 

Winter: December 1st to  February 28 (February 29 in a leap year)

Spring: March 1st to May 31st 

Summer: June 1st to August 31st 


FALL 2020

  


Wilson’s Garden Center - To Do This Month (Monthly Gardening Calendar) https://gardencenterohio.com/month/ 


FREE SEEDS FOR FALL GARDENING

The Ohio Department of Agriculture and Ohio State University Master Gardener Volunteers are  reviving the effort and once again inspiring people to get their hands  dirty with fall gardening, realize the fruits of their labor and share with others if  inspired.  

https://u.osu.edu/ohiovictorygardens/


END OF SEASON GARDENING TIPS

 

End of Season Fall Gardening Tips, Dixie Sandborn, Michigan State  University Extension - November 18, 2014  

https://www.canr.msu.edu/news/end_of_season_gardening_tips  


BENEFIT YOUR SPRING GARDEN, THIS FALL

 

Preparing the Fall Garden to Benefit a Spring Garden September 18, 2016 at 10:25am by 

Timothy McDermott 

https://u.osu.edu/mcdermott.15/2016/09/18/preparing-a-fall-garden-to-benefit-a-spring-garden/

PREPARE YOUR GARDEN FOR WINTER

 

10 Ways to Prepare Your Garden for Winter 

OCTOBER 4, 2016 WRITTEN BY SHANNON COWAN 

https://learn.eartheasy.com/articles/ten-ways-to-prepare-your-garden-for-winter/ 

EXTENDING THE GROWING SEASON

 

This last website is for those of us that just can’t let go of this years’ growing season: 

UCONN | University of Connecticut – Extending the Season in the Garden 

http://www.ladybug.uconn.edu/FactSheets/gardens--extending-the-season.php  

SHEET MULCHING ....AKA LASAGNA GARDENING

Now is the time to create that new garden spot and let mother nature do all the work! https://extension.oregonstate.edu/gardening/techniques/sheet-mulching-aka-lasagna-composting-builds-soil-saves-time 

GARDEN TO PLATE VIDEOS

The Garden to Plate project is a video series that takes consumers from  “garden to plate.” The project consists of five separate, short 2-3  minute YouTube videos showing how a vegetable can be taken from a garden  with little knowledge or skill and made into healthy food that tastes  good.  

https://licking.osu.edu/program-areas/family-and-consumer-sciences/garden-plate

FOOD PRESERVATION

 A bank of resources for food preservation includes: fact sheets, videos and training session recordings.


 https://licking.osu.edu/program-areas/family-and-consumer-sciences/food-preservation


SAVING YOUR OWN SEEDS

Saving seeds from your current garden is a fun and easy fall gardening task. Find out how in this article. 

https://extension.oregonstate.edu/seed-saving-basics


HORTICULTURE HOTLINE

Gardening questions or concerns? The Licking County Master Gardeners Horticulture Helpline is available during the growing season.  


https://licking.osu.edu/program-areas/master-gardener-volunteers/horticulture-hotline



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