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

Seasonal Calendar

Caring for Holiday Plants

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Licking County Master Gardener Volunteers