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Growing Great Gardens conference

February 18, 2014   •   Leave a Comment

The conference date is Saturday, March 15, 8-4 p.m. at the Wayne County Community College in Taylor.
Attendees can look forward to a low-cost, high-value day of learning, along with fun surprises and shopping. There is something for everyone—from the person who wants to try gardening for the first time, to the gardening professional who wants to learn the latest in garden trends. Returning this year is the Garden Marketplace, with products including fanciful garden art, stepping stones, birdhouses, teas, indoor plants, soaps, baskets, garden tools, and jewelry.

The speakers and topics include:
Dr. Laura Deeter, Associate Professor of Horticulture at The Ohio State University:
• Hortus Mortus: Plants You Gotta Have!
• Getting to “Know” Maintenance: Tips and Tricks to Make Perennials Work for You

Rebecca Titus, Farm Manager of Titus Farms:
• Vegetables of a Different Color.

Jack Barnwell, from Barnwell Landscape & Garden:
• Pedal Power: Creating the Signature Mackinac Island Look.

Registration is $35 until February 21 and $45 after. For more information, please click here.

Filed Under: Clippings Tagged With: conference, Dr. Laura Deeter, Jack Barnwell, Michigan, Rebecca Titus, taylor

Michigan DNR marks Arbor Day with events throughout state

April 11, 2013   •   Leave a Comment

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has planned a full schedule of Arbor Day programs throughout the state on April 26-27. Guests are invited to join state park and visitor center staff for family-friendly outdoor programs that celebrate the many benefits of trees. Visitors can:

  • Discover some of Michigan’s biggest trees growing in some of the state’s grandest parks
  • Cut out a tree cookie
  • Take home a seedling to plant in the backyard.

Anyone who’s ever wondered what kinds of bugs are bad for Michigan’s trees (and how they got here) or how to identify one kind of tree from another will get the chance to learn all of this and much more at various DNR programs around the state. Details are available on the DNR website.

Filed Under: Clippings Tagged With: arbor day, DNR, Michigan, seeding, tree cookie

Update: Michigan apple harvest

October 5, 2012   •   Leave a Comment

NPR:

An apple a day might keep the doctor away, but what do you do when there are no apples? It’s a question western Michigan’s apple growers are dealing with this season after strange weather earlier in the year decimated the state’s apple cultivation.

Michigan is the third-largest apple producer in the U.S. after New York and Washington, but the state’s apples will soon be in short supply. Now in the middle of harvest season, growers are picking only 10 percent to 15 percent of their normal crop.

Read the full story here…

Filed Under: Clippings Tagged With: Apples, Harvest, Michigan

Tips for Overwintering and Growing Raspberries in Michigan

November 20, 2010   •   

I am growing raspberries a small patch of raspberry bushes. I have cut them back for the fall. I would like to know what I need to do to care for these plants. What should I amend the soil with and in what season? I have a lot of clay in my soil, but have amended it with my compost over the years.

Since you have already cut your raspberry canes back, I presume you have autumn-fruiting varieties. Their annual cycle is maintained by pruning all of the canes to ground level each winter. If not cut back, they fruit again. A bigger crop is gained from strong new canes. Generally it is best to do any pruning in late winter, when the plant is dormant. A sheltered site is advisable, but one that also has good air circulation. Walls and fences do not provide that. Raspberries are very prone to viral diseases, although there are new varieties more resistant to these inherent problems. There is no cure for viral diseases. The plants must be dug up and discarded. Any suckers from overlooked root fragments must be removed and the bed not replanted with raspberries for at least five years.

If your canes survive the winter, apply a general fertilizer along the rows in March. Water it in and apply a mulch layer of well-rotted compost, which will keep the soil cool and moist in the summer and hold down weeds. Peat and bark are less effective than good compost. Raspberries are a thirsty crop and must be watered regularly, especially when fruit is swelling. Although your soil has considerable clay, your amendment with compost is right on track. Amended clay is a far more preferable soil base for raspberries than a sandy loam. A sand-based soil drains too quickly for this fruit crop’s needs. Opt for a drip hose to avoid excessive water on the leaves. When cultivating out weeds, avoid hoeing too deeply and damaging roots growing near the surface. This will stimulate the plant to sucker, a survival technique, since it thinks it’s under attack.

Elsewhere: Recommended storage and use tips for your fresh raspberries

Related: Why didn’t my blueberry plants produce blossoms or fruit?

Filed Under: Ask MG Tagged With: growing, Michigan, raspberries

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