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Join us Wednesdays 7:00 p.m. at the Central Library Vegetable Garden for our August Garden Talk series.
August 3, 7pm - Summer veggies and herbs: Cooking straight from the garden. We?ll see, smell and taste some of the great vegetables and herbs of summer with Puwen Lee of AFAC and the Library gardeners! Come see how to grow, harvest, and use tomatoes, tomatillos, eggplants, cucumbers, summer squash, basil, and other plants of the summer garden. It doesn?t get any fresher than straight from the garden!
August 10, 7pm - Training your vegetables: trellises, ties, and other garden structures (Hanson Gildemeister and company). Learn all about what you may not know about selecting, designing, and implementing trellis and staking systems for your vegetables! Making the most of small spaces and keeping developing harvests out of harm?s way, these supports are key to intensive gardening. See several examples with hands-on demonstrations.
August 17, 7pm - Harvesting summer vegetables and starting fall vegetables! With free seedlings to plant for fall harvest. Join Don Weber, USDA-ARS Entomologist, to learn how, in the midst of the summer harvest, just a few minutes planting will reward you in September, October, and even November! You can extend your gardening with easy, nutritious fall-harvested crops. Our mild climate allows excellent late-season yields of broccoli, cabbage, bok choi, carrots, lettuce, spinach, and many other vegetables.
Talks last 30-45 minutes with time for questions.
- Winter In The Vegetable Garden
Don Weber and Puwen Lee have been busy getting the Central Library vegetable garden ready for winter. Two weeks ago, they transplanted the mixed lettuce seedlings (originally planted as seeds in the raised bed garden in August), both inside and outside...
- The Best Times To Plant Fall Vegetables
Fall Planting Schedule Don Weber and the Master Gardeners of Northern Virginia have posted a rough guide for planting fall vegetables in Arlington, on the bulletin board outside of Central Library's vegetable garden. The planting schedule is specifically...
- Who Waters The Vegetable Garden?
Julie Damore does! Julie is a volunteer at Central Library who helps tend our Arlington Food Assistance Center vegetable garden. In this photo, taken by the staff at AFAC for their newsletter, she's holding a bouquet of broccoli and cucumbers. These...
- Starting Your Spring Garden - Tonight!
We've turned over the winter crop to prepare our garden for SpringJoin us Wednesday, April 20 at 7:00 p.m. at the Central Library Vegetable Garden for our first Garden Talk of the new year: Starting your Spring Garden. USDA research entomologist...
- "tuesdays In The Garden" Lecture Series
Corn so high, it touches the sky... Join local gardening and horticulture experts at the new Central Library Community Garden for our first Garden Lecture series, "Tuesdays in the Garden." Lectures will take place on Tuesday evenings at 7:00 p.m., from...
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Garden Talk: Starting Fall Vegetables
Join us Wednesdays 7:00 p.m. at the Central Library Vegetable Garden for our August Garden Talk series.
August 3, 7pm - Summer veggies and herbs: Cooking straight from the garden. We?ll see, smell and taste some of the great vegetables and herbs of summer with Puwen Lee of AFAC and the Library gardeners! Come see how to grow, harvest, and use tomatoes, tomatillos, eggplants, cucumbers, summer squash, basil, and other plants of the summer garden. It doesn?t get any fresher than straight from the garden!
August 10, 7pm - Training your vegetables: trellises, ties, and other garden structures (Hanson Gildemeister and company). Learn all about what you may not know about selecting, designing, and implementing trellis and staking systems for your vegetables! Making the most of small spaces and keeping developing harvests out of harm?s way, these supports are key to intensive gardening. See several examples with hands-on demonstrations.
August 17, 7pm - Harvesting summer vegetables and starting fall vegetables! With free seedlings to plant for fall harvest. Join Don Weber, USDA-ARS Entomologist, to learn how, in the midst of the summer harvest, just a few minutes planting will reward you in September, October, and even November! You can extend your gardening with easy, nutritious fall-harvested crops. Our mild climate allows excellent late-season yields of broccoli, cabbage, bok choi, carrots, lettuce, spinach, and many other vegetables.
Talks last 30-45 minutes with time for questions.
- Winter In The Vegetable Garden
Don Weber and Puwen Lee have been busy getting the Central Library vegetable garden ready for winter. Two weeks ago, they transplanted the mixed lettuce seedlings (originally planted as seeds in the raised bed garden in August), both inside and outside...
- The Best Times To Plant Fall Vegetables
Fall Planting Schedule Don Weber and the Master Gardeners of Northern Virginia have posted a rough guide for planting fall vegetables in Arlington, on the bulletin board outside of Central Library's vegetable garden. The planting schedule is specifically...
- Who Waters The Vegetable Garden?
Julie Damore does! Julie is a volunteer at Central Library who helps tend our Arlington Food Assistance Center vegetable garden. In this photo, taken by the staff at AFAC for their newsletter, she's holding a bouquet of broccoli and cucumbers. These...
- Starting Your Spring Garden - Tonight!
We've turned over the winter crop to prepare our garden for SpringJoin us Wednesday, April 20 at 7:00 p.m. at the Central Library Vegetable Garden for our first Garden Talk of the new year: Starting your Spring Garden. USDA research entomologist...
- "tuesdays In The Garden" Lecture Series
Corn so high, it touches the sky... Join local gardening and horticulture experts at the new Central Library Community Garden for our first Garden Lecture series, "Tuesdays in the Garden." Lectures will take place on Tuesday evenings at 7:00 p.m., from...