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Get gardening tips, ideas at Brown Bag series - Wausau Daily Herald

18.04.09

The Friday Brown Bag Programs will be held at the UW-Extension, 212 River Drive, Wausau from noon to 1 p.m. Robert Tomesh, horticulture specialist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, coordinates the monthly programs live via audio.

The following topics will be offered:

April 24: Fruits and vegetables: Ready, set and preserve: Beginning with jams and jellies and extending to canned potatoes, there are several basic steps to preparing for a season of preserving the bounty of your garden and orchard. This program will highlight tips and hints on getting ready to preserve safe, high quality fruits and vegetables.

May 29: Managing vegetable vine crops for better production: Soil management, mulches, irrigation, pruning and trellising all can help grow a successful vine crop.

June 26: Late plantings of cool- and warm-season vegetables: Late plantings of cool- and warm-season vegetables can extend the harvest long after spring-planted crops have ceased production.

Source: Wausau Daily Herald, WI

Horticulture scholarship


The Madison District of the Wisconsin Garden Club Federation invites applications through 4/15 for a $500 scholarship to a student planning to pursue a degree in a horticulture-related field of study (including landscape architecture, botany, conservation, forestry or environmental studies).

Eligible applicants must attend high school in a city in which a district club is located: Madison, Verona, Sun Prairie or Mount Horeb.

The WGCF, founded in 1928 to stimulate gardening knowledge, promote civic beauty and protect natural resources, is the largest volunteer gardening organization in the state.

Information on the scholarship is available in the administration offices of schools in the affected communities or by contacting Judith Niederberger, Madison District scholarship chair, at 608-845-7057.

CALS Plant + Insect Sciences Librarian - Amanda Werhane - Rm.119 Steenbock Library, UW-Madison - 550 Babcock Dr. - (608) 890-2684 - awerhane@library.wisc.edu - IM: AmandaAtSteen - http://steenbock.library.wisc.edu

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