The front gardens of the Berryville Public Library were the focus of our workday with Sue Davis, Anita Engert, and Jennifer Hudspeth on hand. Ongoing discussions with the county regarding a small construction project precipitated the removal of a large knockout rose bush. Sue and Anita put the muscle to it and extracted the root […]
Our speaker this month was Sherry Sanders, White County Agriculture Extension Agent. The topic was worm composting for the home gardener. She first provided an overview of the basics on composting: what materials can and can’t be composted, what goes on inside a compost pile, managing a pile and the benefits of composting to the
The Berryville Public Library gardens are looking nice despite no rain for several weeks. Regina Hooten, Sue Davis, Anita Engert, and Jennifer Hudspeth spent the morning weeding, light pruning, and quite a bit of supplemental watering. The limelight hydrangeas are beautiful and in full bloom as well as the coneflowers, buddleia, and a few late
CCMGs Karen Reeves, Sue Davis, Anita Engert, and Jennifer Hudspeth met at the Berryville Public Library gardens for the twice monthly workday. The focus was cleaning up the spent daylily blooms & foliage, watering, and general weed control. Unfortunately one of the five hydrangeas purchased and planted in the spring has died. Snow Queen oak
In the Garden Photography from the Sue and Sam Davis garden in northern Carroll County, Arkansas. Plantings include ornamentals, a vegetable garden, and native plants. Our focus has shifted this past year to adding more native plants to better meet the needs of local pollinators. ~Sam Davis
Jennifer Hudspeth, Anita Engert, Nancy Plagge, and Sue Davis met in the morning to check on the garden. The courtyard area still looked very good. The city had taken the large boulders from the back of the bed under the old oak tree to be used at their spring rejuvenation project and delivered some fill
We had a Zoom meeting this month. Thank you Covid-19. Nahshon Bishop, Lincoln University-Missouri Cooperative Extension Specialist from Cassville, presented an informative program on Extending your Garden Growing Season. He shared details on successful fall succession planting and online tools to help gardeners plan what and when to plant. We also learned a bit about
General cleaning was the order of the day for Karen Reeves, Anita Engert and Sue Davis. Most of the beds were still quite tidy, so attention was drawn to the day lilies along the east side of the tax office. Most of the flowers were spent, leaving browned foliage to be removed. An hour’s worth
ny and warm at the library workday. Anita Engert and Jennifer Hudspeth transplanted lambs ear, planted perennial Veronica (speedwell), fertilized the Blue Atlas Cedar, weeded, and groomed the spent daylilies. Jan Scheel came by early on her morning run and helped with the weeding. Library staff plans a socially distanced “Gnome House” children’s activity in
Reeves, Sue Davis, Anita Engert and Jennifer Hudspeth enjoyed the company and the gardens. Both front and rear garden areas were tidied with weeding, pruning, and removing spent bulb foliage. Daylilies along the back of the library are looking sick and possible causes and solutions were discussed. This is a disappointment in the garden as
We met again this month during the Covid-19 pandemic, remotely via Zoom. Our guest speaker was our former County Extension Agent: Randy Forst. The topic of his presentation was one that he has a great passion for, hydrangeas. He shared a wide range of information on this garden favorite, entitled “Harmonious Hydrangeas.” The five general
February 2020 Eric Fuselier, acting president of the Ozark Chapter of Wild Ones, was our guest speaker. For more than a decade, he has studied the practical uses of native plants found growing wild in the Ozarks. While Eric’s passion for native plants began as an avid hiker and backpacker, he was eventually able to
