The Carroll County Master Gardeners held their regularly scheduled workday Tuesday morning at the Berryville Library. Anita Engert, Brenda Champlain, and Kristy Tesch focused mainly on watering and weeding. The torch and day lilies were really showing out and the sedum pots are now well rooted. Regular workdays are held on the second and fourth Tuesdays […]
We had a workday at Little Lake Eureka on June 12. Kim Yonkee, Darla Danvers, Linda Rogers, and Jennifer Boardman volunteered to help that day. We marked more spring narcissus bulb clumps for division and then removed their dead leaves, pruned and tidied up the lamb’s ear, cleaned the spillway drain (important to prevent flooding
Great day at the GF Library garden. Thanks to Stacee Nuckolls and Brenda Champlin. Weeds were pulled a bit of deadheading and name tags were added.
First harvest!!! Thank you Kristy Noble-Tesch for working at Loaves & Fishes. They were so pleased with the Master Gardeners for doing this project. Beverly Tiegland (L) taught me how to sex a bell pepper. She said the females are sweeter. (Imagine that 🤣) Susan Brandt (R) is the intake coordinator at the food bank.
Grass and weeds were removed from the beds. We have two peppers that will be ready to be picked this Tuesday. All beds were watered. Thanks to Kristy Noble-Tesch for helping with gardening chores. This Tuesday at 5:00 pm will be workday. If you would like to go earlier when it is cooler weeding and
Darla Danvers and Jennifer Hudspeth volunteered at the recent Berryville Library workday. Weeding and pruning the spent bloom and foliage was the focus. The gardens are beautiful after the recent rains. The daylilies, echinacea (coneflower), oak leaf and macrophylla hydrangeas, russian sage, drift roses, hosta, and purple heart are all in bloom. Pollinators are busy in
Had a very productive work day at Green Forest. Lots of weeding was done, and the volunteer sunflowers were thinned out. Stacee Nuckolls planted Lantana, Zinnia Profusion, and Periwinkle, which was provided by our speaker at our meeting, and mulch was laid. It looks fabulous. Thank you to Stacee Nuckolls and Julie Sooter.
Our June arrangements, designed by Kristy Noble, were placed at the Berryville Community Center and Bank of 1889
Our workday last Thursday, May 22 was a productive one. Volunteers that earned sanctioned work hours included: Kathryn Harvey, Darla Danvers, Melissa Sunshine, Linda Rogers, and Jennifer Boardman. We removed debris from the Little Lake Eureka spillway grate. It is important for this to stay clear to prevent flooding of the flower beds. We added
We had a great work day at Loaves and Fishes. Thank you to our workers Kristy Noble-Tesch, Brenda Champlin (not pictured), Jennifer Boardman, Vonnie Dikeman, and Julie Sooter. We weeded, planted more tomatoes and peppers, watered and put out red pepper to deter the deer. We have two small bell peppers growing. Hopefully next week
On Tuesday, May 28, Kristy Tesch, Regina and Randy Hooten, Anita Engert, and Jennifer Hudspeth volunteered at the Berryville Library Gardens. The gardens are looking and lush, and weeds were plentiful after all the rain. We weeded, deadheaded spent bulb foliage, transplanted a hellebore and liriope, and planted a donated macrophylla hydrangea. Perennial daylilies, native
Had great weather for the workday at the Green Forest Library, along with easy weed pulling due to all the rain. A lot of sunflowers were thinned out which were taking over the garden. The blooms are not quite popping out yet, so a few plants were added for some color, like Purslane and Portulaca,
