Dig This!

RCMG's  focus on bringing education to our community Have you heard? Gardening is th e number one hobby. It has many advantages. It gets us outside and moving. It allows us pleasant social interactions and a good opportunity to meet and greet our neighbors. It improves our environment and thus our overall standard of living. It is a creative outlet because we use design and color combination techniques to arrange our garden beds. We use the science of biology to know and understand when, where and how to plant. Thank you to Rita Arnold of Arnold's Greenhouse for her information and presentation in early March at Emanuel Lutheran Church. Rita's slide presentation of  200+ new plants for 2017 was well attended.  Reno County Master Gardener's sponsored the event for the 2nd year in a row. Mark your calendar for next year's early March presentation.   There is a 2017 plant wishbook and plant list. where you can s ee the new plants for 2017. 

Master Gardener Sally is sorting canna tubers which were saved in peat moss in the styrofoam container over the winter.   Wake them up early and get a head start on summer. It’s easy to do.   This simple head start will afford you weeks of color from your bulbs in the summer garden.     We are potting them up now (4-6 weeks prior to local last frost date) to have them ready to transplant into large containers when the weather is right. From what looks like the above photo, Sally will eventually have something that looks like this.  Here's how..... Place the tubers in a warm window that receives 6-8 hours sunlight. Water the pot when top 1 inch of soil dries out.   Never let the soil dry out completely or become soggy. Transplant the canna into the container or the garden after the last average spring frost date (April 15 in this area) and nighttime temperatures consistently stay above 49 degrees .  Tropicanna and Tro