Dig This!

e Use items straight from your garden to create colorful and exciting yard displays. FALL leaf branches, ornamental cabbages, gourds and unusual pumpkins all add to the presentation.  White pumpkins are popular and  painted or carved gourds or pumpkins. Add baskets of mums in various colors and sizes, sedums are often in bloom in purples and rusty bronze colors.   FAll colors include purples, oranges, greens light and dark, reds, browns, rust, yello ws. Rustic iron pieces add to the display along with the ornamental grasses in the background. Your neighbors will appreciate your efforts!!

Reno County Master Gardeners have had a busy late summer and early Fall so far. Here are some of the activities master gardener's are doing for the community. Mary Nowlan of Hutchinson was the winner of Herb Shears   donated by Apron Strings at a September Farmer's Market . Reno County Extension Master Gardeners ( RCEMG) shared knowledge on attracting birds to the garden. Master Gardener Jack Zabel shares his feeder for Baltimore Orioles. They love oranges. Put grape jelly in the lower dish and he guarantees you'll attract some wonderful Avarian friends!   At a September Farmer's Market RCEMG booth, Master Gardener Jack Zabel shares his knowledge of homemade birdfeeders with Master Gardener Harriet Bearce. Reno County Extension Master Gardeners Hazel Zink, Barb Lappin,  & Sally Eubanks choosing Hosta varieties for the new shade garden at the RCEMG's Hutchinson Community College Demo Gar...