The Master Gardeners of Mercer County will host a butterfly walk 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday, July 18 at the Mercer Educational Gardens, 431A Federal City Road, Pennington.
$3 donation.
Information: 609-989-6830 or http://mgofmc.org/
Whole Foods at the Bergen Mall in Paramus will hold a floral class 11 a.m. Thursday, July 23.
Floral specialist Cheryl will teach participants how to create a hand-tied bouquet from local flowers.
Class size is limited. Registeration is recommended. $10.
Bring a pair of pruning shears or floral cutters to class.
Call 201-226-1244.
Sitting next to the town pool yestrday, I was reading a gardening questions & answer book.
It's a big 852-page book, chock full of strange questions -- and great answers.
Anyway, I managed to drop the book -- not once, but twice -- into a muddy area.
Serves me right for mixing pleasure with business ... or was it business with pleasure? How about pleasure with pleasure?!?!?
Water is one of the key elements in a backyard bird habitat.
Find out how to choose the best water feature for you and your birds 10 a.m. Saturday, July 11 at Wild Birds Unlimited, 189 Route 17 south, Paramus.
201-599-0099 or wbu.com/paramus.
New classes and workshops have been added to the summer schedule of Sunset View Farm, Andover Township.
New programs include scavenger hunt on the eco-trail, into to canning, lasagna gardening, sensory sensations in nature, square foot gardening and team building.
All workshops are held at the 20-acre teaching farm.
All ages are welcome.
The schedule can be found at http://www.destinationcountry.com/
The Tri-State Hosta Society will hold it's annual show and sale 1 to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, July 11 and from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, July 12 at the Frelinghuysen Arboretum, Morris Township.
Information: 973-326-7600.
Before the storm hit last night, I had applied a second "coating" of grated Irish Spring to my plants.
I haven't noticed any additional plants being chewed. So -- I think -- at least so far ... the deer have gone elsewhere for their late night snacks. Knockwood!
Wish me and my plants continued success!
On Monday, July 6, The New York Times reported that a company called Sun-Mar is now selling a commode that doesn't use any water. They call it the "composting" toilet.
I have a toilet that uses "less" water, but one that uses no water? Very interesting.
Here is the link:
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/06/cities-contemplate-the-composting-toilet/
The United States market for lawn and garden projects will total 26 billion in 2014, according to "Lawn and Garden Products in the U.S., 8th Edition."
Annual growth rates between 1 and 2% are expected.
"The U.S. Lawn and garden market has help up remarkably well under the relentless pressure of an epic macroeconomic storm," says the report.
More information, http://www.packagedfacts.com/
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