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This came up as a suggested video and I'm glad it did because I've been experimenting with growing stuff inside and your experiment tells me I can cross tomatoes off my list and work on things like peppers. Thanks!!
Tysm for this detailed video! I forgot how to get the threat to come up from the bottom and realized i had the lever up instead of down and didnt hold down the switch either in the beginning. 😅
Thank you for your question. We regularly have plant and gardening programs at the library. Be sure to check out our events calendar for any upcoming programs: www.hepl.lib.in.us/events-calendar/
Thanks for you question! The link to more information about joining the Hamilton County Master Gardeners is here: hcmga.org/about/what-is-a-master-gardener . Master Gardeners is a program available through each state's Extension service. In Indiana, it is available through the Purdue Extension Office, although most counties have their own local club.
Such a great tip, thanks for sharing this!!! We've been doing this for years in our yard... we even refer to it as "the leaf harvest" now lol!! It's fun to know we aren't the only ones! Our processes is similar, we: - Use bagger on the mower to suck up leaves - Dump the mower bag out in a long windrow (long low pile) in the yard as it gets full - Remove the bag from the mower and insert the "mulching plug" in it's place (we have a mulching push mower) - Slowly run over the windrow with the mulching mower until the leaves are all nice and broken down - Remove the plug and re-install the bag on the mower - Suck up all the leaf bits with the mower again and dump them into a large compost heap in our garden - Next season, spread the heap out in the garden to prepare for planting (we usually top dress some additional "real" compost on top of this) It actually ends up being faster than bagging as well, which is a bonus! One other tip we've discovered over the years... if you let your grass grow out a bit at the end of the season so it's a bit shaggy... it helps hold the leaves in place, and then when you go to pick them up you get a lot of good "greens" mixed in with the leaves that help balance out the nitrogen/carbon mix in the compost. This helps the compost heap break down faster over the winter. Some occasional turning of the pile over the winter helps as well. As you are dumping the leaf bits into the garden at the end, I'll keep a hose handy and soak each layer so the pile is good and wet to help start decomposition.
Loved your video! It was very helpful and inspiring. I live in Alvin,TX.(just south of Houston) and I'm about to approach both our library and our master gardeners about starting a seed library. Can you tell me how I can see your forms to give me ideas of what to ask of our contributors? Thank you so much!
Hi Laura! We are glad to hear this video was helpful, and we're honored that you are proposing your own Seed Library! Here is our Seed Library webpage with all of our information pertaining to this: www.hepl.lib.in.us/seed-library/ . We hope this helps you!
