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FM2 Vendors Share Tips: A busy time of year for gardeners The first Farmer's Market on the Square will be 8am-12pm noon CT, Saturday, April 20, 2013, at the Adair Annex Parking Lot, 424 Public Square, Columbia, KY By Beth Rutherford Thank goodness Spring is Here! We are all absolutely thrilled that milder weather is here. Hopefully we will be able to enjoy spring before full blown summer gets here. What is it they say about Kentucky? If you don't like the weather, wait a few days and it will change!! How true is that?? This is a busy time of year for gardeners. For you who have trees and shrubs in your yard and want to maintain them, it is important what you do to them the spring. The wrong move can set your plants and shrubs back in growth and/or bloom time. Spring is a good time to dig and separate your daylilies. If the clump is too big, they won't bloom. Just dig them up and separate the fans and replant where you need some color. They do like full sun so be sure you give them at least six hours of sun a day. Old fashioned hydrangeas (like the blue and purple ones your grandmother had as well as some current species) bloom on old growth. Don't prune your hydrangea until after they bloom. When the bloom dies, you can prune that stem but be careful and don't cut too much off. If you do, it won't kill the plant; just delay the blooms until the next year. Hydrangeas such as Annabelle and Invincible Spirit bloom on new growth so they can be pruned any time. If you are a crape myrtle fan, just remember they are the LAST plant to bud out in the spring. You will think yours is dead but just give it a little time. One spring morning you will see little red buds on your "dead" crepe and before you know it, it is completely leafed out. Once it starts blooming in the early summer, it will bloom until frost. Evergreens can be pruned any time of year. I have pruned in winter and summer and see no difference. Just prune away and watch them grow. Remember to fertilize all your landscape plants. Just use an all purpose fertilizer or decomposed kitchen waste (if you are an organic gardener). There are other products you organics can use. Just ask the salesperson to point you to the organic section of the garden center. Enjoy this weather and the awakening of the outdoors. Don't forget to join us for Farmers Market on the Square, at the Adair Annex, 424 Public Square, Columbia, KY, 8am-12pmCT, on April 20, 2013. You can get a firsthand look at what is happening with local farmers and vendors and you just might just learn something. A free shrub will be given to each family in attendance. This is probably the most exciting time of year for a gardener. Spring reinforces my faith in God as I look at all the perfect wonders around us. We are so lucky to be able to enjoy His fantastic work not only in spring but all year long. - Beth Rutherford, Master Gardenerm Rocky Hill Nursery, Columbia, KY For information on becoming a vendor contact Barbara Armitage, Market Coordinator, at 270-250-2979 or Tuckers.Station@gmail.com . We're on the way to everywhere - stop by and visit with us soon. This story was posted on 2013-04-18 09:21:51
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