Bird Survey Suggests If You Plant It, They Will Come

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-j-cabin/bird-survey-suggests-if-y_b_849100.html

Pendleton, Oregon Cowboy Town, Promotes Solar Energy With No-Interest Loans

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/09/pendleton-oregon-solar-energy_n_847061.html

Edible Of The Month: Marigold & Calendula

http://www.garden.org/ediblelandscaping/?page=201104-edible

Indoor Farming Could Be The Future Of Food Production

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/11/indoor-farming-sunless-food_n_847462.html#s263102&title=Netherlands_Sunless_Farming

Wendy Thomas-Lessons from the Flock, Tonight, Wednesday, April 6th at 6:00 PM

Wendy Thomas: Lessons from the Flock We have had several requests for a program on raising chickens and are pleased to present this fun and informative presentation by Wendy Thomas. Wendy is a journalist who wrote a long-running column for The Nashua Telegraph: Simple Thrift. She is currently chronicling the experiences she and her family are having while raising backyard chickens as a source of food. What had started off as a challenge to be thrifty has turned into providing endless hours of entertainment as well as life lessons on the care and feeding of kids and animals. Join us for this enlightening and entertaining evening and have all your chicken raising questions answered. Call 755 2944 ext. 2 for more info. This program is open to the public.

http://simplethrift.wordpress.com/

Testing Your Soil Saftey

A good article about testing your garden soil. Lead is a big problem in urban garden settings, but many other contaminants can be present in the soil you use to grow food. Better to be safe, than sorry.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/23/urban-gardens-chemicals-lead-arsenic_n_839485.html

The Best Places To See Spring Flowers In Their Millions

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/23/spring-flowers-travel_n_839414.html#s256747&title=Poppies_Mojave_Desert

Big Bold Annuals

Another great article from Susan Littlefield, from Essex, Vermont.

http://www.garden.org/regional/report/arch/inmygarden/3738

Farmington NH Gardener's Roundtable- March Bambi Miller Speaks About SCCD Plant Sale 2011

Farmington NH Gardener's Roundtable- SCCD Plant Sale 2011 from Kyle on Vimeo.

 Bambi Miller starts her presentation at the 1:10 mark. Enjoy!

Some Ideas On How To Control Slugs & Snails In Your Garden

Take a look at this article on slug and snail control by Charlie Nardozzi.

http://www.garden.org/ediblelandscaping/?page=201103-how-to

Round and Round The Garden Should Go

A terrific March 10th 2011 piece written by Susan Littlefield from Essex, Vermont.

http://www.garden.org/regional/report/arch/inmygarden/3729

Some Video/Audio Inspiration- Soon We Can Get Out Into Our Own Gardens

Gardeners Roundtable Meeting Today, March 2nd, 6PM, Goodwin Library

We are delighted to have Bambi Miller of the Strafford County Conservation District as our guest speaker today, Wednesday, March 2nd at 6:00 PM. Bambi heads up the big Conservation District plant sale in the spring. Don’t miss this opportunity to talk to Bambi about the plant sale and how to order your plants. We now have the order forms available at the library so you can stop by and pick one up before the meeting or get one there.

SCCD Plant Sale Order Form 2011

2011 Strafford County Conservation Plant Sale

It's Time To Think Springtime-The Ins and Outs of Seed Sprouting By Susan Littlefield

http://www.garden.org/regional/report/arch/inmygarden/3711

A New Generation of Victory Gardens: NRDC's Sustainable Food Awards Show Emergence of Urban Farming

 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jonathan-kaplan/a-new-generation-of-victo_b_819155.html

 

See last year's winners of the 2010 Growing Green Awards:

Speaker Wendy Thomas Rescheduled To April

The speaker, Wendy Thomas, who was going to come to the Goodwin Library on February 2nd, has now been rescheduled, due to the impending snowstorm.  Wendy Thomas will now be coming to the Goodwin Library in April. Please check back later for further details.


Wendy Thomas: Lessons from the Flock We have had several requests for a program on raising chickens and are pleased to present this fun and informative presentation by Wendy Thomas. Wendy is a journalist who wrote a long-running column for The Nashua Telegraph: Simple Thrift. She is currently chronicling the experiences she and her family are having while raising backyard chickens as a source of food. What had started off as a challenge to be thrifty has turned into providing endless hours of entertainment as well as life lessons on the care and feeding of kids and animals.