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Find a plant swap, learn small space gardening tips: 94 things for plant fans to try in April | Home & Garden

Shelia Pearson
Find a plant swap, learn small space gardening tips: 94 things for plant fans to try in April | Home & Garden

Spring is here and April has lots of chances to make something green and learn about plants.

Throughout the Lancaster County region (and virtual) are talks about designing containers, spring’s earliest wildflowers, propagating houseplants and more. There are kid-friendly classes and hands-on workshops for adults. Plus there’s a bonsai show, an herb festival, plant swaps, foraging walks and more.

READ: Peak bloom is coming to the best place to see Lancaster County’s spring wildflowers

Here’s a roundup of plant and gardening events in the region through April.

Designing Tidy Native Gardens for Traditional Suburban Properties. Friday, April 5, 7-8 p.m. In this talk from Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve (with a virtual option), learn how to successfully incorporate native plants into the traditional standards of the gardening community. $10. Register online.

Home Gardening Series: Testing Your Soil in 2024. Saturday, April 6, 9:30-11 a.m. In this webinar from Penn State Extension (with an in-person option in Harrisburg), learn about soil testing in the garden. $10. Register online.

Make and Take Succulent Planter. Saturday, April 6, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Make a planter in an upcycled plastic bottle with Pembroke Creations at Kindred Collections, 452 Locust St., Columbia with

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Gardening All Wrong? It is All Proper, You’re Mastering! Test These 6 Spring Escalating Tips

Shelia Pearson
Gardening All Wrong? It is All Proper, You’re Mastering! Test These 6 Spring Escalating Tips

For men and women attempting to make locale conclusions appropriate now, she famous that the trees “haven’t leafed out yet.”

“You may well see a spot that you consider is definitely sunny, but look at exactly where the trees are found, because once the leaves are out, they could shade above that location,” she stated.

Of study course, some crops have to have far more sunshine than many others. Fruiting veggies like tomatoes and peppers will need at the very least six to eight several hours of daylight per day to bear substantial fruit. On the other hand, 10 several hours of sun for every working day is most well-liked, she claimed, in buy to get the best top quality flavor.

2. Spring Has Sprung, But Verify the Weather conditions

On typical in the Charlottesville area, the past frost tends to hit about April 15. That’s essential because those people tomatoes and peppers, and a lot of other vegetation, can’t tolerate the serious chilly.

“Farmers and gardeners constantly have their eye on the weather conditions,” Flynn claimed. “Some things like kale and lettuce, cabbage and carrots and onions, are basically great to go in now in advance of the past

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