Tag Archive: gardening

Mar 29

Get dirty at the first annual Dirt Fair

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Provided by Charleston Green Fair On Sunday, April 29, 2012, The Carolina Green Fair and Charleston County Park and Recreation Commission are hosting a unique agricultural experience at Mullet Hall, Johns Island, that will educate attendees on the cycle of local farming and the food we eat. During one of the many instructional sessions of …

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Apr 29

How to Grow a Garden All Year Long on the islands: A Super-Local Green Thumb Primer

Gardening Michael Dietrich with a bowl of homegrown greens. By Michael Dietrich My wife Jenny and I have had an organic vegetable garden since we were young, poor, and simply wanting to feed our children the cheapest, least toxic, and best tasting food we could provide.  That was 29 years ago. Still today, a large …

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Mar 18

Gauging irrigation: It saves water and your wallet

By Nick Strehle When I was ten years-old my mom, sister, and I were driving to the mall when I noticed something odd. It was a rainy afternoon, and we passed an apartment complex irrigating their turf. Even back then this did not make any sense to me and my sister quickly became annoyed with …

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Mar 18

Native Plant Spring Symposium

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The South Carolina Native Plant Society will be hosting their 2010 Symposium May 7 – 9. It will be held at the beautiful, historic Magnolia Plantation and the Quality Suites Convention Center in North Charleston. Doug Tallamy author of, Bringing Nature Home- How You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants, will be the keynote speaker. …

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Jan 23

“Congratulations, your dog is a father”

Dorothy Farfone announces this year's flower arrangement competition categories.

Dorothy Farfone was thrilled to announce this year’s flower arrangement categories during the Seabrook Garden Club’s January 8, 2010, meeting. “Some of these I came up with at 2am,” she laughed. The competition will be held on Friday, February 12, at 9:30am. However, due to a conflict in scheduling, the meeting will be held at …

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