Posted on 04/14/2023 8:30:06 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
NATIONAL GARDENING DAY
National Gardening Day on April 14th encourages gardeners and would-be gardeners to pick up a shovel, plant some seeds, and kick off a beautiful year of homegrown bounty. #NationalGardeningDay
Whether you want to grow vegetables, fruit, flowers, houseplants, or anything in between, National Gardening Day celebrates a satisfying pastime that you will enjoy for decades.
Growing your own food also provides fresh and natural nourishment for your family and saves you time and money at the grocery store.
As many gardeners know, the benefits of gardening come from more than the produce. Spending time in the garden also provides physical activity and an opportunity to join with nature.
The day is a call to action to get out and grow flower or vegetable gardens. No matter how you garden, plant in the ground, in containers, in straw bales or in a square foot gardening box. Just garden!
HOW TO OBSERVE NATIONAL GARDENING DAY
There are many ways that you can celebrate the day, including:
Find the right book, guide or resource for your needs at Cool Springs Press, county extension service, the local bookstore or library.
Look for a community garden in your area.
Organize a seed and perennial plant swap with neighbors and friends.
Join a garden club. There isn’t one near? Start one!
Visit your local nursery or garden center—you will be amazed and excited by all the beautiful options
While you’re gardening, be sure to share your experience with others on social media using #NationalGardeningDay, #garden and #gardening.
Educators and family, check out the National Day Calendar Classroom for fun projects designed to #CelebrateEveryDay!
Cool Springs Presss, an imprint of The Quarto Group, founded National Gardening Day on April 14 to celebrate gardening and to encourage home gardeners and students to learn more about how to garden.
In 2018, the Registrar at National Day Calendar® proclaimed the day to be observed annually on April 14th.
Celebrating over twenty-five years of inspiring gardeners, Cool Springs Press is a leading publisher of best-selling gardening books with titles that cover all facets of plant cultivation and gardening techniques, both indoors and out.
Gardening FAQ
Q. Can anyone celebrate National Gardening Day?
A. Yes! Anyone can celebrate the day, even apartment dwellers. Container gardening and cooperative gardening make it possible for people without a yard to garden too.
Q. I don’t have a green thumb. How can I learn to garden?
A. Green thumbs are not required to learn to garden. Attend gardening seminars to gain knowledge. Read up about the plants that thrive in your zone. Start with some easy plants to grow such as:
Radishes, Lettuce, Potatoes, Herbs, Zinnias, Pansies, Bachelor Buttons & Marigolds.
Still have snow on the ground. At least another month here. (ND)
A note to share:
I used a coir based starter frame for seeds this year. Little modules of coir vs peat in the past.
Total failure. Every tomato shriveled up and died after first sprouting beautifully. Some pepper survived but they are sickly.
Avoid coir.
We’ve got tiny squash already and strawberries are blooming...................
Hopefully it comes sooner this year for you than usual. We are having *real* Spring right at the moment (central Indiana). The trees are beginning to leaf out. I am starting to see some of the early migratory birds, too. So the signs are there!
I am celebrating National Gardening Day by starting more seedlings. Tomatoes and peppers are in the greenhouse, along with lettuce, spinach and arugula. Dahlia tubers have been potted up for a jump start before they get planted out. (The soil is still too cool for them). We have had a ‘warm snap’ but will be going back down to regular Spring temps starting by the weekend.
My Magnolia is just about ready to burst into bloom; she probably will, today. Strawberries and Rhubarb are up as are Chives and Daffodil are blooming with Tulips right behind, and then Allium. :)
Today I will start some of my flowers:
Cosmos
Calendula
Marigolds and
Nasturtium
In another week, it’ll be starts of more veggies.
Finally! :)
Good advice. I’ve never had luck with the stuff, either.
I’ve got onion seedlings ready to put out. Today is supposed to be really hot, but tomorrow overcast and cooler, then Rain on Sunday and Monday.
Maybe I can get them out tomorrow so they won’t be set back.
89 degrees now in NJ. How about we do a little averaging?
If I had a super power, I would be Average Woman. You have a drought, and you have floods - Average Woman restores balance.
Too hot to garden.
Not gardening today. But yesterday we ate chard I harvested a couple days ago. Sautéed in chicken broth with a splash of white wine. Yum!
Nice thread. I am linking a local Facebook page post. This young man with a young family does it all. We get our chicken backs from him for soup. He is starting a new charitable program. Great idea. https://betterplacefarm.com/warrior-gardens/?fbclid=IwAR16D7ULKtm9fZZbcOiei3ErkWPLXfuYxhwfRFSEnhSq48PuJxx4gxVMDBE
Zone 6B KS/MO Border. Average last frost day here is tomorrow. (Mild winter!) Finished 3 days of 80 degrees!
Fall Garlic about 2 feet high. Overwintered potato onions up some time ago, have divided into 4 or 5 small onions.
First year for plum blossoms! Most on Victoria Plum, a few on the Prune d' Ente 707! (Exciting!)
I have not had much time lately.....Jiffy and 4x4" pots seedlings; Tomatos and Peppers, Seeded Potatoes (Clancey), leeks Basil, herbs, Marigolds. Broccoli and califlower and wakefield cabbage. (supposedly heat tolerant.)
Direct seeded in the garden: Lettuce here and there, Golden ball and Japanese Turnips, Boro and Lutz high top beet. Seedlings are up. Light fish emulsion and kelp fertilizers applied to hurry them along so they are big enough to avoid being eaten by the sow and pill bugs.
(This drive by over!)
"Every day is a holiday, every meal is a feast!" :)
Wow! Then we spent the day doing the right activity. When we brought this house there were a half dozen trees that needed to come down - so we had them removed. We had pretty much of a clean slate. Today we put in a Gala apple, a Golden Delicious and a Peach. We put in raspberries and blueberries. A fancy Lilac (I think), also a Rhododendron. Last week it was a Flowering Cherry, but I cannot recall which type, and a River Birch, a Magnolia bush, a Forsythia and four or five roses. Other than maybe a few veggies, we are DONE. We are on 3/4 acre right on the edge of our new tiny town, and we want to have the place look nice and taste nice too! I especially don’t want trees that will be very big and tall, and be any threat to the house in the future.
I always grow the Rainbow Chard because it looks so lovely in the garden. I need to eat more of it. thanks for the suggestion - I usually just add it to salads.
As for eggplant? Nope. Not wasting the garden space. It’s basically a SPONGE, LOL!
*BUMP*
Check out the NEW Garden Thread for the week - Subject: TREES! :)
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