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Gardening with Ron Honig – Adult Summer Reading

On Wednesday, June 5th at noon, Ron Honig from from the Wild West District-K-State Research & Extension will come to the library to teach us about vegetable gardening essentials.

Register online, by calling 626-0180, or stop by the library.

Topics include:

  • Garden site selection considerations
  • Soil amendments
    • Adding organic matter
    • Adjusting soil pH
    • Soil testing
  • Cool vs Warm season crops
  • Starting your own transplants
  • Planting basics
  • Watering your garden
  • Starting your own transplants
  • Planting basics
  • Fertilizing
  • Watering your garden
  • Weed control
    • Mulching
    • Herbicides for the garden
  • Insect & Disease control
    • Squash Bug & Grasshopper control
  • Tomatoes
    • Disease resistance
    • Fertilizing
    • Pruning