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Tag Archives: Gardening

Seeds You Can Start Before the Last Frost Date

Posted on April 10, 2020 by ccld

If you are like me, you are ready to plant your garden, even if the weather says no. There are some plants that are frost hardy, and if you have these seeds at home, you can get started if we Continue reading Seeds You Can Start Before the Last Frost Date→

Posted in Seed Lending | Tagged Gardening, planting, seeds

New Seeds for the Seed Lending Library at Steele!

Posted on April 19, 2019 by ccld

We have expanded our seed offerings at the Steele Memorial Library for this growing season. As usual, we have fast growing lettuce, carrots, squash, and assorted herbs. But this year we have included a variety of pumpkins, from mini decorative Continue reading New Seeds for the Seed Lending Library at Steele!→

Posted in Steele | Tagged Gardening, seed lending library

Gardening season is just around the corner!

Posted on February 20, 2016 by ccld

Gardening season is just around the corner! Did you know you can check out seeds at the Horseheads Free Library? We are a Seed Lending Library, which means you can borrow seeds, grow your plants, save some seeds from those Continue reading Gardening season is just around the corner!→

Posted in Horseheads, Uncategorized | Tagged classes, Gardening, seed lending

Van Etten Garden Club Plans Super Foods Community Garden

Posted on June 1, 2015 by ccld

Summer is here, hard to believe after another long, cold and snowy winter. Where does the time go? The start of the Summer Reading Club will be here before we know it as well. The Van Etten library will be Continue reading Van Etten Garden Club Plans Super Foods Community Garden→

Posted in Community, Uncategorized, Van Etten | Tagged community garden, Gardening, super foods

Spring is starting and so is yard work…

Posted on May 4, 2013 by ccld

Hurrah! The tulips are out! The daffodils are out! The dandelions are out.  🙁 Spring is starting and so is yard work. The latest thing about lawns seems to be – not to have grass, but to have a vegetable Continue reading Spring is starting and so is yard work…→

Posted in Recommendations, Uncategorized | Tagged garden, Gardening, lawn alternatives, lawn care, recommendations

Horseheads’ Curious Garden

Posted on July 9, 2012 by ccld

It’s Summer, and here at the Horseheads Library, we are bustling and blooming! Bustling with Summer Reading Club activities for kids and adults and blooming with our library garden. Late in Spring, my co-workers decided to have a children’s gardening Continue reading Horseheads’ Curious Garden→

Posted in Horseheads, Uncategorized | Tagged garden, Gardening, produce, summer, The Curious Garden

Gardening and the Library

Posted on August 2, 2010 by ccld

Whenever spring decides to roll around, I never cease to be amazed. I look forward to seeing the crocus and irises emerge, the grass turn green, and the sight and sound of the first robin. But what gets me the Continue reading Gardening and the Library→

Posted in Director's Comments, Uncategorized | Tagged Butterflies, director's comments, Gardening, Libraries, Nature

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