So…you want to grow your own vegetables?
There are many vegetable varieties to choose from & getting the most out of our crops is determined by meeting their cultural requirements. Cool-season or warm-season vegetables, when to plant, & planting techniques are what you need to know for successful gardening. Let’s determine what, how, & where to grow our yummy veggies!
Additional Information
Growing vegetables can be fun and rewarding. It might even save you some money! Many gardens can be planned in ways that give us larger crops by inter-planting and succession planting. You can grow vegetables in containers, raised beds, or a traditional garden space. Getting the most from our crops is determined by our climate, location, and using the space efficiently. And we all know, everything tastes better when it’s homegrown.
Restrictions:
Availability: Anytime BUT limited daytime availability during months of March through June (I work at a Garden Center)
Speaker Information
Lu Tarr
Lu Tarr became a Master Gardener in 2010. Her volunteer efforts have included Kansas City’s Flower, Lawn & Garden Show, Garden & Grow, Hotline, Community Gardens, Spring Fling, Planning & Communications Committee, & Speaker’s Bureau. She enjoys volunteering at the many Master Gardeners of Greater Kansas City’s events.
Lu has been a lifelong garden enthusiast, starting in the family’s vegetable gardens on the farm, and continuing with growing natives, annuals, perennials, & herbs in her gardens today. And she has many houseplants! She tries to encourage the wildlife to visit by providing micro-habitats in her gardens. Lu also loves to create and incorporate “whimsy” in her gardens for that fun factor. During the spring, she can be found working in a local garden center and assisting friends, neighbors, and her HOA with gardening tasks.
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