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Informational Resources for Kansas Gardeners

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Kansas State Research & Extension Home Page

• “Kansas Planting Calendar” (JPG)
• “Kansas Garden Guide” (PDF)

Savvygardener.com – Since 1999, the Kansas City area’s favorite resource for gardening, lawn & landscape advice.

Recommended Books:

• “Midwest Fruit & Vegetable Gardening is written exclusively for gardeners who want to grow edibles in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, or Wisconsin,” by Katie Elzer-Peters. Whether you live in the Badlands, the Dells, the Quad Cities, or anywhere else in the Midwestern United States, you’ll discover the best fruit and vegetable plants for your garden in this beautiful step-by-step how-to guide … and they’ll be on your table before you know it.

• “Midwest Gardener’s Handbook: Your Complete Guide: Select - Plan - Plant - Maintain - Problem-solve - Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin,” by Melinda Myers. Learn how to plant, prune, water, control pests, and continually care for your personal outdoor oasis. A helpful icon key highlights each featured plant’s benefits, along with its particular sun and shade requirements. Featured plant categories discuss annuals, bulbs, edibles, ferns and groundcovers, ornamental grasses, perennials, roses, shrubs, trees, turfgrasses, and vines. Each plant is showcased with specific advice on how, when, and where to plant; growing tips, such as watering requirements; and descriptions of routine care. Alongside these “nitty-gritty” aspects of planting and growing, Myers shares her inspiration for garden design, the various ways you can beautifully incorporate plants into your landscape, and her favorite cultivars and species. Even better, she provides twelve full months of when-to advice for each plant category, allowing you to successfully enjoy this peaceful pastime all year round.

• “Prairie & Plains States Month-by-Month Gardening: What to Do Each Month to Have a Beautiful Garden All Year,” by Cathy Wilkinson Barash. Growing annuals, perennials, and edibles on the great plains or in windy prairie country can yield flat-out beautiful gardens – provided you know the best gardening tricks to tackle each month. The ideal guidebook for home landscapers and gardeners living in the Prairie and Plains states (Oklahoma, Kansas, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Iowa).

• “Fresh from the Garden: An Organic Guide to Growing Vegetables, Berries, and Herbs in Cold Climates,” by John Whitman. Fresh is simply best. To get the tastiest, most nutritious produce, you have to grow your own, and in a cold climate this presents unique challenges. Fresh from the Garden will help you extend the growing season to produce the best vegetables, berries, and herbs, right in your own backyard. The guide includes more than 150 edible plants and helps you decide which varieties to choose; where and how to plant, tend, and harvest them; and what to do with your bounty. Fresh from the Garden is a clear, concise (yet comprehensive) guide, with nutrition information tables and hundreds of helpful color photographs. A gardening text book!

• “Gardening When It Counts: Growing Food in Hard Times,” by Steve Solomon (founder of the Territorial Seed Company and self-sufficiency advocate, he is currently homesteading in Tasmania). This is a more advanced book for those who are serious about raising food. In this volume, Steve explains why intensive gardening methods are not natural and therefore require great amounts of energy and effort to maintain. A lot of information regarding soil health and cover cropping is included.

Organizations:

• Kansas Associated Garden Clubs
• Kansas Native Plant Society
• Kansas City Community Gardens

Places to Visit:

• The Gardens at Kansas State University
• Deanna Rose Children’s Farmstead – 13800 Switzer Rd., Overland Park, KS 66221
• Dillon Nature Center – 3002 East 30th Avenue, Hutchinson, KS 67502
• Old Prairie Town at Ward-Meade Historic Site and Botanical Gardens –124 NW Fillmore Street, Topeka, KS
• Overland Park Arboretum and Botanical Garden – 8909 W. 179th Street, Overland Park, KS 66212

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