The Bookmobile will not be at any stops this week for scheduled maintenance. We will resume a normal schedule Tuesday, May 28.

Make the Library Your Garden Center

Posted by on February 19, 2013

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If you missed us at last week’s Garden Show at the Kansas Expocentre, here are a few tips and tricks our librarians handed out to more than 600 people who stopped by our booth. Get a library card, and start using the gardening books mentioned in this post, plus hundreds others in our collection.

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Pruning a beanstalk

Posted by on February 6, 2013

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The lawn and garden programs with the Master Gardeners have started at the library and our first one, Starting Seeds, was a great success. In February we will be having another one, Pruning on February 21, 7:00-8:00 pm in the Anton Room. I think this is a great program because, if you are like me, [...]

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The end or maybe just the beginning

Posted by on November 14, 2012

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As you know, fall is upon us and it won’t be long until winter is here. Outdoor gardening is done for me and it is probably a good thing. I was very frustrated this summer with trying to keep all my plants growing in the very hot summer. So now my attention is on my [...]

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Ornamental Grasses

Posted by on September 19, 2012

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Just a few weeks ago, the Master Gardeners had a program here at the library about fall lawn care. Well, they are coming back for a program on ornamental grasses on Oct. 18th 2012 from 7:00-8:00 pm in the Marvin Auditorium. Ornamental grasses are grasses that are grown as ornamental plants. Some of the more [...]

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Planting for fall

Posted by on August 22, 2012

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Yes, I know it is still summer and yes, I know it is very hot out there. But now is the time to be thinking about planting your fall bulbs for spring color. By fall bulbs, I mean tulips, daffodils, crocus, allium and muscari (grape hyacinths).  I have been looking through catalogs and I have [...]

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Something pretty, something not pretty

Posted by on July 25, 2012

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So, let’s start with the pretty part of this blog post. On Thursday, August 2nd from 7:00-8:00 pm in the Anton Room, Jeff Hansen from the Kansas Native Plant Society will be here talking about native flowers here in Kansas. You will learn the fundamentals of wildflower identification and information on local wildflower walks will [...]

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A different kind of container gardening

Posted by on May 2, 2012

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As some of you already know, raised garden beds are becoming a fast and easy way to do flower gardening and vegetable gardening. What is a raised garden bed? Well, they look like a box with soil in them. What is so great about this type of gardening is that there aren’t as many weeds [...]

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Let’s get this garden party started

Posted by on January 9, 2012

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Oh yes, I do know it is January. And who would think of doing gardening now? Well, most gardeners do because, if you are like me, the seed catalogs are coming. I must get at least 2 different seed catalogs a week. So, now is the time to be thinking of what you want to [...]

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History of Gardening, Flowers and Xeriscaping

Posted by on June 30, 2011

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I wanted to try and find a new gardening book to read and I came across a really good one. If you like history, you will really love this book.  The title of the book is Founding Gardeners by Andrea Wulf. This is a fascinating read that involves our founding fathers from the perspective of how [...]

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