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Free soil testing, alt-energy, music Saturday at URI GreenShare

URI's annual GreenShare Field Day will be held Saturday, Sept. 29 (rain date is the next day) offering gardening workshops, plant sales and demonstrations. The free 10 a.m.-to-2 p.m. event will also feature a theme on renewable energy and energy......

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URI veggie garden open house Saturday

The URI Master Gardener Demonstration Vegetable Barder is located next to the field house at East Farm. Kingston -- After a hiatus of five years, URI Master Gardeners are resuming their Demonstration Vegetable Garden Open House on Saturday, August......

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Raised bed materials

As one who changed from a field-type vegetable garden to raised beds, I strongly recommend others do the same. Raised beds have a number of advantages: 1.The plants are higher and easier to reach. 2.Likewise the undesirable plants (weeds) are......

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Statewide Garden Tour this weekend

Click photo to enlarge it. Jackie and Wayne McCarthy of North Kingstown have one of the largest, certainly the tallest, water gardens in the state. Their creation, next to their bed and breakfast, is one of 34 gardens on......

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Don't let your plants get a 'headache': Give them aspirin water

Master Gardener Martha MacBurnie has one of the most creative, beautiful landscapes in South County. It was recently featured on the cover of a national home and garden magazine, has been on numerous garden tours over the years and will......

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Things to do while awaiting your harvest

Journal photo / Kris Craig Master Gardener Rudi Hempe at a woodchuck hole at URI's East Farm in South Kingstown: In their battle with growers, the woodchucks are winning The blog editor recently posed this question: "Are you just......

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URI rose garden is a-blooming

Click photo to enlarge it The Chet Clayton Rose Garden at the University of Rhode Island's Kingston Campus is in full bloom. Named after Chester Clayton, a URI Master Gardener who donated the money for the rose garden, the......

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