Anchorage’s chart topping spring temperatures are prompting local gardeners to get out and dig early this year. A move toward growing your own is spurring backyard farmers to experiment with new kinds of produce, while flower lovers may want to find out how rain gardens contribute to cleaner water. Join us for a bumper crop of gardening tips on Community Forum.
- Rain Gardens: Contributing to Cleaner Water
- UAF: Cooperative Extension Service
- Calendar of Gardening Events in Southcentral Alaska: FREE CLASS, “From Planting to Harvest,” May 15 in Anchorage
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HOST: Ellen Lockyer, independent journalist
GUESTS:
- Julie Riley, Cooperative Extension Service, University of Alaska Fairbanks
- Kari Sherman, Rain Gardens program assistant, Municipality of Anchorage
LIVE: Wed, May 13, 2009 at 2:00 p.m.
REPEAT: Wed, May 13, 2009 at 10:00 p.m.
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