gardening

What the heck is hugelkultur? That’s what I asked my friend Will after he said he was going to try it. He had just finished cutting down a tree and had a load of branches and bark to get rid of. According to centuries’ old Eastern European and German tradition, it starts with no-dig raised beds made out of logs, branches, leaves, grass clippings, straw, cardboard, petroleum-free newspaper, manure, compost and/or other organic matter. Top this raised mound with soil and then it’s ready to plant.

This past Saturday, a group of passionate hikers braced the wind at Riverview Park for the Parks, Recreation & Open Space Department’s second annual Watershed Walk.

Fluvial Geomorphologist Lynn Zonge and CWSD Watershed Program Specialist Shane Fryer shared their extensive knowledge of the Carson River Watershed with the group.

Pollinators, like honey bees, bumble bees, and monarch butterflies, are in serious need of quality habitat in northern Nevada. If you’d like to be a part of this awesome community garden that will be a haven for these important species, we’d love your help! We’ll be raking and picking out the shrubbery to make room for spring planting, so make sure to bring water, sunscreen, and comfy clothes. Gloves and snacks will be provided. Hope to see you there!

Location: At 1535 Medical Way (same place as Gardening Workshop)

Supposedly, spring is less than two weeks away. As I sit here looking at the snow on the mountains and in the yard, I’m finding it hard to gear up my brain to think spring gardening thoughts. In some years, daffodils and forsythias would already be blooming. Instead, these cheery harbingers of spring have been delayed by lingering snow.

Carson City 4-H programs, brought to you through the University of Nevada Cooperative Extension, have new and on-going project clubs open to area youth ages 5–18.

Join gardening experts for a morning of planting demonstrations, gardening advice, how gardening affects Nevada’s pollinators, and more! Booths will include The Greenhouse Project, The Greenhouse Garden Center and The Great Basin Beekeepers of Nevada. This event will take place at the Greenhouse Project's Foothill Garden (1535 Medical Pkwy - at the hoophouse near the Foothill Trailhead). All ages are welcome! The event is Saturday, April 6, 9 a.m. to noon.

Please register here: https://apm.activecommunities.com/ccpr/Activity_Search/5223

Caitlin Jemma is a musician born and raised in Virginia City. She has been touring the globe for several years now, spreading her message of love and music.

Jemma recently completed a European tour, and now she's back in the Silver State. She was scheduled to perform at Piper's Opera House tonight for the West Coast Songwriter's Showcase in Virginia City, until Mother Nature stepped in.

A collaboration between Carson Tahoe Health and The Greenhouse Project, The Foothill Garden in Carson City is home to sustainable growing classes year round. Classes provide a variety of local experts who specialize in teaching people how to grow their own food.

Judi Mills, 72 years old, passed away Thursday morning on Jan. 24, 2019. She is survived by her husband, Lee, sisters Dixie and Patty, daughter, Sherryl and her son, Gary. Judi was born on Dec. 14, 1946 in Costa Mesa, Calif.

She later moved to Parker, AZ where she would remain until she moved to Gardnerville, Nev., with her daughter. A few years later, she met and married her husband Lee.

She enjoyed hiking, fishing, gardening and following a healthy lifestyle. She was also an exceptional artist, baker and loved to cook. She will be truly missed.

Welcome to the middle of the work week Carson City. Today is Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019. Expect mostly cloudy skies today with a high near 51. Rain is possible this morning, especially before 10 a.m., and then a slight chance of showers after 10 a.m. Here's what's happening around town:

After officially becoming the first Bee City in the Nevada, the first Bee City USA public quarterly meeting will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 9 in the Carson City Community Center.

December 21 is the Silver Stage Food Pantry’s fifth annual “Shopping with the Elves” event. From 1-5 p.m., parents who are guests of the Food Pantry can shop for gifts for their children.

The event includes a chance for children to visit with Santa and have holiday refreshments while their parents shop. The Pantry is in need of gifts for ages infant to 18 years.

Home-bound Seniors: The Pantry also welcomes donations of gifts for seniors. They deliver baskets and gifts to 40 home-bound elders, and sing carols to them as well.

Children often spend a lot of time indoors. In fact, “children spend on average less than one hour per day outside” according to the National Gardening Association. And yet, a connection to nature has significant developmental benefits for children.

Know Your Neighbor: 5 Questions is a series in which local residents are asked five questions so we as neighbors can get to know each other better.

Our first Know Your Neighbor is Karen Abowd, who is in her last term on the Board of Supervisors.

I would like to think I’m on task for completing necessary fall gardening activities. In all honesty, I’m probably not. I tend to procrastinate until the window for getting jobs done is closed.

Garden Media Group (GMG), a public relations firm based in Pennsylvania, has been predicting gardening trends since 2001. In their recent report, “Rooted Together,” they have incorporated statistics from the National Gardening Association’s (NGA) annual survey to come up horticultural predictions for 2019.

Birds, bears, bobcats, deer, tree squirrels, voles, moles and more are migrating from summer to winter habitat. With the arrival of autumn, animals must devour quantities of calories to prepare for winter food scarcity. Abundant fruit is falling off trees, waiting for hungry critters to come and get it.

The University of Nevada Cooperative Extension’s Grow Your Own, Nevada! Program presents four classes to help Nevadans get on the path to more sustainable, local, healthy living by growing and preserving more of their own food. The next class on Sept. 18 discusses composting and fertilizer basics.

GARDNERVILLE, Nev. — It wouldn't be fall in the Carson Valley without the annual Scarecrow and Harvest Festival hosted by Main Street Gardens and East Fork Gallery. Or the Annual Slaughterhouse Lane Coffin and Stretcher Races.

This year Main Street Gardnerville has combined all these events into one big festival called Main Street Fall Fest, with more music, activities, demonstrations and vendors at Heritage Park on Saturday, Oct. 6 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Just because Summer is coming to an end, doesn't mean the gardening season is! Greenhouse Garden Center is hosting a workshop led by David Ruf at 11:00 am, Saturday Sept. 8, which will go over teaching the ways of Autumn Container Planting, including flowers that bloom in the fall such as mums, pansies, and more.

University of Nevada Cooperative Extension’s Grow Your Own, Nevada! Program presents four classes to help Nevadans get on the path to more sustainable, local, healthy living by growing and preserving more of their own food.

RENO, NV – At Nevada Field Day on Sept. 8, visitors will be treated to a variety of free activities and giveaways, and even some tasty food samples.

As part of this year’s activities, nationally acclaimed local food advocate Mark Estee will present a cooking demonstration at 10 a.m. Estee has been featured on Food Network’s Diners, Drive-ins and Dives, and in Esquire Magazine.

CARSON CITY — In collaboration with Carson Tahoe Health, The Greenhouse Project will be conducting free garden workshops throughout summer and fall at the Carson Tahoe Health Foothill Garden site to help enhance your home gardening skills.

CARSON CITY — Signups are underway for the University of Nevada Cooperative Extension's new 4-H club for children ages 9-12. Kids who enroll will be able to be involved in the science of gardening and will learn what it takes to grow their own tomatoes and more.

Now that it’s summer, you may be asking the age-old gardening question, “To fertilize or not to fertilize?”

Plants do need nutrients to not only maintain existing leaves, roots, flowers or fruits, but also to develop new ones.

But is this the time to fertilize?

Let the band play on. Friday night offers some great night-life options for all ages. Fridays at Third continues with an outdoor concert featuring Road Daddy in the McFadden Plaza. Carson Mall plays hosts to their monthly cruise night. come for the cool cars and poker walk but stick around for a performance by Mo’z Motley Blues Band on the patio by Bella Vita Bistro. It’s open mic night at A to Zen; all talents and all ages are invited to show their stuff on the Zen stage.

FRIDAY, June 29: Things to do in Carson City

Leadership Douglas County (LDC) is a long-standing educational program provided by the Carson Valley Chamber of Commerce.

The Dayton Farmers Market has opened for the 2018 summer season. The market takes place every Saturday through September from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 60 Second Avenue and Highway 50.

The American Association of University Women Tahoe-Nevada affiliate presents its bi-annual Tahoe Treasures Tour of spectacular Incline Village homes, on Saturday, July 14, 2018, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

This self-guided tour showcases four of Incline’s most unique and beautiful properties, including a home and garden with a magically eclectic art collection, a stunning contemporary home with “a river running through it,” the North Lake Tahoe Demonstration Garden, which fosters mountain gardening and the extraordinary home of a talented painter, sculptor and print maker.

The nonprofit Healthy Communities Coalition of Lyon and Storey counties is inviting volunteers to help beautify the Dayton Food Pantry, the nonprofit garden center Community Roots & Shoots, and Healthy Communities grounds on Sunday, May 20 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 209 Dayton Valley Road.