Get Out and Grow a Garden

 


Courtesy PR Extension Office

It’s spring and gardening is in the air. Whether you want to ensure a fresh food supply or simply get outside and test your green thumb, there are many resources available to help you grow a vegetable garden. Having a successful vegetable garden depends upon planting enough of the right vegetables at the right time to supply a family’s needs. It starts, like most things, with a good plan explained Julie Riley, Extension Agent. A great place to develop that plan and learn about gardening is from the MSU Extension Office – Powder River County. Information is also available online at http://www.powderriver. msuextension.org .

Successful Home Vegetable Gardening, one of the resources available, is a basic how-to guide that helps you choose the right location so that your garden receives 6 to 8 hours of sunlight each day and organizing your vegetable plantings so that vegetables that need heavy watering in the fall are planted away from those like onions, potatoes, and other root crops, which need less water in the fall to be dry for proper storage. MSU Extension’s Montana Master Gardener Program also has a collection of excellent resources including frost/freeze data for areas of Montana and the Montana Master Gardener handbook at https://mtmastergardener.org/linksandresources/.

In addition, during the month of May, the Montana Department of Agriculture is challenging folks across the state to get out and get growing! It’s an online campaign to encourage people to start their own home gardens.

“Spring is in full swing and with many of us working and schooling from home, now is a great time to start a garden,” said Department Director Ben Thomas. “Starting a garden at home is a fun and productive activity for the whole family and a great way to learn more about food production.”

The “Get out and Grow” campaign will provide many resources and webinars to help people understand the different types of gardens and plants that can be grown in them. Gardeners can learn about garden planning and seed selection to watering techniques and soil health. Resources can be accessed at the Department’s website at http://www.agr.mt.gov, or by following the Montana Department of Agriculture on social media: on Instagram at ‘mt_agriculture’, on Twitter at ‘MTAgriculture’, and on Facebook at ‘Montana Department of Agriculture’.

 

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