Wet and Wild

The second Tuesday of every month means it’s time for Dirty Rascals Junior Master Gardeners to meet.  On the agenda today: time to clean out the wacky weeds (and kale), as well as get seedlings and water to theAerogarden.  Of course we have to start our meeting with our pledges...and business, then it’s on to the fun.
We started by heading outside to clean out our raised beds.  We have lots of plans of what we will plant but we can’t do that until the old growth is gone.  That means the red clover and kale that was planted in the fall are coming out.  We did leave the garlic because it is just coming up and in the next few weeks should be ready for harvesting.  When we plant this year we are looking at tomatoes, cucumbers, potatoes, popcorn, and building one more bed for our pumpkin contest seeds.
When we finally finished and made it back inside we learned about hydroponic gardens.  Planting in something other than soil often has some people speculate if it will work.  However we have years of experience to show it does.  This year we are growing lettuce, tomatoes, jalapeños, parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme.  We are excited to see what happens.
Our next meeting will be Tuesday, May 8, at 5:30 pm.  If you would like more information about this or any of our club opportunities please contact Wendy Maynor at Wendy_Maynor@ncsu.edu.