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Mercer County 4H Fair July 31 & Aug 1 July 07, 2021
TRENTON – Showcase your creative talents and skills at this year’s Mercer County 4-H Fair! There are many “Open Division” categories for public entries (youth and adult) – you do not need to be a 4-H member to exhibit. Any project created this past year can be entered in the fair, including arts and crafts, photography, gardening, clothing, woodworking and more.
Click here for more details about exhibiting at the fair and a complete schedule. Projects will be received from the general public for entry in the fair on Thursday and Friday, July 29-30, from 3 to 7 p.m. at Howell Living History Farm in Hopewell Township. New this year, fairgoers will vote on their favorite exhibits in each category on Saturday, July 31, and those receiving the most votes will be recognized on Su
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The costs of learning horticulture | Gardener State
Bruce Crawford
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Based upon my experience, I suspect the average gardener kills a plant at least three times before understanding the proper conditions that lead to success. It is frustrating and discouraging, but simply one of the costs of learning horticulture.
I mention this since to my dismay I recently killed three pitcher plants, botanically called sarracenia. These are fascinating plants found growing in peat bogs. To accommodate for the infertile soils of a bog, the plants digest insects.
The leaves are rolled into tall tubes or pitchers with an overarching lid at the top and protease rich liquids at the bottom. The plants attract insects through nectaries along the upper rim of the pitcher, from which the insects slip and fall into the vessel. The overhanging lid hides the sun and disorients the insects who eventually tire, fall into the liquid and die. The enzymes partially dissolve the insects with t