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Credit Tom Kasper/Open Hands Food Project Not even a week of rain can dampen Tom Kasper s enthusiasm for the Open Hands Food Project. Last year, he donated over 2500 pounds of food to the Damiano Center over about three months. This year he s thinking even bigger: weekly donations for 18 or 18 weeks. More fruits and vegetables. Partnerships this year not just with the Damiano Center, but with local food initiatives like Second Harvest Food Bank, and the YMCA s meal program. Listen ....
Credit André Benedix/Flickr Especially on the warmish, sunny days, gardeners start anxiously pressing their noses against the windows and wondering when they can get outside. Tom Kasper says there are a couple of things you can do: prune your fruit trees, tidy up broken and fallen branches from your trees and shrubs, and while it s too early to rake, you can get out a broom and go after the snow mold: Snow mold looks like spider webs, but it s a fungus Credit Jenni Conrad/Flickr But for those who really want to start growing things, you can get a jump on your spring planting by starting your veggies inside. Cool season crops will be ready to go in the ground around the first week of May and warm season crops can follow around the second week of June. ....
Scientists at Pennsylvania State University have discovered that caterpillars can "silence a tomato's cries for help." You can read the article here and ....
Tom Kasper. Used with permission. Tom Kasper went on the air this morning and offered 336 square inches of cropland to the first ten people to call him. That s around 280 feet of arable soil, by the way. He s providing the field, the seeds (you get to choose), the light and even a cover to help with irrigation needs. (You have to provide your own tiny little tractor.) Duluth s original Hardy Gardener says ever since the spring, fears about food shortages and food insecurity have been on people s minds, and interest in growing your own food has exploded. ....