Community Forum: Gardening

Wed, May 13, 2009
Posted in Community Forum

Anchorage’s chart topping spring temperatures are prompting local gardeners to get out and dig early this year. A move toward growing your own is spurring backyard farmers to experiment with new kinds of produce, while flower lovers may want to find out how rain gardens contribute to cleaner water. Join us for a bumper crop of gardening tips on Community Forum.

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HOST: Ellen Lockyer, independent journalist

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Julie Riley, Cooperative Extension Service, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Kari Sherman, Rain Gardens program assistant, Municipality of Anchorage

LIVE: Wed, May 13, 2009 at 2:00 p.m.

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One Response to “Community Forum: Gardening”

Kevin Pavitt on May 13, 2009 at 2:25 pm

My wife and kids want to try growing potatoes in tires. I have access to a lot of used tires but I am a little concerned about the possibility of toxic contamination of the food. I know tires are made from petroleum and other chemical compounds so I’m a little nervous about using them to grow edible crops in .

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