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  • 2018 UMass Garden Calendar

    Each year, the UMass Garden Calendar presents a selection of plants chosen by the UMass Extension Landscape, Nursery & Urban Forestry staff for pest resistance, adaptability to specific growing environments, and seasonal effectiveness. A brief description accompanies each photo to provide some detail about these plant choices. Furthermore, daily gardening tips provide information on garden pests and management strategies to help gardeners reduce pesticide usage. Also included are “how-to and when” tips such as dates to plant peas, renovate lawns, prune and fertilize roses, conserve water in the landscape, and many more.

    The 2018 UMass Garden Calendar includes a featured article about Insects to Look for in Massachusetts which, along with a short segment on beneficial pollinators, presents key information on and photos of current invasive insects of note.

    Each month of UMass Extension’s 2018 Garden Calendar features:

    One large, inspiring garden image plus information about the image
    Daily gardening tips for Northeast growing conditions
    Daily sunrise and sunset times*
    Phases of the moon
    Plenty of room for notes
    Low gloss paper for easy writing

    The UMass Garden calendar is a wall calendar. The dimensions of the calendar when open are 12.5″ wide x 19″ long. Proceeds from sales of the Garden Calendar benefit UMass Extension’s Landscape, Nursery & Urban Forestry Program. Online orders with a credit card: https://ecommerce.umass.edu/extsales/ Single copies are $12 each plus shipping. For more information visit http://ag.umass.edu/landscape/publications-resources/garden-calendar/how-to-order-umass-extensions-2018-garden-calendar

     

  • UMass Extension’s 2015 Garden Calendar

    Gardening is enjoyed by so many people – it can ease stress, keep you limber, and even improve your mood! To help keep your plants healthy, productive, and beautiful, the 2015 UMass Garden Calendar offers guidelines and tips on how and when to fertilize flowering plants, calculating the area of your garden, how to get a soil test, the types of fertilizers for flowers, and using organic matter.

    Properly fertilized plants are healthier, more productive and more beautiful. Plants that are stressed are often more susceptible to disease and insect problems. Even if you start with great garden soil, as your plants grow, they use some of the nutrients that are present and leave the soil less fertile. Rainfall washes out some nutrients and those tasty vegetables and beautiful flowers you grew last year took nutrients from the soil to build those plant tissues. By testing your soil and providing the right amount of fertilizer to your garden, you ensure that this year’s plants have the nutrients they need to flourish.

    Each year, the Garden Calendar presents a selection of plants chosen by the UMass Extension Landscape, Nursery & Urban Forestry staff for pest resistance, adaptability to specific growing environments, and seasonal effectiveness. A brief description accompanies each photo to help understand these plant choices. Furthermore, daily gardening tips provide information on garden pests and management strategies to help gardeners reduce pesticide usage. Also included are “how-to and when” tips such as dates to plant peas, renovate lawns, prune and fertilize roses, conserve water in the landscape, and many more.

    Our perennial wish is that you enjoy this calendar as much as we enjoy producing it, and that it is helpful in all your gardening endeavors.

    Single copies of the 2015 calendar are $12 each. Visit https://ecommerce.umass.edu/extsales to order online with a credit card.

  • UMass Extension’s 2013 Garden Calendar

    University of Massachusetts Extension’s popular Garden Calendar for 2013 is now available.  The 2013 calendar continues UMass Extension’s tradition of providing gardeners with useful information including tips for creating colorful container gardens, and helpful “recipes” of plant combination ideas for sun and shade.

    As in previous calendars, daily gardening tips for Northeast growing conditions provide information on garden pests and management strategies to help gardeners reduce pesticide usage as well as “how-to and when” tips such as dates to plant specific crops, renovate lawns, prune and fertilize roses, conserve water in the landscape, and many more. Also included are daily sunrise and sunset times as well as the phases of the moon. There is plenty of room for notes, and low-gloss paper was used for easy writing.

    For a preview of garden images used in the calendar and complete details, including cost and how to order, go to www.umassgardencalendar.org.