May 14, 2020 "Container Gardening" Zoom Presentation
- PDF of PowerPoint Slides
- A3382 Container Gardening Extension Bulletin (can either download for free or purchase paper copy)
- XHT1273 Vegetable Varieties for Containers Wisconsin Garden Facts
- Common Problems in Container Gardening
- Thriller, Filler, Spiller Handout
April 23, 2020 "Going Native" Zoom presentation
- PDF of PowerPoint Slides
- Native Plant List from Minnesota DNR
- Link to an article about Nativars
- More Phenology Planting Tips
- UW Soil and Forage Lab - link for soil tests (note as of 3/23/20 tests are suspended due to COVID-19)
- Some additional recommendations on reading:
- Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teaching of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer It’s a bit of a cultural exploration of the relationship between plants, animals, the earth and humans. More like essays than a look up info book.
- Grow Native, Lynn Steiner This author writes and provides recommendations on how to incorporate natives into our gardens.
- Bringing Nature Home and Nature's Best Hope, Doug Tallamy
- The Living Landscape, Dick Darke and Doug Tallamy
