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May Gardening Tip - Composting
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Gardeners have often called compost black gold because it is so good for the soil. Compost can increase soil water retention, prevent weed growth, and increase crop production while reducing the need for fertilizer and chemicals. USU Botanical Garden Director and Master Gardener Jerry Goodspeed talked with Brook Walker on KSL's
Studio 5 last week about soil and compost. Watch the clip for some quick tips.
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Saturday, May 21, 10 am -2 pm
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oin us for a Spring Garden Party at the new Edible Demonstration Area at the USU Botanical Center on May 21. Enjoy garden tours, drip irrigation demos, activities for kids, and free popcorn.
Our new garden features 100+ fruit trees, grapes, berries, and vegetable gardens. The garden also showcases water saving methods, shade pergolas, and drip irrigation systems. This event is free, but a reservation is required.
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Baby Animal Days at USUBC
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Friday, May 6, 3 - 8 pm and
Saturday, May 7, 10 am - 6 pm
Utah State University Botanical Center
If you love baby animals, you won't want to miss Baby Animal Days May 6 and 7 at USU Botanical Center in Kaysville. This year there will twice as many baby animals as last year.
We'll also have reptiles, sheep shearing demos, Wild Wonders Show, Scales and Tales Show, horse rides, miniature train rides, kid's craft station, and food vendors.
Proceeds from the event support the botanical gardens and 4-H programs. Event will happen rain or shine, and refunds will not be given due to inclement weather.
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Give the Gift of Membership
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 This Mother's Day, why not buy Mom a gift that lasts a whole year? A USU Botanical Center and Ogden Botanical Gardens membership helps support our beautiful gardens and education programs. Membership also gives you access to exclusive events such as our Member Plant Sale (May 12), discounts on classes and events like Baby Animal Days, and discounts at eight nurseries,
and more.
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Aggie Adventures Summer Camps
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Looking for opportunities to keep your kids busy, learning, and having fun this summer? Aggie Adventures at USU Botanical Center offer a full schedule of summer camps and activities for ages 5-11. Your kids can explore their inner artist or super hero, then discover the science of sweets and exercise their creative tinkering skills.
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Member Plant Sale - Don't Miss It!
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Thursday, May 12, 2016, 5 - 8 pm
USU Botanical Center, 920 South 50 West
Kaysville, Utah
Become a member today! Take advantage of great discounts on all the best plants for Utah gardens. Proceeds from this sale benefit our botanical gardens and education programs.
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Featured Vegetable Varieties
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ou Can Find at Our Member Plant Sale
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Boy Oh Boy is a super-fast growing tomato variety, with fruit maturing just 74-75 days from transplant. It produces large beefsteak-type fruit, often over 1 pound, that are light red and slightly ribbed. The flavor is excellent and the flesh is solid with few seeds. Boy Oh Boy produces large, disease-resistant plants over a long season.
Homestead Tomato
Homestead is an old favorite known for its reliability to produce fruit at high temperatures. These 6 - 8 ounce tomatoes are firm, smooth, and meaty. Large, semi-determinate vines help shade fruit and protect from sunburn. Plants in trial plots produced an average of 50 pounds of fruit over a 6 to 7-week harvest period. This variety is resistant to fusarium wilt (F).
Big Boy Tomato
This best-selling tomato is a big, beefsteak-type slicer with smooth, bright red fruit and an aroma and flavor that everybody likes. It bears heavily in mid-season, yet the indeterminate vines continue fruiting (though not as heavily) until frost. Plants in trial plots produced an average of 80+ fruits over a 6 to 7-week harvest period. This variety is resistant to cracking.
Golden California Wonder Pepper
This smooth, blocky and blunt-ended fruit is thick-walled, very sweet, and mild. Maturing from light green to golden yellow, the peppers make a beautiful and delicious addition to salads and stir fries.
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Utah State University
Botanical Center
920 S. 50 W.
Kaysville, UT 84037
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Ogden Botanical Gardens
1750 Monroe Boulevard
Ogden, UT 84401
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Sunbright Pepper
A beautiful bright yellow bell pepper, "Sunbright" will yield nice quantities of large, sweet peppers. Colorful and delicious, they'll add color to your salads and are perfect for stuffing; just sow them in a sunny spot with well-drained soil and enjoy a bountiful harvest. Sweet and bright yellow when mature, most of these blocky bells are 4-5 inches, but often this variety will produce some huge, 7-inch fruits that rival its namesake. The thick flesh is perfect for healthy vegetable party platters, salsas, and cooking.
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Long Slim Cayenne Pepper
This 5-inch long hot chilli performs well and dries nicely. It produces an abundance of wrinkled fruit with thin flesh perfect for use in fresh hot sauces or dried and ground into cayenne pepper. It is one of the best peppers for seasoning pickles and salsa. This variety is good for deep freezing and perfect for adding a kick to a Bloody Mary or to vodka.
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Big Red Pepper
The most impressive open-pollinated bell pepper we have found, this heirloom has thick, sweet, crispy flesh and thrives in cooler weather conditions. Enjoy Big Red at all stages, whether you are slicing them for pizza, or stuffing them with your favorite savory filling.
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Yolo Wonder Pepper (pictured)
Yolo Wonder's large, uniform shape makes it ideal for stuffing. They are delicious grilled, and perfect for shish-kabobs. Peppers left on the plant will turn a beautiful, bright red, with more vitamin C than an orange. Pick green and red for a confetti of color on your plate. This is a good container variety.
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All Tomato Varieties Offered:
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Arkansas Traveler
Homestead (New)
Gold Medal
Black Krim
Roma
Boy Oh Boy F1
Ace 55 VF
Large Red Cherry
Beef Steak
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Brandywine
Cherokee Purple
Big Boy (New)
Super Sweet 100 F1
Costoluto Genovese
Hungarian Heart
Yellow Pear
Italian Heirloom
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All Pepper Varieties Offered:
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Sun Bright
Yolo Wonder
Purple Beauty
Pasilla Bajio
Ancho Gigantea
Sheepnose Pimento
Golden Cal Wonder
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Jalapeno - Traveler Strain
Hot Portugal
Joe's Long Cayenne
Long Slim Cayenne
Buran
Big Red
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