Archive - Jun 14, 2011

By Veronica Lorson Fowler
The Iowa Gardener, www.theiowagardener.com
Summer is here and gardens have kicked into full gear. Get out and enjoy them!
• Harvest as much of your cool-season spring vegetables now. Once weather hits, lettuces get bitter, peas get tough, and radishes get woody.
• If you planted pansies, they’ll start to fade in early summer heat. Replace them with warm-season annual flowers, such as geraniums, marigolds, and impatiens.
• You can prune spring-blooming shrubs, such as lilacs, now since they’re done flowering.

CORALVILLE– Lawn-care questions will be answered at a June 18 gardening workshop in Coralville. This seminar will cover important information on proper care and maintenance to keep your lawn and landscape healthy and looking their best through the summer. Geared for homeowners this will offer tips and information for everyone from first time homeowners to avid gardeners. This is a great way for people who want to save money by doing it themselves to learn the right way to care for their yards.
Some of the topics that will be covered:

IOWA CITY — The West High Trojans took the opener of a varsity baseball doubleheader Saturday at home against Dubuque Hempstead 8-6, but dropped the nightcap 3-0.
Hempstead started game one with a 3-0 first inning then was held scoreless until the top of the fifth when they scored three more. West picked up a pair of runs in the bottom of the fourth, one in the fifth and five in the sixth.

The public is invited to learn more about the program during a volunteer open house event on Monday, June 20, at Red’s Alehouse, 405 N. Dubuque St., from 4 to 7 p.m.

NORTH LIBERTY– The North Liberty Community Library Spring Book Sale will run from June 11 to June 18 during library hours. Books of all types as well as A/V material will be on sale.
For more information on library hours, visit the website at www.northlibertylibrary.org or call 626-5701.