Tasty Treats from the Organic Garden Cafe

Our Green Grant is sponsoring a delightful and delicious presentation by Robert "Rawbert" Reid of Organic Garden Cafe on Wednesday, May 2 at 7 PM.

Robert will demonstrate smoothies, salad dressings, and hummus and his tasty treats will be sure to please. Please call 978-468-5577 to register so he knows how much food to bring.  Invite your friends...it will be a great night!

Personally, I like nothing better than to come home from work, go directly to my garden, where I find all the fixings for making supper.  Nothing like fresh and organic food that I grew myself. See you on Wednesday!

Healthy Lawn Tips

Some healthy lawn tips from Master Gardener, Betty Sanders.
1. Stop using herbicides and pesticides.  They kill the bacteria and fungi that make up healthy soil.
Also, most insects are not pests. Actually, hungry birds are the best "insecticide."  Worms are working constantly to aerate the soil and we don't want to hurt them either.  Keep grass at 3 inches high.  Grass is meant to go dormant in the summer and the grubs will die.   A copy of all of Betty's tips is at the Reference Desk in the Green Grant notebook.

The vermiculture program with Lisa Spence is April 11 at 6:30 PM.  Come see the library composter and visit the 2,000 + worms who call it "home."   Lots of folks are excited about learning how to compost with worms.
Remember to go to the library's electronic resource page.  Choose the  Gardening, Landscaping and Horticulture Collection and search for vermiculture for more information.