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Plant of the Week: Partridge Pea Looking at you, St. Louis City. Boston is having their 27th annual Mayor’s Garden Contest. Prizes! Multiple year winners enter Hall of Fame, can’t enter again but serve as contest judges. The massive fire which destroyed Skate Liborious also destroyed New Roots Urban Farm. All donations to help rebuild … Continue reading This Week in Gardening & Nature →

This week in the garden: Transplant- Basil, Melons, Peppers, Parsley, Tomatoes. Seed Outdoors- Basil, Cucumbers, Melons, Squash Plan your 2023 Garden with Seed St. Louis Planting Calendar Plant of the Week: Red Yarrow Achillea millefolium ‘Paprika’  Sign up for Gardening for Wildlife newsletter to enter Garden for Wildlife’s Wildlife Garden drawing Gardening by Month – May – Tips … Continue reading This Week in Gardening & Nature →

9 am to Noon Saturday, May 13th Seed St. Louis Summer Veggie Plant Sale @ Carriage House, 3815 Bell. Arrive early for best selection. Bring a box lid to carry your plants. $4 seedling 6-packs. Available at this Sale: Basil, Eggplant, Sweet & Hot Peppers, Tomatoes, Mint, Lavender, Rhubarb, Sorrel, and more, plants and Sweet Potato slips, 9 … Continue reading STL Region Plant Sales: May 13 →

Sign up for Gardening for Wildlife newsletter to enter Garden for Wildlife’s Wildlife Garden drawing Plant of the Week: Eastern Red Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis) This week in the garden: Transplant- Basil, Melons, Parsley. Seed Outdoors- Basil, Cucumbers, Melons, Squash Plan your 2023 Garden with Seed St. Louis Planting Calendar Gardening by Month – May – Tips … Continue reading This Week in Gardening & Nature →

8 am to 5 pm Saturday, May 6th Franklin County Master Gardeners Plant Sale at J.C. Penny Parking Lot, Washington MO 8:30 am to 12:30 pm Saturday, May 6th Webster Groves Women’s Garden Association Plant Sale at First Congregational Church 9 am to 1 pm Saturday, May 6th Wildflower Market @ Shaw Nature Reserve. $5 9 am to 2 … Continue reading STL Region Plant Sales: May 6-7 →

This blog’s Profile page for St. Louis City’s New 2nd Ward has been updated with General Election results (all candidates and ballot issues) and post-election campaign finance reports filed with Missouri Ethics Commission. You’ll notice that the winning Alder candidate is now listed under Public Officials Residing In New 2nd Ward and defeated candidate information has been … Continue reading Post-Election New 2nd Ward Profile Update →

April 27th-28th St. Louis Community College Horticulture Plant Sale2-6 pm Thursday STLCC Students & Faculty9 am to 5 pm Friday General Public:Meramec Campus, Kirkwood. Cash/Check Only. April 28th-29th St. Louis Herb Society Plant Sale9 am to 5 pm Friday 9 am to Noon Saturday – Free Admission for St. Louis City and St. Louis County … Continue reading STL Region Plant Sales: April 27-30 →

Plant of the Week: Spiderwort This week in the garden: Transplant- Basil; Start Indoors- Melons and Summer Squash. Plan your 2023 Garden with Seed St. Louis Planting Calendar Just looking for this weekend’s St. Louis Region Plant Sales List, April 27th-30th? STL Community College, STL Herb Society, Webster Groves Herb Society, U-City in Bloom, Partners for … Continue reading This Week in Gardening & Nature →

This blog’s Profile page for St. Louis City’s New 1st Ward has been updated with General Election results (all candidates and ballot issues) and late, amended, and post-election campaign finance reports filed with Missouri Ethics Commission. You’ll notice that the winning Alder candidate is now listed under Public Officials Residing In New 1st Ward and … Continue reading Post-Election New 1st Ward Profile Update →

Plant of the Week: Rose Verbena, a native, pretty, water-wise, pollinator magnet that thrives in crappy soil. Highly recommend. This week in the garden: Sow Outdoors- beans, corn. Sow Indoors: melons, squash. Plan your 2023 Garden with Seed St. Louis Planting Calendar 10 Easy to Grow Spring Edible Native Plants class on Missouri Prairie Foundation YouTube … Continue reading This Week In Gardening & Nature →

Grow Native Native Plant Sales across Missouri Saturdays: Native Plants sold at Kirkwood Farmers Market by Missouri Wildflowers Nursery, Jefferson City. Order by Tuesday for pick up or buy from what they bring. 2-5 pm April 23rd St. Louis Hosta Society Vendor Day Sale at Crestwood Community Center 2-6 pm April 27th STLCC Students & … Continue reading Upcoming STL Area Plant Sales: Veggies, Herbs, Natives, Perennials →

Register your Blitz Clean Up Project with Brightside St. Louis and get Free dianthus, marigolds, celosia and vinca for planting in public spaces in St. Louis city. Gardening by Month – April – Tips & Tasks from Missouri Botanical Garden This week in the garden: Sow Outdoors- arugula, beets, carrots, chard, lettuce, parsley, peas, radish, spinach, … Continue reading This Week In Gardening & Nature →

Saturdays: Native Plants sold at Kirkwood Farmers Market by Missouri Wildflowers Nursery, Jefferson City. Order by Tuesday for pick up or buy from what they bring. Grow Native Native Plant Sales across Missouri 8 am to 2 pm Saturday Native Plant Workshop and Plant Sale at Powder Valley Conservation Nature Center, Kirkwood. Hosted by Partners for … Continue reading Upcoming STL Area Plant Sales: Veggies, Herbs, Natives, Perennials →

This week in the garden: Outdoors- sow radishes. Indoors- start tomatoes. Plan your 2023 Garden with Seed St. Louis Seed Starting/Planting Calendar Seed St. Louis Planting GuidesAsparagus Leeks Onions Potatoes Strawberries The Big List of St. Louis Area Plant Sales: African Violets, Carnivorous, Daylilies, Gesneriads, Herbs, Hostas, Iris, Native Plants, Perennials, Roses, Veggies, Wildflowers Missed … Continue reading This Week In Gardening & Nature →

As St. Louis City election returns come in, you can check your ward to see who legally bought access to the Board President and your new Alder here. Campaign finance laws are completely useless under a system that allows legal money laundering, and makes conflict of interest laws a moot point, and a culture of … Continue reading Ward Profiles Updated →

Two St. Louis City Pubic School Board candidate profiles have been updated with 8 Days Out campaign finance report information. Tracy Hykes and Sadie Weiss submitted their required information to Missouri Ethics Commission. You can find their information here. Hykes and Weiss have been endorsed by American Federal of Teachers Local 420. Candidate Jaile’Shawn Quinones … Continue reading School Board Candidate Profiles Updated →

Patrick Dexter on cello: Ukrainian folk song- “Oh, In the Cherry Garden” (YouTube) This week in the garden: Outdoors- sow radishes. Indoors- start tomatoes. Plan your 2023 Garden with Seed St. Louis Seed Starting/Planting Calendar Seed St. Louis Planting GuidesAsparagus Leeks Onions Potatoes Strawberries The Big List of St. Louis Area Plant Sales: African Violets, … Continue reading This Week In Gardening & Nature →

All New Ward Profiles have been updated with both Primary Election Results and campaign finance information for Board President and Alder candidates. There’s info toward the top of each page as well as each candidate’s profile. I chose to not use percentage of votes because Tuesday the Election Board changed percentages to the Approval Rating … Continue reading Ward Profiles Now Have Election Results →

Want to see something magnificent? Audubon Society’s Sandhill Crane Cam @ Rowe Sanctuary, Platte River Valley, Gibbon, Nebraska. See hundreds of thousands of Sandhill Cranes at dusk and dawn. This week in the garden: Transplant- broccoli, brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, chard, bok choy; Sow Outdoors- beets, carrots, parsley, spinach, turnips. Plan your 2023 Garden with … Continue reading This Week In Gardening & Nature →

St. Louis City voters will elect two new School Board Members from three candidates on April 4th. No excuse Absentee Voting (what Missouri calls early voting) begins Tuesday, April 21st at four locations. No incumbent School Board Members are on the ballot. School Board Candidate Profiles are posted here. Not much to see. One candidate … Continue reading School Board Candidate Profiles Updated →