Share Your Garden Through The Internet

Fri., March 5, 1999

By Susan English susane@spokesman.com

Sometimes our gardens are just so beautiful we wish we could share them with the world. Now we can. The people at Garden Escape, an Internet garden shop, will put a photo of your garden, along with a brief description, on the Web so everyone who cruises past the site can see just how stunning your yard is.

The photos will be posted at www.garden.com in the Community section. To share photos and a paragraph or two about your garden, send them to Garden Photographs, c/o GE Customer Solutions, 710 W. Sixth St., Austin, TX 78701.

Click to www.garden.com/cgibin/v2/gemag/s=733 to see photos of other people’s yards.

Building from scratch

The Latah County Master Gardeners are creating a Community Demonstration Garden this spring in downtown Moscow, Idaho, and are looking for public input as to design and plants.

The Master Garden program is part of the University of Idaho Extension Service. The garden will be built on land donated for use by Dr. Robert Haug of Moscow at First and Washington.

Included in the community garden will be plantings of pest-resistant vegetables and herbs, native plants and those that attract butterflies and birds, and drought- and shade-tolerant plants.

The garden will not have plots for individuals, but will be open for how-to demonstrations and handson gardening experiences.

The Master Gardeners are taking donations to buy plants, seeds, mulch, benches and other materials. Donated plants that fit into the theme are also welcome.

For information, call Dorothy Nichols at (208) 882-6784 or Scotte Hecht at (208) 883-3071.

All about radon

The Western Regional Radon Training Center is offering a class for those interested in radon testing Sunday and Monday at the Shilo Inn Hotel.

The workshop runs 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days. A Radon Proficiency Exam will be offered March 9 from 8 to 11 a.m. For registration information, call (800) 513-8332.

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