February Activities

We are blessed to have such beautiful weather, while snow and blizzards are dumping on the Northern states! We could use some rain, though, but while it is wonderful, go outside or join one of these fun garden events:


February 3, 10, 17 and 24. The Botany of Food Plants class is being offered Tuesday evenings. Online registration is still open for these and other spring offerings from the Wildflower Center's Go Native U program.

Wed, Feb 4 from 7:00-8:30 pm, Dick Pierce will give his ever-popular Winter Series Talk on "Texology" or "Austin, TX??- Just where is Austin, TX ? How did it get here? Why is it so different (not weird)?" Come and find out - and tell/bring a friend.


Sunday Feburary 8, 2009 from 9:00am ? 5:00pm. Backyard Food Production Workshop.
The workshop is held at a rural farm within an hour drive SE of Austin, TX. The workshop fee is only $100 per person and includes the workshop, notes, and workbooks. Bring your own lunch. Contact cindy@gvtc.com


Saturday February 14, 9am to 11am. Westcave Preserve in western Travis County. Hosted by Westcave Preserve and LCRA. Experience a lush canyon with a waterfall and overhang cave on this hike through golden-cheeked warbler habitat. http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/water/wildland/onlineregistration/ecowebevents.cfm


February 13-15. The University of Texas at Austin will be hosting the 2009 meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U)

Wednesday, Feb. 18th 7PM. Rhizome Collective. 300 Allen Street, Austin. FREE! Join Scott Kellogg and Stacy Pettigrew, co-founders of Austin's Rhizome Collective, to celebrate the release of their new book "Toolbox for Sustainable City Living: A Do-It-Ourselves Guide".


Sat/Sun Feb 28/Mar 1 and Wed, Mar 3 (10 hours). Citizen Gardener Course. www.citizengardener.ning.com

Comments

Until I read your blog entry just now, I didn't know that cornmeal could be used to control weeds. I've used it to control black spot on roses, and now that I think about it, I can't remember any seedlings coming up around the roses where I'd sprinkled cornmeal. I did a bit of research and found that cornmeal is said to inhibit germination of seeds -- so it doesn't actually kill weeds, just keeps their seeds from developing. One wouldn't want to use it in a bed where one intends to plant seeds, but it would work fine in beds where you'll be setting out transplants. Thanks for the gardening tips!