Summer Garden Tour Series Begins with Presentation on Mulching

Freshly plowed and unplanted, in late April

On June 17th, 2012 at 2:00pm we will kick off our 2012 Summer Garden Tour Series with a tour of the gardens at the Pearl S. Buck Birthplace that will focus on properly mulching your garden. Sam Arborgast will be our featured presenter and will show attendees the techniques he uses to mulch his garden, ensuring proper nutrients and adequate weed cover are established.

This “hands on” tour individuals will demonstrate proper mulching techniques and ways to incorporate these ideas into their home gardens. In conjunction with our discussion on mulching we will also have individuals on hand to discuss marketing opportunities at local farmers markets and the farmer’s market system. Make plans to join us on June 17, 2012 for a fun filled afternoon of gardening discussions!

An Invitation to Stop By on a Sunday in June

In June you'll see the "Open" flag on Sundays, too.

On Sundays in June the Pearl S. Buck Birthplace will be open a half day on Sundays, opening at noon.  So if you're in the mood for a Sunday drive, why not make the birthplace your destination?

We frequently receive request for Sunday hours, so we are doing this on a trail basis to see how it goes.  We will offer tours at the regular times: 12:30 pm and 2:30 pm.  We try to offer tours anytime visitors show up during our open hours, but we have very limited staff on site and they are responsible for everything, so these regularly scheduled times are the only times that we can guarantee a guide will be available.  At any other time, you may have to wait a while.  

Don't forget the Birthplace is already open Monday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, with tours at 10:30 am, 12:30 pm and 2:30 pm.  With local schools finishing early due to the mild winter, you may be looking for something to do when the weather isn't conducive to being outside.

I look froward to welcoming you!

Opening Week at the Birthplace

Students from the elementary school await instructions.

It's opening week at the birthplace.  We've not marked it with any fanfare, and you won't find any sales in the gift shop, but it's been busy.  Until today, that is.  It's now 11 am on a drizzly Saturday, and there have been no visitors today.  A few cars have pulled into the parking lot briefly, did what they wanted to do, then left, but that's a topic for another post.

Rainy days tend to be slow, but I'm not complaining.  It gives me time to tell you about Thursday and yesterday, our first of the season of the season.  They were not at all slow!