Learning for Life: What to do with those beautiful flower baskets

Your summertime flower baskets were just gorgeous this year, but now that it is autumn what are you going to do with them? Fortunately, Cooperative Extension Service has a free publication on Growing and Overwintering Fuchsia, Geranium, Dahlia and Tuberous Begonias. Learn how to overwinter your lovely baskets and have a start on next year’s blooms!

Your local Cooperative Extension Service is your year round resource for a variety of topics, visit us today at:  http://www.uaf.edu/ces/districts/kenai/ to find this publication and more or stop by the office in the Doors and Windows Building on K-Beach Road between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. We are “Learning for Life”.

Submitted by Janice Chumley, UAF Cooperative Extension Service, Research Technician

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