Summer better: Nothing says summer like a ripe tomato, fresh from the vine. But for novice gardeners, growing one may not be as easy as it looks. Ira Wallace, owner/worker with the Southern Exposure Seed Exchange, talks viewers through trellising, pruning, mulching, watering, preventing disease, controlling pests, and amending the soil in her virtual lecture Better Backyard Tomatoes, part of Piedmont Master Gardeners spring series. Wallace speaks from decades of gardening experience, and her expertise is Virginia specific, as evidenced by her books The Timber Press Guide to Vegetable Gardening in the Southeast and the new .
Thursday 3/4, Free, 7pm. Zoom required. piedmontmastergardeners.org.
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