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By Dena Wood
The Times 

Garden Club Enjoys a Sunny Saturday

Callahans and Hofers show off their gardens and some creative planters

 

Dena Wood

Terry Hofer's 500 tulips make for an impressivly colorful display.

WAITSBURG – The Waitsburg Garden Club had a busy Saturday morning with tours of the Callahan home on Preston Avenue, and Terry and Bettie Hofer's property off Highway 12.

The Callahan's shared recent improvements including a bee hive awaiting its first inhabitants, an orchard, berry bushes, and raised vegetable beds. Strawberries grow protected, above ground, in rain gutters atop a Pinterest-worthy arbor.

Brian Callahan explained his method of large-scale composting and Deb demonstrated how she puts worms to work making the rich, black soil she uses on her vegetable beds.

At the Hofers'...



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