Home & Garden Briefly

Farmers market collecting cans to fight hunger

September is "Can Hunger Month" and the 3rd & Curry St. Farmers Market along with FISH and Ron Woods Family Resource Center is asking for all our market customers to bring a can of pinto beans, chili con-carne or a bag of rice to be donated to the FISH pantry. Other canned goods would go to Ron Woods.

If you don't bring a can but want to donate, the market will accept donations too. In order to be eligible for our market basket give-away for the next two weeks you must donate. The 3rd & Curry street market will be running this promotion till the last market on Sept. 17.

Only two weeks left to take advantage of all the wonderful fruit and vegetables the market has to offer. And don't forget to bring those knives that need sharpening.

Green Living Festival planned

The 2011 Green Living Festival will take place 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. today at Lampe Park in Gardnerville. The event and parking are free.

There will be information and seminars on geothermal, wind and solar energy, raising backyard chickens, saving seeds, hydroponic gardening, recycling, saving trees from destructive beetles, year-round gardening, radon, emergency preparedness, birding in Nevada, electric cars, backyard herbal medicines and more.

The kids Discover Center shows kids how to make a smoothie with a bike-powered blender, how to make cookies in a solar oven and shows a walk-through giant fish.

The event is organized by Sustainable Living and Renewable Energy Roundup, an educational non-profit dedicated to promoting sustainable practices.

For more information, go online to www.greenlivingfest.org.

Consider how your garden looks in winter

Greenhouse Garden Center will present a free seminar today on Creating a Garden for Winter Interest at 10 a.m.

On Sept. 17, the seminar topic will be Fall Bulbs for Spring Colors.

The garden center is located at 2450 S. Curry St., Carson City. For more information, call 775-882-8600.