March 26th, 2015 at 11:00 am
If you followed our March gardening tips, your garden should be almost ready for the upcoming spring planting season. If not, start with our March to-dos before moving on to our April list.
Follow the tips below on what to plant and how to maintain your garden for stunning results this spring.
Assess your garden. Is it ready for planting? Before you put any new plants in the ground, be sure you’ve fully removed all weeds from your garden. If you haven’t, weeds can grow out of control and take over the entire area. Weeds also compete with your new plants for nutrients, water, and sunlight. If you don’t weed your garden, you risk losing many of your plants.
After weeding, place an inch or two of mulch around your annuals or any other plants you intend to keep over the summer. The mulch will help hold in moisture.
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March 26th, 2015 at 9:00 am
Moving a house to a new location is formidable enough. But moving an entire city of more than 23,000 people to a new site two miles away? That’s a job paved with logistics of the highest order. But it’s what the residents of Kiruna, Sweden’s northernmost city, are gearing up for.
The move is necessitated by ongoing extraction at the world’s largest iron mine nearby. Future digging will be go even deeper, which would unsettle the ground under 3,000 homes, city hall, the train station, and a 100-year-old church. So city. officials decided to bite the bullet and work with the state-controlled mine operator to move the whole town–lox, stocks, barrels, homes and buildings–to safer ground east.
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March 25th, 2015 at 3:00 pm
Blue Water Music Festival takes over the Sawdust Art Festival grounds in Laguna Beach for two days. It’s one of the foremost music and arts festivals in Southern California, combining music with community involvement. More than 30 bands are scheduled on two stages, including Common Sense, Jack Miller, Sammie Jay, Pawnshop Kings, and Magnolia Memoir.
Where:
935 Laguna Canyon Road
Laguna Beach, CA 92651
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March 24th, 2015 at 3:00 pm
Celebrate the Japanese art form of bonsai at the 58th Annual Bonsai Show in San Marino. The event features more than 100 specimens created by bonsai masters. Bonsai is different from similar practices because it grows small trees from regular stock and seeds, and uses cultivation techniques (pruning, root reduction, potting, etc.) to produce the small trees that mimic the full-size trees.
Where:
The Huntington Brody Botanical Center
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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March 23rd, 2015 at 3:00 pm
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What:
Feld Entertainment Inc., the leading producer of touring live family entertainment, presents the much-anticipated “Marvel Universe LIVE!” In Orange County this month. The show features more than 25 Marvel characters, and brings to life the electrifying battle between Thor and his evil brother Loki. The Avengers, Iron Man, Captain America, Hulk, Spider-Man and Wolverine, are just a few of the heroes that will battle to unite the Cosmic Cube before their foes can beat them to it and achieve world domination. The show features innovations in set design, aerial stunts, and pyrotechnics that will provide movie-style entertainment sure to excite the entire family. Some of the industry’s most talented stunt performers will bring your favorite characters to life, aided by never-before-seen arena mechanics. In addition to amazing special effects, the show incorporates multilevel aerial space performances that put the audience right in the middle of the show. Even those not familiar with the world of Marvel will be amazed by the dynamic performance.
Where:
Honda Center
2695 E Katella Ave.
Anaheim, CA 92806
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