By Norma Dittman
Murray County News staffwriter
Thursday, July 14th was the date of the Murray County Master Gardeners sponsored 2016 Summer Garden Tour. Rain, vegetable, raised, and flower gardens were included in the tour, as well as a waterfall and high-tunnel season-extension structure.
Included in the tour were gardens at Joe and Amanda Gilbertson’s, Dave and Sue Clarke’s, Avoca, and Arland and Marilyn Moger’s, Jim and Ann Witzel’s, Drew Oakland and Jeanne Koopman’s, Gene and Betty Voss’, James and Rona Brown’s, Dale and Barb Bergman’s, and Bob and Tammy Kuehl’s, Fulda.
At Gilbertson’s, those participating in the tour saw a sidewalk arbor on which wisteria, loaded with blossoms, were growing. There was also a small pond near the fire pit in which cattails, water lettuce and hyacinths grow. A pumpkin patch boasts several unusual varieties including flat, green, white, and warty.
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