Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties

Area gardeners learn to grow potatoes

By TOM STANKARD

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BESSEMER — Local gardening enthusiasts gathered at Washington Elementary School in Bessemer Wednesday evening for the inaugural Gardening 101 Club meeting.

Gail Maki-Dalbec, club organizer, said she organized the club because she felt inspired after attending a gardening workshop at Michigan Technical University and later received a $3,200 grant through the Lake Superior Stewardship Initiative she’s using for funding.

During Wednesday’s meeting, the club learned about planting potatoes and how to make a potato baskets. Maki-Dalbec said gardening pot...