NORWICH – Has your garden gone bare? Nothing left to grow and bloom in the final month of summer?

It’s never too late to get started on next year’s August blooming garden, and a conversation with master gardener Donna Schindler can help you plant the right varieties.

Schindler and fellow master gardener John Farran, both of Oxford, were on hand at the Chenango County Fair this week to educate the public on all aspects of flower and vegetable gardening. On display were multiple varieties of indoor and outdoor plants, as well as information about becoming a master gardener, growing plants that remove air-borne pollutants and eradicating your garden from the hungry, Japanese beetle.