HICKORY — The public is invited to join George Place, Catawba County Cooperative Extension director, at Patrick Beaver Memorial Library on Thursday, July 13, at 6 p.m. in a gardening presentation focusing on beans, peas, and do-it-yourself fertilizer.

Beans, peas, peanuts, clovers, and vetches are just some of the types of legumes that you can incorporate into your garden for food production, pollinator attraction, soil improvement, and a key fertilizer…