Monthly Newsletter - MU Extension

LAKE AREA
Monthly Newsletter
May 2016
Volume 10, Issue 5
2016 Club Officers
Hosts are needed for the
2016 Summer Lake Area
Master Gardener Class.
Suzanne Albright, President Phone: 573-207-0044
E-mail: [email protected]
Susan Osgood, Vice President Phone: 816-289-4774
E-mail: [email protected]
Nancy Hall, Secretary Phone: 913-221-9007
E-mail: [email protected]
Roni Vollmer, Treasurer Phone: 314-435-8803
E-mail: [email protected]
Past President, Tamara Jorstad: Phone: 573-723-2055
E-mail: [email protected]
Standing Committee Chairs
2016 Garden Walk Gail Conavay, 573-286-5064
[email protected]
Suzanne Albright, 573-207-0044
[email protected]
Club Photographer Glenda Hinrichs, 573-964-5601
[email protected]
Historian
Sally Burke, 573-480-7815
[email protected]
Hospitality
Rita Burks, 573-434-4144
[email protected]
Membership
Tamara Jorstad, 573-723-2055
[email protected]
Year Book
OPEN
MU EXT & MOMA Winnie McKinley, 573-793-6231
[email protected]
Newsletter
Charli Allee, 573-480-1915
[email protected]
Projects
Charmaine E. Guyot, 206-883-0279
[email protected]
Ways & Means
Mildred Webster
573-363-5650 or 573-346-7211
Miller County Extension
P O Box 20
Tuscumbia, MO 65082
Phone/Fax 573.369.2394
We would like to one or two people host each week.
The class will be held on Thursday afternoons from 1:00 to 4:30 p.m.
with the room being open by 12:30 p.m. Classes are scheduled from
May 19 with orientation until August 11. August 18 and 25 are
makeup dates if needed.
Our location has changed for this summer afternoon class. The
classes will be held in the Lake Ozark Fire Protection District
Training Room at 1767 Bagnell Dam Blvd., Lake Ozark, MO 65049.
Each week we hope to have a class member help with snacks. Hosts
will need to communicate with those signed up to coordinate who is
bringing what. You'll be given contact information for the class
member helping with snacks. There is a nice kitchen area, separate
from the meeting room. We'll plan to have the serving table set up
in the meeting room.
Hosts are asked to help set-up before the class and get the room
back in order after the class. I'm not to sure how much of this we'll
need to do. The room is pretty well arranged as it needs to stay for
LOFPD training and meetings.
A couple of general duties for hosts are helping with materials and
socializing.
You are able to count your hosting time for MG Volunteer Service
hours. This is a good opportunity for MG Trainees working on your
first 30 hours.
If you want to volunteer or have any questions, please contact
Winnie ([email protected] or 573-793-6231.
Thank You! Winnie
TICKETS ON SALE NOW !
For the 10th Annual Garden Walk
Questions? Call Gail or Suzanne..
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Gail @ 573.286.5064
Suzanne @ 473.207.0044
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May Gardening Tips
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Plant gladioli bulbs in late May.
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Set out marigold, petunia, ageratum and fibrous begonia transplants. All are good border plants.
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Watering roses with soaker hoses or drip irrigation will reduce the spread of black spot disease.
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Plant ground covers under shade trees that do not allow enough sunlight to grow grass. Vinca minor or
English ivy are ground cover plants that grow well in shade.
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Stay out of the garden when the vegetable plant leaves are wet. Walking through a wet garden spreads
disease from one plant to another.
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For maximum landscape interest in a small, vertical space, try annual vines. They can disguise ugly
walls and fences. When trellised, they can create shade and privacy while hiding undesirable views. Try
morning glory, nasturtium vine and scarlet runner bean.
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To grow annuals in containers on the patio, use a light weight soil mixture. Keep the plants wellwatered, because the soil dries out fast. Apply a water soluble fertilizer according to package directions
every two weeks.
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Mulch around newly planted trees and shrubs. This practice reduces weeds, controls fluctuations in soil
temperature, retains moisture, prevents damage from lawn mowers and looks attractive.
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Grass clippings can be used as a mulch in flower beds and vegetable gardens if allowed to dry well
before use. Never use clippings from a lawn that has been treated with a herbicide.
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Lawns maintained at the correct height are less likely to have disease and weed infestation. Kentucky
bluegrass and tall fescue should be mowed at two or three inches in height. Mow frequently, removing
no more than one third of the blade at each cutting.
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Put tools away at the end of the day. Clean them and hang them up so they are ready to use and easy to
find when you need them.
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To better evaluate your gardening successes, keep weather records along with garden records.
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The most important items to report are daily minimum and maximum temperatures, precipitation, cloud
cover and frost occurrences.
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When you visit botanical gardens and arboretums, take your camera and note pad with you. Plan now
for changes you will make in your landscape.
Soil Sample Testing Available from your local University of Missouri Extension Centers
Miller County Extension
P O Box 20
Tuscumbia, MO 65082
Phone/Fax 573.369.2394
Camden County Extension
44 Roofener Street/P O Box 1405
Camdenton, MO 65020
Phone-573.346.2644
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The Willmore Gardens are mulched and looking beautiful thanks to Brenda Moore and her two man crew who
moved all that mulch to the various gardens and to Rita Burks, Mary DeLacy, Ralph Duvel, Joan Eads, Pat and Dale
Griffin, Nancy Hall, Debbie Laemmli, Winnie McKinley, Susan Osgood, Roni Vollmer, Shirley Wicker, and myself
who spread mulch and cleaned up the next day. Bless you all for volunteering. Without your labor, we couldn't have
got the job done. Following our trip to Shirk's, we will be planting colorful annual throughout the gardens.
May is the month we do the flower planting for all the Central Bank branches. This is an important service project as
Central Bank has been very generous with past donations to our club.
At our May meeting we enjoyed socializing and a wonderful potluck dinner.
We also awarded one of our scholarship recipients, Shelby Bledsoe, with a $500 scholarship. Our other recipient,
Vanessa Vernon, was unable to attend the dinner, but will meet with us in July. Both young women are from Eldon
High School and will be attending MU in the fall. Shelby plans to major in agricultural business. Thank you Ginny
Boyle and Phyllis Mossman for your efforts in selecting these outstanding scholars.
Our next big project is the June 4 Garden Walk. We have sent you all a copy of the flyer that you can print. Please
put these everywhere you go to help advertise this event.
We will all be meeting at the Bull Pen on June 3 at 9am for the Pre-Garden Walk.
Don't forget to bring your plants for the plant sale at the Red Barn site that day.
We will be having lunch at the Paint Box Cafe following our tour. I hope you all be able to come!
Sincerely, Suzanne, LAMG President
Our 2016 Lake Area Master Gardener Scholarship Winner
With scholarship chair
Ginny Boyle and Lake
Area Master Gardener
President, Suzanne
Albright; and with her
parents Gayle and
Christopher Bledsoe.
Congratulations, Shelby,
and best wishes as you
attend MU in the fall..
Congrats! Our May Door Prize
Winner is our own Joan Eads!
Enjoy that beautiful flower hand
picked by Rita Burks just for YOU!
Many other Master Gardeners
took home 6-packs of coleus and
begonias—Enjoy!
One of two scholarships
awarded to area high
school students by Lake
Area Master Gardeners
was presented to Shelby
Bledsoe of Eldon High
School at the May
meeting.
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Summer Master Gardener Course Offered in Lake Ozark
Do you want to know more about gardening? Would you like to share that knowledge with
others? Consider enrolling in the spring 2016 University of Missouri Extension Master Gardener Course
to be held in the Lake of the Ozarks Area. You will receive 30 hours of instruction in soils, composting,
insects, disease prevention, plant growth, flowers, woody ornamentals, turf, vegetables, fruits, native
plants, herbs, and landscaping. Classes are taught by University of Missouri state and regional specialists
and Master Gardeners themselves.
Master Gardeners are asked to volunteer 30 hours of community gardening or horticultural expertise to
assist the University in carrying out the mission of "Helping Others Learn to Grow.” In return, the course
is offered for a minimal fee. This is a wonderful opportunity for persons interested in horticulture and
gardening to learn new skills, share ideas, work together on projects, and help their neighbors.
Orientation for the course will be held on Thursday, May 19. During this class, materials will be handed
out and the program will be explained.
The various topics will be covered during sessions held from May 26 through August 11, 2016 The
sessions are scheduled on Thursday afternoons to begin at 1:00 pm and will last approximately three
hours each. Classes will be held at the Lake Ozark Fire Department Meeting room at 1767 Bagnell Dam
Blvd, Lake Ozark, MO 65049.
Space is limited, so do not delay. Interested folks are asked to register by May 12, so materials can be
prepared. For more information and registration materials contact Patricia Barrett or Margie Howser at
the Miller County University of Missouri Extension Center, PO Box 20, 134 Second Street, Tuscumbia,
MO 65082. You may email [email protected] or [email protected] or phone (573) 3692394. More information about the Missouri Master Gardener Program can be found on the web at
www.mg.missouri.edu. Master Gardener flyer and registration form (PDF)
Don’t guess; soil tests save time, money
Soil testing is the best guide to the wise and efficient use of fertilizer and soil amendments, said Manjula
Nathan, director of the University of Missouri Extension Soil Testing and Plant Diagnostic Services.
Whether you grow acres of row crops or have a vegetable patch in the backyard, a soil test will provide you
with an analysis of nutrients and a set of recommendations for any improvements.
“We frequently get questions from customers like, ‘I apply fertilizer every year. How come my plants are
not doing well?’” Nathan said.
“Most of the time the problem is they never have done a soil test, but have been guessing on fertilizer
requirements,” she said. “They do not realize that by guessing they are wasting money by over- or under
application, and the excess fertilizer can end up in streams, ponds and underground water, polluting the
environment.”
Soil testing can be done through the extension office. Soil tests cost $15 per sample during the first full
week of the month and are $16.50 per sample otherwise. Six or more tests are $12.50 per sample. Make
sure your soil is dry when you bring it in. A soil probe and a auger that can be checked out from the
extension office. There is a $50 deposit on the soil probe. Soil testing publications
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21st Annual
Missouri Master Gardener
State Conference
September 16-18th, 2016
Registration opens for the 21st Annual Missouri Master Gardener State Conference on May 15, 2016. The
2016 conference is hosted by the Master Gardeners of Greater Kansas City chapter.
The three-day conference features unique tours, continuing education, advanced education classes,
fabulous food with a local flare, creative decorations, local vendors, exhibitors, raffles, silent auctions,
door prizes, a hospitality room, a bird walk, and a welcoming chapter of Kansas City Master Gardeners. As
is our tradition we have fun activities and surprises planned for the weekend.
Register early for the best class/tour selections.
Full Registration is $165 (Friday thru Sunday) with extra charges for Advanced Education classes and
Premium Tours. Save $30 by registering by July 31, 2016.
The 2015 World Series Champion Kansas City Royals are in town that weekend, therefore, early hotel
reservations at the Stoney Creek Hotel and Conference Center, Independence, are recommended. Ask for
the Master Gardener Conference Rate which is available Thursday, September 15th through Sunday,
September 18th in case you want to extend your stay.
Registration Opens May 15, 2016
For the 21st Annual Missouri Master Gardener State Conference
www.mggkcconf.com
Future Master Gardener??
My Six Year Old Grandson, Tripp,
brought home this newly planted
Marigold Seed and
explained to his mother—
“Mom I buried it today!”
Proud Grandma, Charli Allee
Lake Area Master Gardener
March Meeting— April 12th at 6:30
Straw Bale Gardening
Presented by Debra Cook, Lake Bloomers GC
May Birthdays
May 7th
Sylvia Riley
May 23rd
Janet Johnson
May 29th
Charli Allee
To help new and returning members remember LAMG Club Member Names—Starting 2015—a twenty-five cent
fee will be charge to an member failing to wear his/her LAMG/Maser Gardener name badge at the monthly
meetings. “Fines” are to be collected by the Ways and Means Chair, Mildred Webster, and funds added to the
club’s income.
Items for the monthly newsletter are due to the Newsletter Chair, Charli Allee, by the
26th of each month—Send to [email protected]
A few plants fit into the “flavoring” category. These are plants that have an essential oil that is extracted from it and
used to flavor dishes or beverages. Vanilla is an example of a flavoring derived from the seed pod of V anilla
Our Mission: “Helping Others Learn to Grow” and To Have Fun Along the Way!
Lake Area Master Gardener Club
P O Box 20/ Courthouse Annex
Tuscumbia, MO 65082
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI EXTENSION
LAKE AREA