February, Master Gardener Update, 2023

 

Frigid days, and chilly nights.  Stay strong, gardeners.  Spring is somewhere out there, just over the horizon!  In the meantime, let's enjoy colorful seed catalogs and writing our spring orders!!

Happy New Year, Gardeners - 2023

 

Well, here we are again - a new beginning.  New members, new ideas, new possibilities.  Looking forward to an exciting New Year.

Happy New Year, Gardeners!!

December Master Gardener Update, 2022

The year is winding down.

By this time a month from now it will be a new year.   What will we be doing then?  Field trips?  Presentations?  House plant gardening?

We have invited former MGVs to come back to us and are hoping the invitation will be accepted.

In the meantime we wish all of you a joyous Christmas,  and a happy New Year.

November - Master Gardener Update

Halloween is over.  The ghosts and goblins have been packed away for another year. Cookbooks are being dusted off, and recipes for pumpkin pie or mom's snickerdoodles are read through.  Raking and pruning are almost done, and all those bags of leaves have been shredded and put in the composter for the winter.  It's almost time to get all your hours tallied up and all the little details of projects and ideas written down.  Thanksgiving is coming.  Time to clean and sharpen those tools and put them away until spring.  Continuing education program this month sounds like fun.  Hope to see  you there.  Thank goodness for Zoom.

October Newsletter - Master Gardener Update

Fall is here.  Time to pick all your pumpkins, put up what is left of your tomatoes, bundle your corn stalks.

This month RPMGA is offering an educational opportunity from the Canvas platform that deals with something we can all sink out teeth into - climate change.  Look inside the newsletter for details about this exciting event.  Looking forward to seeing you!

 

Master Gardener Update for September, 2022

 

It's almost impossible to believe that fall is right around the corner.  

Gardens are bursting with produce, and soon it will be time to start thinking about putting them to bed for the winter, but before that happens, there is canning, freezing, drying, and cooking of all sorts of goodies to give away. 

Got any good recipes you want to share?  If you do, Ruth and I would love to include them in the newsletter or share them on the email list.  Think it over.  

In the meantime, there are lots of good things happening this month.  Get out your calendar and start making plans!    

Master Gardener Update for August, 2022

July finished itself off with warm days filled with sunshine and mild breezes, ushering in an August that is beginning with a beautiful sun-filled day, crystal blue skies, gardens filled with produce, and flowerbeds filled with blossoms.

We can all be grateful for our lives here in the Midwest, where the soil is fertile, the weather is agreeable, and life is good.  The reason I emphasize our balmy weather is in part due to the subject matter of this month's article - Drought.  We live in one of the few areas of the United States where drought is almost entirely unknown or unexperienced.  The rest of the country has not been as fortunate - drought is a phenomenon that is currently devastating large sections of the country.

Take a little time to read the article and follow the links that will take you to more information about this devastating climactic manifestation.  Thanks to Ruth Flescher for suggesting that I pursue this sensitive subject.

As usual, Ruth has compiled a wealth of educational opportunities for our members.  Enjoy!!