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Of Leaf & Limb
“ Promoting education in horticulture and the environment”
President’s Message
October, 2014
Volume 12, Issue 10
President’s Message
Betty’s Event Schedule,
Earth-Kind®- Light
Lauren Garcia’s Bio
Green Step - Landfills
Saga of a Home Visit
Barbara Hunter’s Garden
September Minutes
Datura
Hill Country Veggies
President’s Message &
Minutes continued
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The HCMG monthly
meeting is at 1:00 pm,
October 1 at Kerr
County AgriLife
Extension Office.
Lauren Garcia will
talk about planting
trees.
See Page 3 for details
details..
We made it through another Hill Country summer
and even had the blessing of a little rain this year.
Now we have started our fall gardens and look
forward to a new growing season. We are so
blessed to have the advantage of being able to
garden year-round here. For a gardener, that is a
happy thing.
Here are a few highlights of our HCMG activities:
Patty Zohlen
This fall we are focusing on the concept of EarthKind® landscaping. The Education Committee have planned an EarthKind® Gardening Program for the public on September 29th. In addition
to that, our Master Gardener Earth-Kind® Specialists are writing a series
of articles on Earth-Kind® Landscaping for the HCMG newsletter, Of Leaf
and Limb. Last month, Diane Sellers wrote an excellent article on the
basics of Earth-Kind® landscaping. Check out this month’s article for
more information on this topic.
The rain barrel construction workshop being held on September 27th will
result in an inventory of 50 rain barrels. We have rain barrel orders
throughout the year, and now we have them in stock to fill the orders as
they arrive. We will probably have another construction workshop next
spring to resupply our inventory. We are grateful to Anne Brown and
the many volunteers who helped with this project.
In October, we will participate in several public events as exhibitors.
Pam Umstead has done a great job of coordinating the Exhibit Booth
opportunities this year. She has really worked to create a system of materials to make the booths efficient and effective in the different venues.
The HCMG Exhibit Booth is a wonderful way to educate and inform the
public on horticulture and on Master Gardener activities. I hope all of
you have the opportunity to participate in our booth events.
These are just a few of the many things that our members are supporting
with their volunteer efforts. It continues to amaze me how much HCMG
accomplishes throughout our communities. Thank you.
Educational programs of the Texas AgriLife
Extension Service are open to all people without
regard to race, color, sex, disability, religion, age, or
national origin. The Texas A&M University System,
U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the County
Commissioners Courts of Texas are cooperating.
At the September general meeting, we presented the revised Timekeeping Requirements for Texas Master Gardener certification and recertification for HCMG. Roy Walston, Kerr County Extension Agent, assisted
us in revising the rules to make them easier to understand and to eliminate some confusion on the requirements. I hope you will look them over
to become familiar with the Timekeeping Requirements. If you do not
have a copy you can find it on the website at...
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Betty West’s October 2014 Calendar of Events
(Attendance at events other than Master Gardener meetings is optional; events are listed for those wishing to attend other educational
offerings. Be sure to call and confirm event. We try to limit the listed events to those that would earn our members CEU's but not all
will be eligible. )
September 27 – HCMGs have
scheduled a marathon Rain
Barrel Construction Party at
9 am. - 'til ??? at the Kerr
County AgriLife parking lot.
Help build 50 rain barrels to
fund our HCMG Student
Scholarship Fund. Beverage/
lunch provided so join us for
a fun and worthwhile event!
Members only.
October 4 - Riverside Nature
Center and Hill Country Chapter of Master Naturalists are co
-hosting their Fall Native Plant
Sale & Festival at Riverside
Nature Center from 8 am - 3 pm.
than Rocks in the Texas Hill
Country at the Blanco High
School AG Bldg., 1215 Fourth
St, from 9 am - 4 pm. For add'l
information 830.868-7167.
October 13 - Kerrville NPSOT
meets at Riverside Nature CenOctober 6 - Kerrville Garden
Club meets at Wells Fargo Bank ter. Refreshments at 4:40 pm,
Bldg. (5-Points) at 1 pm. Kerr
program at 5 pm. Cathy Downs
Wildlife Management History
discusses The Monarch Butterfly
presented by Donnie Frels.
- What's Happening to the BeauVisitors welcome.
tiful Monarch and What We Can
September 29 - HCMGs are
Do About It. Visitors Welcome.
presenting a class on EarthOctober
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Fredericksburg
Kind® Gardening from 1-4 pm
Garden Club meets at Gillespie October 21 - Hunt Garden
at the Kerr County AgriLife
Extension Office and it's open County Historical Society Meet- Club meets at the Hunt United
ing Hall (enter through the front) Methodist Church’s Activity
to the public. Cost is $15 and
from 2 - 4 pm. Visitors welcome. Hall. Brunch is served at 9:30
deadline for reservations/
am; program at 10:00 am. Kristi
payment is September 25.
October 8 - Rose Garden Club Long, proprietor of The Gardens
See Page 6 for details.
of Medina meets at Medina
at the Ridge, will present PumpCommunity Center at 2 pm.
kins Aren't Just for Jack-OOctober 1 - HCMG monthly
Stephanie
Achenbach,
florist,
Lanterns. Visitors welcome.
meeting is at 1:00 pm at Kerr
will present Flower Arranging &
County AgriLife Extension
October 28 - Fredericksburg
Office. Lauren Garcia, one of Bow Making. Visitors welcome.
NPSOT meets at Memorial
our scholarship recipients, will October 11 - MGs of Blanco
Presbyterian Church. Social time
discuss Myth Busters: The
County and Blanco High
at 6:30 pm; program at 7 pm.
Practice of Planting Trees.
School AG/FFA School are
Jason Singhurst will discuss
co-hosting Gardenscape
Texas Prairies. Visitors welFUNdamentals - Grow more
come.
*Note these addresses for events listed above:
Butt-Holdsworth Memorial Library (basement), 505 Water St., Kerrville, TX
Gillespie County Historical Society Meeting Hall, 312 W. San Antonio St., Fredericksburg, TX
Hunt Methodist Church, Hwy 39, Hunt, TX
Medina Community Center, 13857 St. Hwy. 16 N, Medina, TX
Memorial Presbyterian Church, 607 N. Milam, Fredericksburg, TX
Riverside Nature Center, 150 Francisco Lemos Street, Kerrville, TX 830.257.4837, www.riversidenaturecenter.org
Wells Fargo Bank Bldg., 301 Junction Hwy (5-Points), Room 230, Kerrville, TX
Hill Country Master Gardeners, Kerr County AgriLife Extension Office, 3655 Highway 27, Kerrville, TX 830.257-6568
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Plants Have
Feelings Too!
By Anne Graves
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food, so “knowing” when
and where light is present
is important.
Phototropins are light
(This is the first article on
receptors sensitive to blue light. When plants
plant interactions with the
sense it, the hormone auxin is affected, and
environment, beginning with plants bend toward the light.
light.)
Phytochromes enable the plant to detect far
Just like animals, plants must see, hear, touch, red light, present at sunset, “turning off” light
smell, and taste to respond to changes in the
absorption for the night. At sunrise, the proenvironment around them in order to survive.
cess reverses, “waking up” photosynthetic
cells.
Animals see due to photoreceptors in our eyes
-- rods for black/white vision, cones for color
Plants and animals share certain photorecepvision. Plants have photoreceptors present in tors. Cryptochromes detect blue and UV
their leaves and stems, allowing them to detect light, and are important in setting circadian
different wavelengths of light --mostly red and rhythms and control plant growth and flowerblue, but also far red and UV wavelengths that ing. Riboflavin in plants is thought to be a
we cannot detect. Plants can also tell the direc- sensory compound because when it is inactition light is coming from, how long darkness
vated, plants stop responding to light. Riboflalasts, and how dim or bright light is.
vin deficiency in humans leads to a variety of
Plants need light for photosynthesis to make
eye problems!
3.
Our October 1 program is “Myth Busters: The Practice
4. of Planting Trees”
by Lauren Garcia, one of our scholarship recipients.
Lauren Garcia is currently pursuing her Master of Science in Horticulture at Texas A&M University in College Station. Her interest in horticulture was sparked as a child traveling to a variety of National Parks
and experiencing different plant ecosystems. She also earned her
Bachelor of Science in Horticulture and Bachelor of Landscape Architecture from Texas A&M University. Lauren is currently president of the
Horticulture Graduate Council and an active member of the American
Public Gardens Association. Lauren hopes to continue her education
and pursue a PhD so that she might continue researching landscape
materials and bridging the gap between scientists and practitioners.
Lauren's educational focus is on urban landscape materials. Her research analyzes the impacts
of container size on the establishment rate and economics of transplanting trees. Lauren
has studied under certified arborists and looked at the effects of transplanting and establishing trees. Her presentation will review current tree transplanting standards and present a glimpse into some of the future trends and information regarding planting and
growing trees.
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What to do with an Old
Landfill?
A town in Massachusetts has
taken an innovative approach
to making use of a capped
landfill. Scituate, Massachusetts turned the landfill into a
solar farm, and generates all the electricity needed
for their municipal purposes. Their efforts resulted in being awarded the ‘Photovoltaic Project of
Distinction” award at the PV America East Conference on June 23, 2014.
The 29-acre former landfill is relatively flat and
has exposure to full sun, with a southward slope.
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duce an estimated 3.8 million kWh of electricity
per year. The PV installation went online last
September.
Scituate has become the first town in America to
generate 100% of its city-owned facilities with
renewable energy, using this PV installation plus
an existing wind turbine. Albert Bangert, Director of Special Projects for the town, says: “We
started down this path to improve cost efficiency
for our taxpayers and reduce our carbon footprint
as a municipality. By combining wind and solar
energy sources to power our schools, emergency
services, harbor, street lights, and sewer and
water treatment facilities, we capitalize on New
England’s variable weather conditions.”
One of the development partners, Brightfields
Development, LLC, has a solar energy curriculum
that has been adopted by the Scituate Public
Schools. An online monitoring system measures
the project’s real time and cumulative energy output, and is available to teachers, students and the
general public.
Scituate's 29-acre municipal solar farm
Photo Credit: Green Building Advisor
In discussing what to do with the site, the town
officials considered turning the property into a
recreation area, but decided to be innovators.
They worked with a private developer, and turned
the capped landfill into a solar farm with more
than 10,500 photovoltaic (PV) modules that pro-
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
singled out Scituate's experience in a case study
as an example of how contaminated land, landfills, and old mining sites can become successful
renewable-energy projects.
Bernadell Larson
Editor’s note: This is Bernadell’s last environmental
article for us. Please thank her for all the new ideas
she has researched and written to educate us.
Rain Barrel Workshop on Saturday, Sept. 27 @ 9:00.
Join the party....food, music and production line.
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Saga of a HCMG Home Visit
by Anne Brown, Oak Wilt Specialist
Recently, a call came into the office and was
handled by one of our interns. She gathered
the appropriate information from the caller.
Obviously, she had listened in class when I
stated that you cannot diagnose a tree problem over the phone and told the caller we would get back to her.
She then placed a call to me to help with the tree problem. I
arranged for Vickie Killeen to accompany me on a Saturday
(because this was the only day the lady could be there), and off
we went to Lower Turtle Creek to see her tree.
It didn’t take long to eliminate several things that could have been
wrong with the tree. It was a large,
old Spanish Oak in good general
health. Between 10-15 limbs had
4-5” of dieback on the tips of the
branches. It wasn’t oak wilt. It
wasn’t pesticide damage. It wasn’t
lightning damage, and it wasn’t
anything else I look for. Therefore,
I did what I do when I’m
stumped...I took some samples
and told her I would get back to her
with an answer.
The round raised
areas (lecanium
scale) on the
branches caught
our attention.
Tree canopy: Evidence of lecanium scale
damage scattered throughout the canopy.
Affected branch: Foliage dieback
on the branch tips
My first option was to consult with Roy Walston...if he was around. He was, but he was
stumped, also. He then sent pictures to an A&M entomologist, Dr. Merchant, in Dallas. Concurrently, I sent pictures to the forester that I work with in San Antonio, who
responded, "Sometimes we just don’t know."
Fortunately, Dr. Merchant did know and responded that the tree had lecanium scale,
probably oak lecanium. He went on to list the steps to be taken to treat the tree. He
recommended drenching the roots with imidacloprid or dinotefuran and explained that
spring is the appropriate time for tree root drenching with these systemic pesticides. A
second option was treating the canopy with a winter application of dormant oil spray.
I called the lady back. She was thrilled that we would go to such lengths to find the
answer and was happy to have the information. Such is the life of home visits!
PHOTO CREDIT: Vickie Killeen
Chris Seifert asks us to check out “Untapped Plant Microbiome
Could Help Feed Billions” in Scientific American magazine.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/untapped-plant-microbiome-could-help-feed-billions/
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Turk’s Cap
Fall Aster
Barbara
Hunter’s
Garden
Perennial
Hibiscus
Female
Monarch
on Mistflower
Photos by HCMG
Fredericksburg
photographer,
Barbara Hunter
Texas sage,
Green Cloud
Earth-Kind® Gardening Class
On September 29, Hill Country Master
Gardeners will present a class on Earth-Kind® Gardening
at the Kerr County AgriLife Extension Office from 1-4 pm.
This class will guide participants in reaping maximum gardening and landscaping pleasure while still preserving and
protecting our environment.
You'll learn about soil building, Texas Superstar® plants,
the best plant for the correct spot, natives to choose,
Mexican Bird
of Paradise
effect of climate change on the garden, controlling insects
in an Earth-Kind® way, etc.
This class is open to the public and cost is $15. Due to
limited space, reservations/payments must be received by
September 25. Make check for $15 payable to HCMG and
mail to Deborah Russell, 107 Itz Ranch Rd., Fredericksburg, TX 78624. If you need more information, contact
Deborah at russhill@beecreek.net or call 830-889-0776.
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Hill Country Master Gardeners
Minutes, Monthly Program and
Business Meeting
September 3rd, 2014
The monthly program and business
meeting was held at the AgriLife
Extension Office on Wednesday,
September 3, 2014.
chair. Carol Hagemier and Jan
Grimes are committee members.
Chris Seifert is willing to participate
on the committee, if a volunteer
takes over her duties as “Special
Projects” committee chair.
Rain Barrel Workshop:
The workshop is scheduled for 9-27The program was presented by Ross 14 from 9 am to 3 pm. Food and
Rommel, Jr. The topic: Olive Trees. drinks will be provided. The materials to assemble the rain barrels
Patty Zohlen, HCMG president,
have been ordered, the large holes
called the meeting to order and led are drilled, and the smaller holes
the members in the invocation.
will be drilled after Anne Brown returns from vacation. Twenty memBusiness Meeting:
bers have already volunteered to
There were 43 members present.
participate. The goal is to build 50
August 6th, 2014 minutes were ap- rain barrels to be sold at the Spring
proved as written. Jackie Connelly Plant Sale.
provided copies of the August 2014
Nominating Committee :
Treasurer's Report.
Liz Althaus will chair the nominating
committee. Anne Brown and TomOld Business/Open Issues:
mie Airhart will be participating
Approved Projects/Garden Signs
update. The exact wording for the members.
approved project garden signs con- Membership Status:
tinues to be under discussion.
At this time, there are 82 HCMG
The project at the Woman's Shelter members, 14 interns, and 2 inactive
in Boerne will soon go to the Execu- members. Members who have not
tive Committee for approval.
yet logged any 2014 continuing education or service hours will soon
Exhibit Booths:
receive a courtesy reminder letter
The following locations are schedfrom Liz Althaus.
uled for HCMG Fall 2014 events.
1) Cibilo Nature Center at Herff
Mentor Committee:
th
Farms, September 20 , 2014.
Tommie Airhart passed around a
2) Texas Heritage Music Festival at sign up sheet. Certified members
Schreiner University, September
are encouraged to volunteer to
th
26 , 2014.
mentor students in the 2015 class.
3) The Fall Festival at Riverside
“Name the Spring Plant Sale” ConNature Center, October 4th, 2014.
test: China Long presented the
4) Kerr County Fair, October 24winning name for the HCMG Plant
26th, 2014.
Sale: “HCMG Blooms & Barrel Sale.”
She received a $25 gift certificate
Policy and Procedure Manual:
from Plant Haus.
Leigh Thomas is the committee
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New Business:
Revised Time Keeping Rules:
Of special note are the sections pertaining to counting travel time as
service hours and only counting service hours completed within the
counties serviced by HCMG.
Endorsement Policy:
Tom Swift, Regional Program Leader, confirmed that all endorsements
must go through the Texas A&M
Extension Office.
Announcements:
Kudos to Eleanor Baldwin, Editor;
Betty West, Assistant Editor; Carol
Brinkman, Webmaster; Columnists
Caryl Hartman, Anne Graves, Barbara Elmore, Bernadell Larsen, Barbara Banks, Allen Mace, Diane
Sellers and contributing photographers Vickie Killeen and Barbara
Hunter for sharing your dedication,
talent and knowledge with HCMG
and the Hill Country. Our “Of Leaf
and Limb” newsletter is excellent.
Your efforts are appreciated.
Dyana Orrin, student in 2014, has
returned home in much improved
health. She is eager to resume
HCMG classes in 2015.
Chris Seifert, MG Composting Specialist, shared information of the
use of Rhymin Cereal Rye to eliminate root knot nematodes. The rye
was available for purchase at a cost
of $1.00 per pound.
One gallon plastic pots are needed
for the rain barrel workshop. If you
are able to donate, please leave the
pots by the Greenhouse.
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By Barb Banks
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Datura: The plant
with a dark side
Her: Have you had any experience with a plant
called Datura?
By Barbara Elmore
Me: No but my neighbor planted it in her front
yard and loves it. She can stick a cutting in the soil
and it grows. She keeps cutting it back to keep it
lower than her porch.
Sometimes, a gardener finds
great treasures in the darkest
hours of the night.
If anyone else is inclined to try out Datura, here are
more things to consider:
For example, the middle of
the night would have been a good time to photo1. This plant is also called Devil’s Trumpet,
graph Datura wrightii in my neighbor’s garden, the
Sacred Datura, Jimsonweed, Angel’s Trummass of showy white, fragrant flowers with heads
pet and Thorn Apple. Another gardener said
extended to the sky. Because nighttime is when
she used to know the plant as Silver Bells. Garthey bloom.
deners not bothered by conflicting names that
convey starkly different messages should be
Fortunately sanity prevailed, and a few blooms
fine with all of Datura’s labels.
were still peeking out in the filtered light of a
recent September morning. That meant photo2. Datura is easy to propagate. Remember my
graphing one or
neighbor’s experience with a cutting? Sally and
two blooms and
Andy Wasowski, in their Native Texas Plants,
talking to the
note that Daneighbor while
tura wrightii is
her hair was
easily propastill wet. But
gated from
she didn’t
seeds, too. The
mind.
seed pods are
Datura pod
round and
This story beDatura bloom
spiky. Handle
gan in late Auwith care because they could injure bare skin.
gust in the somewhat unlikely environment of the
HCMG booth at the Gillespie County Fair. A num- 3. The plant is confused with Brugmansia. This
is probably because they have many of the
ber of people stopped to look at the pictures in our
same common names, the same toxins, and
information booth and pick up free brochures. Sevboth are in the Solanaceae family.
eral paid a dollar for gardening booklets. Then
there was the woman who had seen a Datura plant
4. Keep children and pets away from Datura
at a local nursery and asked the three HCMG volbecause it is extremely toxic. Many plants are,
unteers if any of them had ever planted it. None of
but Datura’s poison, according to the
us had, but we encouraged experimentation.
Wasowski book, is so concentrated that some
people get a rash just from touching its leaves.
Who could have guessed that one early morning
recently, this plant would be showing off in a yard 5. Here is a plus: Datura wrightii is deeron my walking route? Through research at favorite
resistant. Highly so, says the Native Plant Daplant websites, I finally connected the dots to the
tabase of the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower
earlier Datura question.
Center. For some, that might be the best reason
Here is what our conversation would have been
like if I had met the woman more recently:
for planting.
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Hill Country Veggies
October 2014
By Allen Mace
The past couple of years I
have been getting some of
my vegetable seedlings from
a
few of the local nurseries in the
area. I
bring them home and transplant
them into larger pots. A trick I learned this year
while helping in the greenhouse, was to use coffee
filters in the bottom of the pots before adding soil.
This helps to keep the soil moist longer when watering. Another trick was to moisten the potting
soil with a liquid fertilizer before transplanting the
seedlings into the bigger pots. These are two new
steps that I now incorporate into my process. I
guess this shows that an old dog can learn a new
trick or two.
This year I
definitely
have an infestation of
leafminers.
Leafminers
are very tiny
Leafminers on tomatoes
black and
yellow flies. They emerge from cocoons in the
soil. They lay their eggs in clusters on the underside of leaves. I’ve seen them on tomatoes, cucumbers and beans. From looking on line, they
seem to like
other vegetables such as
cabbage,
chard, and
peppers, as
well as some
ornamentals.
Leafminers on cucumbers
You know you
have leafminers by the white tracks you see on the
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leaf. When the eggs hatch, a tiny larvae burrows
into the leaf and starts to tunnel its way between
the layers of the leaf. That’s the white track you
see on the leaf.
After tunneling through the leaf for a week or two,
they pupate inside the leaf for another week or two
and then drop down into the soil to cocoon and
start the cycle over again. They can produce two
to three generations a year.
Generally it’s a cosmetic issue. In a mature plant
it’s not really harmful to the plant. It can be detrimental to seedlings. When buying seedlings from
a nursery, check for any sign of white tracks on the
leaves or cluster of eggs on the underside of the
leaves. If I see a leaf on a mature plant that has
these tracks, I just pinch the leaf off and put it in
the trash. There are some beneficial insects that
prey on leafminers so I don’t like to spray them. If
you just have to do something, then you might try
spraying with liquid seaweed, fish emulsion, vinegar or garlic.
I have a few patio tomatoes, cucumbers and
squash waiting to go into
the fall garden. Last
month was
very hectic
around our
house, and I
Soaker hose on hay bales
am a bit late in putting
the garden in. That being said, I have gotten the
hay bales going and the other beds are ready to go.
After soaking the hay bales every day for a few
weeks I can detect a slight odor of decomposition.
I have put a soaker hose on top of the hay bales for
watering. Time will tell if this works. This is new
to me, but then I like to try new things. Maybe I
will even learn a new trick or two.
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Hill Country Master
Gardeners 2014
Executive
Committee
Patty Zohlen
President
Pam Umstead
Vice President
Suzy Keepers
Secretary
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www.hillcountrymastergardeners.org . If you have questions, please
contact Jackie Connelly or me. We will be glad to help.
At the October monthly meeting, the Nominating Committee will present
the officer candidates for 2015. We will also have a special guest speaker,
Lauren Garcia, speaking on the topic of “How to Plant Trees.” Lauren is one of our
horticultural scholarship recipients and is very knowledgeable on this topic.
I hope to see you at the meeting on October 1st. Until then, I wish you happy fall
planting.
Jackie Connelly
Treasurer
Pat McCormick
Ex-officio Advisor
Roy Walston
C.E.A. Advisor
Committees &
Project
Coordinators are
listed on our
website
Newsletter & Website
Newsletter Editor Eleanor Baldwin
Assistant Editor - Betty West
Columnists - Anne Graves,
Diane Sellers, Allen Mace,
Caryl Hartman, Barbara
Elmore & Barbara Banks
Environmental Reporter
Bernadell Larson
Photographers - Vickie
Killeen & Barbara Hunter
Webmaster
Carol Brinkman
Web Assistant - Betty West
Submissions to
baldwin.eleanor@gmail.com
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Patty Zohlen
Minutes continued:
Arlene Tilley, class of 2010, has suffered
a stroke. Please keep her in your
thoughts.
If you know of a reputable and reliable
fencing contractor, please contact Pam
Umstead. Glory Gardens will be accepting bids.
On September 29 from 1 PM to 4 PM,
there will be an Earth-Kind® class. Cost
is $15. Please send checks to Deborah
Russell Hill.
available at
http://hillcountrymastergardeners.org
The 2014 Texas Master Gardener Conference is hosted by Permian Basin Master
Gardeners in Odessa, Texas. (Sept. 2527). Information and registration at
http://2014mgaconference.org/register-online
Master Gardeners of Blanco County present: Gardenscape “FUN”damentals. Oct.
11th 9 AM-4 PM. For more information go
to txmg.org/blanco.
Earn up to three hours of continuing education units online. Choose online topics
that are different than topics presented
during monthly programs.
Fredericksberg Garden Club is hosting
a program “How to Grow Hops” on
September 10th, 2014 from 2 PM to 4
PM. The event will be held at the Sanctu- Door Prize Winners: Connie Townsend,
ary of the Historical Society on the corner Sandra Martin. Carol Brinkman, and
of San Antonio and Milam St.
Bernadell Larson.
Members were offered free Nigela seeds. Hours Earned:
1 hour Continuing Education
Earn service hours by harvesting seeds.
1 hour Volunteer Service
To document hours check VMS under
Adjournment: 3:00 PM
“Seed Harvesting and Packaging.”
Respectfully Submitted,
Continuing Education Opportunities:
Earth-Kind® Gardening Class on Septem- Suzy Keepers, Secretary
ber 29th, 2014. 1-4PM at the Kerr County
Extension Classroom. More information