Clinton County Newsletter |
Over the Garden Gate
Volume 13, Issue 4 - May 2022
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It's Not Too Late To Celebrate Arbor Day |
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Arbor Day is the tree planter’s holiday and serves as a day for people to come together to recognize the wonders of trees. It is a great opportunity for communities, schools, businesses, and individuals to plant trees, distribute free trees, provide resources on tree planting and care, and celebrate all the benefits trees provide.
While National Arbor Day is always celebrated on the last Friday in April, many states observe Arbor Day on different dates throughout the year based on the best tree-planting times in their area.
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Growing Radishes, Carrots, and Parsnips |
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Radishes are root vegetables that do well in cooler conditions. They can be found in many sizes, shapes, and colors, but most gardeners are familiar with the round red garden radishes that add a spicy kick to salads. Other varieties of radish, such as the daikon, are larger and have more elongated roots. |
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Carrots and parsnips are root vegetables that do well in cooler conditions. Carrots are one of the most popular garden vegetables and come in colors beyond the traditional orange, including purple, red, yellow, and white. Parsnips are close relatives of carrots and have a more subtle, sweeter, nuttier flavor. Both are great additions to the Iowa vegetable garden. |
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May Learning Opportunity
Preserve the Taste of Summer:
Jam Making & Dehydrating
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Preserving your own foods can be a lot quicker and easier than you might think. It’s a great way to have delicious, local food all year long. This FREE hands-on workshop offers you the opportunity to learn safe methods to preserve jams and dehydrate foods in this ‘jam’ session and take home the fruit of your labors! |
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Join us for this FREE Workshop
Saturday, May 7th - 8:30am - 12-30pm
DeWitt Community Center - 512 10th Street, DeWitt, IA
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Master Gardener Plant Sale is May 14th & 15th
It will take place in both Clinton & DeWitt
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The Master Gardener Plant Sale is just a couple of weeks away.
It will be held on May 14 and 15. There will be two sites this year. One will be at the Fair Grounds in DeWitt and the other at the Lyons Craft Show in Clinton. This is the primary fundraiser for the organization each year. All Master Gardeners and Master Gardener trainees are urged/invited to participate; it is a great way for members to get hours. You can work for a brief amount of time or for extended periods and work for a portion of a day or each day.
How can you help?
There are several ways to help.
- Donate plants
- Help with the sale at either site
- Help members to dig and pot plants donated for the sale
- Check with neighbors, friends, etc. to see if they have plants to donate
- Invite friends to attend.
DeWitt
- Friday set up: 11:00am-3:00pm;
- Bring plants from 11:00am-3:00pm or Saturday morning by 8:00am
- Saturday Sale: 8:30am-3:00pm
- Sunday Sale 8:30am-noon
To help in Dewitt:
Clinton
- Friday set up: After 5:00pm
- Bring plants between 5:00pm and 6:00pm or during sale hours either day.
- Saturday Sale: 10:00am-5:00pm
- Sunday Sale: 10:00am-3:00pm
To help in Clinton:
Cleanup at both sites will follow the closing time on Sunday
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How to Identify Trees
Leaves, twigs, buds, bark, and fruit: In this video series, Billy Beck, Iowa State University assistant professor and extension forestry specialist, explains five features for identifying trees that will help you use ISU Extension and Outreach’s online, interactive tree identification key.
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Click on the links below to watch the rest of the videos in the series |
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Master Gardener Minutes - April '22 Meeting |
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It was discussed at recent Master Gardener board meetings that the newsletter should be a bit briefer. As such, the full minutes will no longer be posted. Instead, you will need to click the link below to view a PDF of the minutes.
The next meeting will be 9am on May 17th @ The Extension Office in DeWitt
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