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Master Gardeners of Greene County
April 2022
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Table of Contents for April's Newsletter
Master Gardener Hotline
PLANT SALE
Learn to Grow in the Garden
Food Preservation Online Classes
Vegetable Gardening by MU Extension
Planning Your Garden Journal
Garden Hour with MU Extension
New Way to Think About Garden Clean-up
Avian Influenza Found in MO Wild Birds
Six Month Series at the Library
Butterflies Around Us
The Garden Spade March Issue
Garden Links
Get Your Soil Tested For Spring
Previous Newsletter Link
Need a Speaker for One of Your Meetings or Groups?
Gardening Questions Phone Number
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Master Gardener Greene County Hotline is open from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. Monday thru Friday now, to help with your gardening questions. Thursday's are still for collecting soil samples, too. Still time to get them done before planting season really ramps up.
Feel free to contact us anytime with your questions by phone (417-874-2963), by email or on our website. Feel free to send pictures of your problems or questions via email. For more information check here.
Please leave a detailed message if calling or just sending an email.
Questions answered state wide.
In the meantime, if you need a faster answer to your important gardening question, use the MU Extension website and use the topic search box.
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Saturday, April 30, 2022
8am until sold out
It has moved to the pavilion at the Japanese Stroll Garden in the Springfield Botanical Gardens: 2400 S. Scenic Ave., Springfield MO. We needed more space. Come rain or shine!
Come early for best selection.
Cash, check and credit/debit cards accepted.
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Learn to Grow in the Garden is Back
Save the Dates
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These are FREE. Stay on the lookout for more information.
These links are not live.
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This self-paced course provides research based information needed to safely and successfully preserve food at home. Participants of all levels of food preservation experience are welcome, including individuals with little or no previous food preservation experience. This course covers pressure canning, boiling water bath canning, steam canning, dehydration, and freezing. Highlights include preserving salsas, pie fillings, pickling, sweet spreads, and harvesting and storage of produce.
Registration is $30.00
Click here for more information and registration.
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Vegetable Gardening by MU Extension | |
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Get ready for vegetable gardening, whether you rent or own your own house, here are great ways to know what to do.
This MU Extension guide provides extensive "A to Z" detailed vegetable gardening information online, review here.
This MU Extension guide provides information on the following: how much to plant per person; how much seed to purchase for a 100 foot row; row spacing; inches between plants in the row; depth of planting; days from planting to eating; and vitamin content of the vegetable. Review Guide 6201 online. (Use 'download this publication' to see the guide.)
Straw bale gardening offers options for gardeners. Gardens using straw as a growing medium are becoming popular with growers who are plagued with poor soil or limited garden space, said David Trinklein MU Extension horticulturist. Straw bale gardening combines container gardening and raised-bed gardening into one green-thumb package. Read on to learn more here.
Container gardening saves time, space and is easier on the back. You can use balconies or patio space. Look for more information here.
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Planning Your Garden Journal | |
The From Seed to Harvest and Beyond: Garden Journal and Calendar is a garden journal for all Missouri gardeners, as well as a how-to guide and information resource. It provides a place to keep all gardening information, plans and notes together.
Keeping a garden journal is a great way to organize and keep track of the how, when, where and what of the gardening season. Writing down your thoughts, successes, failures, needed improvements and new ideas as the gardening season progresses is easier than struggling to remember them several months after the season has ended. Many gardeners believe the keys to successful gardening are to get your plans on paper first and to keep records. This journal allows a gardener to do this. Find it here.
Cost is $20.00
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Get your lawn and garden questions answered at the Garden Hour with MU Extension | |
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Virtual Town Hall: Mandy D. Bish | MU Extension Specialists will address lawn, garden, and insect questions during the 'Garden Hour' with MU Extension. The third Wednesday of each month from 12-1pm. The virtual event is free. To register for the virtual event and/or ask a gardening question, please visit.
To see recordings from previous events, please check out the YouTube videos on the MU Extension IPM channel here.
For more information visit. Or contact Mandy D. Bish, MU Plant Science & Technology at (573) 882-9878 or email: bishm@missouri.edu
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A New Way to Think About Spring Garden Clean Up | |
Holding off leaf removal until daytime temperatures are consistently above 50 degrees will favor the hatching of a new brood of beneficial insects to begin their lives in your garden... surrounded by leaf litter that protects pollinators and insulates the plants for winter. Learn more here.
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First & Last Frost Dates Missouri Region | |
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First day of spring 2021, March 20! At the beginning of the growing season, you want to start the garden as early as possible, and at the end you hope for a few extra harvest days. The Missouri Frost/Freeze Probabilities Guide, an online resource from MU Extension, makes it easier to estimate first and last frost dates for your area. Learn more before you plant here.
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Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza
Found in Missouri Wild Birds
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The virus has been detected in wild and domestic birds throughout eastern U.S.The MDC has confirmed that highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has been detected in an American white pelican in Clay County, MO. Confirmation came from the National Veterinary Services Lab in Ames, Iowa. Additionally, the University of Missouri Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Lab has confirmed positive birds from Pettis, Randolph, and St. Charles counties.
Avian influenza, commonly referred to as bird flu, was first confirmed in a commercial poultry flock in Stoddard County on March 3, and a backyard flock in Bates County on March 4. MDC is working closely with the Missouri Department of Agriculture and other state and federal agencies to monitor the spread of the virus. There is a risk for spillover from wild birds into domestic poultry and then back again from poultry to wild birds, resulting in further spread. Continue reading here.
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Learn from Experts Six-month Gardening Series
In-person by
The Springfield-Greene County Library
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April is the start of a six-month series devoted to gardening – from preparing your soil, to adding native plants, to planting heirloom seeds. This is April's schedule of gardening events and several coming up in May.
Save the Dates!
Continue reading for additional details here.
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If you like butterflies and butterfly gardening this extended educational series authored by Lenora Larson has been republished with her authorization here on Facebook. This is a wonderful series and a great read.
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The Garden Spade - March Issue | |
Articles include: Terrariums; Bells of Ireland; Roasted Sweet Potato and Chickpea Salad; Lavender Research Update; Potting Mix or Soil; Plants That Changed History: Vanilla; Snowdrops; Bush Honeysuckle; What is It?; Kids Ask Dr. Bug; Garden Calendar; Upcoming Events. Read the March Garden Spade here.
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Basic soil testing analysis is done by the MU Soil Lab in partnership with our Master Gardeners of Greene County. Results include fertilizer and lime recommendations. Additional tests are available for nutrient management plans, environmental issues, potting mixes, compost, manure and water usage. Each sample should contain a total of 2 cups of dry soil and from 6 to 7 inches deep and about 5 or 6 different areas. Results are typically provided within two weeks.
We recommend bringing the soil sample(s) to our office between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Thursdays. Master Gardeners can complete the paperwork and submit your test. One of our extension specialists will review your results. In most cases, gardens, lawns and fields should be tested every two years.
The cost is $30 per sample. Feel free to call if you have any questions.
417-874-2963
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Need a Speaker for a Meeting or Group? |
Master Gardeners of Greene County are unavailable at this time to speak to garden clubs, civic organizations, schools and other groups on a wide variety of topics within the world of gardening, horticulture, landscaping and the environment.
Please keep us in mind for a future date.
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Donating to MU Extension
Without MU Extension, there would be no Master Gardeners.
Gifts from individual donors support MU Extension's educational programs in Greene County. Primarily, we receive cash donations by check or online with a credit card and the non-cash donation of vehicles.
Tax deductible donation
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