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February 2022
Lawn & Garden
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Love is in the Air!
Tips to Keep your Valentine Flowers Fresh!
Sending flowers is the most common expression of love on Valentine’s Day. Before your gift starts to fade, here are a few simple tips to help keep your love alive a few more days. 

As they say around here, if you don’t like the weather, give it a day and it will change! Do all these swings affect our plants? Maybe, maybe not. It all depends on the patterns and when the swings come and go.

Got a few bare spots on the lawn? Have you tried dormant seeding? It might help you get a jump on spring, especially if you know the steps. 

Tired of winter and thinking of spring? Make plans to attend our virtual series of gardening classes. These classes provide practical information as well as some new tips and tricks. Best of all, you can watch from the comfort of your home for free! 

Last month The Great Plains Growers Conference was hosted in St. Joesph, Missouri. Here is a recap of what went down!
Natural Resources & Ag
Silver Clovers Backyard Birding for Beginners
Silver Clovers Program presents a Zoom for beginners on birding from your window! First 30 people to register to receive a free book.

Learn about predation on livestock, vaccine handling and storage, nutrition and general management for sheep and goats at this class. 

Join our virtual class on propagating mushroom logs, followed by an in-person opportunity to learn how to DIY your own. The in-person workshop is limited to 30 people.
Home & Family
ZAP: Microwave Meals

Bring back the nostalgia of the Easy-Bake Oven with your microwave! Join our virtual class and learn some delicious recipes, that only require your microwave.
It's Tax Season! You may have the urge to take your refund and have a spending spree, but maybe consider a different way of using your refund.
4-H Youth Development
Change, Change, Change...
Many changes to the schedule for our 4-H events. Stay up to date on all the happenings with Johnson County 4-H.
Community Development
Building Effective Community Board Leadership Skills
It is not uncommon to find yourself serving on a committee, whether it is volunteering or for work. If that is a situation you find yourself in or could see yourself doing, this is the class for you. Learn the skills it takes to be a board member!
JCEEF
Help Us Celebrate on New Date!

This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Johnson County Extension Education Foundation. Your Foundation Board has been hard at work planning for the celebration to take place on August 27, 2022, at the Johnson County Arts and Heritage Center. A dinner and auction will be featured to honor the occasion. Your ticket to the event is a membership in the Foundation. 
 
Memberships start at $50 for a single ticket and $90 for two. The Benefactor membership level which starts at $250 allows the donor to designate where the money will be spent. The areas of the program which a Benefactor can pick from are Agriculture & Natural Resources, Family & Consumer Sciences, Horticulture, Community Development, and 4-H Youth Development. The Undesignated category supports all of Johnson County Extension programming! You can join here.
 
Come join us to commemorate 25 years of continued support of our wonderful local Extension programs at this special event. 
Events
Johnson County K-State Research and Extension
(913)715-7000
11811 S. Sunset Dr. Suite 1500 Olathe, KS 66061
Johnson.k-state.edu
K-State Research and Extension is committed to making its services, activities and programs accessible to all participants. Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities may be requested by contacting Johnson County Extension at (913) 715-7000. Notify staff of accommodation needs as early as possible.