Master Gardeners of Becker County http://blog.lib.umn.edu/mgweb/becker/ en Copyright 2009 Mon, 31 Aug 2009 09:21:14 -0600 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=4.25 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Year 2, Rain Garden We are committed to weeding the rain garden for 2 years.
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PUBLIC GARDENS

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]]> http://blog.lib.umn.edu/mgweb/becker/for_mgs_only/fall_fiesa-_oct_102009.html http://blog.lib.umn.edu/mgweb/becker/for_mgs_only/fall_fiesa-_oct_102009.html For MGs Only Mon, 24 Aug 2009 09:45:47 -0600 Becker County Master Gardeners In Becker County we now have 19 Master Gardeners. Three new Master Gardener Interns have joined us.
They have completed the core course and will be working on their volunteer and education hours to become Master Gardeners. We warmly welcome them to our group.

We are small in number, but big in energy and community involvement. In 2008 we had 15 active Master Gardeners that donated 842 hours of volunteer time in our county, educating the public about gardening and related issues. The national monitary value of volunteer time given by the Independent Sector for 2008 is $20.25 per hour. This equates to $22,659.75 donated to Becker County. We also participated in 277 hours of continuing education during 2008. The figures for 2007 were 842 hours at $ 19.51 equaling $30,669.72 with 340 additional education hours.

]]> http://blog.lib.umn.edu/mgweb/becker/about_us/becker_county_master_gardeners.html http://blog.lib.umn.edu/mgweb/becker/about_us/becker_county_master_gardeners.html About Us Sun, 07 Jun 2009 16:49:43 -0600 HIGHWAY 10 RESTORATION PROJECT
MASTER GARDENERS PLAYED
MAJOR ROLE IN U. S. Highway 10
NATURALIZATION EFFORT
by Sally Hausken

From the moment of inception of the renovation of U. S. Highway 10 through the City of Detroit Lakes, both Pelican River Watershed and Master Gardeners knew the 4,000 feet of shoreline of Big Detroit Lake was a perfect venue for showcasing an environmental shift to native plantings in the resort city. The Watershed, City of Detroit Lakes and a representative of Master Gardeners, with others, worked on plans more than 2 years in advance.
Each of at least 8 organizations played significant and specific assigned roles
during the 2-3 week time period of arrival of the over 12,000 plants to their installation. Participants included Pelican River Watershed District, MnDOT, City of Detroit Lakes, Prairie Restorations, Luxury Landscaping, and DNR.
Because the thread of lakeshore was skinny at best and also for security reasons, plants were stored at an undisclosed location. Master Gardeners' mission: keeping plants arrive from delivery until installation, aka watering. Special piping and spigots were set up to accommodate the crucial task.
As publicity emerged at the dedication, Master Gardeners' in-kind contribution received repeated appreciation as a proactive organization in the community.
Participating Master Gardeners were Sally Hausken, Leslie Holen, Heather Ettlinger, DMae Ceryes, and Alice Wenzel.


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Our annual plant sale was a huge success in spite of the cool weather. We held it at our new location, the city park. This is our only fund raising project for the year

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Lakes Homes, Lake Region Garden Club and Master Gardeners co-hosted the Gardening workshop featuring Melinda Myers a well known author & Ken Beattie, Assiniboine Park Horticulturist and author. Both speakers were outstanding.
Melindas books were on sale and she held a book signing. Tom Reiffenberger (BCMG) put the whole day together. Residents of Lakes Homes were on hand to make newspaper containers and give away a coleus to each attendee. Georgia Reiffenberger provided a delicious lunch and snacks throughout the day. Renee Zok (BCMG) and her husband built the roof top garden bird feeders and houses as door prizes. It was a wonderful gardening day enjoyed by all.

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Monday and Friday Mornings
9:00 a.m. – Noon
Becker County Extension Office
Becker County Human Services Building (3rd Level)
P.O. Box 1617 - 712 Minnesota Ave.
Detroit Lakes, MN 56502
218-846-7328 (Extension 7105
For more informatin
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- Add more flowering perennials to your garden. Late August through early
September is an ideal time to plant them, whether new from the garden
center or divisions from your own plants. Make sure there are two or three
weeks of decent growing conditions expected after planting them. Mulch
around them, then after the tops die, rake leaves or straw on top, too.
- Sanitation is the most effect means of controlling insects and disease problems in the garden. Dispose of any infected plant material in the trash, do not compost.
- Don't fertilize or use weed killers on heat stressed lawns, wait until temperatures are more moderate.
- Remove overly large cucumbers, zucchini and beans. Allowing them to remain on the vine will inhibit new from developing.
- Continue to keep up with gardening chores despite uncomfortable weather and nasty mosquitoes. (Avoid gardening at dusk when they're most prevalent.) Keep weeding so more weed seeds don't fall, only so sprout next year. Remove any over-ripe or rotting produce, as it attracts wasps.

Becker County Master Gardeners

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]]> http://blog.lib.umn.edu/mgweb/becker/about_us/post_2.html http://blog.lib.umn.edu/mgweb/becker/about_us/post_2.html About Us Fri, 17 Oct 2008 12:29:25 -0600 Longtime Master Gardener Passes Away image.jpg
Cheryl A. Peterson, 64 of Detroit Lakes, died Monday March 9, 2009 at Merit Care Hospital in Fargo ND.
Cheryl was a Master Gardener in Becker County for 12 years. She was a great diagnostician. Cheryl answered questions through the national extension system (Ask a Master Gardener) for Minnesota. She spent hours researching questions that came her way with diligence and took great pride in her research to make sure she was giving accurate information. She found satisfaction in helping anyone who had a question. She was willing to help the newer Master Gardeners learn and helped at our Plant and Pest Clinics. She also would print out information when she thought it would be helpful, especially for the novice as she wanted them to find the thrill of knowing as much as you can about gardening. Her passing is a huge loss to our group.
We will miss Cheryl .

]]> http://blog.lib.umn.edu/mgweb/becker/about_us/longtime_master_gardener_passe.html http://blog.lib.umn.edu/mgweb/becker/about_us/longtime_master_gardener_passe.html About Us Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:22:21 -0600 009 All-America Selections Winners By David C. Zlesak, University of Minnesota Extension Educator
All-America Selections (AAS) serves as the oldest (first award winning varieties were designated in 1933), most established, impartial international testing organization in North America. Breeders from around the world enter their best flower and vegetable seed varieties with the hope that their entries would prove themselves to be superior performers across the 46 trial gardens in the United States and Canada and earn this prestigious award. Performance of test varieties are compared with the best commercially available varieties of their class. In addition to the trial gardens, there are display gardens which feature recent and next year’s AAS winners. All together there are 176 AAS display gardens. The five AAS display gardens located in Minnesota are listed at the end of this article. Seeds and transplants of new AAS winners are widely available from leading garden centers and seed catalogs.

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