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JUNEAU COUNTY
MASTER GARDENERS NEWSLETTER
August 2019
UW-Madison | Division of Extension Juneau County
Directions:
From Mauston
Take Hwy 82 west to Elroy
Turn right on Hwy 80, north towards New
Lisbon
Go north 1.8 miles to Hwy H
Turn left on H and continue 4.1 miles to Hwy S
Turn right on S, 1st house (cedar siding) on the
left (1/3 mile)
Look for balloons on Tree Farm sign
From Elroy:
North on Hwy 80, follow above directions
From New Lisbon:
Take Hwy A west out of New Lisbon to Hustler
At west end of Hustler turn left onto Hwy H
Proceed on Hwy H 4.1miles to Hwy S (top of
long uphill)
Turn left on Hwy S, 1st house (cedar siding) on the left (1/3
mile)
When: Monday August 26, 2019 6:00 – 8:30 pm
Where: Maureen Fox W10508 Hwy S
Elroy WI 53929
608-462-4228 or 608-548-5013
[email protected]
Car pool if you can. Bring chairs
Those signed up for treats: Audrey Traver,
Sue Rattunde, Natty Kranz, Arris Sullivan,
Herb & Diane Dannenberg
Agenda: Approval of Minutes from July 22, 2019
Treasurer’s Report – Irene Klingemann
Historian’s Report – Marsha Lubinski
WIMGA Conference Report – Maureen Fox
Extension Educator Report – Alana Voss
Business
Sharing Supper Report – Myrna & Natty
Master Gardeners Signs – Lutrelle & Alana
Master Gardener Brochure Report
Spooner Ag Research Station Outing in August 2019
August 24 field trip to UW-Madison Campus, Allen
Centennial and Eagle Heights Community Gardens
2019 Hosts & Treats Signup
September 23 - Herb & Diane Dannenberg
October 28 - Open
Mauston Library Rain Garden Report
Teaching or Educational Grab & Go Boxes
Necedah Industrial Park Sign – Natty Kranz
Boorman House Volunteers needed - Margarete
Hummelbeck
Juneau County Fair August 11-18 - Booth Entry
Theme "Something to Crow About"
Any other Business?
Juneau County Master Gardeners
Meeting
F A I R
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Juneau County Master Gardener Meeting Minutes July 22, 2019
6:00pm
The July Master Gardener meeting was held at the home of Bonnie
Davey. There were 18 members and guests present for the lunch and
meeting. Thank you to Bonnie for hosting our meeting and taking the
group on a tour of her gardens. Thank you to all who brought
delicious dishes to share. Call to Order: Vice-President Marsha
Lubinski called the meeting to order and introduced the guests.
Approval of Minutes: Minutes from the June meeting were accepted as
written. Motion by Kari Olson to accept, second by Maureen Fox,
motion passed. Treasurers Report: The Treasurer’s report was
presented by Irene Klingemann. The report was accepted as read. An
audit was completed by Marion Koca, Natty Kranz, and Lutrelle Manna
prior to the meeting. Irene received a thank you note to Master
Gardeners for the contribution to purchase awards for the Elroy
Fair. No Report from Alana Voss: WIMGA Report: Maureen Fox informed
the group about Super-Star Training sessions at various locations.
The annual WIMGA meeting will be October 26
th in Stevens Point.
Historian’s Report: Marsha Lubinski thanked all who contributed
pictures of projects and asked that Master Gardener Volunteers keep
sending project pictures. New Business: Lutrelle Manna will send a
thank you note to the Sandridge Secure Treatment Center for the
plants they donated for the Elroy Fair. Old Business:
Bylaws Updates: term limits are not mentioned in the bylaws.
Discussion was held on different categories of Master Gardener
Volunteers. A motion to table the discussion until after WIMGA
completes bylaw updates was made by Herb Dannenberg and seconded by
Kari Olson. The motion passed unanimously. The address for Alana
Voss’ office will be updated in the bylaws.
Elections: Irene Klingemann was unanimously elected as
Treasurer. Deb Bollig was unanimously elected as president. Both
are for a two-year term.
Project Updates:
Master Gardener signs: Alana Voss and Lutrelle Manna. Lutrelle
will contact printers to have (12) 8-1/2 by 11 inch signs made up.
Signage will be: “A unique blend of annuals and perennials tended
by Juneau County Master Gardener Volunteers”.
Natty Kranz gave an update on the sign requirements in the
Necedah Industrial Park. She brought several pictures. The project
is open to suggestions.
Natty Kranz gave a report on the June Mauston Sharing Supper.
The topics were creeping Charlie and slugs. Many people came to
listen.
No one has volunteered to make a booth for the Juneau County
Fair.
Thank you to Deb and Vic Bollig for getting the mulch at the
Mauston Food Pantry and Boorman House.
Margarete Hummelbeck stated that the Boorman House needs
volunteers for the shade gardens and hosta gardens. It was decided
to schedule a work day and have Alana send out an email to all
volunteers.
The Master Gardener Brochure had a few more updates made.
No update for the trip to the Spooner Agriculture Station.
Meeting reminders: The next meeting will be held on August 22nd at
the home of Maureen Fox. Adjournment: Respectfully Submitted by
Lutrelle Manna
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Juneau County Master Gardener Projects :
Anyone interested in helping on any of these, please contact
person listed. This is a great way to accumulate volunteer
support hours towards certification.
Adopt-a-Highway – Maureen Fox, 462-4228 Cleaning trash along
Highway 58 South of Mauston
Boorman House – Margarete Hummelbeck, 562-3856 Garden renovation
around the Juneau County Historical Society Boorman House
Watering and Shade Garden – Natty Kranz, 547-1884/Marion Koca,
847-4580/ Lutrelle Manna, 547-3213
Buckhorn State Park Project – Maintain plantings and gardens
around the office and cabins
Carl W. Nelson Animal Shelter – Jan Brendle, 565-7290/Rosemary
Aney, 847-5558 Planting annuals and maintaining flower bed
Elroy Fair – Bev Kozlowski; 608-853-0300 Manning booth for
distributing MG information and plant sales
Facebook Site – Beth Pusel, 547-6172/ Diane Hamm, 547-9404
Administrating and maintaining Facebook site
Hatch Public Library – Librarians Tess Kieselhorst/ Lindsey
Walker, 847-4454 Start-up Project
Juneau County Fair – Marsha Lubinski, 847-5166 Entering an Open
Class Booth with MG information
Lyndon Station Veterans Memorial Park – Natty Kranz, 547-1884
Maintaining grounds
Mauston Food Pantry Flower Beds – Marsha Lubinski, 847-5166
Planting annuals and maintaining flower bed
New Lisbon City Planters – Arris Sullivan, 562-5181 Planting
annuals and maintaining flower beds/planters
Necedah Nat'l Wildlife Refuge and Butterfly Program– Audrey
Traver, 608-427-3761
Planting annuals and maintaining flower beds/planters
Stewart Chapel - – Herb & Diane Dannenberg, 847-4395/Margie
Miller, 847-5541
Planting annuals and maintaining flower beds/planters
SUPERSTAR TRAINING
A series of Leadership Conferences – SUPERSTAR TRAINING – are
being
planned around the state this year in place of a 2019 Annual
Conference.
WIMGA is offering three opportunities for you to meet other MGVs
and pick up
some continuing education.
Super Star training is for YOU, one of WIMGA’s super volunteers,
doing outstanding work delivering
WIMGA’s mission by bringing horticultural information to our
communities
The training will be a one-day workshop from 10 am – 3 pm, and
will be offered in three locations around the
state. You are invited to choose a location that is most
convenient for you.
The organizing committee, Marilyn Gorham, Rosalie O’Connell,
Janet Mangold, Nancy Jahnel, Mike
Maddox and Becky Gutzman have put together a selection of topics
that will strengthen your skills as
horticultural educators. A fee of $15 includes morning
refreshments and lunch. We look forward to seeing
you at one of these sessions!
Dates and locations include:
• Thursday, September 12 – Marathon County Extension Office 212
River Drive, Suite 3, Wausau
• Saturday, September 14 – UW-Madison Horticulture Building 1575
Linden Drive, Madison
• Friday September 20 – Eau Claire County Extension Office 227
1st Street West, Altoona
Please register by September 1, include a check for $15 payable
to WIMGA. Mail registration to Rosalie
O’Connell: W4315 Gills Coulee Road, West Salem, WI 54669
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NOTE: Be sure to check times & dates to verify event.
Contact for more information on any event at Olbrich
Botanical
Gardens, 3330 Atwood Ave, Madison, WI; Aleeh Schwoerer, 608-
245-3648 [email protected] For events at Rotary
Botanical Gardens, 1455 Palmer Drive, Janesville, WI 53545,
phone 608 752-3885 ext 17, rotarybotanicalgardens.org.
For events at West Madison Ag Research Station, 8502 Mineral
Point Rd., Verona, WI 53593-9689, phone 608 262-2257,
http://www.cals.wisc.edu/westmad/garden/Events.html
Aug 17 - 10am-12pm - Wild Edible and Poisonous Plants
Hike - Rotary Botanical Gardens - Janesville WI -
There are many reasons why people might have an
interest in learning more about wild edible plants: an
interest in natural/organic foods, as an outdoor hobby,
as a way to save money, and for those with an interest in
developing survival skills. In this outdoor program,
naturalist Dave Bendlin will lead participants in a hike
around the gardens and the woodland trails across the
street to observe and identify a variety of common wild
edible plants. He will also point out some common
poisonous plants that should be avoided and offer some
guidelines for collecting and preparing wild edible plants.
Aug 24 - 9am-3:30pm - 2019 Regional Master
Gardener Field Trip See page 5 for details.
Aug 24 - 10:30a-Noon - Terrific Tomatoes Tasting
- Reedsburg, WI - The Sauk County Master Gardeners
Association will have a tomato tasting and recipe sharing
event at the Reedsburg Public Library. The public will be
able to taste tomatoes and vote for their favorite
tomatoes; taste dishes made from tomatoes; and order
($1.00) a tomato cookbook that has the recipes for the
tomatoes dishes. There will be door prizes also. Contact:
Gladys Proctor 608-356-6964 or
[email protected] Cost: Free Location:
Reedsburg Public Library, 370 Vine St., Reedsburg, WI
53959
Aug 28 thru Oct 26 - Wednesdays, Thursdays,
Fridays, & Saturdays - 7:30-10:30pm (Oct 6:30-
9:30pm) - GLEAM Exhibit - Olbrich Botanical Gardens
- Madison - GLEAM, Art in a New Light, 5th annual
GLEAM exhibit is guaranteed to be BIGGER and
brighter! Never before at GLEAM - a large-scale
interactive installation on the Great Lawn, unique video
mapping, and a neon based installation! Creators from
around the country including some local Wisconsin based
Burning Man artists, transform the Gardens into an
illuminated world of wonder. Be immersed in a magical
world of illumination, see the Gardens in a whole new
light after dark! Cost: $15/$11 member; Child (ages3-12)
$7/$6 member
Sept 7 - 10am-Noon - Meet Me in the Garden -
Spooner, WI - In this garden program we will focus on
seed saving and fall rejuvenation. Cost: Free Contact:
Sue Reinardy 715-462-3361 or
[email protected] Location: Spooner
Agricultural Research Station, Teaching and Display
Garden, 780 Orchard Lane, Spooner, WI
Sept 7 - 9am-3pm - Horticulture Field Days -
Reedsburg WI - The Sauk County Master Gardeners
Association will be hosting their Horticulture Field Day,
which includes five 45 minute demonstration sessions, a
garden marketplace, raffle, Ask a Master Gardener
booth and more. Click here for the link to the SCMGA
event page for info and to get tickets. Registration 8:30
A.M Cost: $25 w/ lunch; $20 w/o lunch Contact: Lisa
Wedekind [email protected] Location: Nissan
Park, Reedsburg Area Community Arena, 1411 Viking
Drive, Reedsburg WI
Sept 19 - 5:30pm-7:30pm - Garden Art Auction –
Dazzling Dragonflies - Rotary Botanical Garden, Janesville
WI - The Garden Art Auction will conclude our 2019
‘Dazzling Dragonflies’ Garden Art exhibit. The public is invited
to bid on their favorite dragonflies. All funds
raised will help to sustain Rotary Botanical Gardens.
Please arrive with enough time to secure a bidder
number. Preview of auction items begins at 5:30pm with live
auction starting at 6pm
Sept 27 and Oct 4 - 7-10pm - Crackle Fire & Froth
- Olbrich Botanical Gardens - Madison - Be inspired
by the beauty of a crisp fall evening in Olbrich's outdoor
gardens! Watch the flames from bonfires dance on the
Great Lawn, groove to live music, enjoy a variety of food
offerings provided by some of Madison's favorite food
carts, and sip frothy Wisconsin micro-brews! Cost: $25/
$20 members. Other Info: Event is rain or shine -
music, bars, and food vendors will be moved inside in the
event of heavy rain; Must be 21 years old to attend;
Tickets are non-refundable; Patrons are encouraged to
bring lawn chairs; no seating will be provided outdoors
Oct 26 - 10am-3pm - 2019 WIMGA ANNUAL
MEETING - Stevens Point - The WIMGA Annual
Meeting, a requirement of our non-profit status, will be
held this year in conjunction with the Fall Face-to-Face
Meeting of Local Representatives. This meeting is open
to all WIMGA members and is an opportunity to hear
what your State Board is working on, vote on by-law
changes and hear about future events. WIMGA has
scheduled speakers for continuing education credit.
Bernie Williams, WI-DNR will address the current
situation with jumping worms, recommendations and
latest research.. Location: UW-Stevens Point, Dreyfus
Center 1015 Reserve Street, Stevens Point
Calendar of Events
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]://rotarybotanicalgardens.org/http://rotarybotanicalgardens.org/http://www.cals.wisc.edu/westmad/index.htmlhttp://www.cals.wisc.edu/westmad/garden/Events.htmlhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/horticulture-field-day-tickets-5371741022?fbclid=IwAR1GPlcnc4ycuMAh9L0gXBNAkZ3qvlfD9I7pdeFZiakCe2MGiA-H9gPph3o
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February 7-9, 2020, Madison. WI
“Garden Expo” continues to evolve as a major event for Wisconsin
Master
Gardener Volunteers.
Save the Date More information to follow
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Hort - Q&A: Here’s a sample of horticultural questions
received and answered by Juneau & Sauk County Agricultural
Educator -,
Alana Voss or a Juneau County Master Gardener Volunteer. Have a
question or comment just call 608-847-9329 or
cell 608-477-3945 or email [email protected]
******Please note our office has moved and our office address
has changed as of 4/6/18******* Juneau County - Extension, 220 E.
State Street, Rm 104, Mauston, WI 53948, Website:
https://juneau.extension.wisc.edu/
Q. With the concern for pollinators now days, what types of
trees are good to attract the bees? A. Let’s start with some facts
on bees, bee-cause bees are important players in our world. They
help pollinate over
$10 billion in U.S. food crops each year. Plus, the honey bees
make honey (who doesn’t love honey?). Additionally, there is over
400 species of native bees in Wisconsin that help pollinate many
native and exotic landscaping plants.
However, there has become a major decline in numbers of native
and introduced bees. This is due to habitat loss, climate change,
diseases, mites, overuse and misuse of pesticides, and pollution.
With all of these different factors affecting their populations.
You are probably thinking “what can I do to help save the
bees?”
The easiest option for Master Gardeners is to plant a wide
variety of annuals, perennials, shrubs, and trees. In addition, to
planting a variety of plants would be to overlap and create
back-to-back bloom periods over a season. Moreover, bees are
attracted to bright white, yellow, blue, and purple the most, but
will pollinate other flower colors too. They are attracted to
fresh, mild to sweet fragrant flowers, and tubular to shallow
flowers or flowers with landing platforms. Moreover, they enjoy
nectar producing flowers or slightly scented with sticky
pollen.
Did you also know that in early spring, trees provide pollen
that becomes an energy source for the bee larvae? During the rest
of the season, flower nectar is the main energy source for the
adults. The bees do need a source for water and nesting habitat in
sunny and open spaces.
Some additional options to help protect the bees is to reduce or
avoid using pesticides when bees are pollinating flowers and that
includes organic pesticides that can be highly toxic to bees as
well. Another option is to plant a variety of trees to create that
back-to-back flowering in your yard/garden. Below is a listing and
a time frame for trees you can plant to attract the bees.
Early Spring Flowering Trees: Pollen, Nectar
o Maples (especially red maple), serviceberries, eastern redbud,
cornelian cherry dogwood,
hazelnuts/filberts, cherries, plums, peaches, apricots, poplars,
willows, and sassafras
Mid-Spring Flowering Trees
o Buckeyes, horse chestnuts, honey locust, Carolina silver bell,
American sweet-gum, apples, crab
apples, black gun (tupelo), and pears
Late Spring Flowering Trees
o Chestnuts, yellowwood, hawthorns, tulip-tree, wafer-ash,
hop-tree, black locust (invasive), mountain
ash, and lindens (one of bees' favorites)
Early Summer Flowering Trees
o Catalpas, pagoda dogwood, sumacs, Peking lilac (tree), and
Japanese tree lilac
Mid-Summer Flowering Trees
o Golden rain tree, sourwood, and Japanese pagoda-tree
Early to Mid-Fall Flowering Trees
o Seven-son flower
***This information was shared by Dr. Laura G. Jull, Dept. of
Horticulture, UW-Madison***
Alana Voss
Agricultural Educator UW-Madison | Division of Extension
http://[email protected]/https://juneau.extension.wisc.edu/
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Natty's Mandarin Orange Oreo Salad 2 cups buttermilk
1 (3 1/2 ounce) box instant vanilla pudding (The larger box)
15 ounce can mandarin oranges, drained
12 ounce Cool Whip
1 (18 ounce) package Oreo cookies, chocolate or lemon, crushed
(Not Double Stuffed)
Whip buttermilk and pudding together
Add oranges and fold in Cool Whip Chill until served.
Before serving add crushed Oreo Cookies
Late Summer Gardening Tips You Need to Know By: Lisa Briggs |
August 1st, 2019 | The Bruce Company Blog
The Dog Days began later than usual and don’t end until August
20th, so there’s still plenty of summer weather to come.
Cicadas and crickets have been singing us to sleep, but nights,
though still warm, are noticeably longer. And sadly, summer days
shorten. The season never seems long enough, but it’s time for
gardeners everywhere to reap what they have sown.
Give your garden borders and containers a quick pop of color by
replacing tired looking impatiens and geraniums with plants that
will thrive in the cooler temperatures to come. Pansies, kale and
garden mums are all great choices. They’ll provide lots of colors
through summer’s end and into autumn. And if you’d rather plant
perennials, don’t forget about asters and all of the ornamental
grasses. They’ll be spectacular as they begin to flower.
There are a few garden chores that are best done in August. Now
is the time to divide your German iris. Dig them up carefully and
cut the fans back to a height of 6 inches. Remove any damaged or
mushy spots on the rhizomes. Discard any parts of your rhizomes
that are affected by iris borers. Dip cut ends in a 10%
bleach/water solution. Then lay the fans in a shaded spot for a
couple of days to so that the cut ends begin to dry. When ready to
replant, space your divisions about 5 inches apart and be sure to
plant them just below the soil surface with fans pointing up. If
you’d like to try some different varieties, new rhizomes should be
arriving by the end of August in the Garden Center.
Magnolia scale is one of our newer garden scourges. Watch for
sticky patches on leaves and gray, waxy structures on this year’s
twigs. Even if your plants have been scale-free so far, we
recommend that you treat the crawler stage now with a spray-on
systemic insecticide. The Garden Center stocks a couple of choices.
And mark your 2020 garden calendar for a late winter application of
dormant oil spray.
And keep applying fungicide on any plants affected by powdery
mildew as long as the weather stays humid. We’ve seen it on
peonies, lilacs, phlox, and ninebark. Revitalize is our favorite
treatment.
Autumn crocus bulbs will arrive in the Garden Center by
mid-month. And if you plant them right away, they will bloom this
fall. Be sure to remember that these plants will send up leaves in
the spring, followed by flowers in the autumn. Other fall bulbs,
like daffodils and allium, will be here right around Labor Day. Who
wants to take a guess what the newest tulip color or shape will be
this year?
And don’t forget to enjoy an outdoor evening. Weather
permitting, we’ll be outside, looking skyward on the nights of the
11
th, 12
th and 13
th. The Perseid Meteor shower won’t be as spectacular as last
year because the event occurs just before
the full moon on the 15th.
Irene's Cucumber Salad and Dressing Peel and thinly slice
cucumber Mix in a little salt Add dressing (below), mix and serve
Sweet Garlic Dressing
1 cup sugar 2 tsp salt dash pepper to taste 1/2 cup salad oil 1
cup white vinegar
Pour all into a quart jar and mix thoroughly Add 3-4 cloves of
minced garlic (to taste) Mix again thoroughly Can keep unused
dressing in refrigerator for months. Just mix thoroughly before
using
Treats from our last Master Gardener Meeting
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UW-Madison | Division of Extension
Juneau County Courthouse
220 E. State Street, Rm 104
Mauston WI 53948
If you would like to host a garden meeting, list two months of
your choice:
1st choice___________ 2
nd choice ____________
If you are a current Master Gardener, list the year you took
your training:
______________________
If not, would you like information on becoming a Master
Gardener?
__________________________
NAME
ADDRESS
CITY
STATE ZIP
PHONE ( )
E-MAIL
ANNUAL DUES: $12.00 from January thru December 2019
FILL IN THIS FORM AND MAKE CHECK PAYABLE TO: Juneau County
Master Gardeners AND MAIL TO:
Irene Klingemann, W5805 Brown Rd, Mauston WI 53948
2019 JUNEAU COUNTY MASTER GARDENERS MEMBERSHIP FORM
An EEO/Affirmative Action employer, University of
Wisconsin-Extension provides equal
Opportunities in employment and programming, including Title VI,
Title IX and ADA requirements.
Send articles or other ideas for the Master Gardener Newsletter
to:
Irene Klingemann, W5805 Brown Rd, Mauston WI 53948 or email
[email protected]
154th
Juneau County Fair "Something to Crow About"
www.juneaucountyfair.com
Aug 11-18, 2019
Mauston Wisconsin
Don’t tell secrets in the garden.
The potatoes have eyes,
The corn has ears,
and the beanstalks.
http://www.juneaucountyfair.com/
