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February 2013 Volume 7, Issue 2
2013 Club Officers
Jan Mitzel ,President
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: (573) 286-3174
Ginnie Boyle, Vice President
E-mail [email protected]
Phone: (573) 392-4223
Glenda Hinrichs, Secretary
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: (573) 964-5601
Jeannie Robbins, Treasurer
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: (5730873-3398)
Standing Committee Chairs
Garden Walk Glenda Hinrichs-573-365-5033
Patty Bailey-573-365-0069
Hospitality Rita Burks-573-434-4144
Membership Mickey McDuffey-573-873-5548
Newsletter Charli Allee-573-480-1915
Project Coordinator Jeannie Robbins 573-873-3398
[email protected] Publicity Charli Allee 573-480-1915
Ways & Means Mildred Webster 573-363-5650
Wk# 573-346-7211
Club Photographer Patti Raithel (573) 317-1750
Historian Shirley Hirner 573-365-5977
Miller County Extension
P O Box 20,Courthouse Annex
Ed Brown, MU Extension Agronomy Specialist
Tuscumbia, MO 65082 573-369-2394 Fax: 573-369-2394
www.extension.missouri.edu/miller
Camden County Extension
P O Box 1405, 44 Roofener Street
Camdenton, MO 65020 573-346-2644 Fax: 573-346-2694
www.extension.missouri.edu/camden
Lake Area Master Gardener’s
News Letter
Master Gardener’s State
Conference 2013
It’s A Garden Party!!
September 20, 21 and 22nd, hosted by
Master Gardeners of Greene County. Our
guest speaker will be Mr. Todd Lasseigne,
Director of the Oklahoma Centennial
Botanical Garden in Tulsa. There will be
at least four different Advanced Training
workshops offered over three days, and
many breakout sessions on Sunday
morning. The Friday evening social will
be at the new Springfield Botanical
Gardens and will feature tours of the
park and gardens.
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February Gardening Calendar Ornamentals
Weeks 1-4: Winter aconite (Eranthis sp.) and snowdrops (Galanthus sp.) are hardy bulbs for shady gardens that
frequently push up through snow to bloom now.
Weeks 1-4: Inspect summer bulbs in storage to be sure none are drying out. Discard any that show signs of rot.
Weeks 1-4: Enjoy the fragrant blooms of the Ozark Witch Hazel flowering in shrub borders or wooded areas on
warm sunny days.
Weeks 1-4: Take geranium cuttings now. Keep the foliage dry to avoid leaf and stem diseases.
Weeks 2-4: Sow seeds of larkspur, sweet peas, Shirley poppies and snapdragons where they are to grow out-
doors now. To bloom best, these plants must sprout and begin growth well before warm weather arrives.
Weeks 2-3: Seeds of slow-growing annuals like ageratum, verbena, petunias, geraniums, coleus, impatiens and
salvia may be started indoors now.
Week 4: Dormant sprays can be applied to ornamental trees and shrubs now. Do this on a mild day while tem-
peratures are above freezing.
Vegetables
Weeks 1-4: Season extending devices such as cold frames, hot beds, cloches and floating row covers will allow
for an early start to the growing season.
Weeks 1-4: Start onion seeds indoors now.
Weeks 1-4: Don't work garden soils if they are wet. Squeeze a handful of soil. It should form a ball that will
crumble easily. If it is sticky, allow the soil to dry further before tilling or spading.
Weeks 2-4: Sow celery and celeriac seeds indoors now.
Weeks 3-4: Sow seeds of broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts and cabbage indoors now for transplanting into
the garden later this spring.
Fruits
Weeks 1-4: Check fruit trees for tent caterpillar egg masses These are laid on twigs in tight clusters that resemble
an oblong brown lump of gum wrapped around the stem. Prune off these twigs or destroy the eggs by scratching
off the clusters with your thumbnail.
Weeks 1-4: Inspect fruit trees for tent caterpillar egg masses. Eggs appear as dark brown or gray collars that en-
circle small twigs. Destroy by pruning or scratching off with your thumbnail.
Weeks 1-2: Collect scion wood now for grafting of fruit trees later in spring. Wrap bundled scions with plastic
and store them in the refrigerator.
Weeks 3-4: Begin pruning fruit trees. Start with apples and pears first. Peaches and nectarines should be pruned
just before they bloom.
Miscellaneous
Weeks 2-4: Maple sugaring time is here! Freezing nights and mild days make the sap flow.
Weeks 2-4: Begin to fertilize house plants as they show signs of new growth. Plants that are still resting should
receive no fertilizers yet.
Weeks 3-4: Tall and leggy house plants such as dracaena, dieffenbachia and rubber plants may be air layered
now.
Gardening Calendar supplied by the staff of the William T. Kemper Center for Home Gardening located at the Missouri Botani-
cal Garden in St. Louis, Missouri. (www.GardeningHelp.org)
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New App to Help People Easily Identify Weeds in Your Lawn or Garden
University of Missouri Extension has released a free app for iPhones, iPads and Android devices to help peo-
ple easily identify weeds in the field, lawn or garden.
Kevin Bradley, MU Extension weed scientist, unveiled the app at the MU Crop Management Conference, Dec.
19 in Columbia.
The app, called ID Weeds, has information on more than 400 plant species that could be encountered as weeds
in crop fields, pastures, lawns, gardens or aquatic areas in Missouri and surrounding states, Bradley said.
ID Weeds lets users narrow the list of suspects with a series of drop-down boxes for various plant characteris-
tics. Don’t worry if you’re not familiar with technical terms such as “ligules” or “spatulate.” For most charac-
teristics, users can click on “what’s this?” to see an illustration.
Clicking on “Identify” will produce a list of weeds that match the characteristics you’ve chosen. The more
characteristics you specify, the shorter the list will be. Selecting a weed on the list brings up detailed infor-
mation and one or more photographs.
You can also look up a weed by searching for its common or scientific name, or select from an alphabetical
list, from “Alligatorweed” to “Yucca.”
“Proper identification of weeds is important so that you choose an appropriate and cost-effective method of
control,” said Bradley, who is also an associate professor of plant sciences in the MU College of Agriculture,
Food and Natural Resources.
The app was developed by James Meng, a programmer for MU Extension Technology and Computer Services
(ETCS).
ID Weeds is compatible with iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad running iOS 5.1 or later, and devices running An-
droid 2.2 or later.
To download:
iPhone and other iOS devices: itunes.apple.com/app/id-weeds/id559906313.
Android: Search for “ID Weeds” at play.google.com/store.
A web version is available at weedID.missouri.edu.
Be Sure and Check Out the Plant Hardiness Zone Map for Missouri
The USDA Plant Hardiness zones divide the United States and
southern Canada into 11 areas based on a10 degree Fahrenheit
difference I the average annual minimum temperature
www.planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/
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Minutes of Lake Area Master Gardeners Tuesday, January 8, 2013 6:30 PM
Call to order: The monthly garden meeting of Lake Area Master Gardener Club was held at Our Saviors
Lutheran Church, Camdenton, MO., on Tuesday, January 8, 2013. President Jan Mitzel presiding.
Winnie McKinley presented Master Gardener Trainee Certificates and Pins to 2011 Class Graduates
Linda Blake. Deb Finn also will receive one as she was not present at the meeting.
Winnie McKinley presented Master Gardener Certificates to 2012 Class Graduates Donna Poor,
Tamara Jorstad, and Roni Vollmer.
Ed Brown presented 100 Hours Certificates to Kathy Fayant, Pat Fussner, Patricia Griffin, Winnie
McKinley, Jan Mitzel, Jeannie Robbins, and Vicki Stark.
Ed Brown presented an Advanced Master Gardener Certificate to Mary DeLacy.
Jan Mitzel presented Award Pins to recognize significant ongoing club involvement & support.
Jeannie Robbins-202 hours over 2 years
Winnie McKinley-940 hours over 4 years (over 400 hours in 2012)
Kathy Fayant-772 hours over 7 years
Charlie Allee-1052 hours over 7 years
Approval of minutes: Minutes from the October 9, 2012, meeting were approved.
Treasurer: Ginnie Boyle reported the club’s balance is $10, 278.57. Budget for 2013 is in process.
Board and Committee reports:
Garden Walk: Glenda Hinrichs will have more information at the next meeting as to the gardens on the
Walk this year. The Garden Walk will be held on Saturday, June 1st, 2013. Jan Mitzel pointed out that this
is a great way to get volunteer hours. This is our main fund raiser of the year.
Project Coordinator: Jeannie Robbins will be contacting Garden Sponsors and Head Gardeners to review
Projects for 2013.
Hospitality: Rita Burks has a sign up sheet and would like at least two people to sign up for each meeting.
Please include your telephone number.
Membership: Mickey McDuffy asked everyone to sign the attendance sheet and to fill out a new form for
2013 with contact information.
Officers were installed by Mickey
McDuffy: President-Jan Mitzel, Vice Pres-
ident-Ginnie Boyle, Secretary-Glenda Hin-
richs, Treasurer-Jeannie Robbins
A presentation on terrariums was given by Regina
Potucek and Rita Pemberton of Lowe’s. We were
given the opportunity to create their own terrariums.
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Newsletter and Publicity: Charli Allee has been editing and publishing our newsletter for seven years. She
would like information from Master Gardener’s to put in newsletters. Example: web sites, photos, com-
ments, etc.
Larry Vitor has donated garden books. Would like to use these to create a library for the Lake Area
Master Gardener Club. Visit Charli’s office at First National Bank in Camdenton (next to the court-
house) to check out books.
Ways and Means: Mildred Webster has gloves for sale. $5 per pair.
Historian/ Scrapbook: Shirley Hirner
Photographer: Patty Raithel
Lake Area Master Gardener Class: Winnie McKinley told us five people have already expressed interest
in the 2013 class.
Scholarship Committee: Ginnie Boyle, Linda Blake and Mickey McDuffy. No one applied for last year’s
scholarship. Would like to offer either one $500 scholarship this year or two $250 scholarships. MG’s de-
cided to present two a year and map out a rotation for schools in the area so that we can include all schools in
our region. This year’s scholarships will be offered to Camdenton and Mack’s Creek High Schools. In
2014, the scholarships will be offered to Eldon and School of the Osage. Scholarship Motion was made by
Ginnie Boyle and seconded by Charli Allee. Motion was approved.
Central Bank Coordinator: Patty Bailey
Wilmore Lodge Coordinator: Pat Griffin
MOMGA Coordinator: Winnie McKinley informed the club that new Master Gardener Trainees need to
complete 30 hours of volunteer service to become a Master Gardener. Changes have been made in Advanced
Training. More information on this will be presented at our next meeting. LAMG will provide a Hands On
Training Class at Jan Mitzel’s home in October. Anyone needing help may come one hour early for assis-
tance.
Announcements :
Fred McAdams, Memorial Service on Friday, January 11, 2013, at Our Saviors Lutheran Church. Fred
acquired the meeting place at Our Saviors Lutheran Church for the 2012-2013 year. Mickey McDuffy
suggested we plant a tree at Our Saviors as a memorial to Fred. It was suggested we include a plaque. A
motion was made by Mickey McDuffy, seconded by Rita Burks and approved by club members that
Mickey will send a sympathy card from the club to Fred’s family with information about our willingness
to plant a tree in his memory.
Pat Fussner is in good spirits and is walking everyday!
Jean Henry has been moved to Hospice center in Kansas City. Address is Room 28 12000 Wornall
Road K.C., Mo.64145 816-941-1028
Jan Mitzel thanked Ginnie for the wine and Rita for the snacks.
Next meeting is Tuesday, February 12, 2013. Topic is Hummingbirds.
Jan Mitzel adjourned the meeting.
Hours earned: 1 hour advanced training and 1 hour service
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Send to: Charli Allee, 242 Siesta Circle, Camdenton,
MO 65020 or e-mail to [email protected]
Need Answers to Your Lawn and Garden Questions?
Just Call the Miller County Extension Office at 573-369-2394
And ask Ed Brown, Ph.D., Agronomy Specialist. Or e-mail [email protected]
If you have news items, pictures of your gardens, projects, special plants, or
Want to share your favorite garden tips, or have suggestions for improving
our Newsletter just let me know? Please submit items by the 20th so I can
post them in our Monthly Newsletter!!
Hi Everyone!
Wow, what a Fantastic January meeting! If you missed it, you missed great FUN!! We had a super
turn out and everyone enjoyed the great presentation on Terrarium Gardening! Maybe because it
was so energizing to get our hands dirty, and do some planting, in the middle of winter! I especially
enjoyed watching everyone's creativity in both container and design. We certainly have many
talented folks amongst us!
We also received FIVE new members at our very first meeting of the year. We wish to express a
hearty big WELCOME to our Club for 2013!! We have a great year planned ahead!
On the Saturday following our meeting, several of us made the trip to Kansas City Hospice House to
visit with Jean Henry. Of course, it was the one day that winter decided to come full-force so we all
have a few stories to tell! Jean was in great spirits and it was truly inspiring to spend some time
together!
We hope to see you all at the February meeting. Our presentation will be on Hummingbirds,
presented by Bill Merritt.
Best to all!
Jan Mitzel
LAMG President
Jean Henry would love to hear from you!
Phone: 816-941-1028 Or write to:
Jean Henry
Kansas City Hospice House
12000 Wornall Road, Room #28
Kansas City, MO 64145
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You can pay your dues at the February 12th LAMG Meeting. If you wish to mail your
LAMG dues to Jeannie Robbins at 155 Seclusion Dr., Camdenton, MO 65020, you are
welcome to do that.
If you are mailing your LAMG dues ($20.00) to Jeannie, please complete the form
below and mail it with your check.
Thank you,
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Lake Area Master Gardeners’ Club
Membership Form
* Please Print *
Name
Address
Phone / Cell Phone
Year of graduation from Master Gardener Course
Date
2013 Lake Area Master Gardener Club
Dues are Due
The Lake Area Master Gardener Club will pay your basic
Missouri Master Gardener Association (MOMGA) dues if you
are a member of the Lake Area Master Gardener Club.
We need for you to have your Lake Area Master Club dues
paid by February 15th, in order to submit the MOMGA dues
and club membership roster by the end of February,
Our Mission: “Helping Others Learn to Grow” and To Have Fun Along the Way!
2012-2013 Calendar of Events for Lake Area Master Gardeners All Meetings begin at 6:30, Questions? call Jan Mitzel @ 573-286-3174
Our Lake Area Master Gardener Monthly Meetings will be at Our Savior’s
Lutheran Church located at 442 East US Highway 54, Camdenton, MO
2/12/13 Hummingbirds , Presenter Bill Merritt
3/12/13 Using Creativity in Your Garden, Presenter Sue Fletcher
4/9/13 Advanced—Back Yard Wildlife, Presenter Jodi Moulder
5/14/13 Pre-Garden Walk Potluck at Wilmore Lodge/Glenda Hinrichs
6/1/13 Annual Garden Walk
6/11/13 Club Progressive Dinner Garden Tour—Wilmore Lodge
7/19/13 Green Roofs, Presenter Paula Diaz, Garden Nerds—Wilmore Lodge
8/13/13 Glenda’s Gardens at Glenda Hinrichs Home
9/10/13 Tree & Woody Shrub Identification, Micky McDuffey Home, Presenter Paul Johnson
10/8/13 Hypertufela at Jan Mitzel’s Home
11/12/13 Graduation Banquet; Slides of Past Garden Walks & Projects; Intro of Next Years
12/10/13 No Meetings
Lake Area Master Gardener Club P O Box 20/Courthouse Annex
Tuscumbia, MO 65082
