Friday, August 19, 2011

Gardening is Good for You, August 2011

Besides Nutrition (January), providing Emotional Health (February), Nurturing (March), providing Exercise (April), Connecting with People (May), being Educational (June), and Enhancing our Environment (July), Gardening is GOOD for you by being Productive (August)!



These facts are taken from the Iowa State University, University Extension 2011 Calendar.  Full of monthly helpful gardening tips, hints, and advice, this month's "Good for You"  encouragement states the following:  "Productive - Watering your second sowing of greens, sitting down to relax after weeding the garden, and enjoying an ear of sweet corn you've grown . . . Gardening can give you a sense of accomplishment.  Vegetable and fruit gardens reward you with bountiful produce during the growing season.  That feeling can last all year if you preserve some of your bounty by canning, freezing, or drying.  Preservation of garden produce allows us to enjoy great-tasting fruits and vegetables during the winter months and helps reduce the grocery bill.


Monday, August 1, 2011

Fall 2011 Master Gardener Training Schedule


Iowa State University Extension
Master Gardener Training-Jefferson County
Fall 2011-Tentative Schedule
Date
Focus
Presenter

Location

September 6
Introduction/Orientation
Kim Keller
Jefferson County Extension Office




September 13
Adobe Connect – Soils/Botany
Lee Burras and Jennifer Bousselot
Jefferson County Extension Office




September 20
Adobe Connect – Turfgrass Management

Dave Minner
Jefferson County Extension Office




September 22
Live-Houseplants
Local Resource
Jefferson County Extension Office




September 27
Adobe Connect – Plant Pathology and Entomology
Erika Saalau and Donald Lewis
Jefferson County Extension Office




October 4
Adobe Connect – Landscape Trees and Shrubs
Jeff Iles
Jefferson County Extension Office




October 6
Live-Vegetables
Patrick O’Malley
Jefferson County Extension





October 11
Adobe Connect-Weed  Management, IPM, and Pesticides
Kristine Schaefer, Laura Jesse, and Donald Lewis
Jefferson County Extension Office




October 15
Saturday Class-on-campus

Campus Instructors

ISU Campus




October 18
Adobe Connect – Animal Ecology
Rebecca Christoffel
Jefferson County Extension Office




October 25
 Adobe Connect-Fruit Culture
Paul Domoto
Jefferson County Extension Office




October 29
Saturday Class-on-campus

Campus Instructors

ISU Campus




 November 1
Adobe Connect-Home Landscape Design
Ann Marie VanDerZanden
Jefferson County Extension Office




November 3
Live – Herbaceous Perennials
Local Resource
Jefferson County Extension Office