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Portage County MASTER GARDENER VOLUNTEERS
Contents ______________________________ Board, Committee Chairs, Coordinators. / Notes from the Board
Calendar of Events / Continuing Education Hours Breakdown
August Meeting Minutes
WIMGA Notes
October Garden Guide
PCMGV Timesheet / Renewal Form
Our October Speaker is: Mariette Nowak
September 23rd — 6 p.m. at the Annex
Author of the book "Birdscaping in the Midwest".
Her knowledge will inspire you to create
your own bird sanctuary!
REMINDER FROM THE MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE
Your 2013 PCMGV Timesheet, Renewal Form and Dues are due October 1, 2013. I will be collecting all three items at the PCMGV meeting on Sept. 23 or you can mail them to me.
Timesheet: To be Certified for 2014 you must have 10 hours of Continuuing Education (5 should be “In Person” training) and 24 hours of Volunteer Work. Don’t forget to consider the confidentiality statement on the back of the timesheet.
Renewal Form: Please take time to fill in the Renewal form thoughtfully so the board can plan for 2014. Be aware that our BIG project next year is Farm Technology Days to be held in August. Sign-up is located on the second page of the Renewal form.
Dues are still $15. Make checks payable to PCMGV. Don't forget the extra $5 fee if you are late handing them in. I encourage everyone to submit these items on time so all of our hard earned hours are counted. Any hours turned in after Oct. 15 will count for the person but not to the PCMGV total. If you have any questions, email or call me. The 2014 PCMGV Timesheet are in this newsletter.
John Kolinski
TIMESHEET AND RENEWAL FORMS ATTACHED!
September 2013
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Coordinators
Chairperson: Shelley Binder: [email protected] (715) 341-9414
Vice Chairperson: Rick Jansing: [email protected] (715) 344-2118
Secretary: Sandra Newby: (715) 457-2505
Treasurer: Kathy Stanke (715) 570-7885 [email protected]
Director of Committees: Chere Schmit: [email protected] (715) 258-0153
WIMGA Representative: Lynn Caine: [email protected] (715) 344-1564
Member at Large: OPEN
UW Extension Ag Agent: Ken Schroeder: [email protected] (715) 346-1316
Amherst Fair Open
Arbor Day Open
Chicago Bus Trip Bob Rausch Sally Prideaux
Farmers Market Todd Teuchert Lori Teuchert
Fundraisers Open
Garden LIne Open
KMart Potting Day Open
Newsletter Marian Helm
Rosholt Fair Todd Teuchert
Website Lynn Caine
Committee Chairs *Chair **Co-chair
Bylaws Cindy Bredow *
Display Barb Gifford * Open**
Flower Beds Carole Jansing* * Open*
Funds/Grants Cindy Bredow *
Garden Dreams Charlotte Kolinski * Sally Prideaux **
Garden Parade Katie Rettler * Bob Rausch **
Habitat House Jennifer Young * Jen Haas **
Hunger Prevention/ Head Start Open
Membership John Kolinski *
Plant Sale Chere Schmit * Kathy Herbert **
Programs Tina Lechner * Diane Somers **
YMCA Gardens Dan Goulet *
PCMGV Board Members
Articles for the newsletter should be submitted by the
10th of the month for publication that month.
Submit to: Marian Helm: [email protected] or 715-347-5265
Please send any address changes to: Bonnie Maier: [email protected] or 715-346-1316
Group Shirt
Purchase Information
The PCMGV Board voted at its Sept. meeting that
a volunteer must be a certified MG and paid their
membership dues for our association for 2014 to be
eligible for the free shirt.
I have ordered 2 different polo shirt styles in 2 different
colors and sizes. I hope to have them for the member-
ship to view and vote on at the Sept. general meeting.
So plan on attending the meeting to vote for the shirt
you prefer!
Shell B.
Deb McGill’s email address has changed. It is [email protected]
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October 2013 Calendar of Events Underlined events qualify for continuing educational hours.
Gardens Around the Midwest
5 – Garden Walk with Melinda Myers: Fall Finale – Boerner Botanical Gardens, Hales Corners – Fall is a great time to plant bulbs, flowers, shrubs, and trees. And a walk through Boerner Botanical Gardens will help you gather ideas for additions you'll want to add to your landscape now or next season. We will look at multi-season plants that provide interest to the landscape in fall and beyond. Starts at 10:00 a.m. $30 ($25 member).
8 – Prepping Your Yard and Garden for Winter – Green Bay Botanical Gardens, Green Bay – Learn how to put your vegetable garden to bed for winter and get tips to protect your valuable landscape plants from fluctuating winter weather and wildlife damages with Brown Co. Horticulture Educator Vijai Pandian from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. $14 ($7 members).
8 – Pollination with Beepods – Sheboygan – The Ivy League Garden Club is sponsoring this program by Charlie Koenen who teaches about bees at Boerner Botanical Gardens and The Milwaukee Urban Ecology Center. Learn how to make bee-keeping easier for city slickers and less stressful on bees. After the National Garden Club's Sheboygan District Fall meeting and luncheon (about 1:00 p.m.). $15 by Sept 23. For more information or to make a reservation contact Rose Marie Hassman, 824 St. Clair Ave., Sheboygan, WI at (920) 452-3064.
17 – Introduction to the Wonderful World of Gourds – Green Bay Botanical Gardens, Green Bay – Expand your gardening horizons with gourds. Susan Bork, American Gourd Society member,
shares the culture, growing, preparation, and crafting of ornamental and hard-shelled gourds. Learn about planting, saving, storing, and crafting gourds. For novice gardeners and emerging gourdists. 6:00 to 7:30 p.m.
30 – Gardening for Hummingbirds – Olbrich Botanical Gardens, Madison – Learn how to create a sanctuary for hummingbirds in your own backyard in this class from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Through the use of perennials and annual plants, wildflowers, shrubs, trees and hummingbird feeders, you too can discover the magic and excitement of hummingbirds. $15 $12 members).
BOERNER BOTANICAL GARDENS: For info or to register contact Friends of Boerner Botanical Gardens, 9400 Boerner Drive, Hales Corners, WI 53130 at (414)525-5659 or email [email protected].
CHICAGO BOTANIC GARDENS: 1000 Lake Cook Rd., Glencoe IL 60022. Phone: (847)835-5440.
GARDENS OF THE FOX CITIES: Register for classes on the Event Calendar. For info contact Gardens of the Fox Cities, 1313 E. Witzke Blvd. Appleton, WI 54911 at (920)993-1900.
GREEN BAY BOTANICAL GARDEN: For more information, contact the Green Bay Botanical Garden, 2600 Larsen Road, P.O. Box 12644, Green Bay, WI 54307-2644 at (920)491-3691 ext 103
MN LANDSCAPE ARBORETUM: For info contact the Education De-partment, Minnesota Arboretum, P.O. Box 39, Chansassen, MN 5531-0039 at (952)443-1422.
NORTHWIND PERENNIAL FARM: For info contact Northwind Perennial Farm, 7047 Hospital Rd, Burlington, WI 53105 at (262)248-8229 or [email protected].
OLBRICH BOTANICAL GARDENS: For info contact Olbrich Botanical Gardens, 3330 Atwood Ave., Madison, WI 53704; phone (608)246-4550 or download the Classes and Workshops Brochure. Pre-registration required, including online registration from the OBG website.
2012-2013 CONTINUING EDUCATION HOURS
10/22/12 Herb’n Gardener: Laura Lee 2.25
11/26/12 Scholarship recipients: Yaunke/Kohlmoos: 1.00
1/23/13 Garden Dreams: 4.50
2/25/13 Permaculture: Mary Eberle 1.25
3/25/13 Head Start: Vicki Haefer/Pat Mrozinski .50
4/22/13 Growing Vegetable: Dick Okray .75
5/13/13 Freckmann Gardens 1.50
6/22/13 Jennifer Young’s Garden .75
7/22/13 Rick & Carole Jansing’s Garden .75
8/26/13 Angie Hauer’s Garden 1.00
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PCMGV Meeting Minutes: July 22 2013
Present: Sue Baldischwiler, Tom Baldischwiler, Margaret
Bau, Shelley Binder, Cindy Bredow, Donald Caine, Lynn
Caine, Diane Dieterich, Timothy Goskowicz, Elfri
Goskowwicz, Dan Goulet, Rose Grych, Jen Haas, Angie
Hauer, Kathy Herbert, Carole Jansing, Rick Jansing, John
Kolinski, Charlotte Kolinski, Rita Kozlowski, Kathy
Kruthoff, Tina Lechner, Lynn Ligman, Marily Malcolm,
Deb McGill, Pat Mrozinski, Sandra Newby, Terri Offer-
man, Stephanie Olson, Carole Olson, Sharon Omernick,
RoseMarie Piekarski, Jan Pierson, Sally Prideaux, Walt
Rasmussen, Chere Schmit, Don Schmit, Nick Schultz,
Donna Smith, Patti Soik, Kathy Stanke, Todd Teuchert,
Lori Teuchert, Judith Thies, Jennifer Young, Gail
Zalewski, Linda Zick, Ginny Carlton, and Portage County
Ag Agent Ken Schroeder.
The meeting was called to order at 6:10p.m. by Shelley
Binder at Angie Hauer’s home.
Minutes from the July meeting were approved as written.
Treasurer's Report was presented by Kathy Stanke.
Committee Reports:
Funds: Cindy Bredow—$250 was given to the Rosholt
Library. All of the $2,500 Funds budget has now been
dispersed.
Hunger Prevention: Pat Mrozinski—The strawberry bed
has been re-done. An Open House was recently held.
Membership: John Kollinski—There are three things due
Oct. 1.
1. Time sheet with 10 education hours (S of them should be
in-training) and 24 volunteer hours to be certified.
2. Membership renewal form. What committees do you
want to be involved with in 2014?
3. $15 dues. There is a $5 late fee after Oct. 1.
If you do not want UWEX to reveal your name, address,
e-mail or telephone number as part of a record or list, you
must sign and date this on the back of the hours sheet
EVERY YEAR.
Programs: Tina Lechner asked for volunteers for next
year’s garden meetings.
September 23 is the annual plant exchange at the Annex.
Bring plants early so the exchange can begin at 6:00. The
October speaker will talk about Bringing Birds To Your
Garden. Invite a friend.
Y Garden: Dan Goulet—Harvesting is in full swing. There
has been 380 lbs., so far. The goal is 1,000 lbs.
Chicago Bus Trip to Navy Pier: Sally Prideaux said the
trip is being planned for March 2014.
Rosholt Fair: Todd Teuchert thanked MGV for signing up
to help.
Farmer’s Market: Lori Teuchert stated it is almost done.
WIMGA: Lynn Caine
1. Based on feedback from participants and educators, we
will adopt a more hands-on and interactive program for
level I training. In doing so, we wil1 be adopting technol-
ogy for program delivery, but we have no plans for moving
Level I training to an online version. All MG programming
will continue to begin~n your local county UWEX office.
2. Our statewide Level 2 training addressed horticultural
therapy, invasive and native plants and community gardens.
In counties, educators and associations offer a wide variety
of continuing education for MGV.
3. The theme for this year's Annual Accomplishment Re-
port is “Partnering With Extension.” Garden Dreams will
be the highlight for this report.
4. Addressing concerns in specific areas, the Rosholt
Fair/4H judging report will illustrate the importance of
MGV activities. This gets back to the reason the MGV
Program was created in the first place-to assist Extension!
Extension: Ken
There is potato and tomato late blight in Portage County.
Clean up the garden when plants are done. Place diseased
plants in the garbage. Japanese beetles are still out. Ken
held a question and answer session. Ken asked MGVs to
support the Rosholt Fair and to help at the FTD in 2014.
The summer Horticulture position ends Sept. 6. MGV help
is needed after that.
Old Business:
Committee Chairpersons /Coordinators are to have their
budget request to Kathy Stanke by Aug. 31.
New Business:
There was discussion concerning active/inactive MGV
status. The Board will pursue this at a Board meeting.
The WIMGA conference in Rock County had low
attendance.
Announcements:
Sally brought corn & cucumbers.
Char brought coleus cuttings.
John distributed the remaining badges.
Kathy brought pots.
The meeting adjourned at 6:55 p.m.
Continuing Education: Angie Hauer’s garden- One hour
Submitted by Sandra Newby PCMGV Secretary
Cooperative Extension University of Wisconsin—Extension Portage County UW-Extension 1462 Strongs Avenue Stevens Point WI 54481-2947 Phone: 715-346-1316 Fax: 715-346-1323
Return Service Requested
October Garden Guide
On October 1, start treatment of poinsettias for bract
coloration. Place in total darkness for 15 hours every day
for 2 months. Night temperature should be 65-70 degrees
F. Keep soil moist.
Plant peonies until Oct. 15. Mulch after ground freezes.
Seed perennials such as Oriental poppy, Iceland
poppy, gas plant, primrose, scabiosa, phlox, pansy
and penstemon.
Mark where planted.
Plant spring flowering bulbs. Bulbs can be planted up to
six weeks after first fall frost. Fertilize existing bulb beds
with bone meal, milorganite, or 5-5-5 fertilizer.
Harvest gladiolas at least six weeks after bloom and before
ground freezes. Cure for three days at 80 degrees before
storing. Label and store at 40-45 degrees in open trays.
Remove iris leaves to prevent over wintering of iris borer
eggs. Cut leaves to four-inch fans.
Store tuberose at 45 degrees F, tuberous rooted begonias at
45-50 degrees, and caladium at 60 degrees.
After killing frost, rose bush foliage should be stripped
and old leaves cleaned from bed. Shortly before ground
freezes, roses should be given good deep soaking. Prune
branches enough to prevent whipping around in wind or to
fit under rose cones.
Sow seeds of hardy annuals: cleome, pinks, candytuft,
larkspur, bachelor buttons and calendula. Mark
where planted.
Plant Jerusalem artichoke during last two weeks of month.
Prepare vegetable garden soil for early spring planting.
Remove old stalks to prevent insect and disease problems
next year. Spread manure, incorporate into soil.
Rejuvenate rhubarb by dividing into quarters and
replanting.
Cut back asparagus ferns and dispose to prevent insect
and disease problems next year. Incorporate manure into
soil and mulch with straw.
Use mulch around Brussels sprouts to moderate soil
temperature and prolong harvest.
Water plants well for more cold tolerance.
Plant garlic 2-3 inches deep and cover with 4-6 inches
of straw mulch.
Rake, chop and compost any fallen leaves from lawn.
Fertilize shade trees when leaf color changes and leaves
drop.
Plant dormant deciduous trees and shrubs from now
until ground freezes. A two-inch layer of mulch reduces
freezing and thawing, which can damage roots.
If fertilizing lawn one time a year, apply it in the third
week of October. If fertilizing twice a year, apply in
October and early June. If three times a year, include a
September application.
Water evergreens and foundation plantings before
ground freezes.
Protect woody ornamentals and fruit trees against mice.
