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calendar photo contest 2021

3/31/2020

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​​Submit your photos
for the 2021 MG Calendar

Send your photos to:
mwilbanks3@gmail.com
Deadline to submit photos
​is May 20, 2020.

​* Be sure to take Spring photos for the photo contest for the 2021 Master Gardeners calendar.
* Spring photo ideas include: Bulbs and rhizomes blooming (tulips, iris, etc.), budding fruit trees, cool season vegetable crops, etc.  
* As you take your walk in your garden, bring along your camera and capture Spring as it is unfolding in your garden.

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Photos MUST be properly named in the JPEG format only to be accepted for consideration. You will have to rename the files in order to submit them.

You will have to rename each one of your photos. For example, the
picture above would be renamed:
MikeWilbanks, Craighead, Doubletrueblood, SP.jpeg
(my name, county name, brief description, season photo submitted for, .jpeg)
 
 
LANDSCAPE DIMENSION ONLY, PLEASE!
​

PLEASE UNDERSTAND, if you do not properly name your photo(s), and adhere to the following conditions, they will not be sent to the selection committee for consideration.

1.     Only four (4) entries per person (one per season). Meaning only one Winter (WI), one Spring (SP), one Summer (SU), and one Fall (FA) photo may be entered in the 2021 MG Calendar Contest.
2.  All photos need be between 1 mb and 7 mb for the resolution to be good enough for full page reproduction by the offset printing method.
3.  Photos must be sent as attachment(s) to email document. “Drag and Drop” files will not be accepted.
4.  All photographs must have been taken inside the borders of the state of Arkansas.

TIP: With today's ever improving photographic technology, using cell phones for photo submission might or might not generate the required resolution for large calendar images. However, they may be acceptable for the additional smaller shots that appear each month.

If you have any questions, please contact me at any time.
Thank you!
Mike Wilbanks
870-530-0669
mwilbanks3@gmail.com
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arkansas monarch mapping

3/31/2020

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keep calm and plant something

3/30/2020

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Source: "The Gardener Wife Newsletter". 
​https://www.facebook.com/thegardenerwife/
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BCMG TRAINING programs

3/30/2020

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ZOOM MG TRAINING CLASS 2020

Dates are Wednesdays starting September 2, 2020 thru 
September 30, 2020.
Location will be announced.
Deadline to register is August 7, 2020.

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MG ONLINE TRAINING PROGRAM 2021

Online training on your computer at your home on your time are January 14  thru March 31, 2021.
Deadline to register is December 11, 2020.


For more information, a registration form, and to pay class fees; contact your county extension office. In Baxter County, contact Brad Runsick at the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture Cooperative Extension office at 870-425-2335; or visit at 3 East 9th Street, Mountain Home.
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APRIL GARDEN CHECKLIST

3/27/2020

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Here’s this month’s gardening checklist. Just a few things to consider as we head into peak gardening season.
 
  • Last average frost is about mid-April for Baxter County. You can get away with planting frost sensitive plants earlier if you are prepared to do some frost protecting when a frost is predicted.
  • Early treatment can prevent damage by cabbage worms on cole crops such as cabbage, broccoli, and cauliflower.  Cabbage looper, diamondback moth caterpillar, and the imported cabbage worm can cause serious damage pretty quick.  Check weekly for eggs and larvae under the leaves.  Use Bacillus thuringiensis (BT) spray as soon as they are first noticed. Also, this group of vegetables are heavy feeders of nitrogen and can use a side dressing of nitrogen 3 to 4 weeks after planting.
  • Onions are rapid growers and heavy feeders. To grow monster size onions, fertilize weekly with a water-soluble fertilizer and mix at half rate.
  • Plant warm season vegetables from mid month on. Don’t be in a hurry, or you may have to replant.
  • Hold back on planting okra, peppers, southern peas and sweet potatoes until late this month or the first of May. Warm soil temperatures are critical for these warm season vegetables.
  • Spray hybrid tea roses with a fungicide to prevent black spot. Spray according to label directions.
  • Hold off on fertilizing your bermudagrass or zoysiagrass lawn until it has fully greened up. This is usually early to mid May.
  • Prune and fertilize spring blooming trees and shrubs immediately after bloom. Remember to remove the old canes of forsythia, quince, weigela, spirea and other cane producing plants.
  • Summer bulbs such as cannas, caladiums, dahlias, gladioli and tuberoses can be set out in mid-April. Plant gladioli several times at two-week intervals for blooms throughout the summer.
  • After Easter lilies fade, plant the bulbs in a sunny part of your perennial garden. Foliage may die back but will green up this fall and take off next spring. Don’t expect blooms until late spring to early summer. Easter lilies are pretty reliable perennials if planted in a well-drained spot.
  • To keep annuals blooming at their best, make regular applications of water soluble fertilizer.
  • Continue to divide summer and fall blooming perennials.
  • As flowering bulbs fade, allow 6-8 weeks of green growing time for bulbs to replenish their nutrients. Crocus and daffodils do not have their flower heads removed, but it is beneficial with hyacinths and tulips. Fertilize with complete fertilizer. You can transplant and divide spring flowering bulbs after foliage begins to die down.
  • Use bird netting to keep birds away from strawberries. Watch for slugs.
  • Encourage production of runners on newly planted strawberries by removing all flowers the first season. Also fertilize strawberry beds in late August or early September to encourage good bloom set.
  • Watch for spider mites and bagworms on plants.
  • To attract butterflies to your garden try planting some host plants that will nourish the young caterpillars after they hatch. Plants to try to include: butterfly weed, parsley, dill, fennel, rue, passionflower, and tulip tree.
  • Plant seeds of annual vines such as hyacinth vine, moon vine and cypress vine from mid to late this month.
  • Mulching is your best method to prevent weeds, plus it maintains soil temperature and moisture.
  • Aphids can occur in large numbers in the spring. Aphids dine on the sap of an endless number of garden plants. Their feeding weakens plants and in some cases a total destruction of plants. They are a very prolific insect bearing live young. Fortunately, they are easily controlled by a spraying of bifenthrin, malathion or insecticidal soap but beware, reinfestation can occur in days.
  • This is the time of year when honey bee hives swarm. If you see a swarm and are needing someone to collect and move them, call me. I have a list of people who will come and get them at no charge.
  
For more information, contact the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture Cooperative Extension Service at 870-425-2335.
 
 
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brown bag lecture series via zoom

3/27/2020

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Brown Bag Lecture Series via Zoom
Hosted by White County
12:05 p.m. to 12:50 p.m.


April 15 - Cool New Plants by Dr. Jim Robbins

April 22 - Pollinator Appreciation by Jon Zawislak

April 29 - Healthy Trees, Healthy Lives: How to Take Care of Trees So They Can Take Care of Us by Krista Quinn


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march 2020 bcmg e-newsletter

3/1/2020

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March 2020
Baxter County Master Gardeners
Ozark Green Thumb
​e-Newsletter

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the beauty of pollination-wings of life

3/1/2020

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The Beauty of Pollination - Wings of Life 

Watch the beauty of pollination captured like never before in Disneynature's Wings of Life.

https://video.disney.com/watch/the-beauty-of-pollination-wings-of-life-4da84833e06fd54fff590f49

(If you don't want to watch the commercial in front, this clip is on utube at

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHkq1edcbk4

​Make sure you turn up the sound!!

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  • About Master Gardeners
    • National Mission Statement
    • UAEX - Univ of AR Extension Service >
      • Baxter County Extension Office
      • The UA Cooperative Extension Service
      • UAEX Master Gardener Program
    • Baxter County Gov't >
      • County Extension Council
      • County Extension Service
    • Our Structure, Rules & Guidelines >
      • 2022 Org Chart
      • Bylaws
      • Standing Rules
      • Duties, Projects & Events
      • New Member Orientation
      • Continuing Education & Training
      • Member Status
      • Apply Online
      • Frequently Asked Questions
  • Events & Outreach
    • Calendar of Events
    • Join Us At Our Meeting
    • Radio Program
    • Monthly Newsletter
    • Spring Seminar
    • Annual Plant Sale
    • Farmers Market
    • Fair Horticulture Room
    • Public Education Booths
    • Hatchery Outdoor Adventure
    • Scholarship
  • Garden Projects
    • Fairgrounds Garden
    • Bull Shoals
    • Clysta Willett
    • Cooper Park
    • Fish Hatchery
    • Extension Office
    • Memorial Gardens
    • Library Pollinator Garden
  • Gardening Tips
    • Bringing Nature into your Garden >
      • Native Plant Finder (research by Doug Tallamy, PhD)
      • Creating a Landscape With Native Plants
      • Native Drought-Tolerant Plants
      • Well-Behaved Natives
      • Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants
    • Invasive Plants >
      • Invasive Plants to Avoid
      • Invasive Non-Natives
    • Seminar Horticulture Table
    • DIY Projects
  • Members Only
    • Enter Your Hours
    • Buddy Message Blog
    • MG Roster
    • MG Meeting Minutes
    • Treasurer Reports - 2019 >
      • Treasurer Reports - 2018
      • Treasurer Reports - 2017
      • Treasurer Reports - 2016
      • Treasurer Reports 2015
      • Treasurer Reports 2014
    • Forms
    • How-To >
      • Webmaster Duties
      • Website Editing Guide
      • Website Updating Duties
    • Practice Pages >
      • RoseMatta
      • Rose's Roster
      • Annual Plant Sale
      • JanelleStookey
      • MikeKuenzli
      • JanHalligan
      • PennyWells
      • Clysta Willett
      • SusanChamberlain
      • Memorial Gardens
      • Kathleen -Fairgrounds Garden
      • Practice - Cooper Park
      • Judy - Extension Office