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Basics of Pruning Handout - for all pruning classes 

Master Gardener Google Calendar instructions.

Master Gardener Calendar.

How to get a gmail account.  

LCMGA Board Meets at the OSU/Lane County Extension Service office, 783 Grant St., Eugene on the Monday (12:45 p.m.) the week prior to the Tuesday night MG Seminar (third Tuesday of the Month). All MGs welcome.

 

Market of Choice on Willamette - Schedule for veg waste pick up

     January - March 2012 Market of Choice schedule

     April - June 2012 Market of Choice schedule

The coffee grounds pickup program with University Starbucks has been terminated.  A new location is being considered

Contact Roseanna McArthur with changes at roseanna.mcarthur@oregonstate.edu

 

Master Gardener @ Night Term 1 Training 2012

Schedule

 

Registration form for Term 2 (only term 1 graduates may enroll)

Print handouts and bring them to class each week.

Date

Handouts (some may not apply to the class - just good information)

Homework (read prior to next class)

Answers

Jan 12, 2012

Introduction

 

Class schedule 2012

Adaptive Gardening

Adaptive Gardening PowerPoint

Adaptive Gardening Resources

Read: An Introduction to Being a MG

Resource Information I

Resource Information II


Adaptive questions

 

Read chapter 13

 

 

 

Adaptive Answers

 

Ch. 13 answers

 

Jan 19, 2012

Soils

 

Soil handout

Jar Test

Texture by Feel


Read Chapter 2

 Soil & Fertilizer Questions

 

Chapter 2 Answers

Soil & Fertilizer Answers 

Jan 26, 2012

Botany I (anatomy) 

 

PowerPoint for online viewing Color  

PowerPoint to print in Black/White  

 


 Read Chapter 1

 Ch 1 Answers

 

Feb. 2

Botany II (physiology)

 

PowerPoint for online viewing Color

PowerPoint to print in Black/white


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Feb 10, 2012

Friday (note change)

Tree Fruits

 

 

 

Care Free Fruits

Tree Fruits Specialist presentation


Additional resources:  

Apple       Cherry

Nut          Peach

Pear        Plum

Tree fruit handout Part One, Part Two, Part Three

Detect and Control Filbert Blight


Read chapter 10

Tree fruit Questions 

 

 

Ch. 10 Answers

Tree Fruit Ans.

 

 

 

Feb 16, 2012

Pruning

 

Pruning full size color slides

Pruning color slides

Pruning B&W slides

Backyard Basic pruning

Additional resources:

Pruning shrubs Part I slides

Pruning shrubs Part II slides


Review Chapter 1

Read chapter 4

 

  Ch. 4 answers

 

 

Feb 23, 2012

 

Starting Plants from Seeds

 

Starting from seed b&w slides

Slides 2 per page b&w

Starting from seed color slides

Single enlargement of Soil temperatures slide


Read chapter 3

 

Ch. 3 Answers 

 

Mar 1, 2012

Growing Great

Vegetables

 

Growing Great Vegetables B&W slides

Growing Great Vegetables color slides

Single enlargement of Reference slide and Wooden Potato box

Wooden box 2

Growing potatoes in towers

Additional Resources:

Vegetable Families

Vegetable Family Chart

Vegetable Growing Tips

Edible Gardening

OSU recommended Vegetable Varieties

New Introductions for 2011 from Log House Plants


 Read chapter 7

 

Ch. 7 Answers

 

Mar 8, 2012

 Fertilizers

 

Fertilizer(slides for printing, 1xpage)

Fertilizer (slides for online viewing)

What is Organic?


 Review Ch. 2

 

 Ch 2 Answers

 

Mar 15, 2012

Composting

 

Backyard Composting (bw 2/page)

Backyard Composting (color 4/page)

Additional resources

Compost Food Cycle

Compost Science

Compost FactoidsCarbon to Nitrogen Ratio 


 Read Chapter 5

 

Ch. 5 answers

 

Mar 22, 2012

Entomology

 

Entomology presentation

Entomology handout

Additional Resources:

Insect Handout 


Read chapter 14 

 

 Ch 14 Answers

 

Apr 5, 2012

Weeds

 

Weeds Presentation 


 

Read chapter 22

Read chapter 17

 

Ch 22 Answers

Ch 17 Answers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Volunteer Opportunities

 

Spring Creek Neighbors Natural Garden project is a MG stream-side improvement activity in the Santa Clara neighborhood. The following articles describe project results and plans:

 

 

 

Misc.

 

If you are composting with coffee grounds please fill out, print and mail the following downloadable questionnaire:

 


Coffee Grounds Questionnaire:

 

Master Gardeners have been using coffee grounds as a nitrogen source for composting and vermiculture for severals years. With the increased use of coffee grounds in the past few there has been a significant recovery and reuse of this resource. We are now refining the coffee grounds collection system and public information to encourage greater consistent recycling and composting.

 

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