August 18 HMMG Meeting at 6:00 P.M. at Boone County Extension

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1 H E A R T O F M I S S O U R I M A S T E R G A R D E N E R N E W S L E T T E R The Heart of Missouri Master Gardeners is a fun, vibrant group that brings together gardeners of all levels by providing engaging educational opportunities and meaningful volunteer projects that enhance and sustain our communities. August, 2015 University of Missouri Extension Boone County, 1012 North Hwy UU, Columbia, MO extension.missouri.edu/boone/mg.html July Program was by Carolyn Oates Growing and Cooking with Herbs Handouts and Recipes Bradford Research Center 11 th Annual Thursday, September 3 at 4:00 7:00 p.m. Bradford Research Center in Columbia [ The 11 th Annual is the premier event for gardeners and foodies alike. The public is invited to the annual free event for an evening of sampling tomatoes and tips to help improve your garden s next harvest. August 18 HMMG Meeting at 6:00 P.M. at Boone County Extension Final State MG Conference Duties Filling Conference Welcome Bags Reminder: Bring your own snack, drink South Farm Research Center Showcase Saturday, September a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Admission is free, with events for whole family Exhibits & activities set up across South Farm and Jefferson Farm and Garden, including live music; turtle, snake exhibit, wagon rides, tomato, salsa, pepper tasting; drone exhibition, monarch and pollinators exhibit; putting on the green, parade of foals, corn & straw bale mazes, & much more. The event will also include ribbon cutting for the Center s new Doppler radar, which will improve storm forecasting in Mid-Missouri. Available for Purchase: Lunch & Buck s Ice Cream Master Gardener Opportunities Tues. Sept. 1 Pick and Cut Peppers Wed. Sept. 2 Tomato-picking & finish pepper cutting Thurs. Sept. 3 Tomato cutting and festival set-up. Thursday helpers needed at sampling tables during festival and clean- up crew after festival is done. They need a lot of people to work. Great opportunity to taste tomatoes, peppers; also to make new friends. There will be sign- up sheet at Aug. 18 MG meeting. Or you can contact Thresa Chism, A cook-off contest held for area chefs who will prepare Inside This Issue tomato-based dishes. Festival attendees will then vote for the best entry and the winning recipe will be featured in an upcoming article in the Columbia Daily Upcoming Events 2 Tribune. 2 Committee Updates 3 Officer Contact Information 3 Free samples from more than 150 different tomato varieties and more than 100 different peppers grown at the research center will be offered. Several species of tomatillos also will be available to sample.

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3 Heart of Missouri Master Gardener Newsletter Page 3 Date Event Info Thru August August thru Sept. 10 Aug. 18 Sept. 1 Cole County MG Hotline open The Learning Garden - Mondays Thursdays HMMG Meeting MG s will answer home horticulture questions at the Cole County Extension Center from adjoining and nearby counties on Tuesday and Fridays from 12:30-4:30 pm. Call x303 [voice mail will record phone messages] or muextcolemastergard@missouri.edu The HMMG Master Gardeners will be getting Garden ready for the tour visiting during the State Conference. Mondays at 8:30 a.m. and Thursdays at 5:15 p.m. Learning Garden located behind Broadway Christian Church at 2601 W. Broadway, Columbia, MO :00 PM Boone County Extension. Executing last-minute duties for State MG Conference. We will have an assembly line to fill the 200 Welcome bags to be handed out by the Registration Committee at the conference. HMMG have assisted with this event most years. On September 1 we will pick and cut peppers. Sign up at August 18 MG meeting or contact Thresa Chism at to sign up and volunteer part or all day. If you have never helped with this, you should know it is a lot of fun, plus you get MG hours and make new friends. Sept. 2 Sept. 3 Sept. 3 Sept Sept. 24 Sept th Annual State MG Conference Learning Garden Composting Session South Farm Research Center Showcase Tomato Picking and Finish Pepper Cutting for the festival. Sign up at August 18 MG meeting or contact Thresa Chism at to sign up and volunteer part or all day. If you have never helped with this, you should know it is a lot of fun, plus you get MG hours and make new friends. Tomato cutting and setting up for the festival.. Sign up at August 18 MG meeting or contact Thresa Chism at to sign up and volunteer part or all day. If you have never helped with this, you should know it is a lot of fun, plus you get MG hours and make new friends. Thursday, September 3 rd, 4-7 pm at Bradford Research Center. More info at All hands on deck for Harvest in the Heartland co-hosted by us. Contact Marie Pasley to help, smpasley@aol.com 6:30-8:00 P.M. Clean up and Composting Session with Don Day and Steve Ferguson. Includes discussion, on basics and principles of composting, plus work on composting bins. The goal is to make this an area wide example of composting practices. Saturday, September 26 th, 10:00 a.m. 4:00 p.m. See front page for listing of the events and exhibits for the whole family to enjoy. More info at: October HMMG Meeting TBA November HMMG Meeting TBA

4 Page 4 Heart of Missouri Master Gardener Newsletter Committee Updates The Learning Garden The Heart of Missouri Master Gardeners have donated 350 pounds of produce to the Central Pantry this summer. The pantry is always eager to see what we bring in twice weekly. Jack Wax and I typically drop the food off at the food pantry. A BIG thank you to Jack for all of the time that he has volunteered to the garden this summer! Now we can use everyone s help in getting ready for the tour visiting the garden during the State MG Conference. We have been busy removing crops that are finished and replanting fall crops including: radishes, turnips, lettuce and spinach. We love the long beans that are growing on the west fence and over our gate. Thank you Alex, for donating these seeds. The basil has been gorgeous this year and the two types of okra that Dennis planted are about tall now. Submitted by Ellen Condron Please join us in the garden on either work day Thursday evenings about 5:15 p.m. and Monday mornings at 8:15 a.m. Questions, or to volunteer, ellencondron2@gmail.com Co-Chairs: Ellen Condron and Julie Deering The Learning Garden and Community Garden is located Behind Broadway Christian Church 2601 W. Broadway, Columbia, MO Harvest in the Heartland 2015 MG State Conference UPDATE Conference information and registration is on line at This will be our last meeting as a group to work on the MG Conference. We will be stuffing Welcome Bags. We have a lot of stuff so please come help. I will have a cell list with a timeline for everyone to use during the conference. We will cover any last minute details for the conference. Books will again be for sale for those that didn t get any at the last meeting or if you weren t in attendance. Remaining books will be sold during the state conference. Submitted by Marie Pasley ****************************************************************** I have been working with Don Day on getting the composting area cleaned up at our Learning Garden. Don would like to make this an area wide example of composting practices. We would like to get the help of interested Master Gardeners for a clean-up and composting session. We will do this session at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, August 24 th. The session will include some discussion on the basics and principles of composting, plus work on the composting bins at the garden. I expect we will be done by 8:00 p.m. We are looking for a few MG s to join us in some Composting dirty work. Submitted by Steve Ferguson Heart of Missouri Master Gardeners 2015 Officers President: Evette Nissen enissen57@gmail.com Vice-President: Mary Ann Gates mgates@socket.net Secretary: Tamara Green GreenTa@missouri.edu Treasurer: Sandy Perley perleys@missouri.edu Newsletter: Norma Lea Mountjoy nlmountjoy@yahoo.com

5 The Heart of Missouri Master Gardener Newsletter is published monthly for the Master Gardeners in Central Missouri. For more information, contact: Kent Shannon Natural Resources Engineer University of Missouri Extension Boone County 1012 N. Highway UU, Columbia, MO (573) ext. 310; August 18 HMMG Meeting 6:00 P.M. Boone County Extension Center Final State MG Conference Duties Filling Conference Welcome Bags Reminder: Bring your own snack, drink Todd Lorenz Regional Horticultural/Agronomy Specialist University of Missouri Extension 510 Jackson Rd. Suite A, Boonville, MO Cooper County Program Director, University of Missouri, Lincoln University, U.S. Department of Agriculture and Local University Extension Councils Cooperating University of Missouri Extension does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability or status as a Vietnam-era veteran in employment or programs. Boone County Extension Center Office Hours are: Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m. Noon and 12:30 p.m. 4:30 p.m. Report your Master Gardener hours ONLINE! Heart of Missouri Master Gardeners Helping Others Learn to Grow University of Missouri Extension Boone County 1012 North Highway UU Columbia, MO 65203