Monthly Newsletter. September 2016 L A K E A R E A. Volume 10, Issue 9. Apple Brown Betty

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1 L A K E A R E A Monthly Newsletter September 2016 Volume 10, Issue Club Officers Suzanne Albright, President Phone: suzannealbright47@gmail.com Susan Osgood, Vice President Phone: sllatimer1@gmail.com Nancy Hall, Secretary Phone: candnnancy@gmail.com Roni Vollmer, Treasurer Phone: ronivollmer@hotmail.com Past President, Tamara Jorstad: Phone: tjorstad@gmail.com Standing Committee Chairs 2016 Garden Walk Gail Conavay, theconavays@gmail.com Suzanne Albright, suzannealbright47@gmail.com Club Photographer Glenda Hinrichs, glenda_hinrichs@yahoo.com Historian Sally Burke, burke.lakelovers@gmail.com Hospitality Rita Burks, ritab001@hotmail.com Membership Tamara Jorstad, tjorstad@gmail.com Year Book OPEN MU EXT & MOMA Winnie McKinley, mckinleyw@hotmail.com Newsletter Charli Allee, normcharli@aol.com Projects Charmaine E. Guyot, guyotcharmaine@gmail.com Ways & Means Mildred Webster or Miller County Extension P O Box 20 Tuscumbia, MO Phone/Fax Time to pick Missouri apples Tammy Roberts, MS, RD, LD, Nutrition and Health Education Specialist, Bates County, University of Missouri Extension There is nothing tastier than an apple picked right off the tree. In Missouri, that s an easy thing to do during the fall season the state produces about 1 million bushels of apples every year. One apple has only about 80 calories and has around four grams of fiber. Apples can be canned, frozen or dried. They can be made into apple butter, jelly, juice, apple sauce and delicious homemade pie! Jonathan, Red Delicious and Golden Delicious are the three most commonly grown apples in Missouri, but the state also grows others like Gala, Fuji, Wine sap and Rome Beauty. The Jonathan apple has been grown in Missouri for more than 150 years and is the most widely grown apple in the state. Harvest for Jonathan apples usually starts at the beginning of September. Jonathans are crisp, juicy and tart, and are considered the best all-purpose apple. They are great to cook or bake with or just eaten fresh for a snack. Golden Delicious apples are juicy but mild flavored. They are naturally sweet so they re great to eat right off the tree. They are also good for pies, apple sauce and fresh salads. In Missouri, they are ready to pick around the end of September. Red Delicious apples are usually harvested in mid-september and taste best when eaten whole. Apples that ripen in late summer do not keep as long as apples harvested in the fall. In Missouri, Fuji is the apple that keeps the best. If stored properly, it will retain its crisp juicy texture for several months. A good apple should be bright, crisp and juicy. Fresh apples need to be stored in a cool place (about 32 to 40 degrees F) to help keep them fresh and prevent rotting. Be careful not to get below 32 degrees because freezing will deteriorate the apples quickly. So go ahead and have that Missouri-grown apple a day! Apple Brown Betty In a quart pudding dish, arrange alternate layers of sliced apples and bread crumbs. Season each layer with bits of butter, a little sugar, and a pinch each of ground cinnamon, cloves, and allspice. When the dish is full, pour over it a quarter of a pint each of molasses and water mixed. Cover the top with crumbs, place the dish in a pan containing hot water, and bake at 325 degrees Fahrenheit for three-quarters of an hour or until the apples are soft. Serve with ice cream.

2 PAGE 2 Ornamentals LAKE AREA MASTER GARDENER S NEWSLETTER October Gardening Tips Weeks 1-4: Continue watering, especially evergreens if soils are dry. Weeks 1-4: Container grown and B & B trees and shrubs can be planted. Loosen the soil in an area 2 times the diameter of the root ball before planting. Mulch well after watering. Weeks 1-4: Plant spring bulbs among hostas, ferns, daylilies or ground covers. As these plants grow in the spring they will hide the dying bulb foliage. Weeks 1-2: For best bloom later this winter, Christmas cactus, potted azaleas and kalanchoe may be left outdoors until night temperatures drop to about 40 degrees Fahrenheit. Weeks 2-3: Cannas and dahlias can be dug when frost nips their foliage. Allow the plants to dry under cover in an airy, frostfree place before storage.week 4: Plant tulips now. Lawns Weeks 1-2: Seeding should be finished by October 15. Weeks 2-3: Broadleaf herbicides can be applied now to control cool-season weeds such as chickweed and dandelion. Weeks 3-4: Continue mowing lawns until growth stops. Weeks 3-4: Keep leaves raked off lawns to prevent smothering grass. Weeks 3-4: Now is a good time to apply lime if soil tests indicate the need. Week 4: Winterize lawn mowers before storage. Vegetables Weeks 1-4: Gourds should be harvested when their shells become hard or when their color changes from green to brown. Weeks 1-4: A few degrees of frost protection may be gained by covering tender plants with sheets or light-weight fabric row covers. Weeks 1-4: The average first frost usually arrives about October Weeks 1-2: Harvest winter squash and pumpkins before frost. For best storage quality, leave an inch or two of stem on each fruit. Weeks 1-2: Dig sweet potatoes before a bad freeze. Fruits Weeks 1-4: Store apples in a cool basement in old plastic sacks that have been perforated for good air circulation. Weeks 2-3: Persimmons start to ripen, especially after frost. Week 4: Place wire guards around trunks of young fruit trees for protection against mice and rabbits. Week 1: Fall color season begins. Week 3: Begin peak fall color in maples, hickories and oaks. Week 4: End of peak fall color. Gardening Calendar supplied by the staff of the William T. Kemper Center for Home Gardening located at the Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis, Missouri. (

3 LAKE AREA MASTER GARDENER S NEWSLETTER PAGE 3 University of Missouri Extension has unveiled a free web application to help homeowners apply the right amount of lawn fertilizer. The Lawn Fertilizer Calculator, available at agebb.missouri.edu/fertcalc, helps you determine how much fertilizer you need to buy, says MU Extension horticulture specialist Brad Fresenburg. The first step is figuring square footage of lawns. Homeowners can measure their lawns using conventional methods, or take advantage of free satellite mapping applications that let users figure square footage by setting virtual anchors to mark lawn corners. Entering the square footage and other information enables the Lawn Fertilizer Calculator to determine how much fertilizer you need to buy and the proper application rate in pounds per 1,000 square feet. The objective is to get homeowners to measure or know the square footage of their lawns so that they buy the correct amount per unit area, not over applying or under applying, Fresenburg says. Apply only what fertilizer is needed to maintain good water quality for your community, adds Bob Broz, MU Extension water quality specialist. Using the right amount of fertilizer saves consumers money, Broz says. It also reduces the risk of applying too much fertilizer. There is less chance for runoff or leaching of nutrients into the ground and surface water when we do not over apply. Excessive nutrients in the water create high levels of algae, which can impair aquatic habitat. For best results, Broz recommends a soil test to determine what fertilizer to buy. Soil test recommendations can be entered into the calculator to determine the proper amount and application rate for your lawn. Fresenburg, Broz, MU environmental economics researcher Laura McCann and MU Extension system administrator John Travlos created the web application over the past year. The design is optimized for mobile devices. Support for the project came from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture s National Integrated Water Quality Program; MU Extension; and the Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station, which is part of the MU College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources. Remember to log your Master Gardener Volunteer Hours for 2016

4 PAGE 4 LAKE AREA MASTER GARDENER S NEWSLETTER Standing Rules revised, September 21, By-Laws only need to be updated for changes in by-law content; not when officers/coordinator names change. 2. Executive Board members meet monthly to prepare for monthly club meetings. 3. Board members will include the MoMGA/MU Ext Liaison and Past President in non-voting positions. 4. First year LAMG members must complete 30 volunteer service hours through approved projects to obtain certification. Active Master Gardeners must complete 20 hours of service each year, plus 6 hours of continuing education. To obtain Advanced Master Gardener status, Active Master Gardeners must take 30 hours of advanced training (within five years). Advanced Gardeners then provide training and/or demos. Check the latest Policies and procedures for the Master Gardening Program at the following links: LAMGAdvancedPoliciesandProcedures.pdf 5. Annual recorded hours should be from approved projects. If you have any questions contact the local MG coordinator. (A) Providing consultation services regarding landscaping and plant care (no more than 20% of total volunteer service hours can be counted for this activity). (B) Travel to and from work sites, conferences, field trips, etc. may be counted after the mandatory minimum requirements are met. (30 hours for trainees, 26 hours for active master gardeners) Note: After mandatory minimum requirement is met, record your volunteer hours. Once the volunteer hours are recorded, for the same date, to record travel, enter travel time in quarter hours as Miscellaneous / Other. The description will state Travel. LAMG members are encouraged to keep volunteer hours current by logging hours monthly at 6. Currently, $2.00 of each member s annual dues is set aside for individual, annual MoMGA membership fees. 7. Due to the significant cost of the computer and projector used by the Master Gardening program, this equipment is solely used for Master Gardener classes at the Extension and for monthly LAMG meeting presentations. Equipment shall be verified to be fully functional prior to the next LAMG meeting and set up in advance of events so time is not taken from meeting or class sessions. 8. The budget for each calendar year is developed by the Executive Board in the fall of the prior year, in writing, and voted on by the membership at the November meeting. Budget allocations will follow the calendar year as closely as possible. 9. The Publicity Chair sends copies of communications and photos to the Newsletter, Yearbook, and Historian Chairs so that all records may be kept current. 10. A Facebook site is maintained by the Executive Board or a dedicated volunteer and each club member is encouraged to interact with this site: As an educational organization with members who wish to meet annual requirements that maintain Master Gardener certifications, the club conducts a minimum of 6 training sessions a year as part of the monthly club meetings. 12. To help new and returning members remember club member names, starting in 2016, a twenty-five cent fee will be charged to any member failing to wear his/her LAMG/Master Gardener name badge at the monthly meeting. Fines are to be collected by the Ways and Means Chair and funds added to the club s income. 13. Items for the monthly newsletter are due to the Newsletter Chair by the third Tuesday of each month. 14. All checks require signatures from the Treasurer and one additional Officer. In the event a check is reimbursement for the Treasurer, two other Officers must sign. 15. The LAMG award program is available to all club members in good standing (dues are current). New Master Gardener Trainees may attend meetings during the current year. New members are added to the club's distribution list, receive the club's yearbook/directory, and are assigned a mentor to help them become familiar with the club members and activities. The club totals both qualified education and volunteer hours to award members for their service. Master Gardener Trainees must first meet their 30 volunteer hour requirement before participating in the award program. They will record all time at club meetings as volunteer hours. All volunteer hours plus education hours earned at seminars beyond the 30 hour requirement count toward eligibility for the award program hours = certificate hours = certificate + 1 pair of gardening gloves 100 hours and up = gardening pin.

5 LAKE AREA MASTER GARDENER S NEWSLETTER Pruning First Step in Controlling Fall Webworms PAGE 5 A sign that fall has arrived is the sudden appearance of bug-filled webbing on outer tree branches. Some of these tents can become large, loaded with hundreds of caterpillars. The fall webworm (also known as a tent caterpillar) is a serious pest of many species of forest, shade, fruit, and ornamental trees (except conifers) found throughout Missouri. "Trees may be heavily or completely defoliated by tent caterpillars and persistent infestations on individual trees may kill branches and top growth," said Patrick Byers, horticulture specialist, University of Missouri Extension. Favorite trees for the tent caterpillars include walnut, hickory, persimmon and wild cherry. Although unsightly, damage from the fall webworm is most often inconsequential since trees soon will be losing their leaves anyway. Beginning in the spring and throughout the early summer, adult tent caterpillars emerge from the ground litter or just below the soil surface where they overwintered as pupae in silken cocoons. Full-grown caterpillars are about an inch long. They are generally light colored and covered with tiny bumps from which arise tufts of long, light-colored hairs. The head is either orange-red or black. Eggs are laid in hair-covered masses, each consisting of several hundred eggs, on the undersides of leaves. Newly hatched larvae immediately begin to spin webbing over the foliage they are feeding upon. As the larvae grow, they enlarge the web nest to enclose more foliage. Larvae from the same egg mass generally stay together in the nest until the last larval instar (stage). They then leave the nest and feed individually prior to pupating. "At the end of each generation the webbed nests can be quite large and contain excrement, dried leaf fragments and shed skins of the larvae," said Byers. During high population densities, small to moderate-sized trees may be completely covered with webbing. It also has been reported that the caterpillars may migrate from one tree to another. "To control webworms you need to prune them out and destroy small webs," said Byers. "You can also use a labeled insecticide to protect valuable trees?

6 PAGE 6 LAKE AREA MASTER GARDENER S NEWSLETTER Taking Care of Garden Tools Just like surgeons and dentists, gardeners should work with clean tools. Sanitizing garden tools between uses will lower the risk of spreading diseases from one plant to another, says a University of Missouri Extension horticulturist. We are seeing more and more soil-borne diseases, such as bacterial canker in tomatoes, said David Trinklein. Sanitation is the first line of defense in combating diseases. Tools such as pruning shears can easily spread disease from an infected plant to a healthy one if not sanitized, he said. Contaminated equipment can spread bacterial, fungal and viral diseases, and even nematodes. Regular cleaning also will protect metal blades from rust and wooden handles from rot, extending the life of your tools. Trinklein recommends sanitizing tools with a solution of one part household bleach to nine parts water. Before sanitizing, be sure to clean off soil and organic matter, which may neutralize the chlorine in the bleach. Then you simply dip them in the solution for a couple of minutes and then allow the solution to evaporate, he said. Once the bleach has evaporated, it is perfectly safe to go in and use the tools, even though you might still smell the chlorine. Sanitize stakes, pots and containers as well. Trinklein notes that clay pots are more difficult to sanitize because they are highly porous. Back in the day when we used a lot of clay pots in floriculture, we used to either steam them or put them in a vat of water and boil the life out of them, he said. Gardening can be tiring work and modern life is full of distractions, so it can be easy to forget about or put off cleaning your tools, Trinklein said. Make it a ritual: As you put away a tool, clean and disinfect it. It s a good best management practice. Gardening will be safer and easier if you keep tools sharpened, he said. That applies not just to shears and knives but tools such as trowels, hoes and shovels as well. Trinklein notes that for the avid gardener, high-quality tools are a good investment. Quality is something that costs, but properly cared for, a quality tool literally should last a lifetime.

7 PAGE 7 LAKE AREA MASTER GARDENER S NEWSLETTER PAGE 7 Greetings Lake Area Master Gardeners: Master Gardeners this is my last President's Message to you before I move to St Louis. It has been such a pleasure to be your President this year. You are a great group and I will miss you all. I have loved working at the Willmore Gardens, attending classes around the state, learning about the behind the scenes planning and development of our club, but most of all getting to know each of you better. It is you who make this chapter special. Thank you to each of you for sharing your time and talent to make all of our projects successful. Please continue your support of Susan, Nancy, and Roni as they finish up this year's activities and responsibilities. I know how busy you all are, but I also hope you won't hesitate to step up to fill openings on the Board or committees. When everyone shares the work, the load is much lighter. Please have fun and enjoy your time with the LAMG. I know I did. I will think of you every time I browse through the beautiful book you presented to me, Great Gardens of America. Thank you so much. Just a reminder, the October 11 meeting will be at Jan Mitzel's home. She will be presenting a hands-on program you won't want to miss. It is always a treat to go to her wonderful property. Best Wishes! Suzanne Albright Charli Ready For Fall Mary and Jo Anne Enjoyed the Master Gardener Conference in KC Great Tours Jo Anne Gitchell New England Dome Asters

8 Sept 14th Debbie Laemmli Sept 22nd Nancy Hall Happy Birthday!! Lake Area Master Gardener Events October 11th at 6:30 at Jan Mitzel s Home Program Direct Method Mosaic Stepping Stones Presenter Jan Mitzel, Master Gardener November 8th at Willmore Lodge Graduation Banquet & 2017 Officer installation & take directory photos November 10th & 12th Thursday & Friday Fall Clean Up at Willmore Lodge To help new and returning members remember LAMG Club Member Names Starting 2015 a twenty-five cent fee will be charge to an member failing to wear his/her LAMG/Maser Gardener name badge at the monthly meetings. Fines are to be collected by the Ways and Means Chair, Mildred Webster, and funds added to the club s income. Items for the monthly newsletter are due to the Newsletter Chair, Charli Allee, by the 2nd Tuesday of the month Send to charlia@fnb-lakeozarks.com A few plants fit into the flavoring category. These are plants that have an essential oil that is extracted from it and used to flavor dishes or beverages. Vanilla is an example of a flavoring derived from the seed pod of Vanilla Our Mission: Helping Others Learn to Grow and To Have Fun Along the Way! L A K E A R E A UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI EXTENSION Lake Area Master Gardener Club P O Box 20/ Courthouse Annex Tuscumbia, MO 65082