The Guadalupe Gardener

The Guadalupe Gardener August 2013 Extension Service A monthly publication of the Guadalupe County Master Gardeners in cooperation with the Texas A&M AgriLIFE Extension, Guadalupe County PRESIDENT S CORNER August is heating up as are our Master Gardener activities. Orientation for our Fall Class begins August 7 th with an exciting range of teachers and subjects. Bob Teweles has opened up the classes for Master Gardeners to attend to enhance your gardening knowledge. There are opportunities to work with teachers and children at the LaVernia Primary School. MG Iris Seale is the contact. LoRa Dick, our Junior Master Gardener Coordinator, has several projects she needs help with for St James Catholic School and Emanuel's Day School. For all volunteer opportunities please go to our website where Carol Calentine has done an outstanding job of posting information. http:// guadalupecountymastergardeners.org/ volunteer-outreach-service-opportunities/ What a marvelous program we had for the July meeting. Our own Deedy Wright highlighted what we need to do to get our Fall Gardens going. If you missed it, as Deedy said, there is a wealth of information on the Aggie Horticulture website. I want to thank all the membership that participated in the vote to approve the updates to our Chapters 1-7 of the Policies and Procedures Manual. The board is moving through the rest of the manual with Cindy Waechter s help. (Continued on Page 4) August 15th - 7 PM Speaker - Dr. Rebecca Kelso, Preventing Skin Cancer 6:30 pm refreshments, 7 pm program 8 pm meeting Don t forget your name tag - and plants for the plant exchange In This Issue Page 2-3 - July GCMG Meeting Page 3 - New MGs Page 4 - Jr MG, Speakers Bureau Page 5 - Future Programs, Green Team, Gardening with Kids Page 6 - Class 25 Page 7 - KWED Radio Show Page 8-9 - Community Garden Page 10 - Big Red Barn, Members in Service Page 11 - Volunteer Opportunities Page 12 - Laura Bush Petunias Page 12-13 - Gardening Events Page 14-16 - Education-Classes-Seminars Page 17 - August Calendar 1

Association News JULY GCMG MEETING Fall Vegetable Gardening Deedy Wright, Vegetable Garden Specialist and member of the GCMG Association, presented the July program at our monthly meeting. Deedy s program included a handout of her slides and an over view of fall vegetable gardening for the beginning vegetable gardener, what she referred to as the abc s of vegetable gardening. Her message was pick a sunny spot (6-8 hours of sunlight), grow only what you like and what you have time to take care of, plant where there is good drainage and provide a fence to keep out pests. She suggested several resources for the gardener and highly recommended the Texas A&M website: http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/vegetable/ She also encouraged using the GCMG helpline at 830-379- 1972 or the Guadalupe AgriLIFE Extension website http://guadalupe-tx.tamu.edu Deedy recommended a small raised bed to start, discussed soil, composting, mulching, crop rotation, and planting the right plant at the right time. She briefly reviewed the fall vegetables including planting time, spacing, stress causes, ways to save space, thinning, varieties and fertilizer. Last she talked about pests and disease, showing pictures of problem pests and disease and recommended treatment. Deedy is an organic gardener. Her bonus tips: start small, think ahead/plan ahead (are you going on vacation, who will water?); be realistic, expect success and failures: and keep records, ie favorite varieties, planting dates, rainfall. Article submitted by Sandy Foss, photos by Marvin T Taylor Mary Styblo won the raffle of $23.50, and Cynthia Lyssy won the gift certificate. REFRESHMENTS The July Refreshments were provided by Marilyn Anderson, Ramonita Cardona, and Sandy Foss. Thank you for the great snacks. Meeting room was set up by Diane Lippe and Mary Styblo Treva Hicks, Refreshment Volunteer Coordinator 2

NEWLY CERTIFIED MASTER GARDENERS Denise Bonds Elaine Zehner Denise Bonds and Elaine Zehner were recognized as being newly certified Master Gardeners. They received their certificate, name badge, and membership card from GCMG President Peggy Jones. (Photos by Marvin T Taylor) JULY 2013 MEETING Photos by Marvin T Taylor 3

(President s Corner - Continued from Page 1) Please take a moment to turn in your Volunteer Hours and participate in the Volunteer Recognition Program. **A Rose Note** The end of August and into the first week of September is the perfect time to prune your roses back one-third. This face lift stimulates new growth for the October flush of blooms. Roses love to be fed, so give them 1-2 cups of organic fertilizer and water thoroughly. Rose Quote-A ROSE WITHOUT THORNS CONVEYS LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT!! Peggy Jones, 210 649-4002, pljones@swbell.net Junior Master Gardener Program Lo-Ra Dick reported that Rodriguez Elementary School has 20 new raised beds, and need GCMGs to help. This will be a recess activity. Seguin Christian Academy wants to get some raised beds started. Lo-Ray is also working with St. James Catholic School on an afternoon garden club. REMEMBER TO TURN IN YOUR HOURS Speakers Bureau Please let me know when you take any Specialist Training so that I can help you get the required Hours for your Certification. Jose Contreras gave two Fire Wise talks to the Nogales Garden Club and the Sand Hills Fire Department. The Advanced Power Point Class will be at the Seguin Library, 707 E. College on August 22 nd from 2-4pm. There are still a few openings for anyone wishing to take the Class. The Next Power Point Basic/101 Class will be on September 26 th 2-4pm at the Seguin Library. Anyone wishing to take either The Basic or Advance Power Point Class contact me: hickslt@lycos.com or call 830-303-4712 Treva Hicks, Speakers Bureau, hickslt@lycos.com 4

FUTURE PROGRAMS September - Kathleen Scott, Hummingbird Hotspot October - Liz Palfini, Texas Parks and Wildlife, Weeding Through Heirlooms, Historic and Just Plain Good Old Days Gardening Propaganda. How to make informed consumer garden choices November - Paul Johnson, Texas A&M Forest Service, Proper Tree Pruning December - GCMG Christmas Party Thanks to Jeff McKee for arranging these wonderful programs. The Green Team will meet once a month on the first Monday at 8 am at the City of Seguin Annex on North River. Call Hughlene Micheli 830-379-5673 for more information. Gardening with Kids You can help make the gardener of the future! Nothing is more exciting than watching children digging in the dirt and watching plants grow. Watch them taste veggies and herbs as well as smell the native flowers. They learn so much from the activities and develop gardening skills that will last a life time! Master Gardener Iris Seale leads a gardening program at La Vernia Primary School working with the Gifted and Talented students. This primary school is for Kindergarten, 1 st and 2 nd graders ages 5-8. Because of the success of Iris s work and the hands on approach of new school guidelines, the school is expanding the gardening program and adding 7 raised beds. They have the funds to prep the area, build the raised beds and add the soil. The beds will be ready by September. There are 13 teachers that want to participate in this program. Iris is going to meet with the teachers and help them get started using some of the Junior Master Gardening activities and Square Foot Gardening, but Iris cannot do this alone. Master Gardeners Patti Zgabay and Helena Torralvo have already volunteered to help with this. Can you step up to the plate? Master Gardener volunteers are needed to support this program - One per teacher if possible. This will be a project that will be during the school day; not after school. Iris says parent involvement in this school is high. So more than likely there will be a lots of parents supporting these teachers also, but Master Gardeners are needed. Background checks will be required through the school system at no expense in addition to the MG background check. ID s will be issued to be worn when on school grounds at all times. If you can help please contact Iris Seale at 830 779-2834 or iseale@gvec.net or Peggy Jones 210 649-4002 or pljones@swbell.net 5

GCMG Class 25 Guadalupe County Master Gardeners will conduct Class #25 in Schertz, Texas from August 7th through November 20th, 2013. Classes will be held at Schertz United Methodist Church, 3460 Roy Richards Drive, on Wednesdays from 10 AM to 2:30 PM. The program will include over 50 hours of instruction on plant biology, soil science, plant propagation, tree care, vegetable gardening, landscaping, lawn care and much more. Upon graduation from the class, students will qualify as Master Gardener Interns. Cost of the program is $190 and includes a personal copy of the Texas Master Gardener Handbook. A link to the GCMG Class 25 Application Form can be found on the GCMG home page(see link below). The application deadline is August 13th. Let s all get behind this class - advertise it, promote it, and get people to sign up. There are never enough Master Gardeners! More information can be found on our website (http://www.guadalupecountymastergardeners.org) home page link "Master Gardener Certification Training 2013" or by contacting Robert Teweles at rteweles@att.net or by phone at (210) 289-9997. Class 25 will start with orientation on August 7th! As of July 25th we have 11 students paid-up with more applications expected. To take advantage of the excellent programs scheduled for Class 25, we will accept applications until we have 24 students or until August 13th! So please continue to publicize the class. Members are invited to attend the Class 25 classes at no cost - although we ask that you sit in the back of the class. Please take advantage of these opportunities for continuing education and consider them a benefit of membership. We have scheduled the best speakers available and several subjects that may be new to you. Each month's schedule will be published in the "The Guadalupe Gardener" as well as the schedule for the following month. Classes run from 10:00 until 2:30, please make your own arrangements for lunch. 7 August - 10-12, Orientation; 12:30-ish to 1:15, EarthKind by Cindy Waechter and Dave Elder,1:30-2:30, Texas Superstars with Dr. Calvin Finch 14 August - Botany 101 by Liz Palfini 21 August - Vegetable Growing by Clara Mae Marcotte 28 August - Herbs and Heirloom Plants with Cindy Meredith 4 September - Soil Science with Dr. Mark McFarland 11 September - Native Landscape Plants by Deedy Wright 18 September - Propagation, Sorry but for students and those who missed previous year's classes only 25 September - Composting Science by Gail Johnson 6

KWED need volunteers The KWED Lawn & Garden Show is on KWED 1580AM radio every Saturday beginning at 9:05am. The radio station is located at 905 East Court Street in Seguin. Master Gardeners, Master Gardener interns & students research a garden subject to talk about and go on live radio with by-your-side support from: Bob Grafe, program emcee, or Ryla Cottingham filling in for Bob Grafe, plus their frequent assistant and behind-the-scenes MG Gene Griffin. Pictures including Ryla, Gene and Carol Calentine are from the July 29th program. Volunteers needed - Please contact Bob Grafe (alaskagrafe@yahoo.com) Photos submitted by Carol Calentine Off-Grid Desert Vegetable Gardening A look at the daily harvest inside John Wells' year-and-a-half in the making one-man built desert greenhouse - John Wells, former professional New York City fashion photographer, now a desert gardening specialist, has been growing fruit and vegetables in the Texas desert s extreme weather conditions near Terlingua. If you re so inclined, tune in to the KWED Lawn & Garden Show at about 9:04 a.m. at KWED 1580 AM (or go to KWED1580.com on the Internet and click Listen to catch KWED streaming) on Saturday, August 24, 2013 to hear my interview with this fascinating gentleman. Bob Grafe, KWED L&G Show MC & GCMG MG Ed. Note: We planned on having an article on John and his desert growing lab in this month s issue, but there was a computer glitch at Compost Bob s. So look for it next month! 7

Guadalupe County Community Garden Schulz Nursery is now our corporate sponsor so GCMG can buy potting soil, weed killer, etc. at cost. If they have broken bags, they will donate to us. They also donated 20 pounds of seeds for the Guadalupe County Fair. The teenage youth probationers have been helping at the garden. Five adult probationers will be working up to 10 hours a month each. One of the probationers is a Master Electrician and will install electricity to the garden. When the trenches are put in, a crew of 10 probationers will be at the garden to help. Dale Odvody will get the green house in working order. YMCA Summer Camp Visitors to the Garden: Thirteen 9-14 year olds along with 3 adults from the Schertz YMCA came by the gardens to see how the vegetables are harvested. Mary Bowe and Dale Odvody gave them a tour of the garden. YMCA s Summer Camp theme is Community First what they can do for the community. Photos provided by Peggy Jones. 8

Updates from Ann Odvody 7/2 It was a beautiful morning in the garden.-.no heat and low humidity. We sure got a lot accomplished. We all pitched in and got the harvesting done. Then Terri did the recording and went on to getting the garden area tidied. Dale worked weeding around the pavilion. Tristan, Will, Debbie and I headed out to the old test beds to clear the first two for Mary s pumpkin patch. We got it cleared and the area looks much better. I have not provided stats for harvests in a while, so here they are: 24 June...48 pounds 7 ounces, 27 June... 53 pounds 1 ounce, 2 July... 65 pounds 13 ounces. The total for the year is 1,374 pounds 11 ounces. We now have watermelons, cantaloupe and okra we are picking. Please remember, workdays are now Tuesdays and Fridays. 7/9 We got a little rain (.3 of an inch) yesterday, which perked things up a bit and made the weeds easier to pull out of the mulch. Tristan, Terri and Dale did the harvesting. Mary finished planting her pumpkin patch. I weeded. We won t even mention the heat. To catch up on the harvest totals, we had 85 pounds 1 ounce on Friday, 5 July, and 74 pounds 12 ounces today. That brings our total for the year to 1,534 pounds 8 ounces. We have added another stand up bed to the garden, which we will be setting up and filling Friday. Dale will also be installing a drip irrigation system to Mary s pumpkins. 7/16 We all got RAINED on this morning, but we are not complaining! It was so much cooler, that weeding was a pleasure and Will, Toni, and I covered a lot of territory. Tristan, Mary and Dale took care of the harvesting and they were very busy. Last Friday our harvest came in at a hefty 92 pounds 12 ounces. Today s harvest was simply amazing at 170 pounds 7 ounces. Watermelon and Armenian cucumbers were the stars. The total this year is 1,797 pounds and ounces. Tomorrow we will have a group of children touring the garden. Mary and Dale will take them around and explain how the garden works and what we are growing. 7/24 Looks like a very hot week in the garden. We are continuing with our effort to get the mulched areas weeded. Will and I are making a dent in it. Tristan, Dillon, and Coty helped harvesting, mowing and weeding. On the 19th of July, the harvest came to 178 pounds 5 ounces. The harvest for 23 July was 149 pounds 10 ounces. Total for the year has reached 2,125 pounds 10 ounces. We will begin working Saturday on getting the electricity installed. Time to begin preparing beds for the fall planting. 7/26 Good cloud cover and a breeze made for a pleasant morning. We had a crew of young men helping this morning and we sure appreciate all their help with the harvesting and weeding chores. Produce totals for today were 76 pounds 3 ounces. So far, this year we have picked 2,201 pounds 13 ounces. 7/30 - Dale and Will held down the fort today with the help of four teenage boys. Harvesting and weeding took up most of the morning. They picked over 100 pounds of watermelon, which contributed to a total for the day of 190 pounds 9 ounces. So far this year, we are at 2,392 pounds 6 ounces We also had nine volunteers in last Saturday who refurbished the mulch from the west fence to the pavilion. Let s hope that helps to keep down some of the weeds in that area. TEXAS GARDENER FUNDRAISER Our Treasury keeps 25% of your subscription when it is sent through GCMG. Email jlbruno@gvec.net for further information. Newsletter Staff Editor - Elaine McIntyre Photographer - Marvin T Taylor Distribution - Doug Biggs Proof Reader - Patti Zgabay Wandering Gardener - Marilyn Moltz 9

Big Red Barn On Friday, July 26th, Gretchen Ricker, Janice Knobles, Karen Wallock, Mary Jean Lucky, Patte Tyler- White, Patricia Watkins, and Dianne Lippe had a Fall Plant Planning Meeting. It was held at the Red Barn at the picnic table under the giant pecan tree. The meeting was to decide what types of vegetables were to be planted - where, when, and by whom. Their goal is to have a variety of fall plants for the children to enjoy seeing grow when they tour the gardens in the fall. Photos submitted by Treva Hicks M E M B E R S I N S E R V I C E Texas Master Gardener Board of Directors Two Year Term - Dave Elder - Jose Contreras Alternate One Year Term - Cindy Martin Linda Bruno Alternate Project Evaluation Committee Gillian Siemens, Barbara Gettig, Janice Knobles Membership Outreach Committee - Virginia Biggs Speakers Bureau - Treva Hicks Guadalupe Co. Community Garden Operating Committee Linda Bruno, Holly Christian JMG Program Coordinator - Lo-Ra Dick Master Gardener Office/Library - Betty Hughes AgriLife Building Workdays - Liz Romero Hours Reporting - Dale & Ann Odvody Notification - Dale Odvody & Beth Zies Refreshment Coordinator - Treva Hicks Volunteer Chair Assistant - Don Hilbert Guadalupe County Fair - Cindy Martin, Diane Lippe, Karen Wallock Historian - Gloria Saenz Class 25 Coordinator - Bob Teweles Facebook Editor - Open Newsletter Editor - Elaine McIntyre Web Master - Randee Malmsten 10

Volunteer Opportunities Guadalupe County Master Gardeners Volunteer Opportunities Every Monday the MG office/library is open from 9am-noon except for holidays. Volunteers are always needed. Contact Betty Hughes. 830-401-4066 or e-mail ehughes5@satx.rr.com. Every Tuesday, Friday and 2 nd Saturday are work days at the Guadalupe County Community Garden. Start hour is 8 AM Check with Ann Odvody (odvodyd@swbell.net 830-914-3593) for access at other times. Every Friday 9 am is a workday in the gardens at the Big Red Barn. Check with Gretchen Ricker (gricker@satxrr.com 830-305-1664) for details. KWED Master Gardener Lawn and Garden Show always looking for volunteers. WANTED: Chairperson for Gutierrez Xeriscape Park in Schertz. We still need a chairperson - or two cochairpersons - for the Gutierrez Xeriscape Park, 1300 block of Borgfeld Road (which is across from the Animal Shelter) in Schertz. The chairman s responsibility is to schedule workdays using volunteers from Master Gardeners and The Key Club at Steele High School. The Key Club is a great group of kids who assist master gardeners in maintenance of the bed area at the Park. Workdays are usually called but weeding and watering can be scheduled and done on an individual basis. Hardscape supplies will be provided. Junior Master Gardener Committee (5-10 volunteers needed) Junior Master Gardener is a youth gardening program. Their mission is to grow good kids by igniting a passion for learning, success and service through a unique gardening education. Guadalupe County Master Gardeners will be creating a committee to plan, prepare, and set up educational programs for Teachers, Schools, and gardening activities at various locations including Schools, Extension office, G.C. Community Garden, and The Big Red Barn. The Guadalupe County Fair - Coming Soon! October 9th thru 13th. Diane Lippe, Karen Wallock and Cindy Martin are planning this event. More info will follow. LaVernia Primary School Volunteers Needed 2013-2014: They will be adding seven square foot gardening beds at LaVernia Primary School. Thirteen teachers have requested help from the GCMGs. Iris Seale needs you! iseale@gvec.net If you would like to join in for the fun, please call Carol Calentine 830 303-3889 or email ccalentine@ag.tamu.edu Treva Hicks is looking for members to volunteer to set up the chairs before each monthly meeting. Contact her at hickslt@lycos.com The Guadalupe County Master Gardener Association Is a VOLUNTEER ASSOCIATION 11

My Laura Bush Petunias A Texas Super Star. The Laura Bush Petunia is an old-fashioned petunia that reseeds. I am pretty sure I started with a 6 pack of Laura Bush Petunias a few years ago that I purchased at the Festival of Flowers. I planted them in hanging baskets. Just gorgeous on the porch. Somehow I realized that there were seeds that I could gather so I saved the seeds then proceeded to throw them out in a flower bed. This year they jumped from that flower bed to the other side of the sidewalk. Now I have this beautiful show stopper. They may have taken over the sidewalk in front of the house but who cares. I love them. To read about the interesting story on how this lovely plant was developed in our area with the help of Bexar County Master Gardeners go to www.texasgardener.com/pastissues/marapr02/ laurabush.html. Submitted by Peggy Jones. REMINDER If anyone needs a card from the organization for an illness or loss of a family member, contact Pat Schultze Secretary, 830-556-6751 or e-mail clydepat6@aol.com. GCMG Outreach Virginia Biggs is GCMG s Outreach Chairman. If anyone knows of a GCMG that needs a meal, please let her know 830-560-1976 Gardening Events Tots Science Camp BUGS! Aug 2 (Fri) 10am - Noon Presented by the Bexar County Master Gardeners If you have kids, grandkids, neighbors ages 2-5, we are opening a third summer tots science camp. During our BUGS! Camp, we will be learning about insects, performing a fun, hands-on experiment with insects, and more hands-on activities. Cost - $20. We fill up quick for these camps, so sign up fast! For registration form or more info ask Molly at mekeck@ag.tamu.edu. 12

Wounded Warriors Garden The link to a beautiful blog, with lots of pictures, about the Wounded Warriors Garden (where many master gardeners volunteer on a weekly basis) is: http://rockoakdeer.blogspot.com/2013/07/returning-heroes-home-with-very-special.html 13

San Antonio Botanical Garden Summer Seminars Retrofitting Your Yard for Drought Conditions. Saturday, August 10 from 10:00 am 12:00 pm Discover the benefits of retrofitting your yard and transcend traditional gardening ideas to create a progressive low-water landscape. Bring your imagination and design a yard that will showcase your artistic talents. Class fee: $10 ($9 members). Gardening in a Long-Term Drought. Friday, August 02 from 10:00 am 12:00 pm With Stage 3 water restrictions anticipated, large lawns may no longer be practical. Our gardening experts will provide an overview of turf alternative landscapes and take you on a tour through Watersaver Lane. Learn how to take advantage of SAWS landscape and irrigation rebates as well as programs and services. Class fee: $10 ($9 members). Growing Succulents in Containers. Saturday, August 3 from 9:30 am - 11:30 am Containers are the ideal way to grow many succulents. Come to this workshop to find out what kind of soil to use, how to water succulents in containers, and the numerous sizes and styles of succulents that lend themselves to container culture. Plants and potting materials are provided, but bring your own 6-8 inch pot. Class fee: $45 ($40.50 members). To register online, please visit www.sabot.org. For more information, please contact 210.207.3270 or programregistrar@sabot.org. Art for Water: Creative Conservation Saturday, August 24th: 9am-1pm "Art for Water" is an educational and family event in support of local community gardens. The event will bring awareness to drought conditions and ways that residents can conserve water and optimize its use. Many activities will be available and the day's highlight will be an auction of artistically decorated rainwater collection barrels and tanks - creations of local artisans. A $5.00 donation per party is requested. To learn more and register online go to http://www.greenspacesalliance.org All proceeds benefit community gardens in San Antonio. What s happening this week throughout the state with the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service? http://agrilifeextension.tamu.edu/ 14

Texas Fruit Conference and Texas High Tunnel Conference Sep 30 - Oct 1 and Oct 2 The Second Annual Texas Fruit Conference and Texas High Tunnel Conference will be held at the Best Western Old Town Center Hotel in Bryan, TX. The 1 & ½ day fruit conference will provide timely topics and practical fruit growing and marketing information for new and experienced fruit growers, covering a diverse slate of topics and orchard crops. Conference Conveners: Monte Nesbitt, Larry Stein & Jim Kamas, Texas A&M AgriLife Ext. On-site/In-Person Registration is $90 for Texas Fruit Conference ($80 online) & $55 for High Tunnel Conference. Special Combo Online Registration for both events (2.5 days): $125. Registration Online Registration will open in mid July at http://agriliferegister.tamu.edu Mark your calendar to save the date Sept 14 (Sat) 9:00am 3:00pm BACKYARD BASICS EXPO at Madison High School AgriScience Magnet School located 5005 Stahl Road, San Antonio. More details to come. The keynote speaker, Edwin Marty, will be autographing his book Breaking Through Concrete: Building an Urban Farm Revival which will be for sale at a cost of $25. The registration fee for the expo will be $25 (children under age 16 are free). Registration is not yet opened.but this is a date that you want to save on your calendar! Graywater Project Public Demo and Q&A Mitchell Lake Audubon Center, 10750 Pleasonton Rd, San Antonio Friday, August 16th at 9 AM In South Texas we are always looking at ways to conserve water. MLAC is the site for a research project that can help you keep your landscape thriving in challenging times. If you are interested in how to utilize graywater for your garden or yard, join us for a public demonstration by Calvin Finch, Michael Martin and others from Texas A&M and TX Master Gardeners. Come see the setup and learn how to retrofit your washer to help you conserve water, save money and keep 12 months of native color in your yard and garden! Free and no RSVP necessary Top 10 Bugs in Your Fall Garden Tuesday, Sept 17th, 11:30 am 1:30 pm Santa Clara City Hall, 1653 North Santa Clara Rd The city of Santa Clara cordially invites all to attend a program given by Molly Keck on Tuesday, September 17 th beginning at 11:30 am. Molly is an Integrated Pest Management Program Specialist & Board Certified Entomologist who works for the Texas AgriLife Extension Service in Bexar County. Her program will be Top 10 Bugs in Your Fall Garden. You are invited to bring your own brown bag lunch. Water and dessert will be provided. We will start with introductions at 11:30 and at 12:00 noon Molly will begin her program, immediately followed by a question and answer period. Please call Santa Clara city hall @ 830-914-4443 or visit the website www.cisantaclaratx.us. for more info. See you there. Joyce K. Friesenhahn, GCMG Class 23 15

Taking Pictures of Flowers Aug 12 (Mon) 7-8:30pm San Antonio Rose Society will meet at the San Antonio Garden Center, 3310 N. New Braunfels @ Funston. Gabriel Gonzalez, Camera Exchange Photography Instructor, will speak on techniques for Taking Pictures of Flowers. Meetings are free and open to the public. For more information go to www.sarosesociety.org Fanick s Garden Center Educational Seminars Aug 15 (Thu) 1pm 3pm Join us for the BCMG Educational Meeting at the TX AgriLife Conference Room, 3355 Cherry Ridge Dr, Suite 208. Mark Fanick will speak on Fall Crops & the History of Fanick s Nursery. Free. For information, call: 467-6575. Sep 7 (Sat) 10:30 am - Noon Earth-Kind Educational Seminar: Growing a Fall and Winter Vegetable Garden will be presented by David Rodriguez at Fanick s Garden Center 1025 Holmgreen Rd San Antonio. Bring plenty of questions and a notebook. David Rodriguez Seminars Aug 17 (Sat) 10:30am - Noon Earth-Kind Educational Seminar: Growing a Fall Vegetable Garden will be presented at The Garden Center, 10682 Bandera Rd, San Antonio. Aug 31 (Sat) 10:30 am- Noon Earth-Kind Educational Seminar: Landscaping Chores for the Upcoming Fall Planting Season will be presented at Schulz Nursery 3700 Broadway, San Antonio. Aug 27 (Tue) 6:30 8:30pm Come to the TX A&M AgriLife Extension Office, 3355 Cherry Ridge, Suite 208 and learn the first two P s of having a successful fall garden, Planning and Preparation of Your Vegetable Garden. Registration fee is $10 in advance or at the door. Make check payable to Texas A&M AgriLife. Open to Public. To RSVP, contact Angel Torres at 210-467-6575 or 210/542-4386. Bring plenty of questions and a notebook. Landscape Design School Series XXIII, Course III September 23-24, 2013 Christ United Methodist Church, 4201 State Highway 6, College Station (979) 690-4673 Texas Garden Clubs, Inc. and Dr. William C. Welch announce the third in the latest Landscape Design Study Course series (Landscape Design School) which is offered in four separate schools, approximately six months apart, each with 10 hours of instruction, in the Bryan-College Station area. These courses offer an opportunity to learn from professional landscape architects and horticulturists about how successful landscapes are designed. Participants may take the four courses in any sequence. Master Gardeners who complete a course may apply to their chapters for up to12 hours of credit to their requirements for continuing education in their county. Registration for the course will be $125 (including two lunches). Make check payable to LANDSCAPE DESIGN. The text, good for all four courses, is Stewards of the Land. It may be purchased for an additional $40. For further information please contact: Mrs. Karin Wallace, Department of Extension Horticulture, 225 HFSB TAMU MS 2134, College Station, TX 77843-2134, by telephone (979) 845-8565 or by e- mail at KMWallace@ag.tamu.edu. 16

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 8 AM Red Barn 8 am 3 KWED Radio 1580 AM Lawn & Garden Show 9 a.m. 4 5 Master Gardener Office/Library 8:30 - NOON Green Team - 8 am AgriLife Bldg 9 am 6 8 AM 7 NEW MOON 8 GCMG Board Mtg 6:00 pm 9 Red Barn 10 KWED Radio Lawn & Garden Show 9:a.m 11 12 Master Gardener Office/Library AgriLife Bldg 13 14 15 GCMG Meeting 16 Red Barn 17 KWED Radio Lawn & Garden Show 9 a.m. 18 19 Master Gardener Office/ Library 20 21 22 23 Red Barn 24 KWED Radio Lawn & Garden Show 9:a.m. AgriLife Bldg O FULL MOON 25 26 Master Gardener Office/ Library AgriLife Bldg 27 28 29 30 Red Barn 31 KWED Radio Lawn & Garden Show 9:a.m. Newsletter Deadline GCCG - Guadalupe County Community Garden 17

Extension Service Guadalupe County Master Gardeners, Inc. 210 East Live Oak St. Seguin, TX 78155 Guadalupe County Master Gardeners http://www.guadalupecountymastergardeners.org 830-379-1972 Ext 210 Guadalupe County Texas A&M AgriLIFE Extension http://www.guadalupe-tx.tamu.edu/ 830-379-1972 Texas Master Gardeners http://www.txmg.org GCMG Officers & Board of Directors Peggy Jones Bob Davis Bob Teweles Jeff McKee Pat Schultze Cindy Waechter Linda Bruno Dave Elder Carol Calentine Bob Teweles Travis Franke President Past President President Elect Vice President Secretary Treasurer Education Chairman Publication Chairman Volunteer Chairman MG Training Chairman AgriLIFE Agent Master Gardener Coordinator August Meeting Thursday, August 15, 2013-7:00 P.M. AgriLIFE Extension Building 210 East Live Oak St, Seguin, Tx 78155 Reference to commercial products or trade names is made with the understanding that no discrimination by the Master Gardeners is implied, and no endorsement by the Master Gardeners is implied. Educational programs conducted by the Guadalupe County Master Gardeners serve people of all ages, regardless of socioeconomic level, color, sex, religion, handicap, or national origin. Elaine McIntyre, Editor (elaine@tindomorgans.com) 18