Weed Out Party

Hi everyone,

You're invited to a Weed Out Party at the SFDA Church -
Saturday 14th. June from 7[Hattie Braun] :00 till 9:30AM. 

We'll be starting a little early in the morning before it becomes too hot.  This week we are targeting Dalmatian toadflax, Diffuse knapweed, Cheatgrass and Yellow clover. As always, our experts, Dorothy Lam and Dan Deveer will be available to help identify the weeds.

Thank you weed warriors, who came, for your hard work last month.  We pulled 11 huge bags full.  If you've driven past the area that we weeded last month you will notice the pretty wild flowers emerging along the north-east and east parking lots.

If you're coming please remember to wear sun-block, bring your hat, gloves, a drink bottle and a hand tool for digging.

We will have water and a snack available on site.

Looking forward to seeing you all there.
... many hands make light work,

You are Loved,

-   Valerie

Master Gardener Meeting Agenda 6/12/2014

Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church

1601 N. San Francisco

6:30pm-6:40pm Welcome – Agenda – Hunter Kemmet

                                                Brief review of agenda for the evening               

                                             Raffle – $1 each or 6 for $5 - Must be present to win

                                                Drawing will be held after refreshments and before the business meeting

Prize:  Eatable landscape book

6:30pm-6:40p                 MG Project Grant Presentations – Loni Shapiro

o   Mountain School $300

o   Pioneer Museum $250

o   Pinon Community Garden $250

o   Killip Elementary School $103.50

o   Lowell Observatory $529

6:40pm – 6:45pm             Introduction of speaker – Ed Skiba

6:45pm-7:30pm Continuing Education

Sue Madden, Master Gardener

Straw Bale Gardening

7:30pm-7:55pm Refreshments – Leslie Penick and Charlotte Dodgson

7:55pm-8:00pm Raffle Drawing – last month’s winner was Lina Wallen

Weedout!

Greetings, All,  
 
Ever since 2010 the Master Gardeners and AZ Native Plant Society members have been fighting a battle with Diffuse knapweed at the Pioneer Museum.  All I can say is WE ARE WINNING THAT BATTLE.  Thank you, weed warriors, so much.  
 
A few days ago I checked the grounds, and there is still work to do, but nothing like the 20 huge, heavy bags a day and that we were removing during at least 5 weed outs a year.  
 
Let's get 'em while they're young!!  Two weed outs are planned - Saturday, May 31 and Friday, June 6; both days from 9 until noon.  Come when you can, and leave when you must.  (MGers, this project will count toward your volunteer hours!!)  We will talk about weed identification and proper weeding techniques to reduce disturbance to the soil. 

Please bring your favorite weeding tool, in this case a small shovel works very well, sunscreen, hat, gloves, a long sleeve shirt to protect from the sun, maybe a snack, and WATER.  I will provide bags, so the grounds look nice for visitors and festival-goers.  
 
I hope to see many of you at the Pioneer Museum, 2340 North Fort Valley Road, right next to Sechrist Elementary School.  
 
Dorothy Lamm 

Native Plant Society Monthly Meeting & Walk

Tuesday, June 17, 2014: Kirstin Olmon and Susan Lamb, “Nature’s Notebook”

Kirstin and Susan will introduce Nature’s Notebook, a national program in which amateur and professional naturalists track local phenology: the emergence and blooming of plants and the behavior of birds and other animals, including insects. The program engages individuals, educators, and community groups in learning about local plants and animals and contributing to science. These long-term observations of plants and animals generate data for scientific discovery and decision-making.

Kirstin Olmon is a botany research assistant at the Museum of Northern Arizona. She is the manager of the McDougall Herbarium and curator of the living roof atop the Easton Collect Center.  She is a recent graduate of the botany master’s program at Northern Arizona University and has worked as a field botanist for the Diablo Trust’s Integrated Monitoring for Sustainability Program and the Grand Canyon Trust. 

Susan Lamb is the local author of over two dozen books on natural history. She originally came to northern Arizona to serve as Desert View District naturalist at Grand Canyon National Park, where she acquired a lasting curiosity and affection for regional plant communities. Susan keeps a yearly almanac of over two hundred native plant species in the Flagstaff area.

Master Gardener Meeting Minutes 5/8/2014 Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church 1601 N. San Francisco

Continuing Education Dr. Tom Kolb - Future of the Ponderosa Pine Forests in Northern Arizona

Refreshments - Susan Thompson and Sherline Alexander

Raffle – Seasoned horse manure – winner Carol Hudenko

Business Meeting – Hunter Kemmet - need volunteers for fund raising committee and monthly meeting refreshments

2015 CMGA Calendar – Debi Stalvey – need pictures by the end of July.  4x6 examples

Financial report – Linda Guarino/Crys Wells

5 new memberships

$10 donations

$49 last meetings raffle

$108.50 total for the month

Bank balance ~$3750.00

MG Coordinator - Hattie Braun

Designated Campus Colleague  - get a UofA email, covers liability insurance, there are more perks

State Conference – There’s more information to come.  It is on 10-26-14 at the Casino in Prescott

Centennial Celebration – There are two celebrations 7-24-14 and 10-4-14.  Tom DeGomez will rent two vans to go to ranch on 7-24-14. 10-4-14 is at the Phoenix Zoo

Continuing Education – Ed Skiba

June – Straw Bale Gardening – Sue Madden

July - History of the Extension in Arizona - Hattie Braun or talk on butterflies

August – Mushrooms - Rachael Edelstein

September – Annual barbeque

October – Probuild/Juli Littou  Building an Inexpensive Greenhouse

November - Bees   Dr. Kristen Porter, NAU

December – Holiday Party

Community Markets – Andrea Guerrette

Volunteers needed – sign-up sheet on table

Volunteer Support – Crys Wells

Reminder: please wear name tag or membership card.  Can provide sleeves for membership cards.

In April, 40 people reported a total of 190.25 volunteer hours and 51.5 education hours.  YTD totals are 682 volunteer hours and 168.5 education hours.

MG Projects/Blog - Loni Shapiro

Presentation: coconinomgassociation.blogspot.com navigation

Report hours, change personal information, pay membership online

Pages: documents and forms.  There is also a search button.

Grants for MG Projects – Deadline May 31, application on website.

Ann Eagan’s memorial is 5-18-14 at 1:00pm

We need help for Garden Tours – vegetables, low water, flowers in July.  Want MG at each site.  Will send out mor information from Caleen Tucker.

Next meeting: June 12, 2013  Sue Madden, Master Gardener – Straw Bale Gardening

 

CMGA Meeting Agenda 5/8

Master Gardener Meeting Agenda 5/8/2014

Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church

1601 N. San Francisco

6:30pm-6:40pm               Welcome – Agenda – Hunter Kemmet

                                                Brief review of agenda for the evening               

6:30pm-6:40pm               Raffle – $1 each or 6 for $5 - Must be present to win

                                                Drawing will be held after refreshments and before the business meeting

Prize:  A truck load of seasoned horse manure delivered by Hunter Kemmet.

               

6:40pm – 6:45pm            Introduction of speaker – Ed Skiba

6:45pm-7:30pm               Continuing Education

                                                Dr. Tom Kolb

                                                Future of the Ponderosa Pine Forests in Northern Arizona

7:30pm-7:55pm               Refreshments - Susan Thompson and Sherline Alexander

7:55pm-8:00pm               Raffle Drawing

Arboretum Tome Annual

Open House & Garden Party
Michael Melendrez
May 31, 930am-430pm

Location:  9 Gilcrease Road, Los Lunas, New Mexico

Lectures begin at 10am
Rudy Garcia, State Agronomist for New Mexico
How better soil health relates to increased water conservation and a healthier garden or landscape.

Kim Costian of Ashokala Gardens Arizona
A growers experience: building a healthy soil to increase garden health and productivity.

Free!!

Viola's Flower Garden

Tomato Fest 2014

 



The vegetable season has arrived! For our grand kick-off to the season, Viola’s will once again be celebrating our remarkable Tomato Fest on Saturday, May 3^rd and Sunday, May 4^th. Both days will be loaded with free gardening seminars for all high country gardeners. We will also have over 75 different tomato varieties In-stock, from husky cherries to short-season producers, this means that everyone can pick out a new tomato type to try.

Both days we will be giving away a FREE Topsy Turvy upside down tomato planter to the first 75 customers with purchases. Join us in celebrating another great vegetable planting season at Tomato Fest. For the full schedule and description of each class visit our website here.

The Schedule for both Saturday and Sunday are as follows:

Upcoming From the Monthly MNA Newsletter/ 4FRI Lecture

Future of the Colorado Plateau:
4FRI* and the Future of our Forests

*Four Forests Restoration Initiative

Wednesday, April 30, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m., Free to the public

Branigar-Chase Auditorium - - Registration for this event is full! See below for more information.

 

The *Four Forests Restoration Initiative is bringing together historically embattled interests in a cooperative effort to restore forest health and protect communities from catastrophic wildfire. This forum is an opportunity for those concerned with the future of our forests to share their ideas and perspectives with the 4FRI stakeholder community.

forum's host and moderator. Joining Friederici to help tell the 4FRI story and facilitate the evening's discussion will be Ethan Aumack from Grand Canyon Trust, Dick Fleishman with the Coconino National Forest, Erik Nielson from Northern Arizona University, Steve Horner representing Campbell Global LLC, Rob Davis of Forest Energy Systems Inc., and Amy Waltz with the Ecological Restoration Institute.

4FRI and the Future of our Forests is the third in a series of community forums exploring the future of the Colorado Plateau. These events enable citizens to contribute their ideas and perspectives on important issues, including forest health, water resources, wildlife conservation, energy production, and economic sustainability.

We have received a high response rate for this forum event and are considering hosting a second forum of the same topic at a later date. We ask that you contact us via email to express your interest in this topic to mnafutureforum@gmail.com.

Native Plant Society PAPAZ Collecting Trip

Greetings, All, 
The Plant Atlas Project of Arizona (PAPAZ) is a partnership with the Arizona Native Plant Society, Grand Canyon Trust, Desert Botanical Garden, Forest Service, Northern Arizona University, and Museum of Northern Arizona to document the plant diversity of Arizona by training volunteer botanists to assist on research and collecting excursions. Currently, volunteers are collecting specimens at 27 locations in Arizona. 

Recently another collection site was added right here in Flagstaff at Elden Pueblo/Picture Canyon.  The coordinator of this project is Susan Holiday. 

Here is a message from Susan:

 

I am planning a PAPAZ trip to Picture Canyon on May 10th.  We will meet at the Canyon parking area by the Wildcat Treatment Plant at 8:30 and spend the morning collecting.  This parking spot is off Route 66 East behind the Mall. 
Susan Holiday
If you have would like more information or if you have any questions, please email Susan at naris123@cs.com 

Posted by
D. Lamm