Master Gardener Meeting Minutes 7/12/2012
Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church
1601 N. San Francisco
6:30pm-6:35pm Welcome
– Agenda - Debi Stalvey
Request for volunteers for September picnic
planning
Tess Wymore, Willa McAuliffe, her friend, Marianne, and
Crys Wells volunteered to help Hattie plan the September 9 Recognition Picnic.
6:45pm-8pm Continuing
Education
What to do With the Harvest – Michele Lytle (MG and personal chef)
Michele Lytle and her husband, John Mead, created several
dishes from locally available vegetables and demonstrated one recipe. Michele demonstrated making a simple
and tasty spaghetti squash dish and shared samples with the audience. While making the recipe, she talked
about different ways to use spaghetti squash or other kinds of squash. She also shared samples of arugula
walnut pesto, roasted beets and a cool cucumber soup (courtesy of John). They were all delicious! Her main theme was that you can be
creative with unfamiliar vegetables.
All of the recipes are available on the blog, right column under
Recipes.
Update on County Fair Entries - Carol Burris, Marjorie Withrow and Ron
Hiebert
Carol, Marjorie
and Ron gave an overview of the county fair and then gave more specifics about
how to enter. They emphasized – JUST enter! Do not worry about the exact flowers or vegetables – they
know that you won’t know if your crookneck squash will be ready or presentable
when you enter. Entering will get
your name in and the final selection will be whatever you bring on the
receiving day. Don’t forget that for every 5 entries in a department, you can
get a free admission to the fair.
The Fair Book contains all the entry information and is available at a
number of different sites, including the Coconino County Extension office and
online at http://www.coconino.az.gov/parks.aspx?id=480 . Briefly, choose what you want to enter, complete
the entry form and get it in by the deadline. For horticulture and
floriculture, the deadline for entering is August 10. Carol and Marjorie gave tips on entering your flowers: cut
flowers in the cool of the evening or in the early morning, cut more flowers
than you plan to enter so you have options, cut the stems longer (you can
always cut shorter as needed), and be sure to count stems! At the Floriculture Building there will
be preservation solution available. If you want to make your own, the recipe
is: 50/50 lemon-lime soda and water.
Pay attention to the requirements – if the rules say three stems, it
won’t matter how beautiful the bouquet is if there are more than three
stems. For vegetables,
marketability is the prime consideration.
Look at how vegetables are displayed in the store. Is it mature, are all of the items of
similar size, correct color, right number, clean and without blemish? Pay
attention to the rules – if the rules say 10 red cherry tomatoes on a stem,
then that is what you provide.
Volunteering at the fair is a great way to get volunteer hours! Call
928-679-8000 or email cnemeth@coconino.az.gov
if you are interested in volunteering – you get free admission to the
fair! You may also volunteer both
before the fair and after: Aug. 25, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. is room and yard clean-up
and Sept. 5 is room tear down starting at 4 p.m. Help is also needed for receiving and judging.
8:15pm - 8:25pm Business
Meeting – Debi Stalvey
Susan Lockwood described the need for sponsors for the
Arizona Highlands Garden Conference, encouraged individual master gardeners to
be a sponsor and asked if the Master Gardener Association wanted to be a
sponsor. Crys Wells moved that the
Association review finances and make an appropriate sponsorship. Ann Eagan seconded the motion and the
membership voted to do so.
Individual master gardeners may sponsor at any level from $25 to $1,000
and up, or may also donate door prizes, if they wish. Send sponsorships to Hattie Braun/AHGC, Coconino County
Cooperative Extension, 2304 N. 3rd St., Flagstaff, AZ 86004. Make checks payable to “The University of Arizona”. Contributions are tax deductible.
Financial report – Ed Skiba
The current balance in our account is 711.74. We need to
make a 2nd payment on the calendars – approximately $400 with
balance and shipping.
MG Program Happenings (Classes, Conference)
– Hattie Braun/Ann Eagan
Hattie announced that she is looking for a location for
the fall master gardener class.
NAU now charges for evening parking so she needs an alternative location. Suggestions are welcome. Suggestions made at the meeting
include: Murdoch Center, St. Pius Church, FMC training room, fire stations.
Registration for the Arizona Highlands Garden Conference
is now open. Brochures are available and registration forms are available on
the website, http://extension.arizona.edu/events/ahgc-2012.
Also, online registration and payment with a credit card is available as of
Monday, July 16.
Committee Reports:
Continuing
Education
Loni Shapiro announced
upcoming presentations. In August,
Ann Eagan will present on season extenders and Linda Guarino will present on
Plant Propagation and in October, Jan Busco will present “Growing Native
Grasses”. Loni also requested
ideas for speakers for 2013, and is looking for someone to take over
Educational Programming in 2013.
Community
Programs
Community
Market – Julie Holmes
Hattie said that she will cover the July 25 community
market gap. All other Wed. slots are covered.
Volunteer
Support/Social – Hattie Braun
Volunteer/Education
Hours – Crys Wells
Crys Wells reported master gardeners did 691.75 volunteer hours and 49.25 education
hours. Please remember to record your hours! Not only do you get credit, but it helps Hattie justify the
existence of the program. You need to sign in online and at your station for
their records.
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