CMGA General Info

Christmas Amaryllis with Orchid to the right. Below Ruth Benson's holiday bears.
Photo by Loni Shapiro.

Welcome to the Coconino County Master Gardeners Association blog. The mission of the Master Gardener Program is to create a corps of well-informed volunteers, and to deliver quality horticultural education programs adapted to our regional high elevation environment. The purpose of the association is to provide support for those volunteers and Master Gardener graduates, continuing education, and opportunities to participate in community programs that increase the visibility and participation in the Master Gardener Program.
The Coconino Master Gardener Association (2009) began in 2009. This blog contains information on:
-How to become a member
-Volunteer and Education hours reporting
-Calendar of Events
-General gardening information articles
-Master Gardener Association Documents and forms
-References and Resources
-Interesting Websites and Blogs
-Old Gardening Etcetera columns
-Recipes
-Book Reviews
-How to contact Board or Committee Members
Meetings are held monthly on the 2nd Thursday from 600pm - 8;30pm. We meet at the Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church at 1601 N. San Francisco. This includes continuing education and a business meeting.

Reporting Master Gardener Hours

All master gardener trainees and certified master gardeners need to report their hours.
Beginning in 2010 certified master gardeners need to have 6 Education hours and 12 Volunteer hours in order to maintain certification.The on line reporting system allows you to report Education or Volunteer hours. You can sign in to record hours in the right hand column under Recording Volunteer and Education Hours. Just click on the U. of A.
If you have any questions or concerns about the new reporting system, please contact Brenda Smith (A - M) or Sue Madden (N - Z). Their contacts are listed at the bottom of the blog under Contacts.


Ideas for hours------
--Attend monthly meetings
--Work on an association committee
--Work at an informational booth for the Master Gardeners
--Be a speaker about gardening topics at a variety of venues
--Host a garden tour
--Work at a fundraising event (Plant Sale - Garden Tour).
--Work at a MG site (Olivia White Hospice, the Arboretum, Riordan Mansion, or school gardens (many others)). Check out the Assoc. Doc. & Forms under Volunteer Sites.
--Work in the Extension office
--Write an article for the newspaper column -Gardening Etcetera
-Volunteer with the Seed Library
Be creative! There are many ways to fulfill your hours. Just remember for volunteering it needs to be a non-profit endeavor or an approved for profit site.

Change in Contact Information

Have you moved or changed your e-mail address, but would still like to be contacted about high elevation gardening information from the Extension? The Coconino County Extension Master Gardener Program has a site that will let you change your information on-line.

Click here to change your contact information!

Event Calendar

Friday, March 11, 2016

March CMGA Monthly Lecture


 
For those who were unable to attend we had a great garden talk at our monthly meeting. Stephen and Cindy Scott the owners of Terroir Seeds came and provided "Tips for Seed Starting".  I have heard several talk about this topic but learned many new ideas last night.  Stephen covered the importance of knowing your frost date in deciding to plant seeds. He provided a link (http://bit.ly/1E5sA9u) to check out your specific date.
Other topics covered were General Tips, Seed Germanination (moisture, temperature, light), Seedling Transplanting,, Seed Starting Mixes, Season Extenders, and some good tomato seeds for our short season. He added some brief remarks about seed saving, which varies according to what you are looking for (early or late season). One thing that I learned that I had not heard before was "seed orientation". If you look at a pumpkin seed there is the part that attached to the plant which is kind of flat. For speedier germination place that part down in the soil, because it is where the roots come out. It will most likely grow anyway but take longer if you put it flat on the soil. What a concept!
Terroir has 2 other links that you can print. One is a Seed Germanination Guide (http://bit.ly/1QI3wdI) and the other is a Garden Journal  (http://bit.ly/1U4aOdY) which everyone should keep for improving your garden each year. If you want to link to their web site the address is www.underwoodgardens.com. Stephen does a bi-monthly news letter that has tips for growing, info about new seeds, and some recipes for the crops you grow. If you go to the site he can add your email to the newsletter.

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