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Seminars on growing a healthy yard being offered
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By Michelle Brooks
mbrooks@newstribune.com
Deborah Markenson took a new approach to her lawn this year - less fertilizer, mowing taller and reseeding with the right plant for Jefferson City's weather. And she was successful.
“Last year it looked like a bunch of weeds with brown spots in between,” Markenson said. “This year, it looks like a lawn.”
The Healthy Yards for Clear Streams program, funded by the Cole County Show Me Yards and Neighborhood Project, hosted a series of seminars last fall, where Markenson learned these better landscape practices.
The Late Summer Gardener Education Series will be offered again.
“Turf! The Natural Way” will be offered 6-9 p.m. Aug. 28 at the Cole County Extension Center, 2436 Tanner Bridge Rd. Brad Fresenburg with the University of Missouri-Columbia's Turf Research Program will discuss equipment and techniques, as well as tips for controlling unwelcome critters.
“Contemporary Garden Topics” will be offered 6-9 p.m. Sept. 11 at the extension center. Elaine Callaway of the Runge Nature Center will discuss creating habitats for songbirds and bumblebees. Plus, local master gardeners will talk about garden art and rock and water gardens.
And “Conserving Resources with Landscape Practices” will be 4-8 p.m. Sept. 25 at Lincoln University's Busby Farm. Several presenters will deliver PowerPoint presentations and there will be outdoor visits, including a wagon ride to a prairie bottom field and a stop at a food compost machine. Topics will include converting a lawn to a prairie, building a rain garden, producing and using compost, preventing soil erosion in the urban setting, and native plants for flower beds.
This project is partially funded by a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency mini-grant under the Clean Water Act. The extension organizes the program with direction from local public entities and private businesses.
Markenson attended all three sessions last year.
“I was impressed with the quality of speakers and the caliber of the information,” Markenson said. “It was very practical.”
The turf workshop is held at the end of August “because that is the ideal time for folks to prepare for a number of lawn maintenance and renovation activities - seeding, fertilizing, weed control, aerating and laying sod,” said James Quinn, the extension's central region horticulture specialist.
“I was pleased with just a few basic changes, I could make my lawn look better,” Markenson said. “And I felt very moral, not (putting) so much junk on my yard.”
Preregistration is required. Cost if $5 for each workshop.
Call 634-2824 for more information.
“Last year it looked like a bunch of weeds with brown spots in between,” Markenson said. “This year, it looks like a lawn.”
The Healthy Yards for Clear Streams program, funded by the Cole County Show Me Yards and Neighborhood Project, hosted a series of seminars last fall, where Markenson learned these better landscape practices.
The Late Summer Gardener Education Series will be offered again.
“Turf! The Natural Way” will be offered 6-9 p.m. Aug. 28 at the Cole County Extension Center, 2436 Tanner Bridge Rd. Brad Fresenburg with the University of Missouri-Columbia's Turf Research Program will discuss equipment and techniques, as well as tips for controlling unwelcome critters.
“Contemporary Garden Topics” will be offered 6-9 p.m. Sept. 11 at the extension center. Elaine Callaway of the Runge Nature Center will discuss creating habitats for songbirds and bumblebees. Plus, local master gardeners will talk about garden art and rock and water gardens.
And “Conserving Resources with Landscape Practices” will be 4-8 p.m. Sept. 25 at Lincoln University's Busby Farm. Several presenters will deliver PowerPoint presentations and there will be outdoor visits, including a wagon ride to a prairie bottom field and a stop at a food compost machine. Topics will include converting a lawn to a prairie, building a rain garden, producing and using compost, preventing soil erosion in the urban setting, and native plants for flower beds.
This project is partially funded by a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency mini-grant under the Clean Water Act. The extension organizes the program with direction from local public entities and private businesses.
Markenson attended all three sessions last year.
“I was impressed with the quality of speakers and the caliber of the information,” Markenson said. “It was very practical.”
The turf workshop is held at the end of August “because that is the ideal time for folks to prepare for a number of lawn maintenance and renovation activities - seeding, fertilizing, weed control, aerating and laying sod,” said James Quinn, the extension's central region horticulture specialist.
“I was pleased with just a few basic changes, I could make my lawn look better,” Markenson said. “And I felt very moral, not (putting) so much junk on my yard.”
Preregistration is required. Cost if $5 for each workshop.
Call 634-2824 for more information.
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