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What's In a Name?

Tue, 13 May 2008 11:45:00 GMT

I have found that it does me precious little good to spout off botanical plant names if the only response I am going to get is the blank stare of death. Now don't get me wrong ~ do I know all the ...

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MG Class #13 ~ The TEST .........

Fri, 16 Nov 2007 12:10:00 GMT

In two words ............ I passed!!!!

Whew ~ what a relief, I was sooooo nervous. But not only did I pass, I ACED it!! Yay, me. Now trust me, I will probably not remember half of wha...

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MG Class #12 ~ Research

Sat, 10 Nov 2007 18:10:00 GMT

Well who woulda thunk it??! The illustrious State of Kentucky does a pretty durn good job of attempting to keep everyone informed, IF you know where to look. This state's college of agriculture w...

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MG Class #11 ~ Soils

Fri, 02 Nov 2007 18:36:00 GMT

And soil chemistry ~ probably one of the most important classes of all in the series. If you know your soil composition and what is has and what it lacks, you are definitely in business. Plants n...

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MG Class #10 ~ Pesticides

Sun, 28 Oct 2007 18:23:00 GMT

And IPM (Integrated Pest Management). That means that some genius will introduce eighty billion Asian beetles into your area to eat aphids ~ which works fine. Just one teensy-weensy little proble...

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MG Class #9 ~ Cheekwood!

Sun, 21 Oct 2007 17:18:00 GMT

Road trip!!

Our Master Gardener class took a field trip to Cheekwood Botanical Gardens in Nashville, Tennessee. GO if you get the chance. There is something for everyone.

N...

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MG Class #8 ~ Communications

Sat, 13 Oct 2007 12:34:00 GMT

Conflict? What conflict?? We ain't got no steeeenkin' conflict!!! Then why-o-why were we subjected to an hour-long lecture on how to deal with conflict in human relations? Gardening and WHAT??...

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MG Class #7 ~ Plant Diseases

Fri, 05 Oct 2007 20:27:00 GMT

Oh boy howdy, this was (and I am being polite here) dull.

To give credit where it is due, the instructor is famous for his work in plant pathology ~ one of the nation's best in fact. Bu...

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MG Class #6 ~ Perennials (my favorite!)

Sat, 29 Sep 2007 12:31:00 GMT

It's hard to believe that my adventures in Master Gardening class are almost half over ~ I am enjoying it SO much! Today's topic was the one I looked forward to the most. If anyone can bore someo...

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MG Class #5 ~ Bugs!!!

Sun, 23 Sep 2007 17:44:00 GMT

It was with some trepidation that I entered the classroom on this date. One of the scariest things about making a move further south than Z5 was the thought of big creeping, crawling, flying, biti...

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MG Class #4 ~ Lawns

Sat, 15 Sep 2007 15:54:00 GMT

OoooWheeee! Can you feel the excitement? If you can't, then you know how much I was looking forward to this class ~ not. The only thing I really wanted to learn about grass is how to get RID of...

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MG Class #3 ~ Botany

Sun, 09 Sep 2007 17:41:00 GMT

Who knew that at age 53, I would make the journey back to elementary science class? Can you say "Are you smarter than a fifth grader"? And the answer to that would be "no".

Our instru...

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Master Gardener Class #2

Sat, 01 Sep 2007 15:45:00 GMT

Thursday 8/30/07 ~ Class #2 ~ Princeton, Kentucky

University of Kentucky Experimental Farm ~ 1700 acres of tests and trials to see what will do best in Zone 6b.

We spent the bet...

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August 23, 2007

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 17:38:00 GMT

Since blogging comes as more of a good thought than a definitive action to me, I am adding the date so as to give anyone who has the misfortune to read this a point of reference.

Yesterda...

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Exciting news (to ME anyway)!

Sun, 22 Jul 2007 19:01:00 GMT

Two great, weird, and wonderful things happened to me this weekend:

1) I found the senna seed I was looking for ~ happened to spot a plant or two at the LBL (Land Between the Lakes) Nati...

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