Spooner Advocate- Springbrook/Trego Column, March 26, 2015

Good morning! Hope this finds everyone out there doing great. It sure is bright and beautiful out there! I am loving this weather I hope you are as well. 

Sorry the column has been a little sporadic lately. I have had quite the adventure with my heath lately. I do want to say a thank you to Mitch and David for the great care that they gave me in the ambulance on the way to Duluth. Thanks also to all the doctors and nurses that took care of me and ran ever kind of test imaginable on me. Thank you to Dr. Andrei in Hayward that removed my gall bladder and has put me on the road to feeling better. I have one more surgery this week and that will be the end of all this being lazy! I am the worse patient let me tell you! A Huge thank you goes out to the Barber/Johnson family for taking care of me, rides, taking care of the animals and well putting up with me being surly.

Thank you to all the people that worked on putting the New Ventures Gardening Seminar on this last weekend. You all did a wonderful job again! All the presenters were great. I have to say I really loved Pat Thomas talk on pollinators as well as our own local Mike Heim who showed great pictures of his wonderful plants! I learned alot and am pumped to get going on the garden. Thanks to the Spooner Garden Club for all the great desserts and helping out at the seminar-the garden cub meets the fourth Thursday of the month at 1:00 pm. Questions 715-645-2346. Also thank you to the North Country Master Gardeners Association fr their help- more information about them can be found at www.spooner.ars.wisc.edu/newsletters/. If you missed this great event and want to go next year put it on your calendar- its held every year on the third Saturday in March.

A BIG happy birthday goes out to John Hendricks of Trego! This is a belated Happy Birthday as his birthday is March 23rd! Arlene Hendricks- Hencz and her sisters send you their love and wish you a fantastic Birthday! 

If you would like to access the LCO Community College calendar please visit them at LCOOCC Extension on Facebook. . Any questions or to have a copy sent to you via email please call Amber at 715-634-4790 x156.

Do you know anyone that would like to get their GED? Maybe its you that would like to get your GED and go on to take some college classes. Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College is both a place where you can study for your  GED as well as test for it. f you would like more information please call 715-634-4790 and ask for Nicole.

Happy birthday to all the people in March! So excited that it is March- but man I got to get my gardens planned and start some plants!  If you have a birthday this month you are among some awesome people !!  Happy Birthday goes out My brother Lutius, Diane Cutt, Aunt Bonnie, my niece Cheyenne Horner, as well as my niece Bailey McAlpine, John Hendricks of Trego- have a fabulous day folks! If you have a birthday this month please give yourself a hug, do something that makes you happy!! We love you!

Put it on your calendar:

July 17-19, 2015- 35th Annual Conference and Campout. Where? Seed Savers Exchange in Decorah, Iowa! If you have not attended this you are missing out!!! Hope to see some of you there!

July 24-25, 2015- Hayward Piecemakers Quilt Show. New location is at the Hayward Wesleyan Church in Hayward. More information- haywardpiecemakers@hotmail.com or call Michelle at 715-661-3575

August 19-21,2015- Return To First Medicines 2nd Annual Gathering. A Gathering for adults and children to learn about Sacred Medicines Growing Traditional Foods and how to care for our environment. This event will will be held at Fortune Bay Resort and Casino.

I know that there HAS to be some events going on out there! Please let me know!

Please remember that I would like any information from all of you of what is going on! This is your column ! Any garage sales, church functions, raffles etc? Let me know- thank you!

Have a friend or family member that would be interested in the column? Maybe they live out of town? They can access the column on my blog on Thursdays, at www.twogirlsandagarden.blogspot.com .

 

13th annual New Ventures Gardening Seminar- 3/16

Gardeners who would like to have gorgeous, healthy, and productive gardens are invited to the 13th annual day-long New Ventures Gardening Seminar on Saturday, March 16, at Northwood School, Minong.

The event – hosted by the Spooner Garden Club, Northwood Community Ed, and the North Country Master Gardeners – will inspire gardeners with presentations on roses, shrubs, plant hardiness, and plant diseases.

Gardeners will be able to attend all four sessions featured at the seminar:

• "Rusts and Smuts and Leaf Spots – Oh, My! Diabolical Diseases in the Home Garden" – Plant diseases can make growing vegetables, flowers, trees, and shrubs a challenge. Plant disease expert Brian Hudelson will give an overview of the types of diseases common in the home garden and how to produce healthier, more beautiful plants.

• “Tried, True, and New Shrubs” – Many new shrubs have been introduced over the last few years with a focus on adding color and compact size to the landscape. Kathy Zuzek, who previously worked in a woody ornamental research program, will explore some of those new shrubs along with older shrub cultivars that perform well in Zone 3 and 4 gardens. She also will look at how to select shrubs, what is appealing among the cultivars, and what is not so appealing in others.

• “Growing Roses that Thrive in the North” – David Zlesak knows roses – some of the roses he developed are already on the market. He will spotlight readily grown, proven cultivars and give tips on selecting and planting roses, helping them acclimate, aiding their survival over winter, pruning, and helping them combat diseases.

• Mini-Session: “Getting Plants through Frigid Winters and Steamy Summers” – Zlesak will explain what makes a plant “hardy” and how gardeners can help their plants flourish in a climate that can reach 100 degrees or more during the summer and plummet to -30 or -40 in the winter.

Who the speakers are

Hudelson is affectionately known as “Dr. Death” because of his love of plant diseases. He received his BS in Botany, Bacteriology and Molecular Biology, MS in Biometry and PhD in Plant Pathology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and in 1998, became the director of the Plant Disease Diagnostics Clinic (PDDC). The PDDC, part of the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and University of Wisconsin-Extension, provides expertise in diagnosing plant disease problems and information on diseases and their control to a wide range of clientele throughout Wisconsin. More information is at http://pddc.wisc.edu.

Zuzek is a University of Minnesota-Extension educator with expertise in trees and shrubs. Her training is in forest science and in plant breeding and genetics. Prior to joining the UM-Extension horticultural team, she worked in forest pathology research followed by 19 years as a plant breeder on the UM’s woody ornamental research program that provided northern gardeners with the Northern Accents™ roses, the ‘Lights’ series of azaleas, Garden Glow™ dogwood, ‘Emerald Triumph’ viburnum, Firefall™ Freeman maple, Summertime™ Amur maackia, and other shrub and tree cultivars.

Zlesak is an assistant professor of horticulture at UW-River Falls. He has been breeding roses since he was a teenager, and his most recent release is the landscape miniature rose Oso Happy Petit Pink, one of three 2012 Award of Excellence Winners by the American Rose Society. He also breeds ninebark, heliopsis, and ageratum (and he has marketed all three, too). He coordinates the Northern Earth-Kind Rose Trials and works with colleagues in the study of rose diseases.

Seminar

The seminar will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m., with registration and vendor sales beginning at 8:45 a.m. Pre-registration is required. The cost is $14, and check addressed to Northwood School can be mailed to Northwood School, N14463 hwy. 53, Minong, WI 54859.

As is the tradition at the seminar, 4x6-inch photos of plants, area gardens, and visited gardens are welcome and will be displayed during the event. Photos that are 8x10 are also welcome for displaying. Attendees are invited to send photos with their registration (not e-mailed in), along with the photographer’s name and a description of the photo. The snapshots can be retrieved after the seminar if desired.

Vendors with any kind of garden-related products are invited, too. Space is limited and needs to be reserved in advance.

More information about the seminar or vending at the event, including cost and where to mail the registration, is available from Julie Hustvet, gardenseminar@charter.net, or from Micki Brisky, Northwood School, 715.466.4692, extension 323, or michela_brisky@northwood.k12.wi.us.

New Ventures Garden Seminar is always held the third Saturday in March at Northwood School, which is four miles north of Minong on Hwy. 53.

13th Annual New Ventures Gardening Seminar- 3/16

Gardeners who would like to have gorgeous, healthy, and productive gardens are invited to the 13th annual day-long New Ventures Gardening Seminar on Saturday, March 16, at Northwood School, Minong.

The event – hosted by the Spooner Garden Club, Northwood Community Ed, and the North Country Master Gardeners – will inspire gardeners with presentations on roses, shrubs, plant hardiness, and plant diseases.

Gardeners will be able to attend all four sessions featured at the seminar:

• "Rusts and Smuts and Leaf Spots – Oh, My! Diabolical Diseases in the Home Garden" – Plant diseases can make growing vegetables, flowers, trees, and shrubs a challenge. Plant disease expert Brian Hudelson will give an overview of the types of diseases common in the home garden and how to produce healthier, more beautiful plants.

• “Tried, True, and New Shrubs” – Many new shrubs have been introduced over the last few years with a focus on adding color and compact size to the landscape. Kathy Zuzek, who previously worked in a woody ornamental research program, will explore some of those new shrubs along with older shrub cultivars that perform well in Zone 3 and 4 gardens. She also will look at how to select shrubs, what is appealing among the cultivars, and what is not so appealing in others.

• “Growing Roses that Thrive in the North” – David Zlesak knows roses – some of the roses he developed are already on the market. He will spotlight readily grown, proven cultivars and give tips on selecting and planting roses, helping them acclimate, aiding their survival over winter, pruning, and helping them combat diseases.

• Mini-Session: “Getting Plants through Frigid Winters and Steamy Summers” – Zlesak will explain what makes a plant “hardy” and how gardeners can help their plants flourish in a climate that can reach 100 degrees or more during the summer and plummet to -30 or -40 in the winter.

Who the speakers are

Hudelson is affectionately known as “Dr. Death” because of his love of plant diseases. He received his BS in Botany, Bacteriology and Molecular Biology, MS in Biometry and PhD in Plant Pathology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and in 1998, became the director of the Plant Disease Diagnostics Clinic (PDDC). The PDDC, part of the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and University of Wisconsin-Extension, provides expertise in diagnosing plant disease problems and information on diseases and their control to a wide range of clientele throughout Wisconsin. More information is at http://pddc.wisc.edu.

Zuzek is a University of Minnesota-Extension educator with expertise in trees and shrubs. Her training is in forest science and in plant breeding and genetics. Prior to joining the UM-Extension horticultural team, she worked in forest pathology research followed by 19 years as a plant breeder on the UM’s woody ornamental research program that provided northern gardeners with the Northern Accents™ roses, the ‘Lights’ series of azaleas, Garden Glow™ dogwood, ‘Emerald Triumph’ viburnum, Firefall™ Freeman maple, Summertime™ Amur maackia, and other shrub and tree cultivars.

Zlesak is an assistant professor of horticulture at UW-River Falls. He has been breeding roses since he was a teenager, and his most recent release is the landscape miniature rose Oso Happy Petit Pink, one of three 2012 Award of Excellence Winners by the American Rose Society. He also breeds ninebark, heliopsis, and ageratum (and he has marketed all three, too). He coordinates the Northern Earth-Kind Rose Trials and works with colleagues in the study of rose diseases.

Seminar

The seminar will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m., with registration and vendor sales beginning at 8:45 a.m. Pre-registration is required. The cost is $14, and check addressed to Northwood School can be mailed to Northwood School, N14463 hwy. 53, Minong, WI 54859.

As is the tradition at the seminar, 4x6-inch photos of plants, area gardens, and visited gardens are welcome and will be displayed during the event. Photos that are 8x10 are also welcome for displaying. Attendees are invited to send photos with their registration (not e-mailed in), along with the photographer’s name and a description of the photo. The snapshots can be retrieved after the seminar if desired.

Vendors with any kind of garden-related products are invited, too. Space is limited and needs to be reserved in advance.

More information about the seminar or vending at the event, including cost and where to mail the registration, is available from Julie Hustvet, gardenseminar@charter.net, or from Micki Brisky, Northwood School, 715.466.4692, extension 323, or michela_brisky@northwood.k12.wi.us.

New Ventures Garden Seminar is always held the third Saturday in March at Northwood School, which is four miles north of Minong on Hwy. 53.