Master Gardeners of Clark CountyPO Box 158, Springfield, Ohio 45501-0158

OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY EXTENSION

Volume 25 Number 3 March 2018

Blades and Blooms

IndexMark Your Calendar ...........1President’s Message .........2Pam’s Posies ......................2Janet’s Juipers ...................3 Jo’s Notes ...........................3Committee Reports ....... 4-6Birthdays ............................3Plant of the Month .............7History Corner ...................7

1 9-4:15 Perennial Flower School2 1-3 Field Trip Cmte sm conf. rm. 1-3 Wild Flower Walk5 10-12 Hort Staff 12-2 Office Conference7 8:30-4:30 MGV Training @SPGA 1-4 Garden Clean-up9 7-9 pm Basic Beekeeping @ OSUE10 9-3 Basic Beekeeping @ OSUE14 8:30-4:30 MGV Training 9-11:30 Plant Sale Grnhse work day 4:45-5:30 Perennial Cmte sm. conf. rm. 5:30 Social Hour 6:30 General Meeting15 9-11:30 Plant Sale CRSI clean up 1-3 SPGA Jubi!ee @SPGA16 9-11 SEEDS starting @ Witt grnhse 1-3 Garden Fling Mtg sm. conf. rm. 1-3 Wildflower walk 5-7 Set up for Backyard Veg Whshp @ SHS

Ohio MGV’s in Ecuador.

Mark Your Calendar17 9-3:30 Backyard Veg. Whshp @ SHS19 9-11:30 Plant/Barn Sale work @ CRSI 10-12 Early Ohio Settlers Garden @ sm conf rm20 B&B articles due21 9-11:30 Plant/Barn Sale work @ CRSI 8:30-4:30 MGV Training 10-12 Fundraising sm. conf. rm.23 9-11 SEEDS starting @ Witt grnhse 1-3 Wildflower walk26 9-11:30 Plant/Barn Sale work @ CRSI28 9-11:30 Plant/Barn Sale work @ CRSI 8:30-4:30 MGV Training 29 6-7 pm Focus on Local Speaker @36 North Fountain, Springfield30 9-11 SEEDS starting @ Witt grnhse 1-3 Wildflower walk

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Pam’s Posie’sDear Master Gardener Volunteers;Spring is just a few short weeks away (at least on the calendar) and before you know it we will be cranking out the projects. I am really excited about Snyder Park Gardens and Arboretum and what we have coming up for another season! Plans continue to develop around the Springfield Foundation Feature Garden and the pavilion. The goal is to begin this garden this season. Fundraising continues and we still need around 100,000.00 for the installation of the pavilion. We can do it!

Our new class is fantastic! Please welcome them with open arms and be sure to introduce yourself each time you come to class or see them at meetings. They are eager to volunteer and some have started already.

Thanks to all of you who are helping with training and presenting projects and serving as a mentor. All of this leads to a great experience for our Interns.

Don’t forget that Wildflower Walks begin March 2. Every Friday from 1:00 – 3:00 we will meet at a local nature preserve. Because we have a new one, Mad River Gorge, I am going to try to switch up the walks periodically. The location will be posted on the VMS calendar and Jo will send out a weekly announcement about the time and location as well. Keep in mind that if weather is questionable, you should check your email or call the office to see if we are still walking. We will always have the decision made by 11:00 a.m.

As always, thanks for all you do!

PamPamela J. Bennett State Master Gardener Volunteer Coordinator Extension Educator, Horticulture Ohio State University Extension

President’s MessageOn behalf of the Board of Trustees, I would like to welcome you to Spring (though the Board did not, at its February meeting, vote to guarantee that Spring would actually arrive on time).But the Board did discuss and vote on a number of other things; and I would like to bring you up-to-date on these:First, George brought to our attention a way to eke out a bit more interest on our accounts. The Board agreed with his suggestion that we move our savings and CD’s as they mature to a money market account at Merchant’s Bank, since our funds would then earn 1.3% interest, an improvement since our funds are at Merchant’s Bank. The Board also agreed with George’s suggestion that we subscribe to a cloud-based service OSU has, called the Buckeye Box. This service allows us to place all our financial re-cords in a cloud file that is only open to current Board members. Access to the file will change as the Board changes.Janet reminded the Board that it needs to forward our candidates for various State awards by May. Though this is a Board decision, we invite all members to send us names for consideration. The awards include Outstanding Master Gardener Volunteer, Outstanding Master Gardener Volunteer Project, and Friend of the Master Gardener Volunteer Program. Send your sug-gestions to Janet Myers (myers.31@osu.edu).The Board reminds you to send me your views on both of my requests to you from last month: The questions are 1) Should we make the SEEDS pro-gram a permanent MGV committee (and would you like to be a member?); and 2) Shall we collect dona-tions from MGV’s toward a MGV-named garden (and should it be one of the existing gardens or a future one?). On the first question, keep in mind what the SEEDS program does. The program services more than two dozen community gardens in the county, providing seedlings and advice to community mem-bers and organizations that operate those gardens. SEEDS has also done programs for individuals and organizations. In the past, SEEDS has had a paid director for the program; it will still have a director, but probably not paid. Should the programs now also be a standing committee, with chair?The Board also approved some funding: first, we agreed to provide funding for three people (to be chosen soon) from the Education Committee to

Presidents Message cont. on pg. 6

Pam Bennett hard at work in Ecuador 2018. “Lucky Person?”

pushing Pam around.

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Janet’s Junipers

Jo’s Notes:

Janet’s Junipers cont. on pg. 6

$35.00 includes lunch, handouts, and Beekeeping Basics Notebook.

Class size is limited. Master Gardener Volunteer CE Creits = 7 hours.

Deadline for Registration is March 6, 2018.

For more information, contact Janet Wasko Myers atmyers.31@osu.edu

Garden Fling - Save the Date

2018 Garden Fling, April 7, Doors open at 8:00 a.m., Sessions start at 9:00 a.m., Admission is $10.00

VMSPlease check the VMS to see if your name is listed for the projects you think you have signed up for.

Food Safety Classes

Any MGV who needs to take the Occassional Quantity Cooks class needs to send Linda (newman.221@osu.edu) an email and she will send a link and provide more information about what to do at that time.

3 Lois O’Keefe4 Dianne Champney5 Rebecca Sirons6 Stefan Broidy9 Phyllis Frysinger

18 Shonil Datta19 Sally Day20 Vicki Stalbird21 Robert Harley25 Wendy May

Hi Master Gardeners of Clark County,

Right now, I’m a woman of “few words” (I know, hard to believe!) because there’s so much going on in the MGV Program. See what follows and hope to see you there!

In the Spirit of the MGV Program,Janet

Welcome to the 2018 MGV Intern Class; Welcome to 1818

Welcome one; welcome all. This one is too good to miss. Please come to the MGV Intern Class Pot Luck Luncheon on Wednesday, March 28 at the OSU Extension Office, Large Conference Room from Noon – 1:30 p.m. All current MGVs and MGV Interns are invited as we celebrate the end of their formal classroom training. The theme for the cel-ebration is “Happy 200th Birthday, Clark County Ohio...Welcome to 1818! Optional Dress, decora-tions and dishes are of the time period. You bring the Potluck Items and your Horticulture Team will provide the meat and Social Committee the festivi-ties.A special thanks to Crystal Binegar, 2018 MGV Intern, who suggested this outstanding theme. Thanks, Crystal.

The Clark County interns are:Crystal Binegar, Deb Brugger, Linda Butler, Con-nie Chappell, Skip Crosbie, Leslie Edmunds, Judy Finnegan, Ann Haines, Terri Lininger, Teresa Magill, Sherri Mohler, Hank Nagano, Edith Newell-Perley, Danielle Norden, Marianne Ober, Katie Poppe, Su-san Smith, Rosalind Soles, Drew Titone, and Kathy Williams.

Greene County interns are: Terese DeSimio, Marcia Graeff, Peggy Nestor, and Lora Staugler.

Montgomery County intern is: Nancy Duffy.

Logan County intern is: Hannah Wischmeyer.

Basic Beekeeping

Friday, March 9, 2018, 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. and Satur-day, March 10, 2018, 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Ohio State University Extension, Large Conference RoomPresenters: Fran and Tom Davidson, Master Gar-deners of Clark County.

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CoMMittee rePorts

HELPLINEApril 5th is only one month away, first day of

Helpline this season. Ed, Kathy, or Rick, one or sometimes all three, will be at Helpline to help you and the caller. This season’s Helpline will only be on Thursdays, April thru September (Kathy will do September but may need help.). SO NOW IS THE TIME TO SIGN UP FOR HELPLINE. Do this by sign-ing up on the https://ohio.volunteersystem.org/Uni-versalLogin.cfm (MGVMS) or give Rick a call as he can help you sign up or he can sign you up without you using the VMS. (Your name will be on the VMS for that date you volunteered or Helpline if Rick signs you up.) Do this now, it does not take long for the dates to be taken. Last year, we had all dates taken by the end of May.Remember: Why did the horse go behind the tree? To change his jockeys. And, what vegetable can tie your stomach in knots? String beans.Ed Wichael and Rick McKinstry

PERENNIAL COMMITTEEKathy McConkey was our gracious hostess for our

February meeting.We spent most of our time discussing our garden

art project. We will be making an art project for our gardens using cast off glass and porcelain dishes. There will be a “Make and Take” class from 9 a.m. until noon on April 14 at SPGA. We will also present ideas on how to place art in the garden. Stay tuned for further details in the next Blades and Blooms.

We are also planning to plant some perennials on the south side of the clubhouse at Snyder Park.

If you would like to join us for these projects and more, sign up for the perennial committee on VMS or let any of our co-chairs know your interests.Kathy McConkey, Dot Burkholer, and Fabenne Brandenburg

SOCIAL COMMITTEEThe next scheduled general meeting is March 14th

at the OSU Extension office and the dinner will be a St. Patrick’s Day theme. If anyone could contribute to our dinner, we certainly appreciate it. You can call or email Terry Reid at (244-0427) or Jan O’Neill at (206-2884). Dinner will start at 5:30 p.m. with the meeting starting at 6:30 p.m.Jan O’Neill and Terry Reid

Perennial Committeen volunteers working on ideas for our April “Make and Take” class

GARDEN FLING COMMITTEEThe Garden Fling starts at 8 a.m. on April 7th at

Kenton Ridge High School. Set-up time for the vari-ous Master Gardener Volunteer Committees will be at 5 p.m. on Friday, April 6th. The high school doors will open at 7 a.m., Saturday to accommodate the ven-dors and at that time I will need assistance to move vendor items inside the school. I will also need some help around 3 p.m. to move vendor items back out to their cars. As she did last year, Natheta will be sell-ing breakfast and lunch items.Ed Wozniak

Garden Fling Raffle: I saw a crocus blooming today - - - so Spring is just around the corner. That means that the Garden Fling can’t be far away either. So it is time to think about items for the Raffle tables. If you have any garden, patio, deck, porch or outside items that you bought and now no longer want or can do without - - - how about giving them to the Garden Fling Raffle? Just make sure they are clean and in good condition. Bring them to the next Master Gardener Volunteer Meeting, March 14th, or give me a call @ 882-6128 to ar-range pick-up. Thanks for your help, Joyce Studebaker

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FUNDRAISINGThe Fundraising Committee joined the 1st Intern

class on Wed., January 31, to share the committee’s activities. The committee gave away gloves, tools & a book to some lucky attendees. That got them excited.

I would like to clear up any misconceptions you may have about the Fundraising Committee & what we are involved in. When I was asked to take over as commit-tee chair, a comment was made to me that “ fundrais-ing is hard.” We have made it interesting & fun. And, you get hours.

Just last week someone said to me they never wanted to be a part of Fundraising ”because of the door-to-door to raise funds.” “No way, not my cup of tea.” The committee participants in Master Gardener Volunteer programs that are sponsored by the Master Gardener Volunteers. The committee worked at the Perennial Flower School, Backyard Vegetable Work-shop, Spring Fling, Plant & Barn Sale, SPGA Jubilee & Farm Science Review. The committee did participate in 1 event held at George Rogers Park in the spring & 2 fall activities: Monarch Festival held at National Trail Parks & Recreation & Fall Festival at Snyder Park. At the fundraising table there are gloves, tools, books & we talk to people & answer questions about the Master Gardener Volunteer Program, flowers, gardens, etc., If we don’t know the answer, there is always someone that can help get the answer.

The Kroger Rewards Program is one of the Fun-draising activities. Clark County Master Gardener Volunteers do have the potential to make a lot of free money when Master Gardeners sign up for the Re-wards Program. If you need help in signing up please ask. Thank you to those that have signed up

This year we will be selling tickets for the OSU/Michi-gan game. Yes, Michigan. Go Bucks!!! We are asking Master Gardener Volunteers for your help in selling and getting the word out.

Don’t hesitate, if you are at one of the events, to stop by the table and see what we are doing. Don’t hesitate to sign up for the committee as we do welcome your ideas & thoughts. Thank you in advance, Fabenne Brandenburg, Committee Chair Jane Malowney Co-Chair

P. S. Fundraising is still in need of books on garden-ing, landscape, woodworking, National Geographic, outdoor magazines, and small yard ornaments/items for the Garden Fling, April 7. Items can be taken to the office or contact me at 937-964-8675 or Janie Maloney at 937-323-4457.

PLANT AND BARN SALEOur “Plant & Barn Sale” will be on Saturday, May 5th

from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Mark your calendars! Wishes for a beautiful day!

We have already started planning for the big day and thank you to all those who showed up at the planning meeting with lots of ideas on how to make this sale the best yet! Kathy McConkey has given us lots of ideas on some new veggies to offer. The bookmarks are done (Thank you Linda!) and I will have those available at the General Meeting. We will make sure everyone attend-ing our events this spring will get one and we will be doing a lunch time talk on 2/28 to the new MG class and will encourage them to help get the bookmarks passed out to their families, friends, neighbors & gardeners in their communities.

We will be using CRSI’s greenhouse (2020 N. Lime-stone – next to Rally’s) again this spring to grow plants for the sale. We will be starting on March 14 & 15th, to get it cleaned and set up to start seeding and potting up plugs on March 19th. Everyone is welcome to come help get it ready.

If you would like to help in the greenhouse, our workdays will be Monday’s and Wednesday’s from 9 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Wear comfortable shoes (cement floor), dress in layers (it gets hot in there), bring your gloves, seeding & trimming tools. There are restrooms and drinking fountains available. To try and keep the greenhouse disease and bug free, we ask that no eating or smoking be done in there. The cleaning dates and workdays are posted on the VMS General Calendar.

Also, on the VMS General Calendar are several “Digs”. We have had offers from local gardeners (not MGVs) to donate plants for the Sale. We will be going to their gardens to dig, divide and pot up. Last year at one of our “Digs”, we potted 80 hostas and made $560 from that one garden!!! One of these “Digs” will be for hostas that are sun tolerant. How neat is that?? We will need help on these “Digs”. We have them scheduled for 3 hours each, but with more people there, we could be done sooner. And . . . .it is always fun to check out other gardens!

LaDonna has agreed to manage the Barn Sale again this year. We have reserved the Clubhouse for both Friday and Saturday so set up will be easier. If weather permits, we may also move it out to the lawn at the Plant Sale area to get more traffic thru it. If you are do-ing any spring cleaning and find something for the Barn Sale, please let LaDonna know. She can fill you in on when & where to drop it off.

As always, keep sending your ideas to Loretta, Connie & I! We hope to make lots, and lots and lots of money for the Master Gardeners so we can keep doing all our projects!!See you at the greenhouse, Marilyn Hinderer, Loretta Blazer, & Connie Mitchell

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Janet’s Junipers cont. from pg. 3

Presidents Message cont. from pg. 2

payable at the door, Kenton Ridge High School, Key-note Speaker is Kylee Baumle, Author of ‘The Mon-arch.’ Garden Vendors, Raffle, Breakfast & Lunch Available, Educational Programs include: Grandpar-ents, Gardens & “Grands”; Tree-mendous; Bees are the Buzzzzzzzz; A to Z Vegetable Gardening; Herbs, Herbs, & More Herbs; Virtual tour of Gardens in England; Pruning - Nip & Tuck; and more. Additional details to come on http://clark.osu.edu

Plant and Barn Sale - Save the Date

2018 Plant & Barn Sale, May 5, 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., Snyder Park Gardens & Arboretum. Cash or Check Only. Sale items include Perennials, Annuals, Herbs, Veggies, Best Garden Gloves and MORE. Rain or Blue Skies. Additional details to come on http://clark.osu.edu

2018 Snyder Park Gardens and Arboretum (SPGA) Jubi!ee

August 4th from 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. is “just around the corner,” so planning begins now. Sign up for the SPGA Jubi!ee Planning Commit-tee on VMS and plan to attend the following meetings from 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. on: March 15th; April 19th; May 17th; June 21st; and July 19th. The Jubi!ee Wrap-up is scheduled for August 13th. Meeting Locations TBD. A Special Thanks to our new Chair, Rita Lane. Go, Rita!

attend a training workshop at Cornell University spon-sored by the National Children and Youth Garden Symposium. We also approved funding to allow MGV use of the CRSI greenhouse this year, subject to a memorandum of understanding concerning heating costs.Finally, the Board officially approved several upcom-ing programs, and agreed to remind all members and committees that are planning programs in the future to submit plans to the Board for approval. While this policy has lapsed in recent years, the Board believes it should be revived, so that no confusion or conflicts over programming will slow down new projects.

Stefan Broidy

VICTORY GARDEN:In about a month or so we will be planting potatoes

and onions in the Victory Garden. Terry Fredrich will use his big tractor to till the area whenever it dries out. I will have a work day after the tilling to redo the fence and clean up around the area. If the weather is decent and we keep the critters out, our production should be as good as last year. See you all soon in the Victory Garden.Ed Wozniak

GREENHOUSE COMMITTEEThe Mitchell Greenhouse had its first seeding day,

Feb. 20th. We are on our way to having a full green-house of plants for our field trials this year. We have redone the germination benches with new heat coils and new sand. We are hoping this will give the new seeds a nice warm start.

There was a watering team training day in Febru-ary and we have a very good team to help our plants along by watering them every day. If there is anyone

that would like to help water on Sundays, please contact Cathy Zernechel and let her know.

Looking at the VMS calendar for March we seem to have full crews for those days, but as we get into April there are still plenty of opportunities to work in the greenhouse. April 3rd, 5th, 17th, 19th,

24th and 26th still have openings. Once we get into April there are all kinds of jobs in the greenhouse.

Also, for any MGV, not just greenhouse commit-tee, we need volunteers to put plant labels on our plant stakes. This year, instead of printing the names of plants on the plant stakes with markers, we have printed up labels and we need the labels put on the stakes. (A whole lot easier than printing on them with the markers). If this sounds like a job that you would like to do, just email or call Linda McCann (linda@mccannco.net – 937-478-0350) and we’ll get you set up. Thanks, Cathy Zernechel, Theresa Gregory & Linda McCann

New germination benches and first seeds planted 2018.

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Plant of the MonthBACOPASutera (soo-TAIR-uh)

I don’t know about anyone else but I’m tired of winter, gray days, and all this RAIN! My yard is soggy. All this rain gives us a chance to look at our garden catalogs and plan for spring planting. Bacopa is a plant you might want to consider for your containers.

This plant sort of came out of nowhere in the mid-1990’s and now we see it in many container plantings. It wasn’t the small white flowers with five broad lobes or the small rounded, toothed leaves that attracted us, it was the long, trail-ing stems cascading almost 2 feet by the end of summer. You only need a sprinkling of flowers for it to be at-tractive as it has a dense growth habit, blooms heavily, and the small flowers pack a punch even from a distance.

Bacopa is not hardy so don’t be in a rush to plant outside. Wait until there is no risk of frost outside.

If you plant bacopa in contain-ers, use a good water-retentive potting mix. The plant needs good drainage but will grow best if the soil doesn’t dry out completely. Bacopa likes cooler conditions than some of the other contain-er annuals. A little afternoon shade and regular waterings will help keep this plant happy.

The plant is marketed as a container plant but is useful as an edging for a bed, as a ground-cover, to fill in an empty space in a rock garden, or over the edge of a stone wall. In my dream garden I want a stone retaining wall.

Bacopa blooms from late spring through early fall in colors of mauve, pink, violet, red, and white. The height will only be about 3 inches. It

likes full sun to partial shade. The most common problem is whiteflies and a

light horticultural oil spray is the best control to use. Using insecticidal soap on this plant can cause leaf and petal burn. Root and stem rot is possible if the soil is kept too wet. Dot Burkholder

Picture from www.pikminwiki.com/Chaenostoma_cordatum

HISTORY CORNERGreetings Master Gardener Volunteers,

The other day as I was checking out my selection of books at the Clark County Public Library, one of the little books displayed along the entrance caught my eye. Illustrated on the front cover was little Valentine’s Day candy hearts with the now commonly recognized emojis on them. The book, “He Texted: The ultimate Guide to Decoding Guys” is all about deciphering the meaning of the many intricate details of texting. Just ain’t no getting around the never ending nuances involved in our communications, much less the need for guidance in the effort. Only now, instead of the floral dictionaries used in the Victorian Era to interpret the meanings of flowers in the subtle communications of that time, we find little books, like the above men-tioned, offering meanings surrounding texted words. Now, instead of flowers, emojis offer up meaning...in-stead of memory evoking scent, the glare of a screen.

Response to last month’s (February’s) History Corner can be seen as illustrative of these shifts born across time. Interest was centered entirely upon the actual meaning of flowers...practicality over poetry is the charge moving forward, it seems. And yet, isn’t it nice to realize and be a part of a group where both views have a place. Science and Practicality skip along our garden path holding hands with Poetry and Beauty. It is a blessing to be a Master Gardener Vol-unteer.

The following are some of the meanings of flowers which Fabenne Brandenberg has shared:

Rose — love, beauty Pink Rose — grace, beauty White Rose bud — purity Red Rose — innocent hope Peony — beauty Rosemary — remembrance Daylily — coquetry White Geranium — gracefulness Hosta — devotion Hollyhocks — fruitfulness Daisy — cheerfulness Carrie Moore

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FOCUS ON LOCAL SPEAKERS’ SERIES

We are proud to present our 2018 Focus on Local Speaker Series and to introduce you to just a few of the many wonderful food and food-based producers in our local area! You will be able to meet the producers, learn about their business and philosophy, what the importance of “local” is to them, and have the opportunity to ask questions. You’ll be able to see, try, or buy the products from each presentation. We hope to see you at this fun food event and support our local food businesses! Events held at OSUE will be at 3130 East Main Street, Springfield, OH 45505. Time and other locations will be listed.

Thursday, March 29, 2018 - Ludic Soaps: Stick + Stone, 36 N Fountain Ave, Springfield, Ohio6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Since 2013, Valerie Rieker of Ludic Soap has sourced local ingredients by buying lard—a crucial ingredient in Ludic Soap—from local pig farmers. This results in fresher ingredients that can be used to make a better prod-uct in an ethical, sustainable circle that preserves contact between growers, makers, and buyers. Come hear Valerie present Ludic Soap: prioritizing quality in soap and building up the community in business!

Thursday, April 26, 2018 - FunGuy Farm, LLC: OSUE Large Conference Room6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Five years ago, Kenny and Rachel Baker were inspired to find the best food for their family. Now operating on 12 acres of woods and pasture, FunGuy Farms raise beyond organic animals humanely using integrative agri-cultural practices, agroforestry, and other techniques. Come learn about FunGuy Farms and their commitment to flavorful and healthy meats and mushrooms free of GMOs, hormones, or antibiotics!

As an added bonus, you can visit FunGuy Farms during their 2018 farm tour programming. These educational events are great for you and your family to learn about pigs, chickens, goats, bees, turkeys, mushrooms, and more! Choose from three Saturday dates, June 23, July 28, and September 22 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at 3428 N. Houston Pike, South Vienna, Ohio 45369. RSVP requested 937.505.0078.

Thursday, May 31, 2018 - Le Torte Dolci: 36 N Fountain Ave, Springfield, Ohio6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Through their travels in the United States and Europe, Lisa and Dan Freeman developed a love for small batch quality foods with a local focus. After finding an absence of these unique, quality baked goods in the Spring-field area, they began developing, baking, and selling these products from home, uncovering an apparent need for such items. Le Torte Dolci has committed to creating a full and unique bakery experience in their local shop that will provide locally made pastries, breads, and other exclusive baked goods. Come visit their new bakery and hear their story!

Eric RobertsProgram AssistantLocal Food Planning and SEEDS Community Garden ProgramOhio State University Extension Clark County

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4th Annual Backyard Vegetable Garden WorkshopMarch 17, 2018, 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. (Check in 8:15 a.m.)

Springfield High School, 701 East Home Road, Springfield

$30.00 includes lunch by Seasons Bistro. Pre-registration required by March 8.

For the flyer, go to: http://go.osu.edu/2018clarkvegetablegarden

Cultivate your gardening skills by learning best practices for successful vegetable gardening. Ideas, inspira-tion and fun are on this year’s menu. Our line-up of speakers for the event includes individuals who are on the “cutting-edge” of gardening.

This year’s line-up includes:’

Celeste Welty—How to Manage Insect Pests with Minimal Use of Chemicals

Rudy Moyer—Heirlooms: the Good, the Bad, and the Tasty

David Andre—Composting for the Backyard Gardener

Kathy Green—Preserving Your Home Garden

Pam Bennett—Eat Your Landscape

Sponsored by SEEDS Community Garden Program of Ohio State University Extension Clark County.For more information, contact Eric Roberts at 937-521-3860 or roberts1680@osu.edu

Ohio State University ExtensionClark County3130 East Main StreetSpringfield, OH 45505www.twitter.com (user name OSUEclarkcounty)

The Master Gardener Volunteer “Blades & Blooms” is a publication of the Ohio State University Ex-tension, Clark County, 3130 East Main Street, Springfield, Ohio, 45505, 937-521-3860. The Master Gardener Volunteer Advisor is Pam Bennett. http://clark.osu.edu/program-areas/master-gardener-volunteers/blades-blooms-newsletters

CFAES provides research and related educational programs to clientele on a nondiscriminatory basis. For more informa-tion: go.osu.edu/cfaesdiversity

RememberGarden Clean Up

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