Cooperative Extension Service Shelby County Newsletter

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1117 Frankfort Road ● Shelbyville, KY 40065 ● (502) 633-4593 ● Fax: (502) 633-6713 ● www.ca.uky.edu

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4-H ANNUAL ACHIEVEMENT

BANQUET Tuesday, December 8 at 7 PM

N O V E M B E R

Small Ruminant

Series

Thursdays in November: 5, 12, 19

From 6:30-8 p.m. Extension Office

(pg. 8 for information)

Horticulture Spring /Summer classes

Beekeeper News

Master Gardener Classes forming

(page 4-5 for information)

The Shelby County Extension Homemakers

would like to invite you to the 10th Annual

Veterans Appreciation Reception 2—4 p.m. on November 8 (page 2 for information)

10 a.m. on Thursday, November 19

4-H is collecting new children's books for Reading Reindeer

Communication Keeps

Relationships Healthy The way two people communicate and

handle their relationships, including their

differences, is key to a successful partnership and

connection. According to Marlene Pearson, author

of Love Noted, the four communication danger

signs include escalation, put-downs/invalidation,

withdrawal/avoidance and negative

interpretations. To help reduce, stop and exit out

of these negative patterns, you can:

“Take a time out when you are angry or riled

up”

“Avoid ‘in-your-face’ complaining”

“Start gently not ‘in-your-face’ when you

complain or gripe”

“Take turns speaking and listening so you

understand each other”

“Follow a problem-solving model to find

solutions that stick”

“Look for deeper or hidden issues behind

everyday events and arguments that push your

buttons”

“Give daily appreciation to those you care

about”

Reference: Pearson, M. E.

(2011) Communication: The four danger

signs. Love Notes. Dibble Institute: Berkeley,

CA.

Source: Amy Hosier , Extension Specialist for

Family Life, University of Kentucky; College of

Agriculture, Food and Environment

Family Fun Night—Dabbling in the Arts Plan to join us for the next Family Fun

Night from 6 to 8 p.m. on Friday, November 13.

Artist Stephanie Allison will teach Zentangles art.

Join us to learn and complete a special art project.

Reservations are required because class size is

limited. Call 633-4593 to reserve you and your

family members’ or friends’ seats in this class. The

cost is only $2 per person. A delicious, nutritious

snack will also be served.

Gifts from the Sewing Machine Join us at the monthly Sewing Circle on

Tuesday, November 10 from 3 to 8 p.m. at your

Shelby County Extension Office. You can make

several gifts from the Sewing Machine including

coasters, dinner napkins, table runners, fabric gift

bags and more. Just call 633-4593 or email

rachelle.sharar@uky.edu to request the supplies

list. You can join us anytime from 3 to 8 p.m. at

the Sewing Circle.

Basic Budget Bites Shop smart before shopping trips with

these tips:

Plan your weekly meals and snacks. Planning

before shopping will help you know what you

need. It also will help you put leftovers to

good use.

Use store ads and go online to look for

coupons, sales, and store specials. Use

coupons only on foods you often eat. Make

sure the coupons give you the best value for

your money.

For added savings, sign up for the store

discount card.

Source: USDA Eat Right When Money’s Tight

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Veterans Appreciation Reception On Sunday, November 8, the Shelby County Extension Homemakers would like to

honor all veterans and military personnel. The homemakers would also like to recognize all

military families.

All veterans, their families and friends are invited to attend the tenth

annual Veterans Appreciation Reception at your Shelby County Extension

Office from 2 until 4 p.m. on Sunday, November 8. Refreshments will be

served and there will be a short ceremony at 2:30 p.m. Everyone is invited to

join us to thank our veterans and military families for the freedoms we have

in our great country!

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Articles By: Sheila Fawbush Cooperative Extension Agent for Family & Consumer Sciences

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November is

Diabetes Awareness Month

Healthy choices in food and exercise can

help prevent diabetes. Diabetes can be

controlled—by choosing healthy foods, staying

physically active and knowing and managing

blood sugar numbers.

Did you know that in the state of

Kentucky: 1 in 2 adults are at risk for developing type 2

diabetes

Diabetes is the 5th leading cause of death by

disease

Almost 1/3 of people who have diabetes are

undiagnosed

What is diabetes? Diabetes is a group of diseases

characterized by high blood glucose (sugar) levels

that result from the body’s inability to produce

and/or use insulin. Insulin is a hormone that helps

bring the glucose (sugar) into the cells. If glucose

cannot be brought into the cells, there can be a

buildup of glucose that can cause damage to the

blood vessels, eyes, kidneys, nerves, and heart.

Signs and Symptoms of Diabetes Frequent urination (having to go to the

bathroom more often than usual)

Excessive thirst (even after drinking an

adequate amount)

Fatigue (feeling tired)

Extreme Hunger (when you normally should

not be hungry)

Unusual weight loss (not explained by dieting

or increased physical activity)

Blurred vision

Dry, itchy skin

Tingling or numbness in feet

Sores that are slow to heal

These signs and symptoms may indicate

diabetes (although you may have no signs and

symptoms). Your health care provider is the

ONLY one who can make the diagnosis. DO

NOT rely on symptoms only!!

How can I prevent diabetes? Know your risk factors for diabetes and talk to

your health care provider about them.

If you are overweight, work towards a healthy

weight for you.

Increase the amount of physical activity that

you do on a daily basis. It is important to talk

to your health care provider before you start

any new exercise program.

Source: Adult Health Bulletin, November 2011, University of Kentucky

Healthy Eating with Diabetes Program As part of November’s National Diabetes

Awareness Month, there will be a special program

at 10 a.m. on Thursday, November 19 at your

Shelby County Extension Office. Participants will

learn about healthy lifestyle habits to prevent and/

or manage diabetes. The program will include

cooking demonstrations, food sampling, free

recipes, and answers to your questions. There

will be new recipe food sampling at noon.

The Oldham, Henry, Spencer and Shelby

County Cooperative Extension Services are

sponsoring the “Healthy Eating with Diabetes”

Program. To register for this FREE program,

please call 633-4593.

First Saturday Walk Abouts Mark your calendar and join us at the

Clear Creek Park Family Activity Center at 8:30

a.m. on Saturdays—November 7, December 5,

and January 2 for a walk to de-stress, strengthen

your bones, and improve your overall health. All

participants receive a FREE day pass to the

Family Activity Center. We walk inside on cold,

rainy or snowy days.

Beekeeper News You still have time to sign up for

Beginner Beekeeping classes. There

are two classes (You want to take

both, if possible.), one on Tuesday

October 27 and one on Thursday,

October 29. Classes are 6 to 8:30 p.m.

at the Extension office

The last meeting of the year for the Shelby

County Beekeepers is the Christmas party on

Tuesday, Nov. 17 at 6:30 p.m. at the Extension

office. After a winter break, Beekeeper

meetings will resume on Feb. 25 at 7 p.m. at

Extension.

I’ve never personally attended but heard great

things about the Bee School at Kentucky State

University. You might want to put

next year’s school on your calendar.

It is March 12 and held at Kentucky

State University in Frankfort.

Classes for spring / summer 2016 Before the end of this year, I’d like to finalize

plans for next year’s gardening/hort and master

gardener classes. I’d like some help with times,

dates and topics.

For the last three years I’ve offered a class on

food gardening. The class covers everything

from vegetables to fruit trees and small fruits.

Usually we have 8 to 10 classes, once a week.

In years past, I have taught day classes, night

classes and one year both day and night classes.

This year I’d like to stick to either day or night.

Which would work better for you if you are

interested in the classes? Also, I usually start

the classes in late winter/ early spring so the

information goes out there before gardens

actually get planted. But you could make a case

for starting in, say April, and going through

June. What do you think?

Also, we offer the Green Thumb gardening

series. These are evening classes on a variety of

topics and also include garden tours. They

usually start in late February/early March and

go through October. Do you

have any suggestions for topics?

Anything you would like to

learn about?

I am also considering a short

series on fruit production, fruit

tree pruning, etc. in late winter/early

spring since I get so many questions

on growing fruit. Would you be

interested in a series of two or three

classes on growing, pruning and

general care of fruit trees?

Finally, I have offered classes on backyard

chicken keeping in the past and they have been

very popular. Is there still interest out there?

I’d appreciate any feedback. You can call Walt

at 633-4593 or email walt.reichert@uky.edu.

Master gardener classes forming To go along with the above, I plan to offer

Master Gardener classes in late

winter/spring of 2016. The Extension

Master Gardener program through

the University of Kentucky is a

series of 14 to 16 classes that cover

the basics of everything horticultural,

from trees to soil, vegetable growing

to perennials, fertilizers to lawns and

much, much more. After the classes,

participants agree to give 40 hours of

community, horticulture-related service during

the first year after classes are completed to

become a certified master gardener. To

maintain the certification, master gardeners

complete 20 hours of service in subsequent

years. There is a fee for the classes, which

covers the book, materials and food/snacks.

To offer the classes, we need a minimum of 10

participants. I am compiling a list of those

interested now. If you are interested and want to

be put on the no-obligation list, call Extension,

633-4593, or email walt.reichert@uky.edu.

Also, let me know whether you prefer days/

nights and if any days or nights will not work.

I’ll try to accommodate as many people as

possible.

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Articles By: Walt Reichert Horticulture Technician

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Beans, sunflowers and garlic

This past summer we tried four varieties of green

beans in the Extension vegetable garden: Roma,

Jade, Half Runner and Blue Lake. Roma was by

far the best performer in terms of quantity, Jade

second. If you’re growing beans for sale, however,

you might want to grow Jade. It’s a very pretty,

straight, dark green bean that would sell well.

In the back of the garden, we put in a few sunflow-

ers. They produced a head with large, jet-black

seeds, much larger than ordinary sunflower seeds.

If you’re interested in some, let me know and I

will pass them out until they are gone.

We thought we’d also put the garden to work this

fall, so we’re planting two types of garlic, one

hardneck, one softneck. UK recommends hardneck

varieties for doing best in Kentucky, but Ty Cato,

our commercial vegetable specialist says the

‘Polish’ variety of softneck garlic does fairly well

here. The advantage of softneck varieties is they

can be braided to use for keeping out vampires.

And you never know… We’ll also be growing a

hardneck variety called ‘Music.’ We’ll let you

know how they do next summer.

By the way, if you want to grow gar-

lic, you need to plant it soon, prefera-

bly by the end of the month. It will

survive over winter and be ready for

harvest next July. (Garlic is ready to

harvest when the tops turn yellow.)

Plant of the month: Bush honeysuckle Usually for the “Plant of the

month” we feature a great peren-

nial, tree or shrub. This month,

we’re featuring a bad guy, one

you don’t want to plant: bush

honeysuckle (lonicera maackii).

Unlike our native honeysuckles that are viney,

bush honeysuckle, an Asian invader, is a shrub up

to 20 feet tall. It has small, green leaves that are

slightly hairy on the bottom and it has clusters of

white blooms in spring. It tolerates nearly any kind

of soil and grows under the shade of hardwoods,

often pushing out native, more desirable shrubs.

Because it leafs out early, it shades out nearly eve-

rything beneath it. It is covered with red berries

about now, berries which contain seeds spread by

birds.

Bush honeysuckle can form thickets in and at

the edge of forests.

Controlling this plant is difficult. Cutting it

down merely causes it to send up more shoots.

The best approach to control is to cut it with a

saw or chainsaw and spray a solution of 20

percent glyphosate on the cut portion immedi-

ately after cutting down. That will get to the

root of the plant and kill it. And if you don’t

have bush honeysuckle on your property, for

heaven’s sake don’t plant it! Better native

shrubs would be: American beautyberry,

American hazelnut, buttonbush, Carolina buck-

thorn or deciduous holly.

Don’t attract stingers

Fallen sweet and fermenting fruits and

vegetables attract many insects, especially

bees, wasps and flies. All can be nuisances, but

bees and wasps have the added feature of a

stinger! Cleaning up fruits that fall from trees

and vegetables rotting in the garden eliminate

an attractant for bees and wasps. The added

benefit is as you clean you are helping to elimi-

nate disease in next year’s garden.

But be careful when picking up fallen apples

and pears. Yellow jackets have a way of hiding

in cracks in the fruit and stinging you when

you pick them up. The sting is painful at best,

and dangerous to folks who are allergic. Wear

gloves or clean up on a cool morning or even-

ing to reduce the chance of being stung. Better

yet, go ahead and rake up the leaves and the

bad apples. You’re less likely to get stung and

eliminating leaves also lowers the risk of dis-

ease next year.

Information provided by Dr. Lee Townsend,

UK Extension Entomologist

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4-H Achievement Banquet The 2015 4-H Achievement Banquet is

approaching quickly. This year’s banquet will be

at the Shelby County Extension Office at 7 p.m.

on December 8. All 4-H members and their

families are invited to attend. We will be

recognizing each club and project group in

Shelby County 4-H at our event.

We would like to have a slide show of

various club activities and events. If you have

photos you would like to submit for use in the

slide show, please send them to Candice Fulcher.

Email pictures to candice.fulcher@uky.edu or

they can be downloaded from an SD card. If

you have questions about submitting pictures,

please call us. We would like to have all clubs

and groups included in the slide show. All

pictures need to be in BEFORE November 24.

Award winners for the Outstanding

Senior, “I Dare You Award,” and Matt Edwards

Award will be announced at the banquet.

Nominations by club leaders, parents, or 4-H

members are due to the Shelby County 4-H

office by November 11. If you have questions

about these awards, please contact Candice

Fulcher or Regina Browning

Shelby County 4-H will be providing

fried chicken and drinks. We ask that 4-H

members bring a salad or side dish if they are a

girl, and a dessert if they are a boy to share with

the group.

In addition, all 4-H members are

encouraged to bring new children's books for the

Reading Reindeer project. This program

provides new books to children to encourage

them to read. A friendly competition will be held

among 4-H clubs to determine who can make the

most donations. A drop box will be available

beginning November 2 and books will be

collected through December 8. Please remember

to designate a club when you bring the books in.

The club with the most donations will win a

special prize.

4-H Country Ham Project

If you are interested in the Country Ham

Project, the contract will be coming out VERY

soon. These contracts, along with fees, are

generally due to the Extension Office the first

week of December. More information will be

provided as we receive it. To receive hams after

the State Fair, youth must complete all

requirements, including attending project

meetings and giving a speech at the State fair.

The 4-H Country Ham Project gives members

two raw hams to take through the curing process.

In August, they give a speech about the project

and if completed get two country hams to take

home. All project meetings are held at the

Shelby County Extension Office. Adults may

also participate in the Country Ham Project.

Adults will meet at the same time as 4-Hers

Enrollment Forms All 4-H members and volunteers should

complete new enrollment forms each year. The

form for 2015-2016 is now available. Please

submit your form as soon as possible so that you

can continue to receive mailings and updates.

Enrollment forms are available on our

website or at the Extension Office. If you have

questions, please give us a call.

4-H Participation Across

County Lines If you do not live in or go to school in

Shelby County, you must meet the qualifications

of the State 4-H Cross County Participation

Policy to participate as a Shelby County 4-H

Member. As a general rule, 4-Hers must

participate in the county in which they reside or

go to school. If a program is not available in

their county of residence or where they go to

school then they may participate in another

county. A request form to participate in another

county must be submitted to the agent in your

county of residence. The request must be

approved by the 4-H Council of your county of

residence and by the county that you want to

participate in. You can not move 4-H

membership because a county has a better

program or to gain a competitive advantage.

Also, you cannot transfer membership based on

the location of your livestock or horse project. It

4-H Families can Donate NEW

Children’s Books to Reading

Reindeer by

December 8

is based on the location of the youth, not the

animal. If your county offers a Horse Program

or Shooting Sports Program you cannot transfer

participation because of a specific discipline.

Members participating in another county

other than their county of residence will be

responsible for having a copy of their completed

and approved forms in their possession at 4-H

events. Once the Cross County wavier is

granted, a 4-Her does not have to reapply every

year. Forms are available at the Extension

Office or on our website. If you have any

questions, please call or email the

office.

Project Books Remember– we have

project books to guide you

through your 4-H projects. These

books will provide you with education and a list

of supplies, resources, and guidelines that you

will need to complete your project. These books

cannot be mailed out but will be provided free of

charge to interested 4-H members. If you would

like a project book, stop by the Extension Office

and pick them up at your convenience.

4-H Camp Dates The dates for Shelby County 4-H Camp

have been set. We will be camping June 28-

July1, 2016. We will be camping with Henry

and Pulaski counties. Applications for campers

will be available February 1. Camp slots are

filled on a first-come, first-served basis.

Application for Teen Leaders,

Counselors in Trainings (CIT) and Adult

Leaders will also be available on February 1 at

the Extension Office and on our website.

Piggy Bank Design Contest Extension is sponsoring a Piggy Bank

Design Contest for America Saves. Youth can

enter an original design piggy bank as a creative

way to help young people learn the importance

of saving money and reducing debt. County

winners will be judged at the district level. Two

winners from each Extension District will

be displayed in the Capitol Rotunda in

Frankfort during February 2016.

Youth in kindergarten through

twelfth grade should submit their entries to the

Shelby County Extension Office by December

4th.

Exploring Science Shelby County 4-H is offering a special

program called Exploring Science on Tuesday,

November 3 from 9 a.m. to noon. We will

investigate Newton’s Laws of Motion by

launching bottle rockets and completing the

National 4-H Science Day Experiment, “Motion

Commotion.” This will be a fun, hands-on day

for all the participants. Space is limited, so

please call the Extension Office if you are

interested in participating.

Kentucky 4-H Volunteer Forum The Kentucky Volunteer Forum (KVF)

will be held February 11-13. 2016 at the Hyatt

Regency in Lexington, Kentucky. This is a

statewide event created for 4-H Volunteers .

Hundreds of workshops and seminars will be

offered on a variety of subjects during the event.

It is also a great networking and idea sharing

time with volunteers from across the state of

Kentucky. There will also be educational,

entrepreneur, and commercial exhibits set up to

view. KVF is an excellent opportunity for those

needing recertification hours.

Registration information will be out soon

for KVF. Shelby County 4-H will assist current

volunteers with the cost of attending if you are

interested. We will post information to our

website as soon as it becomes available. This is

a great program and I encourage all volunteers to

attend!

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Articles By: Regina Browning Cooperative Extension Agent for 4-H Youth Development

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Kentucky Beef Conference We will be taking a van from

the Extension Office to the Kentucky

Beef Conference in Lexington, leaving

at 8:15 a.m. on Thursday, October 29. Transportation

will be available to the first 11 people to reserve a seat.

The conference will be held at the Fayette County

Extension Office from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. and topics

include: Current Beef Cattle Situation, Calving

During Winter Weather, Grading Feeder Calves,

Breeding Stock Investment in an Expanding Beef

Market, and New Veterinary Feed Directive. Please

call 633-4593 to reserve your spot in the van.

Small Ruminant Series Join us Thursdays in November for an

introduction to basic sheep and

goat management. On November

5, Dr. Ken Andries from

Kentucky State University will

cover Flock/Herd Health Management. Corinne

Belton and Levi Berg will discuss Nutrition and

Forages on November 12 and Tess Caudill with the

Kentucky Department of Agriculture will cover

Marketing: Preparation and Options on November 19.

All sessions will be held from 6:30—8 p.m. at the

Shelby County Extension Office. Light refreshments

will be served. Please reserve your space by calling

633-4593.

Rotational Grazing Course Dr. Ray Smith, UK Forage

Specialist, will discuss Rotational

Grazing for Maximum Results on

Wednesday, January 27 at 6 p.m. at

the Extension Office. Please call

633-4593 to sign-up.

Equine Management Seminar Plans are being made for our

Regional Equine Management Seminar

(also referred to as Horse College) to be

held on Saturday, March 5, 8 a.m. –

1 p.m. at the Henry County Extension Office. More

information will be available in upcoming weeks.

Spring Meetings In The

Works Watch for more information about the

following spring courses or call the

Extension Office at 633-4593:

Farm Basics Series – Wednesdays February 17, 24

and March 2, 9 from 6-8 pm at the Extension Office.

Ag Records Management – Tuesday, February 23, 9

am – Noon

On-Farm Safety – Thursday, February 25, 6-8 pm

Grain Marketing 101 – Friday, March 4, 9 am – 2

pm

Outdoor Naturalist Series—Third Thursdays

monthly beginning March 17, 6-8 pm

Do your horses have enough hay for the

winter? With winter just around the corner,

hopefully horse owners have secured

sufficient hay supplies. How do you

estimate the amount of hay you will

need? If you have mature horses at

maintenance level, you would want to feed a mainly

forage diet.

The estimate would be similar to a 1,100-pound

horse eating 2 percent of its body weight. That equals

22 pounds of hay per day. Feeding for 120 days,

December through March would equal 1.3 tons of hay

per horse.

What can you do to make the best of your hay

inventory? First, having a feed test is a good idea. That

way, you can make the best use of the nutrients

supplied by the hay and supplement as needed. If you

are unsure about getting your hay tested, you can

contact your county agriculture and natural resources

extension agent for help.

Second, you should feed the amount your horse

needs per day. That essentially means taking some

control over the feed intake. Feeding free choice can

result in your horses eating more than they need each

day to meet their nutritional needs. This can be a

difficult task for those who are using hay rolls rather

than square-bales.

Third, use a suitable feeder for your horses to

limit waste. Feeding on the ground can result in

significant losses of feed. Researchers using square-

bale hay, fed in controlled amounts, reported waste in

the rage of 20 percent, while others feeding roll-bale

hay without a feeder, reported waste in the 35 to 38-

percent range. In that case, horse owners would need

at least a half ton more hay per horse.

And finally, when you are buying hay, purchase

the best quality hay possible.

As the feeding season progresses, monitor your

horses to make sure they are maintaining body

condition and adjust feed as needed. If you are short

on hay, you may need to feed some concentrate to

provide all the nutrients your horses require.

If you estimate correctly, you should have some

hay left when spring grass finally arrives. It is better to

have some leftover than to run out in March. Source: Bob Coleman, extension equine specialist

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Articles By: Corinne F. Belton Cooperative Extension Agent for Agriculture and Natural Resources

Safe Pesticide Storage Generally, pesticide manufacturers

recommend a maximum 2-year storage period for

their products. However, this

can vary with active

ingredient, formulation, type

of container, and storage

conditions. Get the most out

of left-over products by

carefully reading the Storage

and Disposal section of each

label for those pesticides you will store over the

winter.

Pesticide Storage Recommendations

Choose a cool, dry, well-ventilated storage area

that will remain between 40o F and 100 o It must

have adequate lighting so that labels can be read

easily and containers can be checked for leaks,

corrosion, or deterioration. Each storage site

must have a supply of clean water and an

eyewash dispenser immediately available for

emergencies.

The floor of the storage site should be made of

sealed cement, glazed ceramic tile, no-wax sheet

flooring, or another easily cleaned material.

Secure the site to keep unauthorized people out.

Post signs on doors and windows to alert people

that pesticides are stored there. Have spill clean-

up materials available.

Store pesticides in their original containers.

Never put them in containers that might cause

children and others to mistake them for food or

drink. Keep liquids on lower shelves and dry

formulations above them. Keep herbicides,

insecticides, and fungicides in separate areas to

avoid picking up the wrong product and to avoid

contamination. Store combustible pesticides

away from open flames and other heat sources.

Volatile pesticides should be stored apart from

other types of pesticides, other chemicals, feed,

and seed.

Inspect the storage site to determine the likely

path of pesticides in case of spills, leaks,

drainage of equipment wash water, and heavy

pesticide runoff from firefighting or floods. Keep

an up-to-date inventory of stored pesticides. The

inventory list also will aid in insurance

settlements and in estimating future pesticide

needs. Mark each pesticide container with the

date of purchase before it is stored. Use older

materials first.

Proper pesticide storage keeps people safe and

preserves your investment. Buy carefully to avoid

having large volumes of products to store from one

season to another.

Kentucky Department of Agriculture Chemical

Collections Program This program deals only with unwanted agricultural

pesticides. It does not include such items as motor

oils, cleaners, paint, antifreeze, or industrial

chemicals. There is no cost to farmers to dispose of

old chemicals! Over pack supplies, transportation,

and disposal of unwanted chemicals are all paid for

by the Kentucky Department of Agriculture (KDA).

KDA field representatives will come to your farm to

package, load, and transport unwanted chemicals

from your farm. Once unwanted chemicals leave the

farm, they are then taken to an approved landfill or

incinerator for proper disposal, thus reducing or

eliminating the potential for pollution to the land and

waters of Kentucky.

Contact the KDA at (800) 327-6568 or (502) 573-

0282 to arrange pick-up. You may be put on a

waiting list for chemical collection disposal due to

budget limitations. By Lee Townsend, Extension Entomologist

Good Neighbors Farm Tour Success The 2015 Good Neighbors Farm Tour was

by all accounts another fantastic day! More than 400

visitors enjoyed the hospitality provided by our host

farms and learned more about our wonderful Shelby

County agriculture industry.

Special thanks to this year’s host farms for

making the day great: Flowers Farm, Lettleiki

Icelandics at Swallowland Farm, Tipton Dairy Farm,

Mulberry Orchard, Hornback Farms, Gallrein Farms,

Blues End Farm, Coop’s Rockies Farm, Walnut

Ridge Farm, and Alpaca Haven Farm of KY.

Congratulations to the winners of the Farm

Tour baskets filled with local goodies: Raeanne

Pearson, James Nelson and Paige Dickerson.

And a big thank you to all the donors of the

fabulous goodies in those baskets: Farmers Market--

Marilyn Wright (Ivy Tree Designs), Joanne Price

(Starpointe Studio), Doug's Handmade Soap, Lynn

and Sylvia's Produce, Katie O's Garden, Four Maples

Farm, M and M Farm, Dark Horse Farm, Bluegrass

Beef, Suzi Rice, Yvonne Clark, J. Reynolds Produce,

Mallory Farm; Gallrein Farms, Metzger's Country

Store, Lisa Davis, Le Bon Cheval Farm, Harvest

Café, Alpaca Haven Farm, Ken and Linda Pratt, and

the Cooperative Extension Service.

Next year’s Good Neighbors Farm Tour date

is September 17—mark your calendar now so you

don’t miss the fun!

A G R I CUL TURE

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C A L E N D A R

O F E V E N T S

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The Cooperative Extension Service prohibits discrimination in its programs and employment on the basis of race, color, age,

sex, religion, disability, or national origin.

To file a complaint of discrimination, contact Rosemary Veach, UK College of Agriculture, Lexington, KY 40546, or Terry

Allen, UK Affirmative Action Director, Lexington, KY 40546, or the Secretary of Agriculture, U.S. Department of

Agriculture, Washington, D.C. 20250.

KEY: 4-H 4-H Youth Development AG Agr iculture HORT Hor ticulture

FCS Family & Consumer Sciences EFNEP Expanded Food & Nutr ition Ed. Program

October

23 Hort Master Gardener Trip to Yew Dell Gardens, 9 a.m. Yell Dell Gardens

27 Hort Beginning Beekeeping classes, 6 p.m. Extension Office 29 Hort Beginning Beekeeping classes, 6 p.m. Extension Office 29 AG KY Beef Conference, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Fayette CES

November 3 4-H Exploring Science, 9a.m.—noon Extension Office 5 AG Small Ruminant, 6:30-8 p.m. Extension Office 7 FCS First Saturday Walk About, 8:30 a.m. Clear Creek Park FAC 9 4-H Livestock Club and Fur & Feathers, 7 p.m. Extension Office 10 FCS Sewing Circle, 3-8 p.m. Extension Office 12 AG Small Ruminant, 6:30-8 p.m. Extension Office 12 4-H Saddles and Spurs, 7 p.m. Extension Office 13 FCS Family Fun Night—Dabbling in the Arts, 6 p.m. Extension Office 16 4-H 4-H Dairy Club, 7 p.m. Extension Office 18 FCS Cooking Club, noon Extension Office

19 FCS Healthy Eating with Diabetes, 10 a.m. Extension Office

19 AG Small Ruminant, 6:30-8 p.m. Extension Office

24 ALL Farm-City Banquet Fairgrounds Floral Hall

26-27 ALL Office closed for Thanksgiving Extension Office

December 1 AG/HO Hort & Ag Advisory Council, 6 p.m. Extension Office 5 FCS First Saturday Walk About, 8:30 a.m. Clear Creek Park FAC 8 4-H 4-H Achievement Banquet, 7 p.m. Extension Office 10 4-H Saddles and Spurs, 7 p.m. Extension Office 11 FCS Soup Lunch & Holiday Cookie Exchange, noon Extension Office 14 4-H Fur & Feathers, Livestock Club, 7 p.m. Extension Office 21 4-H 4-H Dairy Club, 7 p.m. Extension Office 25 –31 ALL Office closed for the Holidays Extension Office

January Jan. 1-3 ALL Office closed for the Holidays Extension Office