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Healthy lawns make for healthy streams. University of Missouri Extension offers homeowners a new series of Zoom classes on how to keep lawn fertilizers and pesticides from reaching streams.
The live series, "Healthy Yards for Clear Streams," runs May 18 to June 11. Sessions are 6:30-8 p.m. Mondays and Thursdays, except Memorial Day.
The sessions cover environmentally responsible lawn and landscape practices, says MU Extension state forester Hank Stelzer. These practices will help to reduce use of fertilizers and pesticides and prevent applied chemicals from entering local waterways, Stelzer says.
"The end result is a beautiful yard that also helps protect water quality," he says. "The program's goal is to promote practices that create beautiful lawns, gardens and landscapes while reducing unnecessary use of pesticides and fertilizers that may run off and contaminate local streams and water bodies."
Lawn runoff is an often overlooked source of water pollution. "As runoff from rainfall, excessive irrigation or snowmelt moves across the landscape, it can pick up and carry away not only soil but fertilizers and pesticides," Stelzer says. "Some of these chemicals find their way to streams and lakes."
"Healthy Yards for Clear Streams" offers homeowners information to share with their neighbors to improve practices for beautiful lawns and healthier waterways.
"You can make a difference!" Stelzer says. "'Healthy Yards for Clear Streams' will show you how. Best management concepts and practices for every aspect of your home landscape will be presented."
Faculty and staff from MU Extension and the MU College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources teach the live Zoom sessions. After each session, participants may ask questions.
Schedule
* Monday, May 18 – Healthy Soils, Healthy Plants, Jim Quinn.
* Thursday, May 21 – Right Plant, Right Place, David Trinklein
* Monday, May 25 – Memorial Day, no class.
* Thursday, May 28 – Basic Lawn Care, Lee Miller.
* Monday, June 1 – Gardens & Groundcovers, Katie Kammler.
* Thursday, June 4 – Basic Tree Care, Hank Stelzer.
* Monday, June 8 – Integrated Pest Management, Lee Miller.
* Thursday, June 11 – Sustainable Landscaping, Tim Moloney.
Registration Now Open! Online Advanced Training Course
'Healthy Yards for Clear Streams' online class begins May 18
The live series, "Healthy Yards for Clear Streams," runs May 18 to June 11. Sessions are 6:30-8 p.m. Mondays and Thursdays, except Memorial Day.
Master Gardener Registration only $25
Message from the MOMGA President November 2021
Fall has arrived and for many of us, our principal gardening task is raking leaves. I looked out my back door this morning in hopes that most of the leaves were down after the strong winds we have experienced the past few days, but it was not to be. The large sycamore tree in my neighbor's yard still holds fast to the majority of its leaves and the oaks haven't all given up their foliage. My maple tree in front of the house has dropped about half its leaf load. I see that some of my neighbors have attacked their leaf litter and have bright green lawns to show for their efforts. They will look great for a day or two, when hopefully the winds will pick up and blow some of my leaves their way.
What do you do with your leaves? Do you rake them or mulch them with your mower? Maybe you hire kids in a school group or church group to rake for you. I remember fondly raking parishioners' yards with my church group to go on a ski trip later. We'd rake over a few weekends to earn money and we'd usually finish it off with hot chocolate and waffles or something yummy at the group leaders' homes. That was back when I viewed leaves as a financial opportunity and not a pain in my back and sore, blistered hands. Oh to be 15 again!
This is bulb planting season. I was planting a few dozen bulbs yesterday and might finish the job today. I can never remember what bulbs I put in last year and where I placed them, so I usually get a few surprises when digging holes for new bulbs. It is the surprise I get in the Spring when all the bulbs emerge and bloom that I'm most anxious for.
My local Lowe's has marked down some bedding/potting plants to 75% off. That's like a magnet to me! I picked up some potted pansies to brighten up my front yard. I'll stick them in planter pots and hope that some will make it to Spring.
As gardeners, we can contribute to climate change mitigation. We aren't likely to receive carbon credit payments, but keeping something growing in your flower beds and vegetable gardens late into the Fall helps remove carbon out of the atmosphere and wards off the "Dulls"! You know the "Dulls", it is that time of year when it's overcast a lot and things are turning brown and dull. Bulbs help me vanquish the "Dulls" in late February or early March and the pansies delay their onset for a few weeks at this time of year.
As the weather grew colder the past few days I began to think about setting out my bird feeders again. The sight of cardinals and woodpeckers on a wintery day reminds me that Spring is not far off. Now if I can figure out how to keep the squirrels from raiding my feeders! My dog tries to help out in squirrel management, but he just doesn't have the right technique – it would help if the dog would run in the same direction the squirrel is running in!!!!
I'll close by wishing all a very happy and safe Thanksgiving. Please remember that many Missouri families are food insecure. If you are in a position to help them put some food on their tables this holiday season, please do so. America was not made great by selfishness, but by selflessness, and by neighbors helping their neighbors.
Until next month,
Todd
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