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C C M G E-Newsletter Volume 6 November 2014

President Dan Ward opened the 11th meeting and turned “everything” over to incoming President Tammy McCance. David Gilmore, Berryville Middle School Principal, presented the members with a history “How the Outdoor Classroom Began”. Timekeeper Richard Knight showed a colored presentation on how many members have – or have NOT – recorded their volunteer hours. Remember, it is necessary to fulfill the required obligated hours in order to remain an active Master Gardener. These hours are also needed in the report to the Carroll County Quorum Court. Please either report your hours yourself or contact Richard at rich_man@windstream.net Names of volunteers for the Executive Committee were placed in a hat and the names drawn for 2015 are Saundra Kaye, Merrily Ward and Neta Sue Stamps. Our former leader, Randy Forst, paid us a visit and spoke about his Little Rock group of Master Gardener. Following the meeting members enjoyed a gastronomic treat – “Pumpkin Palooza”. (A few recipes are included in the newsletter.)

2014 Master Gardener, Horticultural & Other Events of Interest

November

4 Carson/Byers Workshop: Adding Color to Your Fall Garden 9:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m., Magnolia Room Garvan Woodland Gardens 550 Arkridge Rd Hot Springs

How do you keep your garden looking great through fall? Janet Carson of the U of A Cooperative Extension Service and Bob Byers of the Gardens will explain how to keep the color going until the first hard frosts and beyond. From annual color through the best trees and shrubs to make your fall more beautiful, learn what to plant and how to care for it so your garden ends every year with a burst of color!

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Class registration begins at 9 a.m. with lecture starting at 9:30, so there’s a little time to view some beautiful fall color. A box lunch will be provided by the Chipmunk Cafe. You will be given lunch options when you register. $35 Members | $45 Non-Members | Reservations required | Call 501-262-9300 to register. Space is limited!

8 CCMG business meeting at 10 a.m. at the First Methodist Church, Berryville. Project chairs: If possible please have scrapbooks of your project available for

members to check out and have your evaluations ready to present to the members. We will be voting on the sanctioned projects for 2015.

We have been asked to consider a budget item to help pay for MG awards. Please consider the request and be ready to discuss at the meeting.

http://www.argardenshow.org/

Please join us! 2015 Arkansas Flower & Garden Show

I Dig Arkansas!

February 20-20, 2015 Statehouse Convention Center, Little Rock

2015 State Master Gardener Conference June 4 – 6 The Benton Event Center

September 22 – 25, 2015

Mid-America Center

Council Bluffs, IA

Hosted by Iowa & Nebraska Master Gardeners

January 16-17, 2015 2015 Horticulture Industries Show and Conference

Holiday Inn City Center Fort Smith, Arkansas For information and reservations, visit

our website:

http://www.hortla.okstate.edu/research-and-outreach/programs/2015HIS

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CHINQUAPIN INFORMATION

I am not sure where the chinquapins which were passed out at the October meeting were obtained, but I do wonder about them. If they were obtained from the Ozark Chinquapin Society (Steve Bost), then I believe they are the “real” thing. I bring this up because of the 2014-2015 Seeding Order Form from the George O. White State Forest Nursery in Missouri. If you look on page 6, you will see:

chinkapin oak

Quercus muehlenbergii

←This IS an oak tree, not a true

chinquapin tree. The TRUE chinquapin nuts are shown on the right. They are clusters with very “burr-like” outer covering. Just wanted you to know in case you were thinking about ordering the seedlings. This will be my 3rd or 4th attempt at getting a seedling to survive.

Neta Stamps

Ozark Chinquapin Castanea ozarkensis

Butterfly Delight

From Janet Carson’s 10-24-2014 blog

We had a wonderful conference, and thanks to Baton Rouge Master Gardeners for all the work they put in making a great conference for those of us who attended. We connected with a lot of Master Gardeners, and saw new plants, learned new information--like banana juice for attracting butterflies--10 over-ripe bananas, 1 pound of brown sugar and a tall can of dark beer (Guinness). Blend and allow head room for fermentation purposes, then put out for the butterflies

How many times is it appropriate to say "What?" before you just nod and smile because you still didn't hear or understand a word they said?

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November Birthdays:

Happy Birthday!

4th

Sue Davis

18th

Penne Estes

JUNIOR MASTER GARDENER PROGRAM

SECOND FALL SESSION - September 29, 2014

The Junior Master Gardener after-school program at Berryville Intermediate School held its second fall session Sept. 29th. Eleven MGs volunteered to assist 16 fourth and 17 fifth graders, including: Lee and Wayne Monger, Mary Knight, Faye Martin, Jennifer Hudspeth, Brenda Webb, Sherri Plumlee, Kaye DeShields, LouAnn Nolan, Dan and Merrily Ward, and Sue and Sam Davis. Young gardeners learned about parts of a plant and what parts they eat, how to propagate by making stem cuttings of coleus and begonia in their own gallon jug greenhouse, enjoyed sampling many edible plants from Merrily Ward, checked on the seedlings from last sessions' fall vegetable garden they planted, and learned about monarch butterfly life cycle from Jennifer – observing monarch chrysalis that had formed in the habitat cage. We will be tagging and releasing adults next time. Our next session is Monday October 13th from 2:45-5:00 PM. Submitted by Sam Davis

THIRD FALL SESSION – October 13, 2014 The Junior Master Gardener after-school program at Berryville Intermediate School held its third fall session. Nine MGs: Lee and Wayne Monger, Mary Knight, Faye Martin, Jennifer Hudspeth, Brenda Webb, Kaye DeShields, and Sue and Sam Davis volunteered to assist 15 fourth and 17 fifth graders

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Young gardeners learned about monarch butterflies and the plant they depend on for food and their life cycle – milkweed. Jennifer led the young gardeners in tagging and releasing four adult butterflies, having emerged from their chrysalis's in a habitat cage, out into the fall migration to Mexico. They thinned out some of the vegetable seedlings they planted in the fall garden. Everyone moved indoors for a lesson on photosynthesis: played a photosynthesis matching game – identifying the parts of the process of plants taking in light, carbon dioxide, and water to make sugar (plant food) and oxygen; they then extracted some chlorophyll from plant leaves (thinned from the garden) and observed it separate by paper chromatography into two types of chlorophyll. Our next session is Monday October 27th from 2:45-5:00 PM. Submitted by Sam Davis

SESSION 4 October 27, 2014

Ten Master Gardener volunteers assisted the Junior Master Gardener students in the Berryville Intermediate Outdoor Classroom with their fourth fall session. Volunteers included Lee and Wayne Monger, Aaron Thompson, Eileen Raines, Sherry Plumlee, Sue Davis, Karen Reeves, Faye Martin, Mary Knight, and Jennifer Hudspeth. The lesson focus was on healthy garden soil. Lee led the soil presentation, and the students learned what makes up healthy soil. Lee had soil examples, and they learned the definition of soil, loam, particles, clay, sand, texture, and organic. The students were surprised to learn that they were "organic". We had one more male monarch butterfly in the butterfly cage, and the students tagged him with a tag from www.monarchwatch.org before letting him go for the long trip to Mexico. Next we separated into four small groups with Sue, Karen, Faye, Eileen and Sherry leading two different soil experiments. Wayne and Aaron helped students plant daffodil bulbs, and Lee and Jennifer helped thin plants in the vegetable beds. Students rotated and were able to participate in all four activities. There are two more JMG sessions this fall. The dates are: Session 5 - Monday, November 10th Session 6 - Monday, November 24th Submitted by: Jennifer Hudspeth

October 27th – Are your Hydrangeas as confused as mine? Really makes me wonder what this winter will do to plants – it looks as if buds are getting larger on my azaleas, too!

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How to Camouflage a Tree Hanging over a Fence

LITTLE LAKE EUREKA

On Wednesday, October 29th, Donna Sartoris, Linda Rogers, Faye Martin, Brenda Webb (taking picture) and Karen Welch worked at Little Lake Eureka. We raked and weeded and then planted bulbs and violas and dianthus. LITTLE LAKE EUREKA DESPERATELY needed our help. After our last large 3-4 inch rain, the dam could not hold ALL the water so over it went on to the garden .Parks/Recreation built a new wall (not a dam). 6 flats of plants were to be planted and MOST IMPORTANTLY, we put back together the garden. Thanks to the hearty few who came out to help!

Submitted by Karen Welch

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Crock Pot Pumpkin Soup Recipe

From Penne Ingredients

3 cups chicken broth 1 can ( 15 ounces) of Pumpkin Puree 2 cloves of garlic minced ½ cup of white onion - diced 1 teaspoon curry powder Pinch of Salt Pinch of Pepper ½ Teaspoon of Cumin Heavy Cream Pumpkin Seeds to Garnish

Instructions 1. Set your crock pot to low 2. Place in the crock pot - broth, pumpkin, onions, garlic, cumin, curry, salt and pepper. 3. Cover and cook for 6 hours 4. Transfer to blender -- and blend till smooth 5. Pour into bowls 6. Drizzle heavy cream on top 7. Garnish with pumpkin seeds if you like 8. Enjoy!

Autumn Pumpkin Chili From Saundra or Sherri

Prep time 20 min; cook time 7 hours 4 servings

1 medium onion, chopped 1 small green pepper, chopped 1 small sweet yellow pepper, chopped 1 tablespoon canola oil

1 garlic clove, minced 1 pound ground turkey 1 can (15 ounces) solid-pack pumpkin 1 can (14-1/2 ounces) diced tomatoes, undrained 4-1/2 teaspoons chili powder 1/4 teaspoon pepper 1/4 teaspoon salt

Optional toppings: shredded cheddar cheese, sour cream and sliced green onions

Directions

1. Sauté the onion and green and yellow peppers in oil in a large skillet until tender. Add garlic;

cook 1 minute longer. Crumble turkey into skillet. Cook over medium heat until meat is no

longer pink.

Transfer to a 3-qt. slow cooker. Stir in the pumpkin, tomatoes, chili powder, pepper and salt. Cover and cook on low for 7-9 hours. Serve with toppings of your choice. Yield: 4 servings.

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Skillet Pumpkin Cornbread with Cinnamon Maple Butter

From Penne, Saundra and Mary

Prep time 15 mins Cook time 30 mins Total time 45 mins

Serves: 8

Ingredients For the Pumpkin Cornbread:

1 ¼ cups corn meal 1 cup (~ 5 oz) all purpose flour 1 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon baking soda ½ teaspoon salt 2 eggs ¼ cup (about 1 ¾ oz sugar) 1 cup pumpkin puree 1 cup buttermilk ⅛ teaspoon cinnamon Pinch of nutmeg 1 tablespoon unsalted butter

For the Cinnamon Maple Butter:

2 sticks of butter (1/2 lb) 2 tablespoons maple syrup ¼ teaspoon vanilla 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1 teaspoon brown sugar

Directions 1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. 2. In a medium sized bowl, whisk together the cornmeal, flour, baking powder, baking

soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt. Set aside. 3. In a large bowl, whisk together the eggs, sugar, buttermilk, and pumpkin puree until

well combined. Then, slowly stir in the dry ingredients. 4. Place the butter in a skillet and place in the preheated oven for a minute, or until the

butter melts. Take the skillet out of the oven and pour the batter in. Smooth the top with the back of a spoon or a rubber spatula.

5. Bake until golden, about 30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Let cool 10 minutes and then cut.

6. As the cornbread cools, prepare the butter. 7. In a medium-sized bowl, beat all of the butter ingredients until smooth. 8. Taste and add more cinnamon if desired. 9. Transfer the butter to a container and chil l until ready to use.

Neta Stamps, Editor

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