August 2018

August 27-28,2018. You’ll learn about the differ-ent kinds of turfgrasses we can grow here and how to manage them, options for establishing a new lawn, renovation tips for existing lawns, weed control, and fertilization.

Class time is from 6:00-9:00 p.m. both nights. The program will be held in the Lane Agri-Park Office Complex auditorium located at 315 John R. Rice Blvd in Murfreesboro. The course is free for everyone interested in learning more about home lawncare. Space is limited and you must register by Wednesday, August 22 to guarantee that course materials will be available for you!

You can register by calling the Extension office at 898-7710 from 7:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday or email Mitchell Mote at mmote1@utk.edu

Announcing the 2018…

Grass Masters Lawn Care Academy

Show & Sale

4-H Chick Chain

4-Her’s have been growing and caring for their Black Star Pullet chicks since March and now the chicks are all grown up and ready to join your flock. Come to the Livestock Barn Saturday, Au-gust 4th for the sale. The Poultry show starts at 9:00am. The sale will take place after the show. We will only accept cash or check for purchases.

Saturday ,August 4, 2018

GRAPE HARVEST DAY

August 25, 2018 at 7 am to 11 am

Come learn from the Master Gardeners how to harvest grapes at the Lane Agri-Park Vineyard! Master Food volunteers will also be demonstrating how to make jam from the grape juice. We will have MTSU’s destemmer and crusher on site.

You need to bring:

pruners gloves

hat sunscreen

water clean gallon jugs to take grape juice

home with you after harvest is complete.

Please park at the Community Center building (Farmer’s Market) parking lot.

315 John R Rice Blvd., Murfreesboro, TN. For more information call the Extension

Office at 615-898-7710.

The Extension office will be testing pressure canner gauges during the canning season. This test is a free service.

For more information contact the office at 615-898-7710.

August 2018

For information, visit TNTURFGRASSWEEDS.ORG

MyPlate, MyWins Tips: Hacking Your Snacks

Planning for healthy snacks can help satisfy hunger in between meals and keep you moving towards your food group goals

Build your own - Make your own trail

mix with unsalted nuts and add-ins such as seeds, dried fruit, popcorn, or a sprinkle of chocolate chips.

Prep ahead - Portion snack foods into

baggies or containers when you get home from the store so they’re ready to grab-n-go when you need them.

Make it a combo - Combine food

groups for a satisfying snack—yogurt and berries, apple with peanut butter, whole-grain crackers with turkey and avocado.

Eat vibrant veggies - Spice up raw

vegetables with dips. Try dipping bell peppers, carrots, or cucumbers in hummus, tzatziki, guacamole, or baba ganoush.

Snack on the go - Bring ready-to-eat

snacks when you’re out. A banana, yogurt (in a cooler), or baby carrots are easy to bring along and healthy options.

Source: https://www.choosemyplate.gov/myplate-mywins-tips-hacking-your-snacks

This event is September 11th at 10 a.m. Located at the Eagleville Community Center Building, 317 Hwy. 99, Eagleville, TN.

The event is free but we do ask you to preregister with the Extension office in order to make sure we have enough samples, at 615-898-7710.

Demonstrations for fresh produce (you will find at local farmers markets).

Receive a free keyring filled with recipe cards along with tips for selection and storage of featured produce items.

Get free samples of the recipes to try.

Hosted by the Eagleville Family and Community Education Club and Carla Bush, Extension Agent

at the Eagleville Community Center

August 2018

See the popular FREE 9am Educational Classes Schedule at the RCFM bellow:

08/03 Backyard Chickens 08/07 Stretch Your Food Dollar 08/10 Tree & Shrub-Studs & Duds 08/14 The Story of Pollinators 08/17 Make a Charity Quilt Block 08/21 Poisonous Plants 08/24 Small Ruminant Breeding 08/28 Seasonal Eating 08/31 Water Conservation 09/04 A Living Landscape 09/07 Top 10 Vegetable Tips

The Market is open on Tuesdays & Fridays 7am To 12 Noon

OCTOBER 2018

Call 615-898-7710 or email hlambert@utk.edu

set up One day or each Tuesday & Friday in October $10 per Day

Limited Space *Hand-Crafted Items ONLY

Kale Caesar Pasta Salad Makes 10 servings

Ingredients 1 pound bowtie pasta 1 pint small tomatoes (grape or cherry) 1 tbsp. extra virgin olive oil Salt & ground pepper 1 bunch kale, stemmed and chopped 2 cups creamy Caesar dressing (1 cup and the rest is to taste) 4 ounce Parmesan cheese, grated Directions 1. Bring a pot of water to boil &

season with salt. Cook the pas-ta. Drain & place in large bowl.

2. Preheat oven to 425 F. Place the tomatoes on small tray, drizzle with oil & toss. Season with salt & pepper. Roast about 8-10 minutes. Cool & add to pasta.

3. Chop kale into small pieces and add to the pasta & to-matoes. Pour 1 cup of dressing onto salad & gently toss. Sprin-kle with Parmesan cheese.

4. Refrigerate for an hour before serving.

August 2018

Rutherford County 4-H'ers have achieved a great amount

of success thus far during the Livestock Expo Season.

Rutherford County

youth have competed

this past month at the

State Sheep Expo.

hosted in Cookeville

on the campus of

Tennessee Tech and at the Regional and State Beef Expo

hosted in Murfreesboro on the campus of Middle

Tennessee State University. Rutherford County was very

well represented at both events with a total of 27 sheep

entries from 4 exhibitors and a total of 32 beef entries

from 12 exhibitors. Numerous class wins, Championship

Banners, Showmanship Titles, and Premier Exhibitor

Crowns were won by our outstanding youth.

4-H Livestock Expo August 3rd - Watermelon Day

Watermelon is fat free and low in calories -- 2 cups of diced pieces (1/8 of a medium melon) provides only 80 calories.

Selection: Choose a firm watermelon that has dried stems, a dull (not shiny) skin, rounded ends, a cream-colored belly, and is heavy for its size. Avoid watermelons that have a flat side.

Storage: Store unwashed watermelon at room temperature up to 2 weeks, or until ripe. Ripe, cut watermelon can be stored in a container with a lid in the refrigerator for up to 1 week.

Room Temperature: Up to 2 weeks, or until ripe Refrigerator (cut): Up to 1 week

Use: Rinse the rind of the melon thoroughly before preparing. Use a knife to carefully cut in half. Cut each half into sections. Hold the sections as you cut the red part of the melon from the rind. Cut into chunks or slices and throw away the rind. Water-melon is best eaten raw.

Buying: Watermelon is sold individually, but priced by the pound. Weigh produce to find out exactly how much it will cost. Place a watermelon on a hanging or digital scale, whichever the store offers, and round up to the closest pound or half pound. The cost is the total weight in pounds multiplied by the price per pound. Total Weight (lbs) x Price = Cost of Water-melon

Check the National Watermelon Promotion Board Web site www.watermelon.org for recipes using watermelon and tips on choosing and storing watermelons.

IMPORTANT: Wash the outside of the melon under clean running water before cutting into it, use a clean knife on a clean cutting surface and wash your own hands with soap and water before cutting the melon. Once melon is cut, it should be stored, covered, in the refrigerator. Don't leave cut melon at room temperature longer than 2 hours TOTAL time.

Source: UNL's Nebraska Nutrition Education Program

This Tai Chi exercise program gently increases flexibility, muscle strength, mental activity and heart/lung capacity, aligns posture, improves balance and integrates the mind and body. Anyone can benefit from coming to class! The class is 60-minutes, register at the Extension office.

Schedule: Wednesdays, 9 a.m., September - 5, 19, & 26

October - 3, & 17 Located: Lane Agri Park

Community Center Building Class size is limited,

preregistration required. 615-898-7710

Contact: Carla Y. Bush,cybush@utk.edu

Tai Chi Exercises

August 2018

UT-TSU Rutherford County Extension, 315 John R. Rice Blvd., Murfreesboro, TN 37129 615-898-7710 rutherford.extension.edu

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Join us on August 2nd at 7 pm for a class taught by Master Gardeners Rocky and Gaye Barnard at the Linebaugh Public Library. Tennessee Lawns This presentation is a story of moving to TN and turning a weed infested yard into a lawn to look upon with pride. You will learn about surface preparation, seed selectin, timing for planting, watering during germination, early growth and beyond. We will discuss mowing, overcall care and maintenance of your new lawn. You will hear our setbacks with this new lawn and how to ensure lawn health. The class is free, but please call the Library to register:615-893-4131.

Educational Classes taught by Rutherford County Master Gardeners

August Gardening Following are some tips for your gardening calendar:

Perennials, Annuals, & Bulbs

If using liquid fertilizer, continue to fertilize annuals and container plants.

Be sure to keep garden mums well fertilized until buds show color.

Sow Wildflower seeds. Shrubs & Trees

Avoid pruning trees and shrubs, particularly hedging plants such as boxwood,

Spray against sap feeding lacebugs. Spray the underside of leaves with an appropriate insecticide, insecticidal soap or a summer oil.

Fertilize roses to encourage last new growth and hardening off before frost.

Fruits & Veggies

Dig potatoes after the tops have died down.

For late crops of beets, bush beans, cabbage, carrots, collards, kale, lettuce, peas, spinach, turnips, kohlrabi, and onion, continue sowing seeds until August 15th. Transplants can still be planted of broccoli, early cabbage, cauliflower, collards, kale and onions as well.

After the last raspberry harvest for the year, prepare for next year while also avoiding diseases by pruning out old flowering canes leaving only 3-4 young canes per foot of row. Wait until spring to prune back shoot tips.

Lawn Care

Fertilize your tall fescue and bermuda lawns in late August using a high nitrogen fertilizer of a 5:1:1 ratio. If the lawn is needing extensive renovation and aeration, wait until early September when the “springtime of lawn care” has arrived.

As Japanese beetles return to the soil late in the month, treat again for grubs with milky

spore disease or beneficial nematodes. This will reduce winter mole destruction on your lawn.

During dry spells, continue to mow high.

Miscellaneous

Hummingbirds migrate in August so keep feeders full.

Photograph your garden to help yourself remember what you did and did not like this year. See what works, what doesn't, and when the time comes to add or remove plants, you will be able to see what needs to be done when you analyze the photos this Winter. You will know what plants you need to mover, remove, or add.

Source: gardengirls.tennessee.edu/august.htm Photos by: Rutherford County Master Gardener, David James