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RUTHERFORD COUNTY EXTENSION NEWS
All events will be held at Rutherford County Extension/Lane Agri-Park 315 John R. Rice Blvd. Murfreesboro TN 37129 unless otherwise noted.
PH: 615-898-7710 Visit our website for more information http://rutherford.tennessee.edu
TO REGISTER FOR EVENTS AND CLASSES CALL 615-898-7710
April 2014
Saturday’s weather looks like it is going to be a
perfect day for a run. We would love to have you and
your family join us for the 2nd Annual Rutherford
County 4-H 4K. All the funds raised at this event will
benefit the local 4-H endowment fund to be used to
make a positive impact on the lives of Rutherford
County youth. By having a healthy endowment fund,
we will be able to continue to offer our 4-H
programming at little or no cost as well as being
abole to provide scholarships to the various camps
and leadership trainings that 4-H offers its
members.
We still have spots available for this unique 2.5 mile
road and cross-country course. You may still register
on Active.com (Click Here) for only
$25. or go to our website to download an
application to bring into the office.
4H 4K Run This Saturday!!
After the race, we invite you and
your family to stay with us for the
Adventures in Agriculture Day. This
free event will teach your family
about the agricultural industry in
Rutherford County and will include
games, hayrides, free give-a-ways
and more.
RUTHERFORD COUNTY EXTEN-
For additional infor-
these or other related
topics, contact the Ex-
tension office at 898-
7710 from 8:00 a.m.-
Fri.
You can email Mitch-
April 2014, Page 2
4th, 5th, 6th Grade Junior Camp
SUMMER CAMP SIGN UP
APRIL 16TH 7:00AM
Registration forms and more camp information are on our website!
No early registrations.
Registration for these camps is now OPEN: Camp Name: Location: Dates Cost Grades* Deadline to register Jr. High Adventure Camp Crossville 5/26-5/30 $270 (6-8th) 5/9/2014 Electric Camp UT Knoxville 6/24-27 $235 (6-7th) 5/31/2014 Target Smart Camp Columbia 6/30-7/3 $240 (5th—12th) 5/31/2014 Rutherford County Discover Camp 7/14-18 $100 (4th—12th) till full
*Grade as of Jan 1, 2014
Sewing & Design Camp Registrations opens May 1 Check our website for more information
We appreciate
everyone who
came out to
support our 4H
Yard Sale and Pancake
Breakfast.
All the people who made
donations, shoppers, vendors,
diners and helpers—we thank
you all for making our event a
success!
The proceeds will be used to
help buy awards and supplies
for our 4H programs. We had
so much fun, we’re going to do it
again next year!
Save the date: March 4th 2015!
Thanks to all who have
supported 4-H by donating
toward 2014 Junior Camp
Scholarships.
This year over 20
Rutherford County children
applied for scholarships.
We will be able to help 6 of
them afford camp by
funding ½ of the $275.00 camp cost thru our scholarship
program.
Scholarships are entirely funded by donations made by civic
groups, individuals and local clubs.
Camp for 4th, 5th & 6th grade youth will be June 23-27 at the
Clyde M York Center in Crossville, TN.
If you are interested in helping send a child to camp, please
send your donation in any amount to:
Rutherford County Extension
Attn.: 4-H Camp Scholarship Fund
315 John R. Rice Blvd., Suite 101
Murfreesboro, TN 37129
2014 Season Starts May 9th! Get ready to enjoy the
seasons freshest, LOCALLY GROWN
produce and food items at Rutherford County's
ONLY “home-grown” farmers’ market !
April 2014, Page 3 RUTHERFORD COUNTY EXTENSION NEWS
For additional infor-
these or other related
topics, contact the Ex-
tension office at 898-
7710 from 8:00 a.m.-
Fri.
You can email Mitch-
Living Well With
Chronic Conditions
If you or someone you care for has heart disease,
arthritis, COPD, diabetes, depression, or any other
chronic disease, this free 6 week workshop can help
you take charge of your life and learn to self-manage
your disease more effectively.
There is NO cost to attend and is open to anyone with
chronic condition and their family members.
Class is limited to 20 individuals.
Dates: 4/15, 4/22, 4/29, 5/6, 5/13 and 5/20
2:00pm to 4:00pm
Call 615-898-7710 to register Call today—spaces are limited
FREE! 6 week workshop to help you learn
to enjoy life more while living with a
chronic disease
Farmers’ Market
Spring Vendor Meeting April 14th 8am—4pm
Get help to “Grow” your market business -
Farm Business Planning
Safe & Effective Pesticide use
Enhancing the Safety of Locally Grown Produce
2014 RCFM Updates
WIC Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program Training
We will be drawing for season booth holders and have
updates on more Market programs.
NO COST to attend, but registration is required
Call Janie Becker at 615-898-7710 or email her at
[email protected] for more information
Rutherford County Farmer’s Market
Learn something new this year!
Our popular mini-classes will be back at
every market. Come learn something new….
We’ll cover lots of topics from cooking,
crafting, gardens, environmental issues,
Check out our lists of classes on our
website
http//Rutherford.tennessee.edu
Some common market questions...
Why aren’t we open every day ?
At the Rutherford County Farmers Market, all of our
vendors are the actual growers and/or makers of their
products. It's called a Producer-Only market for this
reason. There's got to be time to farm!
Technically, most other markets that are open every day
are retail produce markets, not farmers' markets. Using
our approach, when you shop at a producer-only/ grown by
the farmer that is selling the items market, you are giving
as much support as possible directly to local farms, local
agriculture as a whole, and your community.
Why aren’t we open on weekends?
Some of our producers may also sell their products at
other markets on Saturdays. As our primary mission is to
maximize the availability of locally produced agricultural
products, we would not want to limit their ability to get to
as many markets as their production allows by competing
with other markets in the area.
Hope you can make it to the RCFM in 2014.
We'll be open on Friday, May 9th!
faceook.com/RutherfordCountyFarmersMarket
Attention
Beef
Producers!!
Choose your night!
Tuesday, April 15, 2014 6:00PM or
Tuesday, May 20, 2014 6:00PM
$20 for Tn Cattlemen’s Assn. /
$40 non-member
Call 615-898-7710 to rvsp by 4/14/14
Basic Canning
April 24th 10am—noon
Learn all about the how & why of canning
at home. This workshop focuses on
canning safety, types of equipment and
proper canning methods for both water
bath and pressure canners.
Price includes Univ of TN Canning Book
and free pressure gauge testing.
Cost $10.00 Call 898-7710 to register
o r r e g i s t e r o n l i n e
http://rutherford.tennessee.edu
Upcoming classes:
Fermenting Foods $20
May 15th 10-12:30
Tomato Talk FREE Aug. 8th 9:30
April 2014, Page 4 RUTHERFORD COUNTY EXTENSION NEWS
For additional infor-
these or other related
topics, contact the Ex-
tension office at 898-
7710 from 8:00 a.m.-
Fri.
You can email Mitch-
Lawn, Landscape and Garden Tips
By: Mitchell Mote, Extension Agent
Things are really starting to pop in the landscape
with the warmer temperatures. If you enjoy
working in the lawn and/or garden and can’t find
something to do there this time of you, I suspect
you’re not really looking!
Lawns:
Cool season turf lawns have really greened up and mowing
season has already entered the third week or more for
some of us. If you haven’t started mowing yet, take time
to tune-up the mower, trimmer and other powered tools
before you start using them full time. Sharpen blades,
change oil (and oil filters if equipped), change air filters,
and fuel filters (if equipped). Grease moving parts with
grease fittings. Use fresh gas. If you buy gas in large
cans that may be stored 30 days or so before being
completely used up, consider adding a fuel stabilizer to
the gas can.
Warm season turf will likely begin to show a lot of
green this month and the middle of April is often a
suggested time to make the first fertilizer application
for the year.
UT Extension’s recommendation for fertilizing cool
season turf is to avoid applying nitrogen fertilizers
past the 15th of April
If you haven’t made a preemergent herbicide application
to prevent crabgrass, do it soon. Crabgrass has started to
germinate, but you can still minimize populations with an
early April application as crabgrass doesn’t all germinate
at once
It’s getting very late to make post-emergent herbicide
applications on existing winter annual weeds. Most are
blooming and some are making seed; if you don’t treat
them pretty soon, you may as well skip it as they’ll die
anyway as spring progresses and their seed crop will
already be made
Remember the 1/3 rule when mowing: try to avoid
removing more than 1/3 of the leaf blade at a time.
Master Gardeners’ will
hold their annual plant
swap April 26th at the
Community Center .
Bring a plant—take a plant
to this FREE event.
If you are just getting started in gardening
& don’t have plants to share, bring a canned
vegetable for the food bank to swap for
plants
Plant Swap—Silent Auction—Garden Demos
Start dividing your plants to share now!
Check their website:
mastergardeners-rc.org
for more information
Healthy Vegetable
Gardens
Free Classes
Learn how to make your garden more production. These FREE classes will start at 9am and be over by noon. Call 898-7710 to register for one or both classes.
April 19
Warm Season Crops /
Irrigation & Mulches
June 14
Managing pests & diseases /
What to plant next
If you have questions about the course, call or
email: Janie Becker ([email protected]) or
Mitchell Mote ([email protected]).
PLANT SWAP April 26
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Lawn, Landscape and Garden Tips
By: Mitchell Mote, Extension Agent Continued from Page 4
Landscapes:
It’s time to start planting summer flowering bulbs.
Many will plant summer annual flowers later this month;
be ready to protect them from late frosts that may
occur.
~ If cutting back tall ornamental grasses, cleanup can
be simpler if you’ll wrap a few rounds of twine or even
duct tape around the bundle above where you intend to
cut before you cut. After you cut, you only have a
bundle to pick up, not lots of individual stems.
~Applying a systemic insecticide containing imidacloprid to woody ornamental plants that are prone to attack
from scale insects, lace bugs, aphids, leaf hoppers and
other pesky critters will help minimize damage before
much of it occurs.
~Avoid spraying insecticides on plants while in bloom to
minimize potential damage to bees and other plant
pollinators.
~Before you add fresh mulch to beds, clean out
existing weeds and apply a preemergent herbicide to
help keep annual weed growth down throughout the
spring
~There’s still a lot of opportunity to plant shrubs and
trees while the soil is soft and moist and rain patterns
are more favorable for keeping plants watered.
Vegetable Gardens:
If you get anxious and set out tender warm season
plants such as tomatoes this month, be prepared to
provide frost protection.
Most all warm season vegetables can go out late
April-early May.
An April planting of sweet corn is often successful.
Mulches can really reduce the amount of weed
competition in your vegetable garden. Mulch can be
used in the middles and around plants in rows to
suppress weeds and conserve moisture.
Programs in agriculture and natural resources, 4-H youth development, family and consumer sciences, and resource development. University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture, U. S. Department of Agriculture and county governments cooperating.
UT Extension provides equal opportunities in programs and employment
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For additional information regarding any of
the events or programs contained in this
newsletter, please contact the Extension
office at 898-7710
from 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Mon-Fri.
Or visit our new website!
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Our website has changed! Our brand new & improved website is now open for business!
Thanks for your patience while we have gone thru this process to better serve our
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happens
Time to get your soil tested!! Don’t waste time, effort and money on applying the wrong
soil amendments to your lawn or garden.
Submitting a soil sample is simple.
Collect small portions of soil from approximately 10 random locations
that represent the average soil in the area to be tested.
Samples should be collected at a depth of about 6inches. No rocks, roots or plant parts, please) Mix the small portions together to form a composite sample. If the soil is wet,
allow it to dry (do not heat to dry).
Bring enough of the resulting mixture to fill a quart baggie to the extension office.
There is a fee to cover the cost of the testing, the cost depends on which test you are
having done. It takes 1-2 weeks to get your results back by mail.
Why soil test? Healthier lawns, fewer weeds, improved vegetable yields and flowers!