Steve M. Lucero, County New Mexico State University Program Director Cooperative Extension Service AUG, 2016

Lynda Garvin U.S. Department of Agriculture Agriculture/Horticulture Agent www.sandovalmastergardeners.org Sandoval County Master Gardener Newsletter August| Coordinator’s Corner From Lynda’s Desk ot, hotter, and hottest. That Judy Salas for tidying the office, log- ou probably noticed we are reaching out to all Hdescribes this summer so far. ging and shelving book donations. last month that Sha- of you, the members of Even with shade cloth and mulch my Y he Extension Staff and members ron Cross sent out a list SCMG, and inviting you to vegetable garden is suffering. I sus- pect squirrels have been suffering as Tof the Master Gardener Program of the events happening consider participating in the well and have removed entire also send out our condolences at the end of July. We administrative side of this from my garden. Luckily my raised to Charlotte and Tom Wilson who lost their son James on June 30th. will be sending out these organization. If you have beds are doing well and have been spared the thieving varmints. A big James was also a member of the notices and hope that be- a passion for service, a shout out and thanks to those staff- Master Gardener Program. I remem- ing informed will help you desire to support the long- ing outreach tables and working in ber fondly our animated conversa- project gardens during the heat wave. tions on all things horticultural. He will stay involved and active in term growth and direction be missed. all the classes and events of this organization, and The Garden to Table project, educat- ing the public on ways to use local Lynda Garvin Agriculture/Horticulture that go on in Sandoval love to make a difference, fresh produce with some food safety Agent County. Thank you Sha- please consider running for and preservation information thrown ron! And thank you JoAnn a board position. Election in, held its first recipe demonstration at the Bernalillo Farmers’ Market on Beuerle managing Mail details will be available July 22. It was fun and generated Chimp as those emails go in September and on the a lot of interest and complements out. web site (www.sandoval- from market goers and vendors alike. Nice job Ann Fisher-Ives and Lemyra mastergardeners.org). heck out the Sandoval Debruyn. Sam Thompson, you were County Fair in Cuba, e will be celebrating missed but we forged on. Our next C demonstration is August 5 from 4:00 NM. Wonderful event … Wthe graduation of all to 5:30 PM at Rotary Park. Come out maybe some of your fellow the interns who completed and have a taste. Master Gardeners exhibits the educational portion of on’t forget the State Master will have a Blue Ribbon! their classes as well as at DGardener Conference to be held August 1st through the least 30 hours of volunteer in Santa Fe, September 16, 17, & 18. Register before August 15 for $95. 7th. My family and I went work on September 24th. After August 15 the registration cost out last year and had a Check out the details in is $120. If you have not attended wonderful time. this newsletter. a State Conference I highly recom- mend it. The tours, sessions, and am especially grate- ave a wonderful networking is invaluable. It’s also a ful this month for August. Stay tuned to lot of fun. Go to www.sfmga.org for A H details and online registration. everyone who is on the the website for even more will be out of the office from August SCMG Board of Direc- events. 29 until September 14 on annual tors. There’s so much that I leave. And again from September goes on behind the scenes Barbara Dawson 19-23 to attend the National Master … it’s not all planting and Gardener Coordinators Conference in scmgcoordinator2016@ Pray, Montana. I’d appreciate some getting our hands dirty. gmail.com volunteers to fill in a few hotline shifts As we go into September, 505-897-3773 in the Casita during those weeks. the end of our fiscal year, Speaking of the Casita, thank you

Sandoval County Extension SCMG Newsletter Submissions P.O. Box 400 Deadline: 21st of each month Bernalillo, NM 87004 Please submit news, articles, events and photographs Ph: 505-867-2582 to: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Editor: Jim Dodson www.sandovalmastergardeners.org

New Mexico State University is an equal opportunity/ affirmative action employer and educator. NMSU and the U.S. Department of Agriculture cooperating. Another Squash Let's now fast forward to 2016. I bought some flexible plastic conduit in ten-foot

COME ONE! COME ALL! Bug Article lengths, and I set the ends of the Exciting things are happening within by Dave Pojmann conduits into the soil deep enough to

the Membership Committee! hold them upright, making hoops. Then,

Wouldn’t it be fun to help host a social event that would bring all Anyone who has grown curcubits will I ran a soaker hose the length master gardeners together, even their friends and family (and probably agree that squash bugs are of my garden and planted future master gardener interns?), just to enjoy each other’s com- among the most hated garden pests. squash seeds. The Agri- They are immune to most insecticides bon row cover was then pany in a relaxed and share gardening stories? available to home gardeners, and they spread over the hoops, and

Well, the SCMG Board of Directors thought so too! are able to hide among the squash the soil was placed on the ends to hold Your Membership Committee is seeking volunteers to be on leaves to make it difficult to remove the row cover in place and seal out the a “Social Event” sub-committee that would select a variety of them manually. The only effective way squash bugs. The plants have grown to social events, such as field trips and educational seminars, etc., to keep them off your plants is to use a point where are now trying to get out row cover, and rely on ants, instead of from under the row cover. research the bees, to pollinate the flowers. There is a activity and make the event available to SCMG’s. way to control the population implosion Meanwhile, a volunteer pumpkin has Here is a list of just a few activities that we came up so far: that occurs in July and August by using grown up among some onions, and the insecticidal soap on the tiny nymphs. •Farm to Table – tour of garden/kitchen and group dinner It has little to no effect on the adults •Los Golondrinas – field trip however. Insecticidal soap is expensive, •Gutierrez-Hubbell House – field trip so last year I used a homemade Castille •Milagro and/or Pueblo Vineyards & wine tasting liquid soap solution in water with very •ARCA favorable results.The link below explains •Annual Seed & Cookie Swap (December) how to make your own insecticidal soap. •Bio Park – botanical garden tour and picnic (http://www.todayshomeowner.com/ •Jemez Garden tour how-to-make-homemade-insecticidal- squash bugs have been attacking it. I •Permaculture Garden Tour and Potluck soap-for-plants) removed some adults and sprayed the

nymphs, but could not find eggs on the •Alcalde Science Center I mixed five tablespoons of the Castille squash leaves. I was amazed to see If you are interested in participating in the fun and worthwhile sub- soap in a gallon of water. I found it more nymphs every day, but no eggs. committee, or even if you just have a suggestion as to what social very effective for controlling aphids, and When I pulled out an onion, I found that when the squash bugs began to hatch, the squash bugs are clever enough to event you’d like, please contact:

I tried it on them. It stopped the baby lay their eggs on the onions, and the Charlene Spiegel (505) 891-4408 [email protected] hatchlings merely migrate from the Sharon Cross (505) 917-2438 [email protected] bugs by the dozens in their tracks. I then marked a squash leaf that had onions to the squash. I recall some “old

eggs on it, and sprayed the eggs under timer” in the past telling me that planting Let’s Get Together!! the leaf. To my surprise, none of the onions among the squash would deter eggs hatched. Now, rather than try the bugs. Not so. I will have to remove to scrape the eggs off the leaves, I am the row cover soon, and the battle to spraying them with Castile soap. My control the pests will begin. squash bug population dropped con- siderably, and there was no significant Wish me luck. damage to the plants.

2017 Sandoval County Master Gardener Internship Program Applications accepted starting in August! Encourage your friends and family to join!

Waterwise Demonstration Garden -new irrigation installed for succulents and cactus!

CONGRATULATIONS! Gardening with Mary Nelson was chosen the Masters as the Jemez Springs Lecture Schedule Village Volunteer of the Year! Mary Nelson is 2016 and 2017 See the list of topics Veteran SCMG (and a former and dates on past coordinator) since 2006. our website! She’s awesome! Bernalillo Growers Market: When: Every Friday, from 4-7 PM, June 17 through October 28 Where: Rotary Park pavilion, Town of Bernalillo Sign up online for market dates or contact Lynda Garvin for more information 867-2582 Sandoval County Fair:

Volunteer Outreach Opportunities When: Friday, August 5, from 10 AM - 3 PM (4 people needed to give you a chance to look Need some outreach hours? Work with other around the fair) Master Gardeners and staff a Master Gardener Where: Sandoval County Fairgrounds, Cuba (ride provided by County Agent from the Extension Information Table at the following events. Remem-Office) Alcalde Science Center Field Day: ber-this is a great way for SCMG interns to get The Alcalde Science Center specifically asked our Master Gardener Group to represent the or- your required hours covered for your certificate! ganization at their field day. This is a great learning opportunity to see their vegetable and orchard For more information, contact research. Lynda Garvin (505) 867-2582 When: Thursday, August 11 8 AM - 3 PM [email protected] Where: Alcalde Science Center for Sustainable Agriculture, Espanola -carpool provided by County Agent from the Extension Office “How Does Your Garden Grow?” My garden grows on inspiration and ect. She gave me directions and her production farm in the encouragement from others. A year husbands’ cell phone number and I US, Bill, at 66, is creat- ago I landed in Bernalillo without was on my way. ing his lasting master- a clue as to what I intended to do piece. He will be riding after twenty years as an Analyst This is the power of collaboration his motorcycle into the sunset long Programmer. I took the time to that I find unique about the San- before the vineyard contract runs participate in the SCMG program as doval County Master Gardeners. out. But his vision for producing a 2016 intern and a year later I am Mentoring is everywhere and the premium vintage grapes in the High inspired and encouraged to become willingness to share knowledge is Desert of the Sandia Pueblo is the a hops farmer in 2017. why I feel privileged to live here living, lasting legacy of a true master gardener who endures and cel- This week I visited an amazing ebrates the harvest. As I said adios inspiration for my hops vision, to Bill and thanked him for sharing located just five minutes away, East the generosity of his time with me, I of I-25 just North of Placitas along felt exuberant. Although he said he the frontage road I discovered a knew nothing about growing hops, remarkable site I never expected to I realized there is nothing Bill can’t see in the High Desert. A Pinot Noir grow exceptionally well. And maybe vineyard growing on Sandia Pueblo and participate. A simple phone call I made a new friend. I was invited land, stretching for acres and acres, connected me to what a genuine back to photograph the harvest. “I with vines filled and ready for their lifelong master gardener really is. get here at six every morning,” he very first mature harvest, beginning said as I was driving off, “and it is within the next week. As for my own And in the hour I spent with “Bill”- especially beautiful at sunrise.” project, to grow local hops for local riding around the vineyard in his golf craft brewers, I am feeling more cart - I gleaned volumes of priceless This is how my garden grows this confident in comparison to growing advice and encouragement for my week. How about yours? acres of premium wine grapes. own humbler project. Please share your Master Gardener Within the first five minutes I real- experiences for publication in the My chance meeting began, as it of- ized I was in the presence of a SCMG Newsletter column, ten does, by calling the local native guru who was doing exactly what “How does your garden grow?” plants nursery, with a few gardening he wanted to be doing, where he questions about irrigation and hops. wanted to do it, no matter how much Submit your contributions to: Then the kind woman on the other problem solving it required. end stopped me and said I should Jim Dodson | SCMG Newsletter go see her husband’s vineyard and With four decades of experience, in- Editor | [email protected] chat with him about my hops proj- cluding managing the largest indoor

It’s a Garden Party! appetizers), but feel free to contribute a personal choice of beverage, an appetizer or dessert. Friday, August 12 5 p.m. - 8 p.m.

Every homeowner who loves gardening experi- * Please contact Charlene Spiegel at (505) 891-4408 / ences pride and joy when they share their garden [email protected] or Mary Vesely (505)898-0048 / – such a special and sacred place! Please join us [email protected] if you would like to bring a food to celebrate the love of gardening and our gardens! item. Hostess: Charlene Spiegel Where: 89 Senescu Ct., Corrales NM This 25+ year old property in the heart of Corrales was When: Friday, August 12, 2016 originally landscaped by Judith Phillips. Come enjoy 5 p.m.–8:00 p.m. the fruits of that labor and the amazing variety of native RSVP: No Later Than Aug.8 plants and trees that thrive in our Southwest climate. Charlene Spiegel – (505) 891-4408 / [email protected] Stroll through this 1 acre property and see how many Mary Vesely – (505) 898-4408 / [email protected] of the plants and trees you can identify – a prize will be given to the person with the most correct answers! Light refreshments will be provided courtesy of Bring your friends, family and future master gardeners your hostesses (i.e., beer, wine, water, ice tea, and (2017 class information will be available) - we would important dates Southwest of the Month There’s Still Time! Fallugia paradoxa : Apache plume, For a full explanation of the what, Ponil (Rose Family) HomeSCAPE Solutions when and who on these Calendar items, please visit our website August

2 Rio Rancho Tree Stewards: Steering

Committee Meeting 4:00 pm

3 Waterwise Garden Work Session 8:30 am Registration deadline is 3 DeLavy House Garden Work Session August 5th, 2016 9:00 am 6 Home Depot Free Plant Clinic Kingdom Plantae – Plants You will be inspired to complete your land- 10:00 am Subkingdom Tracheobionta scape project as you learn the tools for site Superdivision Spermatophyta planning and project management, as well as 7 Corrales Growers’ Market 9:00 am Division Magnoliophyta 14 Corrales Growers’ Market 9:00 am Class Magnoliopsida cultivate a long term vision of your “dream- 16 SCMG Board of Directors Meeting Subclass Rosidae scape”. Course work focuses on artistic Order landscape design and includes aspects of (open to all) 3:00 pm Family Rosaceae – Rose family Permaculture, Xeriscaping, Feng Shui, South- 17 Seed Saving (Urban Horticulture) Fallugia Endl. – Apache plume Species Fallugia paradoxa (D. Don) Endlex west Native Plants, hardscape essentials, 1:00 pm Torr. – Apache plume basic tree care and maintenance - plus much, 20 Santa Ana Garden Center much more! FREE Plant Clinic 10:00 am Apache-plume is a slender, upright, decidu- 21 Corrales Growers’ Market 9:00 am ous to semi-evergreen, multi-branched The five classes will meet first on Thursday 21 SCMG Newsletter Articles , 2-6 ft. tall, with grayish-white, night, 09/08 at 6:30PM to register and review Due by 6:00 pm pubescent branches. A shrub with white course work. The next four meetings will be flowers and silvery puffs of fruit heads on Friday night from 6:30PM to 9:30PM, and 28 Corrales Growers’ Market 9:00 am borne at the tips of very dense, intertan- Saturday from 10AM to 3PM, beginning 09/09 and 09/10 and again on Friday and Saturday, September gled, twiggy, slender branches. Dark green leaves (silver 09/23 and 09/24, with a two week period 3 Home Depot Free Plant Clinic beneath) between classes for team home visits and “hands-on” project startups. The course cul- 10:00 am contrast minates by sharing our projects and celebrat- 4 Corrales Growers’ Market 9:00 am well with the loose clusters ing our experiences during the last Saturday 6 Rio Rancho Tree Stewards: Steering of fragile, class. Committee Meeting 4:00 pm white, apple Classes are held at the Sandoval County 7 Waterwise Garden Work Session blossom-like Extension Center. The course fee is $85/ 8:30 am flowers. Dis- person and includes a complete materials DeLavy House Garden Work Session tinctive, pink, feathery plumes characterize and resource kit, Thursday and Friday night 9:00 am the persistent fruit. appetizers and Saturday lunches; participants 8 HOMEscape Solutions: Workshop 6:30 pm are requested to commit to the entire 4-week These rather thick appear unkempt, 9 HOMEscape Solutions: Workshop 6:30 pm course. but in full flower their white petals are 10 HOMEscape Solutions: Workshop 10:00 am attractive against the dark foliage. Fruit 11 Corrales Growers’ Market 9:00 am This class is limited to 20 participants and clusters with feathery, purplish tails said to 16 2016 NM Master Gardener Conference fills up fast, so sign up early – however, your resemble Apache headdress. 17 2016 NM Master Gardener Conference confirmed registration will NOT be complete Santa Ana Garden Center FREE Plant until your fee has been paid.

Clinic 10:00 am ** If you are interested in being a Team Leader 18 2016 NM Master Gardener Conference Assistant, an Audio-visual Assistant, or Hospi- Corrales Growers’ Market 9:00 am tality Assistant – your fee is only $45 20 SCMG Board of Directors Meeting (to cover food and kit costs). (open to all) 3:00 pm 21 Bring Life to Sandy Soils Register on-line on the SCMG (Urban Horticulture) 1:00 pm Website, the SCMG Newsletter SCMG Newsletter Articles Due by 6:00 pm Calendar, or contact: Sandoval County 23 HOMEscape Solutions: Workshop 6:30 pm Extension Center 24 HOMEscape Solutions: Workshop 6:30 pm (505) 867-2582 / Cathryne Richards 25 Corrales Growers’ Market 9:00 am (505) 771-3638 [email protected]