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February 2025 Pulaski County Home Horticulture Newsletter
Winter is still here. 47 days til spring!
And please remember to REGISTER for the programs you’d like to attend by scanning the QR codes or clicking on the graphic.
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February 2 — Groundhog Day! I bet there’s still 6 weeks til spring…..
February 12 — Homesteading Series: Gear Up for Vegetables, 4pm, Pulaski Co Extension office.
February 13 — Spring Planting, 1pm, Shopville Branch Library
February 17 — Lake Cumberland Beekeepers Association, 6:30pm, Pulaski Co Extension office
February 18-20 — Turf and Landscape Short Course, Elizabethtown, KY.
February 19 — 365 Days of Gardening: Seed Selection, 5:30pm, Pulaski Co Extension office.
March 11 — Liberty Seed and Plant Swap, 10am to 4pm, 678 S. Wallace Wilkinson Blvd, Liberty KY 42539 (more info below)
March 12 — 365 Days of Gardening: What, When, & Where to Plant, 5:30pm, Pulaski Co Extension office.
March 21 — First Day of Spring!
March 25 — Zinnias! 5:30pm, Pulaski Co Extension office.
April 26 — Native and Heirloom Plant Fest, sponsored by the Lake Cumberland Master Gardeners, 9am to 1pm, Pulaski Co Extension office
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Have your tried the home vegetable gardening app called SOW?
Android version
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What gardening app(s) do you use?
Let me know.
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Master Gardeners are currently planning for the move to the new Extension office and prioritizing our demonstration garden needs.
They are also planning the 2nd Annual Native & Heirloom Fest on April 26. There’s a graphic about it above. They are currently taking more vendors so please direct anyone wanting to participate to call the Pulaski Co Extension office at 606-679-6361.
The 365 Days of Gardening Raised Bed Series will start on February 19. This more comprehensive series is being offered in 2025 thanks to Master Gardener Deborah!
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All America Selections
All America Selections (AAS) is a nationwide vegetable and flower trialing organization.
AAS winners are usually a good place to start when you are struggling with deciding which vegetable or flower to grow in your own garden.
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| February Garden To-Do List |
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| Prune summer-flowering shrubs mid-Feb through mid-March. Examples include Hydrangea paniculata and arborescens cultivars, crape myrtles, and butterflybush. DO NOT PRUNE forsythia, viburnums, lilacs, or Hydrangea macrophylla. Call our office or email Beth if you’re unsure about a certain shrub. |
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| Start seeds of cabbage, broccoli, and cauliflower indoors now. Prime time to plant those outside is mid- to late-March. |
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| Provide water for our birds and wildlife friends. They need water each day, even when it’s below freezing outside. |
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| Start doing germination tests on leftover seed. Properly stored seed (and sometimes improperly stored) can last several seasons. So save money and do this simple test. |
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| Start sowing seeds of peas, spinach, kale, and other greens in late February outside. They can take the cold temperatures of February and March. Remember to keep them watered! |
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| Cut some branches of pussy willow, quince, crabapple, forsythia, or flowering cherry to force bloom indoors. Place the cut stems in water. More info here. |
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It’s Always a Good Time to Soil Test
Soil quality determines your success as a gardener. Pulaski County residents get 25 soil analyses for FREE. Soil probes are also available to loan out. Call our office for more details 606-679-6361
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Limited Pine Straw Available
Lake Cumberland Master Gardeners are now able to accept credit cards for pine straw.
There are limited bales available at this time. We don’t anticipate a new load arriving before mid- to late-March.
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Recipe of the Month
This Speedy Chili recipe uses ground beef but ground turkey can easily be substituted.
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Non-Discrimination Policy
The Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment is an Equal Opportunity Organization with respect to education and employment and authorization to provide research, education information and other services only to individuals and institutions that function without regard to economic or social status and will not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ethnic origin, national origin, creed, religion, political belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, marital status, genetic information, age, veteran status, physical or mental disability or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity.
Reasonable accommodation of disability may be available with prior notice. Program information may be made available in languages other than English.
Inquiries regarding compliance with Title VI and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Educational Amendments, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and other related matter should be directed to
Equal Opportunity Office, Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Kentucky, Room S-105, Agriculture Science Building, North Lexington, Kentucky 40546,
the UK Office of Institutional Equity and Equal Opportunity, 13 Main Building, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506-0032 or
US Department of Agriculture, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20250-9410
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