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September 2024 Pulaski County Home Horticulture Newsletter
Summer is winding down
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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September 14 — Hands-On Perennials, 9am, Pulaski Co Extension office, FREE PLANTS! BYOTools and bags/containers.
September 16 — Lake Cumberland Beekeepers Association meeting, 6:30pm business meeting, 7pm program. Pulaski Co Extension Service office
September 17 — Focus on Crocus, 3:30pm, Shopville Branch Library
September 18 — Stick-It-To-The-Man, Seed Saving for the Homesteader, 4pm, Pulaski Co Extension office
September 19 — KSU Pawpaw Field Day, 10am to 3pm, Harold R Benson Research and Demonstration Farm, 1525 Mills Lane, Frankfort KY. No registration required, just show up! Free lunch.
September 19 — Fall Specialty Crop Field Day, 4 to 6pm, UK Horticulture Research Farm, 4321 Emmert Lane, Lexington KY
September 26 — 365 Days of Gardening Series: Winter Gardening, 6pm, Pulaski Co Extension office
September 28 — National Public Lands Day! Get out there and volunteer!
2024 TREE WEEK IS OCTOBER 5-12!!
October 5 — Birds of a Feather Guided Bird Walk @ Zollicoffer Park
October 5 — Callery or Bradford Pear Bounty @ Nancy Branch Library
October 6 — Up A Tree Geo-Cache Challenge Hike @ Pulaski Co Park
October 7 — Leaf Print Greeting Cards @ Burnside Library
October 8 — Forest Bathing @ Eubank City Park
October 9 — Leaf Print T-shirts and Mulch Madness @ Firebrook Community Park
October 10 — Youth Activity & Hike @ Black Walnut Trail
October 11 — Paper-Making, Tree-Stamping and Wind Chimes @ Pulaski Co Extension office
October 12 — Community Pancake Breakfast & Tree Planting @t Woodstock Community Center
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We have a strong beekeeping community in Pulaski County.
When purchasing honey, it’s always best to BUY LOCAL.
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Use Honey in Your Recipes!
Don’t get me wrong, pure, raw honey is glorious all by itself.
The National Honey Board has a great assortment of recipes.
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Be sure to use fresh seed unless you’ve done germination tests on leftover seed!
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First Frost - Tell Me It Ain’t So
September is a little early to talk about frosts, but successful fall and winter gardening depends on you knowing and responding to the threat of frost.
Pulaski County’s first frost is in the range of October 21-31.
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Consider Worm Composting This Winter
Worm composting (vermicomposting) is a way of converting organic waste to a rich stable end form (castings) using red wigglers or other composting worms.
All it takes to get started is a dark plastic tote, newspaper, worms, and food. The food will be your kitchen scraps.
If you’re considering using worms to compost food waste, drop by the Pulaski Co Extension office and see our 18 year old worm bin.
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The Master Gardener Program begins September 6, 2024 with 10 hardy souls going through the program.
Master Gardeners are an important part of any community. Last year, Extension Master Gardeners (EMGs) in Pulaski Co volunteered over 1200 hours in community service.
Some of last year’s projects and activities:
- sponsored many Tree Week activities and helped organize the week-long event
- led a 7-session Raised Bed Gardening series with demo plots at the Extension office (this occurred in 2 counties!)
- tabled at the SCC Earth Day Celebration (see pic)
- 3 EMGs attended the KY Master Gardener Conference (see pic)
- held the inaugural Native and Heirloom Fest
- helped develop a cut flower garden at an assisted living facility (still in progress)
- organized and sponsored birdhouse contest and related bird informational programs
- planted and maintained the demonstration gardens and raised beds at the Pulaski Co Extension office
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Horticulture Webinar Wednesdays
HWW has more great webinars slated for September 2023.
September 4 — Garden Myths: Busted
September 11 — Agent Panel Discussion: Ask Them Anything!
September 18 —KY Master Naturalist Program
September 25 — Monarch Waystations
As always, check out the vast library of recorded webinars.
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Get Your Bulb Orders In
Don’t procrastinate getting those bulb orders in. Popular varieties will sell out fast.
And don’t think just daffodils or tulips. There are other bulbs like windflower, Allium, and Siberian squill (that’s a fun name!).
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| September Garden To-Do List |
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| Divide peonies this month and into early fall. |
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| If you want to feed the finches, be sure to stop deadheading in the middle of September so the remaining flowers can produce seed before frost. |
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| It’s important to clean up the vegetable garden once the garden is finished for the year. Diseases can build up in successive years when plant debris is left in the garden. |
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| Plan for next year’s garden by placing small stakes in the garden where there’s room for alliums, daffodils, lilies, tulips, and other spring-flowering bulbs that can be planted in the fall. |
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| September can still be a hot month so watering is still a high priority but water judiciously. Watering early in the morning is best. Mulch helps retain the water you’ve applied so be sure that plants have 3 inches of the good stuff. |
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| Start planning for a winter vegetable garden. Get supplies like rebar, PVC pipe, and plastic sheeting. Or build yourself a cold frame. And don’t forget to order seeds! |
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Free Native Plant Garden Designs
Somerset is not a big city but the city of Lexington has posted free native plant garden designs online for anyone to use. They’re called Plant by Numbers.
They have many designs to offer from full sun to full shade and in between. In addition, they include front yard, street side, and stream side. Check it out 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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Credit Cards Now Accepted for Pine Straw!
Lake Cumberland Master Gardeners are now able to accept credit cards for pine straw. There is still plenty left for your end-of-the-year mulch applications.
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Recipe of the Month
Use up the last of those blackberries with this month’s recipe!
Take a deep dive into all the UK Plate It Up Kentucky Proud recipes by clicking the button below.
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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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