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Okeechobee County Master Gardener 2007 Training Class Homepage |
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Okeechobee County Master Gardener 2007 Training Class Homepage |
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Quick Links: Week 1: 5/16 Week 2: 5/23 Week 3: 5/30 Week 4: 6/6 Week 5: 6/13 Week 6: 6/20 Week 7: 6/27 Week 8: 7/11 Week 9: 7/18 Week 10: 7/25 Graduation 8/29 Photos! Return to MG Homepage |
2007 Okeechobee Master Gardener Trainee Class - REFERENCES and Links |
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Click on title to download Adobe pdf of presentation |
Subject
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Links for more information: |
| week 1 - 5/16/07 |
US
Map of Land Grant Universities:
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/qlinks/partners/partners_map.pdf
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| 9 FYN Principles | Regional Program Home Page: http://okeechobee.ifas.ufl.edu/Okeechobee%20FYN.htm | |
| Botany |
Plant structures http://monroe.ifas.ufl.edu/mg_training/2007_training/week01/Botany_2007.pdf Taxonomy http://monroe.ifas.ufl.edu/mg_training/2007_training/week01/Taxonomy_2007.pdf |
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| Reminders: | bring fertilizer bag and soil samples for pH testing | |
| week 2 - 5/23/07 |
County
Soil Surveys: |
Online copies available at: http://soils.usda.gov/survey/online_surveys/florida |
| Soils, Nutrients and Fertilizers | Soil pH Testing | UF/IFAS Soil testing lab forms and procedures: http://soilslab.ifas.ufl.edu/ESTL%20Pages/ESTLAnalysis.htm |
| Fertilizer Labels | Extension bulletin: The Florida Fertilizer Label http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/SS170 | |
| Fertilizer calibration | Calibrating
Fertilizer spreaders http://yourfloridalawn.ifas.ufl.edu/fertspreader.htm
Figuring Out Fertilizer for the Home Lawn http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/EP221 |
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| week 3 - 5/30/07 | Review Soils Quiz | |
| Landscaping
for Wildlife (PPT) |
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Butterflies for Kids (PPT) |
Assignment: design your own Butterfly Garden | |
| Native Plants for Okeechobee (list & on-line references) | reference: Native Plants: An Overview Take Home puzzle: Native Plant Terms | |
| Landscape Plants: Identification and use | Landscape Plant ID - Tour of Nurseries: Dee’s Garden and /or Flores Nursery | |
| week 4 - 6/6/07 | Meet in big conference room. | |
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Homework review: |
Native Plant puzzle | Angela |
| Dooryard Fruits | [Citrus]
If
you plant it, it will come
[Temperate & Tropicals] Dooryard Fruits for SouthCentral Florida |
Dan
Julia Morton's Fruits of Warm Climates UF/IFAS Fruitscapes website |
| Palms | DRAFT pdfs: | UF/IFAS
Fort Lauderdale REC Palm
Portrait Gallery
Fairchild Tropical Garden – Palm genera website: http://www.palmguide.org/palm_genera.php Palms in the Landscape (Dr. Ed Gilman, Env. Hort Dept) |
| week 5 - 6/13/07 | Computers! | Computer Day note sheet with active links! |
| Varri-Green Farm: Trip to see organic grove/orchard & farm | ||
| week 6 - 6/20/07 | Entomology
Adrian Hunsberger, Dade County Agent
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Bring a Bug or
two! Bring You & Entomology booklet.
Butterfly Garden design due. |
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Mid Term given out - due next week! | Download your Mid Term Exam here: (click here for Adobe pdf file) (click here for Word file) |
| week 7 - 6/27/07 | Plant Propagation and Pruning: PPTs and practice | Meet
at Lane Residence:
North Okeechobee - see map from class
Terry Lane & Dan |
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| Brief tour: Tree Locators Nursery | ||
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July 4, 2007 |
Kay's
Birthday Celebration
(continue working on Mid-term) |
A week off to honor our MGs - and have a family party with Washington, Adams, Hamilton and Madison, et.al. |
| week 8 - 7/11/ 07 |
Water Day MG Jeopardy: Waterwise landscaping Pond Appeal website |
Janet Bargar, Indian River County Water Quality Agent |
| FYN Yard Recognition program (Yard Certification Checklist) Request: Yard Advice | Angela Sachson | |
| week 9 - 7/18/07 | "Ketch-up
Day"
Vegetable Gardening Florida Friendly Lawn Care Turf & Ornamental Weeds Understanding Pesticide Labels Give out Pest Management Exam |
Dan |
| week 10 - 7/25/07 | Review
Pesticide Labeling Worksheets
Go over Mid-Term and Pest Management Exams; Give out Final Practicum Questions Review MG Policies and Complete MG Annual agreement - get ID card and hourly log sheets |
Dan Culbert |
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Principles of Garden Design | Doris
Greene, Glades Co. Master Gardener
Pat Miller, Okeechobee County Extension Director |
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Time TBA |
Graduation & Reunion | Go
over Final Practicum
Pass out Certificates, Name tags and Polo Shirts |
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