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  • Are you a MGEV with vision and heart for the Georgia MGEV Program? We are looking for “big picture” people, especially with experience outside of Extension, to serve on the statewide advisory panel. Q1:     I am only interested in the MGEV program in my county. TRUE — Thank you for your contributions to Extension…

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  • Five-patch Poppy

    MGEV Carlotta Ehmen of Walton County recently sent me this lovely contribution to the 40th anniversary commemorative quilt project: Her note shared the story of the square: This 5-patch poppy quilt square is in honor of the “Poppy Lady,” Moina Belle Michael, who was a native of Walton County (Good Hope), and a University of…

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  • Georgia was well-represented at the International Master Gardener Conference last month in Valley Forge, PA. Congratulations to Cobb County for securing a first-place award in the research category of the national Search for Excellence awards program! I will be sharing their project story in upcoming posts. It’s not too early to be thinking about the…

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  • Extension Master Gardener Volunteers support Consumer Horticulture programming all across the country. We know that you are dedicated and capable individuals with an unsurpassed enthusiasm for all things plant-related. This national report, put together every other year, confirms this! Thank you for partnering with Extension to share plants and horticulture with our communities!

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  • Our “Working with Youth” risk management training officially renews this month! You may already have received information from your agent or program coordinator. Some MGEVs have already completed the 28-minute video and online quiz. I wonder if they could spot the MGEVs in the video?!? You can update your training through your individual MGLOG profile.…

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  • We are excited to welcome Dr. Dan Suiter to our Thoughtful Thursday series in July! Specializing in household and structural pests, Dr. Suiter is a wealth of information! We have not yet featured an entomologist in our series, so bring your questions! Make plans to join us for this timely update. Thursday, July 11, 2019…

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  • Our work on the 40th anniversary commemorative quilt project continues! I was so excited to receive this note from MGEV Trainee Paula Cox in Bartow County: I saw the article in Trellis and thought that making a quilt is a super idea….Block #1 is from Quilt in a Day — “Quilters Almanac” 1992 issue. It’s…

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  • Garden Lady?

    It is dusk, no, almost dark, really. I am hurrying to pull a few more weeds in my vegetable garden and sow a few flower seeds. I am deeply engrossed in my plants, admiring their rows, thinking about what I can cram in next. “Garden Lady!” I vaguely register children’s voices, sounds of playing on…

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  • A few weeks ago, Philip Hensley (ANR Agent, Spalding County) and I staffed an exhibit about the Georgia MGEV Program at an event held at UGA’s Research and Education Garden here in Griffin. The event was promoted as a family event, so I wanted to offer an assortment of educational materials and activities to engage…

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