Be sure to subscribe to our Guadalupe County Master Gardeners calendar and never miss another event! Or go to the following link: https://guadalupecountymastergardeners.org/events/ and scroll down to the very bottom then click on the “subscribe drop down” in the bottom right and choose your calendar app type. If you need help with this please send an email to GCMGTX@gmail.com requesting assistance.
Just a friendly reminder:
Guadalupe County Fair, Pumpkin Booth & Plant Sale volunteer opportunities October 8th-13th
• There is still time to volunteer for the GCMG Booth & Plant Sales support, and/or the Pumpkin Booth for the County Fair
There are still several open slots that desperately need volunteers!! Click the links above to go to the online sign-up forms!
• Keep your eyes out for opportunities at the Big Red Barn
• Still in need volunteers to film classes and meetings. This is not a long term commitment, just when you
are available.
• Grow Team Lead needed for 2025
• Pecan Fest-Trade Days volunteers October 26th
• Kingsbury Festival November 9th
• YuleFest December 1st
• Urgent need for a Fall Plant Sales Lead.
See the latest Newsletter for more details on each of the above needs.
TMG September 2024 News & Updates
New GCMG T-Shirts, Available now!
To order, CLICK HERE:
www.gcmgtx.org/TShirts.html
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“Proud Supporter of Guadalupe County Master Gardener” T-Shirts are here, sizes Medium – 3XL – a $20.00 donation for one t-shirt.
Also available at all Lunch & Learns and Monthly Membership Meetings
Great gift idea for supporters of the Guadalupe County Master Gardeners!
Please read our current newsletter, the “Guadalupe Gardener.” Additional area educational programs and events, including photos, can be found in our newsletters.
Continuing Education Opportunities
Additional Learning Materials
Connect – Share – Learn:
To Navigate to the following information , just click the link:
Monthly Planting Calendar
How to Prepare your Plants for the Cold Weather
Cold Injury and Cold Resistance in Plants
Timely Tips for Starting Seedlings At Home
Texas Home Gardening Guides
Spring Vegetable Varieties
At-Home Garden Series Link
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjqPKX68x1S5BK_6TGl_LYIe3_XUiPjzz
Horticulture & Gardening Webinar Series with David Rodriguez Link
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjqPKX68x1S4J6Urb7-JiyXOCT7Mhtats
Entomology Webinar Series with Molly Keck Link
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjqPKX68x1S50uWVbqYzV3k2nfmxeA_9g
The Plant Party webinar series is a collaboration between Texas Parks & Wildlife Department, USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service, and Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service. These quarterly webinars are meant to promote advanced training on all things plants and to get people excited about the flora of our state.
There are at least 13 online recorded webinars that you can watch and earn continuing education time for anytime. Each webinar is approximately 1 to 1.5 hours long but you can pause and take breaks as you need to! Click on this URL: https://southtexasrangelands.tamu.edu/plant-party/
You can see and register for upcoming webinar’s at the above URL as well. Be sure to check out their other tabs such as Publications. There are a good deal of free resources out there on many subjects such as Cattle, Drought, Chemical Plant treatments and Brush / Weed controls, Land Management, Prescribed Burn, Seeding, Wildlife and Youth Education.
Membership Meetings
Monthly Meetings are the 3rd Thursday of each Month*
Meetings are Free and open to the Public!
5:45 PM Sign In & Social
6:00 PM Project Spotlight
6:15 PM Business Meeting
6:50/6:55 PM Short Break
7:00 PM Lecture / Presentation
8:00 PM Recognition Drawing & Door Prizes
8:15 PM Adjourn & Clean-up
AgriLife Extension Service 210 East Live Oak, Seguin TX 78155
October 17, 2024 – Mark Fanick with Fanick’s Nursery
November 21, 2024 – Charlie – The Bee Guy
No monthly meeting in December due to GCMG Winter Social
Be sure to check out or subscribe to the GCMG ‘events calendar‘ for all upcoming presentations and events.
LUNCH & LEARN Programs
2nd Wednesday of the Month (Jan – Nov) – 12:00 noon – 1:00 pm
Guadalupe County AgriLife Extension Office
210 East Live Oak Seguin, TX 78155
Lunch & Learns are Free and open to the Public, bring a lunch and enjoy these hour long lectures.
Wed 13 Nov -TBD
Month of December No Programs
Be sure to subscribe to our GCMG calendar and never miss another event! Go to this link https://guadalupecountymastergardeners.org/events/ and scroll down to the very bottom then click on the “subscribe drop down” in the bottom right and choose your calendar app type. If you need help with this please send an email to GCMGTX@gmail.com requesting assistance.
2024
Summary listings of upcoming Lunch & Learn presentations in September 2024:
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The September Canning Classes both morning and afternoon are sold out, but due to high demand we’ve added more Canning Class opportunities on October 19th with a morning and afternoon choice, both of the October sessions still have seats available. You can sign up for one of these classes by going to this link: https://www.gcmgtx.org/2024FallCanningClass2/index.html
Upcoming Ask A Master Gardener events:
There will be an Ask A Master Gardener event at The Big Red Barn every Saturday in September & October (except for 10/12/24 due to the GC Fair) from 9-11 AM
Link to the calendar events for this here: Ask-A-Master-Gardener@The-Big-Red-Barn
There will be an Ask A Master Gardener event at Maldonado’s Nursery in Seguin on Saturday November 2nd from Noon until 3:00 p.m. We apologize that the 9/28/24 planned event had to be rescheduled.
Link to the calendar event for this here: Ask-A-Master-Gardener@Maldonado’s-Nursery-Seguin
Lunch & Learn & Monthly Meeting Video recordings:
By watching these videos you can earn Continuing Education Hours. Remember, you round up when entering your hours in VMS. If the video is 48 minutes, round up to 1 hour, etc.:
Herbs by Karen Gardener – 9/23/2023 Lunch & Learn
Aquaponics by Jeremy Peaches – 10/11/2023 Lunch & Learn
Oct 19th, 2023 Monthly Meeting and start of Witchy Uses of Texas Plants Part 1 &
Witchy Uses of Texas Plants Part 2
Composting by Peter Joseph Hernandez – 11_8_2023 Lunch & Learn
November Monthly Meeting and Dark Sky – Light Pollution in Our World by Cindy Luongo-Cassidy
Gardening Begins with Soil by Bill Swantner – 1/10/2024 Lunch & Learn
How and Where to Grow Herbs by April Rippel – 2/14/2024 Lunch & Learn
PDF file of How and Where to Grow Herbs by April Rippel – 2/14/2024
February 2024 Monthly Meeting and Lecture
March 13 Lunch & Learn by Bill Nodine – Your Spring Garden
March 21 Monthly Meeting and Lecture
April 18 Monthly Meeting and Lecture by Kathy Zarski “The Wonders of WestCave”
May 16 Monthly Meeting and Lecture
July 18 Monthly Meeting and Lecture
August 15 Monthy Meeting and Lecture
September 19 Monthly Membership Meeting and Lecture
Volunteer Opportunities!
Seed Exchange – In the MG Library
We need your saved seeds!
Visitor’s & Volunteers are always welcome!
With our climate it seems it is always time to start thinking about saving seeds (and the Seed Exchange). As you watch your bountiful harvest of beautiful veggies and flowers, note the hardy and disease resistant varieties. Those are the ones you want to plant repeatedly, save the seeds from and hopefully share with others through the Seed Exchange. But there are other reasons to save those seeds:
Why Save Seeds?
Saving seeds helps you and the community:
• Save money
• Increase food access
• Encourage ecosystem stability
• Protect and preserve pollinators
• Increase self-reliance and resiliency
• Grow more delicious, fresh, healthy food
• Preserve and increase vital seed diversity
• Adapt plants to the local, changing micro-climate
• Maintain cultural history of culinary and agricultural traditions
So, ready for the first step in your seed saving journey? For specific guides on how to store your
seeds and how long to keep them plus other helpful tips visit the Master Gardeners Seed Exchange any Wednesday between 2 and 4pm. Visitors, and volunteers invited always! Plus, anyone with ideas on how to make this seed exchange more efficient/proficient we really want to hear from you! We hope to see you there!
The Seed Exchange is held in the Guadalupe County Master Gardener’s Research Library, which is located upstairs in the AgriLife Extension Building, 210 E. Live Oak St., Seguin, TX. Check out our Seed Exchange webpage for more information and details.
Ernestine Sykes & the Master Gardeners Seed Exchange Team
ejackson.sykes@gmail.com
Also, check out our article in the current Newsletter where we have listed our current seeds on hand or you can view it by clicking here.
Ongoing Guadalupe County Projects
Current projects that need volunteers:
The current projects document is also available on VMS. The version below is from 9/18/2024, and is now the most current version.
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Please “like” and join the Guadalupe County Master Gardening Group on Facebook. This page is open to the public and we often get plant questions from people with problem trees/flowers/grass, etc. We need help from Master Gardeners like you! You may also want to show off your gardening successes. Here’s the link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/148498042257252/
Link to Seguin Extension Office Map
Guadalupe County Master Gardeners is a voluntary service organization which supports the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service by providing horticultural education. A goal of this website is to provide gardening information to the public and inform readers about the Master Gardener program and events.
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension provides equal opportunities in its programs and employment to all persons, regardless of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, sexual orientation, or gender identity. The Texas A&M University system, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the County Commissioners Courts Cooperating.
Persons with disabilities needing accommodations for effective participation in the program should contact the County Extension Office at least one week prior to the program or event to request mobility, hearing, visual or other assistance.