Delivering the freshest news and updates for Mason County ......2018 Celebration Edition 6 June...
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Delivering the freshest news and updates for Mason County WSU Master Gardeners 2018 Celebration Edition Thank you all! by Jeannine Polaski, Mason County MG Program Coordinator Congratulations for a banner year in the Mason County Master Gardener program! Not only have you increased the number of volunteer hours over last year, all of our trainees are now certified! The Mason County Extension Office, WSU, and I thank you for your time and efforts helping the community! You make our county a better place to live! Congratulations new MGs by Kitty Lundeen-Ness, Master Gardeners Foundation of Mason County President Congratulations to all our new Master Gardeners. Every student in the 2017/18 class has now successfully completed his and her class and time commitments. Welcome to the official title of Certified Master Gardener. Nice way to start off a New Year! I personally welcome you and look forward to working with you next year. #5 in the State in volunteer hours for 2017 by John Skans Want to know where we rank in volunteer hours per volunteer compared with other Master Gardeners? Here are the 2017 numbers: County Total Hours # volunteers Hours/volunteer Lewis 11,180 77 145.2 Skagit 17,552 129 136.1 Yakima 15,978 122 131.0 Garfield 488 4 122.0 Mason 5,326 45 118.4 Here are our 2018 numbers so far (deadline to enter hours is January 31): County Total Hours # volunteers Hours/volunteer Mason 5,456 46 118.6 2018 MG volunteer hours to date: 5,456 hours from 46 volunteers 2017 total volunteer hours: 5,326 hours from 45 volunteers https://volunteers.cahnrs.wsu.edu/logon.aspx
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Delivering the freshest news and updates for Mason County WSU Master Gardeners
2018 Celebration Edition Thank you all! by Jeannine Polaski, Mason County MG Program Coordinator
Congratulations for a banner year in the Mason County Master Gardener program! Not only have you increased the number of volunteer hours over last year, all of our trainees are now certified!
The Mason County Extension Office, WSU, and I thank you for your time and efforts helping the community! You make our county a better place to live!
Congratulations new MGs by Kitty Lundeen-Ness, Master Gardeners Foundation of Mason County President
Congratulations to all our new Master Gardeners. Every student in the 2017/18 class has now successfully completed his and her class and time commitments. Welcome to the official title of Certified Master Gardener. Nice way to start off a New Year! I personally welcome you and look forward to working with you next year.
#5 in the State in volunteer hours for 2017 by John Skans
Want to know where we rank in volunteer hours per volunteer compared with other Master Gardeners? Here are the 2017 numbers:
County Total Hours # volunteers Hours/volunteer
Lewis 11,180 77 145.2
Skagit 17,552 129 136.1
Yakima 15,978 122 131.0
Garfield 488 4 122.0
Mason 5,326 45 118.4
Here are our 2018 numbers so far (deadline to enter hours is January 31):
County Total Hours # volunteers Hours/volunteer
Mason 5,456 46 118.6
2018 MG volunteer hours to date:
5,456 hours from 46 volunteers
2017 total volunteer hours:
5,326 hours from 45 volunteers
https://volunteers.cahnrs.wsu.edu/logon.aspx
Master Gardeners Foundation of Mason County Friday Fresh 2018 Celebration Edition 2
January
252 hours 21 volunteers
MG of the month
Terry Conley
January 8
Foundation meeting
January 20
TTGG #1
January 22
First MG Clinic in 2018 (every Monday through November 26)
Master Gardeners Foundation of Mason County Friday Fresh 2018 Celebration Edition 3
2018 Graduating Class: Dot Browder, Mike Swartz, Dee Ann Kline, Tori Dulemba, Dorothy Skans, Mary Jones, Cathy Villareal, Tess Fleener, Vicky Lauber, Marie Swanson
February 554 hours
28 volunteers
MG of the month
Dorothy Skans
February 1
Community garden beds campaign begins
February 3
TTGG #2 February 10
TTGG #3 February 12
Foundation meeting
March
1,072 hours 35 volunteers
MGs of the month
Mary Dessel Brooke Fuller
March 3
TTGG #4
March 12
Foundation meeting
March 17
TTGG #5
March 23
Training class graduation
March 31
TTGG #6
Native plant planting crew getting ready for Plant Sale: Sherry Clemmens, Collin Orr, Christy Rowe, Jack Smith, Nancy Dillon, Sharon B (with Bonnie Day taking photo)
Master Gardeners Foundation of Mason County Friday Fresh 2018 Celebration Edition 4
Get a load of this crew at Catalyst: Master Gardeners and new MG Interns, returning and new Community Gardeners, and friends and family members all on hand to “open the garden.”
More getting ready for the Plant Sale: Container gardens potted and growing in the Skans greenhouse
April
1,281 hours 35 volunteers
MG of the month
Jinx Cromwell
April 9
Foundation meeting
April 10
Planting starts at Catalyst (every Tuesday through October)
April 14
Community Garden Workshop at Catalyst
Greenhouse crew getting seeds started for Plant Sale: Sherry Clemmens, Jack Smith, Diana Sparby, Kitty Lundeen-ness (with Sharon B taking photo)
Plaque honoring Nancy Dillon’s husband, Ron, for all the hard work he did over the years to help make Catalyst what it is today.
Master Gardeners Foundation of Mason County Friday Fresh 2018 Celebration Edition 5
May
1,690 hours 38 volunteers
MG of the month
Diana Sparby
May 5
First Shelton Farmers’ Market Clinic
(every Saturday through September 29)
May 12
Community Garden Workshop at Catalyst
May 14
Foundation meeting
May 18 and 19
2018 Plant Sale Festival
Shelton Farmers’ Market table: Puja Pecovsky and Tess Fleener
Master Gardeners Foundation of Mason County Friday Fresh 2018 Celebration Edition 6
June
2,609 hours 41 volunteers
MG of the month
Norma Kirmmsee-Borden
June 9
Community Garden Workshop at Catalyst
June 11
Foundation meeting
July
2,899 hours 41 volunteers
MG of the month
Marie Swanson
New certified MG
Marie Swanson
July 7
Community Garden Workshop at Catalyst
July 9
Foundation meeting
July 14
Garden Tour
Community garden workshops at Catalyst are held monthly from April through September
Master Gardeners Foundation of Mason County Friday Fresh 2018 Celebration Edition 7
308 pounds of mouth-watering veggies and their pickers: Sherry Clemmens, Christy Rowe, Nancy Dillon, Erika Stewart, Mary Dessel, Cathy Villareal, Evon Masteller, Sybil Jones, Jack Smith, and Dee Ann Kline (with Bonnie Day taking photo)
August
3,073 hours 41 volunteers
MGs of the month
Bonnie Day Collin Orr
New certified MG
Tori Dulemba
August 11
Community Garden Workshop at Catalyst
August 13
Foundation meeting
August 22
Volunteer Recognition Dinner
Master Gardeners Foundation of Mason County Friday Fresh 2018 Celebration Edition 8
Washington State Foundation Meeting (September 26–29) Attendees: Kitty Lundeen-Ness, Bonnie Day, Christy Rowe (not shown: Nancy Dillon, Jan Mutter, and CJ Nichols )
Our pumpkin sellers: Erika Stewart, Tess Fleener, Sherry Clemmens, Collin Orr, Jack Smith, Sharon B, Dee Ann Kline, Nancy Dillon, Christy Rowe, Brooke Fuller
September 3,528 hours
42 volunteers
MG of the month
Christy Rowe
New certified MG
Victoria Lauber
September 8
Community Garden Workshop at Catalyst
September 10
Foundation meeting
September 22
Rain garden work party
October 3,779 hours
42 volunteers
MG of the month
Sybil Jones
October 2
Last harvest at Catalyst (total of 2,497.5 pounds of donated fresh vegetables)
October 5, 6, & 7
Oysterfest booth
October 8
Foundation meeting
October 20
Pumpkin Sale (total raised $718.36)
October 27
Putting Catalyst “to bed”
Put the garden to bed-ers: MGs, community gardeners, and friends all came together to prep the garden for winter.
Master Gardeners Foundation of Mason County Friday Fresh 2018 Celebration Edition 9
November 4,734 hours
44 volunteers
MG of the month
Erika Stewart
New certified MGs
Dot Browder Dee Ann Kline Dorothy Skans
Mike Swartz
November 12
Foundation meeting
December 5,456 hours
46 volunteers
MG of the month
TBD
New certified MGs
Tess Fleener Mary Jones
Cathy Villareal
December 10
Foundation meeting, holiday potluck, and craft fair (total raised $734)
Dahlia diggers getting ready for 2019 Plant Sale: Jack Smith, Ginnie Nelson, Norma Kirmmsee-Borden, Kitty Lundeen-Ness
2019 MGFMC officers President ----------------------------------- Kitty Lundeen-Ness
Vice-president ---------------------------- Mary Dessel
Secretary ----------------------------------- Dorothy Skans
Treasurer ----------------------------------- Diana Sparby
State Representative -------------------- Jack Smith
State Representative Alternate ------- Christy Rowe
Directors-at-large ------------------------ Pat Carpenter, Dot Browder
Monday clinics run mid-January through end of
November: Connie Zellweger and Dot Browder staffing the desk
2019…
