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GUADALUPE GARDENER JULY 2020

A monthly publication of the Guadalupe County Master Gardeners in cooperation with the Texas A&M AgriLIFE Extension, Guadalupe

President’s Message Volunteer Opportunities 2-4

Member Photos 5-6

Facebook 7

Wandering Gardener 8-9

Marion Veteran’s

Memorial Park

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Members in Service 12

It’s a new month but the song sounds the same. I do have a few things to report from

our board meeting. For starters, the board voted to adjust the required hours for

recertification for this year. The hours can be completed in any combination of volunteer

hours or continuing education as long there is a minimum of 18. We are not looking to reduce

the total number of hours yet since we still have 6 months to go this year but, this will help

those that have more opportunities to get one type of hour over the other. If you are an intern

working on certification, there is no change.

We have also decided to go ahead with our Monthly recognition drawings for Volunteer

hours. So, I would like to congratulate the following people.

March- William Nodine

April-Keith Muschalek

May-Beth Henry

June- Joyce Fox

Winners were drawn by my children. You will be receiving a gift card in the mail soon.

The ability to have safe Monthly meetings still seems a long way away however we are

reaching out to the scheduled speakers to see if we can have them record their presentations

so that members can view these in their own time. Hopefully, these will be more user friendly

than some of the live streaming options.

We did have a very successful lunch and learn this month presented by Liz Romero. We

had 24 people attend the Microsoft teams meeting. This was an increase of 4 from the

previous month. I had the opportunity to do a few dry runs with Liz to help get more

comfortable with the program before the big day. We had a fun time and I think her

presentation went well. If you would like to attempt presenting a lunch and learn Please

contact Kay McElveen. We can do a few trial runs to make sure you are comfortable.

Thank you everyone for hanging in there. We still have a very active organization despite

our restrictions. Our hours aren’t nearly what they were last year at this time, but they are

strong enough to show we are still getting it done and I know your efforts are making a

difference!!

Jerry

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Note!

The following volunteer

opportunities

may be available with

"social distancing"

on an individual basis.

Please contact the

coordinator of the

activity to volunteer.

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Ongoing Volunteer Opportunities

At Your Convenience:

•Kingsbury - Kingsbury Habitable Spaces Garden, 3050 FM 1104, Monday –

Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Contact Cathy Medlin at

cathmed2003@yahoo.com or 830-221-8596 the first time you go so she can

meet you at the gardens and discuss what needs to be done. Bring tools

(hoes, trowels, etc.), gloves, hats.

•Schertz – Gutierrez Xeriscape Park, 1231 Borgfeld Rd. Contact Judy Stanley

at 830-765-4613 or jstanley20@satx.rr.com for further information.

•Seguin – Rain Garden at the Irma Lewis Seguin Outdoor Learning Center,

1865 E US Highway 90 (just past the Geronimo Creek bridge east of town on

HW 90). Contact Mag Holm-Roesler at mrhr816@gmail.com or 512-656-2360

to discuss what needs to be done.

•Marion — Veterans’ Memorial Park from 8:00 a.m.to 11:00 a. m. (summer

hours). The park is located next to the Schulz Nursery parking lot, 100 W

Huebinger St. Contact Joyce Friesenhahn at 210-452-2404 or email her at

omaannie2@gmail.com

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Scheduled Workdays on Tuesdays & Fridays:

•Schertz — Guadalupe County Community Garden, 1101 Elbel Road, behind

the County Annex Building. Start time is 8:00 a.m. Check with Ann Odvody at

odvodyd@swbell.net or 210-994-9664.

Scheduled Workdays on Wednesdays:

•Seguin — MG Office/Library, 210 E Live Oak, is open from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00

p.m. Volunteers are always needed. Ernestine Sykes

ejackson.sykes@gmail.com or 210-544-0756. The office number is 830-379-

2153

•Seguin — (Only 1st and 3rd Wednesdays) Park West Pollinator Garden, 600

Block of North Vaughn Ave., 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. Maintenance of the pol-

linator garden and care of new plants. Bring gardening tools, water, hat, sun-

screen, insect spray and wear appropriate gardening shoes. Contact Clara

Mae Marcotte, rcm.marcotte@gmail.com or Liz Romero, fleurro-

mero@gmail.com

Scheduled Workdays on Fridays:

• Seguin — Big Red Barn Gardens, 390 Cordova Road. Start time is 7:30 a.m.

for the summer hours and 8:15 a.m. for the winter hours. Check with Janice

Knobles at 830-379-6193 or e-mail jmknobles@yahoo.com

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Watermelon - Grown & photo by Kathleen Avant

Smith

Turmeric - Grown & photo by Jerry

McNulty

Look alike Blue Bonnets - Photo by

Roxana Bacon, flowers are Silver Lupine

that Roxana found in Wyoming

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Table full of tomatoes - Grown & photo by Melinda J. Bruce Lucas

Group of 6 tomatoes - Grown & photo by Eric

Anderson, son of GCMG Marilyn Anderson

Tomatoes are Genuwine Beef Steak and Black Krim

Green Beans - Grown & photo by Tom Richardson

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Watermelons, cantaloupes, squash, tomatoes, and all kinds of other veggies are showing up on the

Guadalupe County Facebook Page this month. You all are such great gardeners! And then there are the

flowers, with the rains we’ve gotten this spring everything is looking fabulous! Our FB members have

been very generous in sharing photos of their beauties, here’s a huge “thank you” to all!

Would you believe our FB membership has jumped another 6% in the last 30 days? Our FB page is

now at 564 members. Top contributors were:

Jerry McNulty

Peggy Jones

Katherine Bennett

Joyce Friesenhahn

Melinda J. Bruce Lucas

Good job all of you! Many others posted and I’m going to start listing the top 5 every month. So,

jump on the bandwagon! Post your photos, ask questions answer questions, brag about your harvest,

give us a gardening joke/comic, show off your landscaping endeavors, or just say “hi” to all the other

gardeners. FB is keeping us in touch and keeping us informed.

Have you checked out some of the webinars yet? Jerry gave a great Lunch and Learn this month, and

the Bexar County AgriLife Extension Office has been offering one to three lectures every week. Molly

Keck gave some very interesting bug lectures, and David Rodriquez is sharing his horticulture knowledge

just about every week. There are lots of continuing education opportunities to be found. We try our best

to keep you informed of upcoming webinars as well as giving reminders. Having trouble getting into the

webinars? I’ve volunteered my husband, Frank, to help you out. Give him a call and he’ll try to help you,

some of the webinars are not easy to get into but it can be done, and they’re free! Call Frank at

(830) 379-7203.

Join us on Facebook! You too can share your photos, ideas, comments, questions, events, and

articles - all through our Facebook Group. It’s easy to join. All you need to do is log into Facebook and in

the search box type “Guadalupe County Master Gardeners,” the Group will show up, click on it and

request to join, you are guaranteed to be approved. Still, need help to join? Give me a call at

(830) 379-7203 or e-mail me at adrippel@gmail.com and I’d be happy to walk you through the procedure

for joining the group or even how to create your new account for Facebook, all questions are welcome,

and to all the FB Group members, keep those photos, questions, links, and advice coming. We all enjoy

the posts. Thank you all for sharing!

April Rippel

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Wandering Gardener

Marilyn Moltz

Cabin Fever in Texas Since I wrote last month’s article, I took some of my own advice and took a couple of day

trips. The first one was a 2-hour trip from Marion to New Berlin, La Vernia, Sutherland Springs,

Stockdale and back to Marion. That was too short so the next one was from Marion to Port

Lavaca. It lasted 9 hours which ended up being too long, but it was worth the effort.

Once in Port Lavaca there were several stops to see wildflowers, the beach, and a place to

have a picnic lunch. This was a park along the bay. As usual, the breeze was blowing so it was cool

under the large covered pavilion that had several picnic tables. From there you could see the

pelicans, herons, egrets and sea gulls flying over the water and perched on old pilings

sunning. When the sea breeze afternoon showers began to form it was time to head back

home. The one food stop was at Daylight Donuts in Gonzales for breakfast and lunch dessert. If

you are in Gonzales be sure you stop there. The kolaches, cinnamon twists and long johns were

wonderful!

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Photos by

Melinda Lucas

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REMINDER

If anyone needs a card from

the organization for an illness

or loss of a family member,

contact: Amy McNulty ,

Secretary, 830-491-4742 or

e-mail amcnulty4@yahoo.com

Newsletter Staff

Editor - Mary Miller

Photographer - Marvin “T” Taylor

Proofreaders- Bob Teweles, Beth Zies,

Randee Malmsten

Wandering Gardener - Marilyn Moltz

IT Guru –Greg Miller

Texas Master Gardener Board of Directors

Two Year Term (2020/2021) Mark Mullen, Alternate – Rachel Cavazos

One Year Term (2020) Barry Jackson, Alternate – Kim Darrough

Speakers Bureau - Treva Hicks

Guadalupe Co. Community Garden - Dale & Ann Odvody

Master Gardener Office/Library - Ernestine Sykes

Refreshment Coordinator - Treva Hicks

Big Red Barn - Janice Knobles

Gutierrez Xeriscape Park - Judy Stanley

2020 County Fair and Facebook Administrator - April Rippel

Christmas Tree Decorating - Ernestine Sykes

Newsletter Editor - Mary Miller

Web Master - Bob Teweles

Fall 2020/Seguin Class Coordinator – Kay McElveen

Members in Service

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Guadalupe County Master Gardeners, Inc.

210 East Live Oak St.

Seguin, TX 78155

GCMG Officers & Board of Directors

Jerry McNulty- President

Mark Mullen-Past President

Barry A. Jackson-President Elect

Kim Tessanne -Vice President

Amy McNulty -Secretary

Rachel Cavazos -Treasurer

Janice Jadwin -Publicity Director

Kim Darrough -Membership Director

Kay McElveen -Education Director

Carol Calentine-Volunteer Director

Travis Franke -AgriLIFE Agent Master Gardener

Coordinator

Reference to commercial products or trade names is made with the

understanding that no discrimination by the Master Gardeners is

implied, and no endorsement by the Master Gardeners is implied.

The members of Texas A&M AgriLife will provide equal opportunities

in programs and activities, education, and employment to all

persons regardless of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age,

disability, genetic information, veteran status, sexual orientation or

gender identity and will strive to achieve full and equal employment

opportunity throughout Texas A&M AgriLife.

Mary Miller, Editor marymcmmiller@gmail.com

Guadalupe County Master Gardeners http://www.guadalupecountymastergardeners.org 830-379-1972 Ext 210

Guadalupe County Texas A&M AgriLIFE Extension http://guadalupe.agrilife.org/ 830-379-1972

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