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Reno County Extension Master Gardeners (RCEMGs) help out @4H County Fair! Fun and "learning by doing" for youth and adults as well! RCEMG members help to choose champion and reserve champion entries in the Open Class Horticulture competition at the Reno County Fair . Add caption   The RCEMG members provide the cash prize awards in this department.   The volunteers and the volunteer hours Master Gardener's offer at the 4H County Fair fulfill a vital role to promote gardening in Reno County. Submitted by bcrockford. 

Low How Silver at HCC campus gardens Many of you may be s urprised to see iris blooming now in your neighbor’s garden, it’s not just a fluke of Mother Nature, some iris really do bloom in the fall .  Your success will depend on how you have prepared the garden, the soil fertility and amendments used, and the local climate including the microclimates within your own yard. Rebloomers need additional summer watering and extra fertilizer with nitrogen because they must make new increases in order to bloom again in the fall.   Spring bloom only iris simple cannot increase fast enough for rebloom.   They bloom on the ‘mother’ rhizome and then wait for the side increases to obtain sufficient growth to bloom again, normally this is one year or the next spring. Harvest of Memories in my garden Thanks to our iris hybdrizers, reblooming iris hav e improved greatly in the last few years. The form and color is better. Also many more varieties are becoming available but