Dig This!

PLUM TREE SILVER MAPLE OAK Sat, May 13th 10am-noon, Pam Paulsen Reno County Horticulture Agent, will lead a Tree ID Made Easy tree walk on Hutchinson Community College campus. Meet at the RCEMG's (Reno County Extension Master Gardener's) Demo Garden near the pond and fountain. Park in the north parking lot and from the south east corner walk a short distance to the gardens. It is free and open to the public! JAPANESE MAPLE Another upcoming educational RCEMG event. Mark your calendars!! Sat, May 20th 7:30am-noon RCEMG Educational  BOOTH  @ Reno County Farmer's Market. Bring your garden hand tools to be cleaned and sharpened by Master Gardener Carl Cohen. Plus Reno County FACS Agent Jennifer Schroeder will check your pressure cooker chamber gauge. So come get ready for this year's gardening season! Submitted by master gardener bcrock. Photos by master gardener phughes. 

It's spring and everyone I know who loves gardening is getting outside.   Before we do, we should take a quick inventory: what's changed in our lives during this past winter?   I know I got a new dog so I asked myself, has my dog developed allergies he didn't have in the past?   When I'm planning new plant additions, am I thinking about the plants which might be poisonous to my dog?  While it is possible for any of us or our pets to develop an allergy to a specific plant at any time during our life, there are certain plants which we should be aware are poisonous to dogs. The following is only a partial list of plants which are toxic to  dogs: Azalea buds open in early Spring Autumn crocus, Azalea,   Castor bean, Elephant's ears, English ivy, Foxglove, Monkshood, Philodendron, Rhododendrum, Rhubarb, Bloodroot, Common privet, Larkspur and Delphinium.   Cyclamen, Kalanchoe, Asiatic Lilly, Oleander, Dieffenbachia, Da