Dig This!

Allen Hirst displays one of the tools he used to demonstrate ways of learning about garden soil.                                        Below, I'll first pass on a short summary of the education moment during the February meeting of the Reno County Extension Master Gardeners.  Allen Hirst, our oldest active member, and a veteran teacher, was the presenter and summary writer. Summary Allen presented a program entitled ITS (It's the Soil).  He first presented how you need to test the soil.  Then by following the process to separate the soil you can determine the type of soil that you have.  Then he presented the instruments and the importance of testing the soil for proper temperature, moisture, and pH.  These factors are essential for the best production from your soil. *************** Here are further details that Allen referred to in his presentation. Soil Separation Any soil suitable for gardening will be a mixture of clay, sand, and silt.  During

Design & Grow Workshop Several Master Gardeners from Reno County attended this Workshop last month.  What a wonderful informative workshop it was!  I have never been to a workshop that you could choose the classes that you were most interested in.  It was very hard to choose as all of the topics were great ones!