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JUNEAU COUNTY
MASTER GARDENERS NEWSLETTER
December 2017
UW-Extension Juneau County
Seasons Greetings
From the
Juneau County Master Gardeners
We wish you all
Very Merry “Green”
& Blessed Christmas And an
“Abundant &
Growing”
Happy New Year.
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Juneau County Master Gardener Projects :
Anyone interested in helping on any of these, please contact person listed. This is a great way to accumulate
volunteer support hours towards certification. Also see note below.
Adopt-a-Highway – Maureen Fox, 462-4228
Cleaning trash along Highway 58 South of Mauston
Boorman House –Margret Hummelbeck, 562-3856
Garden renovation around the Juneau County Historical Society Boorman House
Watering and Shade Garden –Natty Kranz, 547-1884
Hosta Garden & O’Brian Building – Kari Olson, 562-5302/Bonnie Davey, 562-5230
Stewart Chapel - Karla Riley, 847-2506
Buckhorn State Park Project – Maureen Fox, 462-4228
Maintain plantings and gardens around the office and cabins
Carl W. Nelson Animal Shelter – Rosemary Aney, 847-5558
Planting annuals and maintaining flower bed
Dave Brendle Park – Jan Brendle, 565-7290
New project in process
Elroy Fair – Bev Kozlowski; 462-5401
Manning booth for distributing MG information and plant sales
Grayside Community Gardens – Arris Sullivan, 562-5181/Barbara Hoffmann, 547-7086
Update community garden - need MG mentors
Juneau County Fair –Debby Bollig, 547-9238/Marsha Lubinski, 847-5166
Entering an Open Class Booth with MG information
Juneau County Courthouse – Lutrelle Manna, 547-3213
Planting annuals and Maintaining flower bed
Mauston Food Pantry Flower Beds – Marsha Lubinski, 847-5166
Planting annuals and maintaining flower bed
Necedah National Wildlife Refuge - Karla Riley, 847-2506/Arris Sullivan, 562-5181/Audrey Traver, 427-3761
Start-up project
Monarch Butterfly Project
New Lisbon City Planters – Arris Sullivan, 562-5181
Planting annuals and maintaining flower beds/planters
Wonewoc Library Seed Exchange - Sarah Huggins, 319- 899-9402
Start-up project
O Tannebaum O Christmas Tree
O Tannebaum, O Tannebaum, Wie treu sind deine Bletter!
O Tannebaum, O Tannebaum, Wie treu sind deine Bletter!
O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree, How lovely are thy branches! O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree, How lovely are thy branches!
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December Gardening Tips When thinking of your Christmas list, gifts for gardeners are plentiful but how do you decide? A
garden journal or subscription to a gardening magazine or gift memberships to a local botanic garden or
nature center, and/or even a gift certificate from a garden center might be a useful and thoughtful idea.
The multitude of tools and supplies that are out there are often a personal choice. Anything that looks
like a nifty new twist on a tool or technique are always a good bet that a gardener
would be itching to try. However almost any gardener would still appreciate the basics:
gardening gloves with reinforced or rubberized fingers or the new ones with claws;
by-pass blade type pruners and loppers and pruning saws; tools with single piece
construction from the humble trowel to the long-handled spade; ergonomically designed
tools to reduce physical strain on wrists, backs and knees; kneeling pads; wheel barrow; mowers.
There are three surefire suggestions: Holiday gift plants such as poinsettia and Christmas cactus or
an amaryllis already potted and ready to grow. Finally your garden might also provide gifts to give such as
grapevine creations, dried arrangements and baskets of homegrown herbs, oils, vinegars and potpourris.
With winter officially just around the corner, the weather we have been having is very cold and windy
already with the snow coming. Just some reminders for all that cold and snow:
Shovel heavy snowdrifts off low-lying perennial beds, small shrubs and trees to prevent damage.
Don’t shovel snow onto perennial beds: disturbed snow is compacted and denser and can reduce
oxygen to the soil.
After severe weather inspect plants for damage. Immediate repairs can save them rather than
be irreparable if neglected until spring.
Inspect stored vegetables for signs of spoilage. Use immediately if possible or discard.
Houseplants should be watered as needed and a shower with tepid water will give them a boost
as well as a bit of fertilizer.
Soon the spring garden catalogs will be coming in the mail. You can begin planning your gardening
projects for next year. Begin by reviewing this past year’s projects and revise as needed adding
and changing as needed. Think about what you want to do differently and what you will do the
same.
After Christmas, the discarded tree can benefit wildlife. By moving your
Christmas tree to the yard, you can provide a protection for birds; a place where
they can congregate and feed.
Another idea is to take the limbs from the tree and place them over plants to
protect them for winter winds or use these limbs to hold mulch in place.
And if you have the equipment, you could grind up your tree. Use the ground-up
mulch around plants or you can compost it for future use.
And think Spring !!!! We don't need a winter that lasts forever
and that seems to just hang on and on and on.
Send articles and other ideas for the Master Gardeners Newsletter to: Irene Klingemann, W5805 Brown Road, Mauston WI 53948 or email: [email protected]
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NOTE: Be sure to call & check times & dates to verify event.
Contact for more information on any event at Olbrich Botanical
Gardens, 3330 Atwood Ave., Madison, WI 53704; phone 608
246-4550. [email protected] For events
at Rotary Botanical Gardens, 1455 Palmer Drive, Janesville,
WI 53545, phone 608 752-3885 ext 17,
rotarybotanicalgardens.org. For events at West Madison Ag
Research Station, 8502 Mineral Point Rd., Verona, WI 53593-
9689, phone 608 262-2257,
http://www.cals.wisc.edu/westmad/garden/Events.html
Jan 5-6, 2018 - Ecology and Physiology of Plants in Winter -
Saukville, WI - This two-day workshop will be a combination of
indoor and weather permitting, outdoor study of all of the aspects
of plant life in the winter. Class will consider the special
adaptations that allow northern plants to survive the freezing and
drought associated with extreme cold. There will be the
opportunity to learn the basic characteristics used to identify
woody plants in the winter. Instructor: Dr. Jim Reinartz, Cost $110.
Contact: Cindy Boettcher (262) 675-6844 or [email protected]
Location: 3095 Blue Goose Road, Saukville, WI
Jan 13, 2018 - 9-11am - Plants in Pop Culture and Titan
Arum: The Tale of Big Bucky - Madison - Johanna Oosterwyk is
Manager of the DC Smith Instructional Greenhouse at UW-
Madison and teaches Ornamental Plants and Greenhouse Cultivation
for the Department of Horticulture. Johanna is a dedicated plant
geek who will find a way to talk about plants to anyone, anywhere
and at any time. This talk commemorates the 2001 blooming of the
Titan Arum at the University of Wisconsin Botany Department
Greenhouses. Amorphophallus titanum is big, stinky and rarely
blooms in cultivation, but nonetheless is truly magnificent. $19
general admission/free for members Contact: Kaitlin McIntosh
608-576-2501 or [email protected] Register at
https://plantscultureandbucky.eventbrite.com Location:
Horticulture Building, 1575 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53706
Jan 19-20, 2018 - Garden Visions - Wausau - Annual
conference of North Central WI Master Gardeners. Slow Food
Dinner on Fri 1/19/18, featuring speaker, Inga Witscher, of Around
the Farm Table. Keynote speaker on Sat 1/20/18 is Ellen Ecker
Ogden, Author and Kitchen Garden Designer. 18 breakout sessions
with great topics and speakers, vendors, & lunch!
For full information visit: www.gardenvisions.info Friday’s Slow
Food Dinner, registration begins at 5pm, dinner and presentation
end at 9pm, Cost: $37.50. Saturday registration begins at 7:30am,
conference ends at 4:15pm. Cost: $45 + $12 lunch. Contact: Carol
Bray 715-693-6446 or [email protected] Location: Northcentral
Technical College (NTC), 1000 Campus Dr., Wausau, WI 54401
Jan 20, 2018 - 9-11am - Tropical Treasures: Lessons in
horticulture, biodiversity, endemism and more from Around the
World - Madison - Dr. Susan Mahr is a Senior Outreach Specialist
in UW Madison’s Horticulture Department and Coordinator of the
Wisconsin Master Gardener Program. As part of her
responsibilities, she has led numerous garden related educational
tours to locations around the world, including Costa Rica, New
Zealand and South Africa. 1st hour: “Tropical Treasures: Lessons
in horticulture, biodiversity, endemism, and more from Costa Rica”.
Susan will examine an ecosystem different from our own and
compare ways plants (and animals) adapt to various environmental
constraints. This study helps us understand the ecology of
rainforests and other tropical habitats, giving us a different
perspective on growing plants in our own temperate conditions.
2nd hour: “Unique features of horticultural tours around the world”
Susan will share observations that she has made in leading
horticultural tours in many different environments around the
world and invite audience members to share their experiences and
lessons learned from their own travels. $10 general admission/free
for members Contact: Kaitlin McIntosh 608-576-2501 or
[email protected] Register at
https://tropicaltreasure.eventbrite.com Location: Horticulture
Building, 1575 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53706
Jan 27, 2018 - 8am-4:15pm - TOWARD HARMONY WITH
NATURE - Oshkosh - Keynote speaker Neil Diboll, President of
Prairie Nursery, “The American Garden: A Life or Death Situation”.
Our gardens and landscapes are becoming increasingly important
refuges for pollinators, birds, butterflies and other creatures as
their former habitats disappear. Neil will focus on the evolution of
the American Garden from solely a creation for enjoyment of the
owners to becoming a biodiverse refuge for native plants and
animals. He will share a step-by-step approach that will provide you
with “tried and true” methods to convert a small area to a prairie
garden or a large acreage to a beautiful meadow. This all day
conference also includes three breakout sessions on many topics of
interest; i.e. Wisconsin prairie birds, rain gardens, small scale
native trees and shrubs, wetlands. Join Wild Ones for this all-day
program of learning and networking at the 22nd annual conference.
More information and registration at
www.towardharmonywithnature.org. Contact: Kris Kauth 920-570-
9540 or [email protected] Location: Oshkosh
Convention Center, 2 N Main St, Oshkosh WI
Jan 27, 2018 - 9-11am - Parks and Public Space in Madison
and The Cultural Landscape of the UW-Madison Campus -
Madison This presentation will look at the changing cultural
landscape of Madison, focusing on the shifting use of public and
greenspaces since the time the city was platted in 1836. It will pay
particular attention to public parks, Capitol Square, and other
spaces of public assembly. It will also examine John Nolen’s
“visionary” plan for Madison from the early twentieth century and
how the city has (and has not) accommodated aspects of that plan
in the last 100+ years. Anna Andrzejewski is Professor and Chair of
the Department of Art History at UW-Madison. She has taught
courses in the history of American architecture, especially
vernacular architecture and cultural landscapes, since 2000. She
has published Building Power: Architecture and Surveillance in
Victorian America as well as numerous articles and walking tour
books of Madison and the region. Anna is currently completing a
book on the Madison-based builder/developer Marshall Erdman.
“The Cultural Landscape of the UW-Madison Campus” The campus
cultural landscape refers to those exterior spaces that have been
formed through human effort and action. While landscape
architects have consciously designed many of them, other spaces
reflect the presence and setting of nearby buildings and
structures. The presentation will begin with an overview of the
landforms developed by Native Americans, and then cover several
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periods of campus landscape history from the early 1850s to the
present. Special attention will be given to the landscape associated
with the College of Agricultural & Life Sciences. Arnold Alanen is
an Emeritus Professor of Landscape Architecture who taught
landscape history and cultural resource preservation at the UW-
Madison for thirty-four years. He has written extensively about
the cultural landscapes, settlements, and vernacular architecture
of the Midwest, and served as a cultural landscape advisor to the
National Park Service in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Alaska. Cost: $10
general admission/free for members. Contact: Kaitlin McIntosh
608-576-2501 or [email protected] Register at
https://madisonparks.eventbrite.com
Location: Horticulture Building, 1575 Linden Drive, Madison, WI
53706
Feb 3, 2018 - 9-11am - Engendered is the Flower: Medieval
Gardens Past and Present - Madison - Chaucer’s Canterbury
Tales brims with images of spring, flowers, and gardens. Because so
few books about gardening have survived the Middle Ages, it serves
as a significant source of information on the meaning and use of
gardens in the fourteenth century. This one-hour illustrated
lecture will expand on Chaucer’s work by examining traces of
gardens in paintings, tapestries, maps, and sculptures. It includes a
virtual tour of contemporary re-created medieval gardens and
relevant hand-outs. Madge Hildebrandt Klais (PhD) is assistant
professor emerita in The Information School at UW-Madison,
where she teaches courses on campus and online in the history of
books and print culture, literature for children and young adults,
and information literacy pedagogy. She is the author of The
External School in Carolingian Society (E.J. Brill, 1992), a study of
early medieval intellectual history. Cost: $10 general
admission/free for members. Contact: Kaitlin McIntosh 608-576-
2501 or [email protected] Register at
https://medievalgardens.eventbrite.com Location: Horticulture
Building, 1575 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53706
Feb 3-4, 2018 - Orchid Quest - Olbrich Botanical Gardens
Madison - Orchid display and education program at Olbrich
Botanical Gardens. Thousands of orchids to view. Plant judging by
the American Orchid Society. Educational presentations on how to
grow and re-pot orchids. Orchids available for purchase. Sat, 9am-
4pm; Sun, 9am-3pm Free admission and parking. Contact: Terri
Jozwiak 608-692-9451
Feb 9-11, 2018 - Wisconsin Public Television’s Garden Expo - Madison - Hosted by Wisconsin Public Television and the UW-
Extension Horticulture Team, this event draws nearly 20,000
people to experience nearly 400 exhibitor booths over 100,000
square feet. Certified MGVs will assist UW-Extension specialists
and agents in answering questions in the UW-Extension booth,
located at the front of the show. More than 150 seminars,
demonstrations and workshops are offered on a variety of
horticultural topics. Friday noon – 8:00 pm; Saturday 9:00 am –
6:00 pm; Sunday 10:00 am – 4:00 pm. An admission fee is charged,
and all proceeds from the event support Wisconsin Public
Television. Cost: One-day ticket $8 in advance/$10 at the door;
Two-day ticket $13 in advance/$15 at-the-door; Three-day $16 in
advance/$18 at-the-door; additional cost for workshop. Contact:
Kristin Korevec, WPT Special Events Manager 608-262-5256 or
[email protected] Location: Exhibition Hall of the Alliant
Energy Center, 1919 Alliant Energy Center Way, Madison, WI
Feb 17, 2018 - 8:30-3:30pm - Winnebago County Master
Gardeners Winter Escape, Summer Dreams 2018 - Oshkosh,
WI - Winnebago County MG is presenting 2018 WESD at LaSure’s
Banquet Hall in Oshkosh. Speakers are Mark Dwyer, Director of
Horticulture, Rotary Botanical Gardens who will present on
“Sensational Shrubbery”; Mark Schwartz, Distinguished Professor
of Geography, UW-Milwaukee who will talk about “Phenology,
Tracking Seasonal Transitions in a Changing Climate”; MGV Jennifer
Lasewski, speaking on “The Importance of Pollinators and How to
Support Them in Your Garden” and Bernie Williams, Plant Pest &
Disease Specialist, WIDNR taking up “The Scoop on Jumping
Worms and Other New Invasives”. Continental Breakfast and Lunch
are included in Program Fee. Extra features are a Silent Auction
and garden-related items for sale. ATM on the premises, as only
checks/cash will be accepted. Cost: $45 thru Feb 12; $50 after
Contact: Linda Baeten 920-379-8377 Check
www.winnebagomastergardeners.org for full program and to
register. Location: LaSure’s Banquet Hall, 3125 S. Washburn St,
Oshkosh, WI
Feb 17, 2018 - 9-11am - Identifying Pretty Things with Wings
- Madison - Using photographs taken in the greater Madison area,
Edgar will help the audience learn how to identify birds,
butterflies, dragonflies, and moths that you might expect to
encounter in or near the Allen Centennial Garden. Edgar is a
professor in the Department of Botany at the University of
Wisconsin. He has been an avid birder since boyhood. Like many
birders, over the years his attention drifted to other pretty things
with wings. Cost: $10 general admission/free for members.
Contact: Kaitlin McIntosh 608-576-2501 or [email protected]
Register at https://acgbutterflies.eventbrite.com Location:
Horticulture Building, 1575 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53706
Feb 24, 2018 - 9-11am - All About Hops - Madison - Ben
Feifarek is the owner of Madison’s Wine and Hop Shop and an avid
brewer. Ben will speak to the history and cultivation of hops and
share samples of beer brewed with Allen Centennial Garden’s own
hops. Ben Feifarek started working at the Wine and Hop Shop in
early 2005. He’s done a ton of home brewing in his time, having run
his own Beer of the Month Club consisting of over 15 members for
over two years. Ben took over the Shop from founder Dave Mitchell
in 2012. Ben’s best homebrew ever probably was a bourbon-barrel
Imperial Stout he made for a cousin’s wedding. However, IPAs are
his favorite beer to brew. Cost: $10 general admission/free for
members. Contact: Kaitlin McIntosh 608-576-2501 or
[email protected] Register at https://acghops.eventbrite.com
Location: Horticulture Building, 1575 Linden Drive, Madison, WI
53706
March 10, 2018 - Bluff Country Master Gardener...Spring Into
Gardening - LaCrosse WI - Registration starts Jan 20, 2018 at
Bluffcountrymastergardeners.org Keynote Speaker: Melinda
Myers More information to follow. Contact: Nancy Fischer,
Chairperson
March 24, 2018 - 9-3pm - Let’s Get Green and Growing - Rio,
WI - 10th annual garden event by Columbia County Master
Gardeners. Keynote is David Wanninger of Boerner Botanic
Gardens. Thirty breakout sessions, vendors, garden book/magazine
swap; lunch available for purchase. Contact: Becky Gutzman 920-
382-4511 Registration $10; brochure available after Jan 26 from
[email protected] Location: Rio High School, 411 Church
Street, Rio, WI
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Hort - Q&A
Here’s a sample of horticultural questions received and answered by Adams & Juneau County Agricultural
Educator - Extension Agriculture Agent, Alana Voss or a Juneau County Master Gardener Volunteer. Have a question or comment just call 608-847-9329 or email [email protected]
I'm going to pass on the Hort Q&A this month, but provided a neat article from the PDDC clinic.
December: ‘Tis the Season
While most folks have visions of sugar-plums dancing in their heads, my mind takes a detour to the dark side as I think of how plant pathogens can influence the holidays. Interestingly, the examples that first come to my mind are positive influences on the holiday season.
Poinsettias anyone? If you are lover of brightly-colored poinsettias and enjoy them sitting on tables in your home, you have a plant pathogen to thank for the look of most modern poinsettia varieties. In their native, tropical habitat, poinsettias have an upright tree-like form, and grow up to 10 ft. in height. Modern, ornamental varieties of poinsettias are infected with phytoplasmas, bacteria-like organisms that colonize the phloem (i.e., the food-conducting “piping”) inside the plant. The presence of phytoplasmas leads to a stunted, compact growth form with lots of extra branching. And guess what you get with all of that branching? You got it: lots and lots of flowers.
Hitting the slopes. If you are a skier and hate the thought of dry, snowless winter, don’t despair. There is a plant pathogen that can come to your rescue. When Mother Nature doesn’t cooperate and you’re speeding down the slopes on artificial snow, take a minute at the end of your run to talk to the owner of your favorite ski slope about how the artificial snow is made. Chances are he/she is using a product called Snomax®. The active ingredient in Snomax® is a protein derived from Pseudmonas syringae pv. syringae, a bacterial pathogen involved diseases such as bacterial blight of lilac, bacterial canker of stone fruits and bacterial brown spot of snap beans (a personal favorite given that this disease was the subject of my PhD thesis). So while Pseudmonas syringae pv. syringae can wreak havoc in the summer, it can atone for its sins in the winter by helping provide a snowy wonderland for skiers to enjoy.
Pathogenic kiss? As you stand under the mistletoe canoodling with your sweetie this holiday season, consider exactly what it is that you are standing under. Mistletoes (there are lots of different kinds) are parasitic seed plants that infect their hosts (usually some type of tree or shrub) and siphon off water, minerals and sugars (as well as other organic compounds) that they use to grow and reproduce. The typical “holiday” mistletoe is leafy and green and can photosynthesize, so it is not totally reliant on its host for all of its nutritional needs. Other mistletoes are devoid of chlorophyll (the green pigment involved in photosynthesis) and are totally reliant on their parasitized host for water and nutritients. Whichever mistletoe you choose to hang from the rafters, remember the sacrifice of its parasitized host each time you enjoy a clandestine kiss from a loved one.
As the days turn chilly and we look towards the days of spending time with family and friends, let us take time to remember all the good that has come from 2017. Thank you for all the support and care you have brought to Juneau County in 2017. I am excited to continue working with you in the New Year and see the continued good will you bring to the community.
I am excited to say I will be transitioning to full time Juneau County Agricultural Educator in 2018! Also, the Master Gardener training is going to start the end of January and will be held at the UW-Extension office and at the Mauston High School Ag Classroom/Greenhouse. Please help spread the word on this training and you can get informational brochures from the office or the UW-Extension Website. If anyone is interested in helping with the training please feel free to contact me and we can discuss what you would like to help with this next year.
Our office will begin to look a little different in the beginning of the year as we start to prepare to move from the Hickory Building to the Old Court House this next spring. We are hoping to have a smooth transition and will keep you informed as this change happens. If you have any questions or concerns with the transition please be sure to contact our office and we will help address them.
Again, thank you for your time and service to the communities of Juneau County. I want to wish you and your families a very happy holidays and I am looking forward to working with you all in the New Year!
Keep Smiling, Alana Voss
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If you would like to host a garden meeting, list two months of your choice:
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If you are a current Master Gardener, list the year you took your training:
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If not, would you like information on becoming a Master Gardener?
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FILL IN THIS FORM AND MAKE CHECK PAYABLE TO: Juneau County Master Gardeners AND MAIL TO:
Irene Klingemann, W5805 Brown Rd, Mauston WI 53948
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Gardeners - The Birds Best Friends In Winter
Winter: ’tis the season for feeding birds all across North America, especially in those regions where
it gets mighty cold and snowy. If you are a veteran bird feeder, you’ve probably gained lots of
insight into the foods your backyard birds prefer.
The following 10 foods are extremely popular with backyard birds all across North America.
10. Black-oil sunflower seed. This seed is the hamburger of the bird world. Almost any bird that will visit a bird
feeder will eat black-oil sunflower. Birds that can’t crack the seeds themselves will scour the ground under the
feeders, picking up bits and pieces. Why do birds prefer it? The outer shell of a black-oil sunflower seed is thinner
and easier to crack. The kernel inside the shell is large so birds get more food per seed from black-oil.
9. Peanuts. Without shell, dry-roasted, and unsalted—are a fairly recent trend in bird feeding. Woodpeckers, jays,
nuthatches, chickadees, and titmice will readily visit a feeder for this high-protein, high-energy food. Even cardinals
and finches will eat peanuts.
8. Suet. Most humans don’t want a lot of fat in their diet, but for birds in winter, fat is an excellent source of energy.
Ask at your grocery store butcher counter if you don’t see packages of suet on display. No suet feeder? No
problem—just use an old mesh onion bag.
7. Good mixed seed. Is there such a thing as BAD mixed seed? You bet! Bad mixed seed has lots of filler in it—junk
seeds that most birds won’t eat. Good mixed seed has a large amount of sunflower seed, cracked corn, white proso
millet, and perhaps some peanut hearts.
6. Nyjer/thistle seed. Although it can be expensive, Nyjer, or thistle, seed is eagerly consumed by all the small
finches—goldfinches, house, purple, and Cassin’s finches, pine siskins, and redpolls. You need to feed thistle in a
thistle feeder of some kind—the two most commonly used types of thistle feeder are a tube feeder with small thistle-
seed-sized holes, and a thistle sock with a fine-mesh.
5. Safflower. This white, thin-shelled, conical seed is eaten by many birds and has the reputation for being the
favorite food of the northern cardinal..
4. Cracked corn. Sparrows, blackbirds, jays, doves, quail, and squirrels are just a few of the creatures you can expect
at your feeders if you feed cracked corn. Where we live you may also get turkeys and deer. Fed in moderation,
cracked corn will attract almost any feeder species. Some feeder operators only use this food to lure the squirrels
away from the bird feeders.
3. Mealworms. Most feeder birds, except goldfinches, will eat mealworms if you offer them.
2. Fruit. Fruit is also an important dietary element for birds, but it can be hard to find in many areas in midwinter.
1. Homemade bird treats. There are recipes for winter bird treats. Smear peanut butter on a tree branch. Melt suet
and before it solidifies, add peanut bits, raisins, apple bits, or other bird foods.
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Note from Gypsy
Note from Gypsy
Cooperative Extension
Juneau County UW-Extension
211 Hickory Street
Mauston WI 53948
An EEO/Affirmative Action employer, University of Wisconsin-Extension provides equal
Opportunities in employment and programming, including Title IX and ADA requirements.
If you have not done so yet, it’s time to fill out your JCMG membership form for 2018 (see page 7) and
mail along with $12.00 to Irene Klingemann. If not paid for 2018, this is your last newsletter.
Pass on the information to those interested (or repeating a class or two) in Master Gardener Volunteer
Training that classes will be in Juneau County in Mauston beginning in 2018. See article above
The following is the schedule for 2018 meetings of the Juneau County Master Gardeners.
April 23 Twin Bluff Country Market May 21 open June 25 Brigitte Varga July 23 Hwy J, Lyndon Station , details to follow August 27 Herb & Diane Dannenberg Sept 24 open Oct 22 open
Again Merry Christmas-Happy New Year
January 22 - April 23, 2018
Monday Evenings
6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Do you want to learn more about plants,
growing things, and gardening?
Do you want to find environmentally
sound solutions to gardening and
landscape problems?
Do you want to meet and share
experiences with others that have a love
of gardening.
If you answered yes to these questions,
then Master Gardener Volunteer
Training is for YOU!
Location: Juneau County
UW-Extension Office
211 Hickory Street, Room 301,
Mauston WI 53948
For more information
Contact: 608-847-9329
Juneau County
Master Gardener
Volunteer Training