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Tennessee Extension Master Gardener Program is a UT Extension Program
TEMGs are volunteers who have a love of plants and horticulture coupled with training to teach and assist Tennessee residents
TEMGs are volunteers who have a love of plants and horticulture coupled with training to teach and assist Tennessee residents
The Tennessee Extension Master Gardener Program seeks to improve the lives of Tennesseans by promoting environmental stewardship, noncommercial food production, and human health and well-being through residential and consumer horticulture education delivered by a dedicated and skilled volunteer network.
Over 3,520 Volunteer hours of service and educational outreach in 2022 that represent a value to Tennessee of $74,216.17 in 2021 to the Tipton County Community!
Master Gardener Larry Totton presented a very interesting program on Bonsai trees. He is an avid bonsai enthusiast.
He spoke of the many hours in working with these plants.
Displayed were many of his favorite productions.
Our Master Gardeners held three free classes in the Community Garden - Gardening 101, Reading the Farmer's Almanac, and Building Raised Beds.
Landscaping of the Extension Office at the old Train Depot building in the Historic District of Covington
Taught by Joellen Dimond, TSU Extension Agent, on Family Plot
An interview by UT Turfgrass Specialist, Dr. Tom Samples
- Plant new perennials and flowering shrubs. They will take root during the cool, moist weather of fall
and be ready to bloom next spring and summer. Keep your new plants well-watered if the weather
is hot and dry; mulching the beds also helps preserve soil moisture.
- Give your pots, planters or flower borders a refresh by replacing tired annuals with
chrysanthemums, or by simply adding colorful mums to your current mix.
- Be sure your plants get enough water; drench fewer times deeply and thoroughly, rather than many
times and shallowly. Tip: Use a soaker hose!
- August is a great time to dig up and divide perennial flowers in your garden. That includes hostas,
lilies, daylilies, ornamental grasses and bearded irises.
- August is the perfect time to move your houseplants to slightly larger containers with fresh potting
soil if you had them outside for the summer and they show new growth. This gives your plants time
to acclimate to their new housing before cool weather arrives.
- If you've been putting off weeding, now is the time. As the growing season winds down, weeds
produce thousands of seeds that will happily germinate in your garden next spring. The best time
to weed is right after a rain, but if rainfall is scarce, water your garden thoroughly the night before
you want to get started.
- Herbs can be harvested throughout the summer, but the oils responsible for the most intense flavor
and aroma are at their peak in later summer, just before the plants flower. Snip them in the morning
after the dew dries, but before the day heats up.
- Be on the lookout for diseased foliage, remove it, and then dispose of it - but not in the compost
pile. Also, disinfect your tools, such as your pruners, between each plant to avoid spreading
disease.
We love our customers, so feel free to visit during normal business hours.
150 Menefee St, Covington, Tennessee 38019, United States
Open today | 09:00 am – 05:00 pm |
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