Speaker 1: Good morning, good morning, good morning, and welcome, welcome, welcome.
Speaker 1: It is time now for our community connection right here
Speaker 1: on K one, the one you trust, and we have
Speaker 1: Kennedy McCall in here. She's the agricultural educator here with
Speaker 1: our Washington County OSU Extension Office. And it's that time
Speaker 1: of year, isn't it, Kennedy.
Speaker 2: Is that time of year.
Speaker 1: We've got the big annual plant singal coming up. Tell
Speaker 1: us all about it. Yeah.
Speaker 2: So every year our Master Gardeners, they're an association within
Speaker 2: the Washington County Extension Office, they put on an annual
Speaker 2: plant sale, typically at the Washington County Fairgrounds across office there.
Speaker 2: It's a huge deal. We sell out every single year.
Speaker 2: Really popular thing and good time for that where we
Speaker 2: think we're past all of our freezes, so great time
Speaker 2: to get your planes in.
Speaker 1: Well, this is great indoors at you're convenience. So you
Speaker 1: have to worry about wind, rain, snow for you for
Speaker 1: necessarily protected from it, but you know, anything that Oklahoma
Speaker 1: can throw at you, you're going to be in there
Speaker 1: enjoying the wonderful world of gardening. So I would ask
Speaker 1: how many plans you got, but probably the shorter ants
Speaker 1: would be what don't you have, But we're just going
Speaker 1: to say we have a big selection.
Speaker 2: We have a huge selection, so we have it buy
Speaker 2: our master gardeners. We have some greenhouses out behind our
Speaker 2: office and they take care of all that starting from seed.
Speaker 2: So it'll be vegetables such as tomatoes, peppers, all kinds
Speaker 2: of stuff. Those are gown by them. Best prices you're
Speaker 2: going to find in town. They really selling pretty cheap,
Speaker 2: great selection all out, and then we also have some
Speaker 2: pollinator plants. We've got our butterfly boxes that are super popular,
Speaker 2: so those will come with some natives, some milk weeds,
Speaker 2: things like that sell out really quick, awesome selection. We'll
Speaker 2: have some succulents and this year we're going to do
Speaker 2: culinary herbs as well, which would become kind of popular.
Speaker 2: And then we also have our pass along So those
Speaker 2: are things that our master gartners have grown and they've
Speaker 2: propagated and are repotting for the public to buy.
Speaker 1: Oh nice, So what's the day?
Speaker 2: It is a sixth a Saturday, Yes, and it's from
Speaker 2: eight to one or sell out and I'll tell you know,
Speaker 2: it's flooded at seven forty five, so come early bring
Speaker 2: your wagons whatever you want to fill with, and the
Speaker 2: master gardeners are all there to help you make your
Speaker 2: selections as well.
Speaker 1: That is great. Now you've been kind of busy with
Speaker 1: soil testing heaven.
Speaker 2: Yeah, we have this.
Speaker 1: We got Larry, our garden guy. He comes in from
Speaker 1: the greenhouse and he says both so if you don't
Speaker 1: know what you're working with, you need to get you
Speaker 1: everybody's been coming up to see you.
Speaker 2: Yes, yeah, we've been really busy. Soils the basis for
Speaker 2: everything growing. So you can come to our office or
Speaker 2: we'll come out to you get your soil tested and
Speaker 2: get it prepared for all these plants you're going to buy.
Speaker 1: Now. The thing is is that you can live in
Speaker 1: one town, but it not one soil fits all. I mean,
Speaker 1: just Bartlesville alone, you probably have anywhere from three to
Speaker 1: four different types of soil. Compass this in the different yards.
Speaker 2: Yes, you do. We see quite a wide variety. And
Speaker 2: what's cool about ours is we can test it, whether
Speaker 2: it be your lawn, your garden, your pasture. We can
Speaker 2: tailor it to whatever you're wanting to grow and then
Speaker 2: give you recommendations on that.
Speaker 1: Oh you can do you go that far too. Yeah,
Speaker 1: we do.
Speaker 2: So you bring it to us, we send it to
Speaker 2: the lab and they bring it back and then we'll
Speaker 2: give you recommendations to help you grow whatever you want to.
Speaker 1: You know, you cleared something up because there are a
Speaker 1: lot of folks thinking, well, I'm going to get a
Speaker 1: sheet of paper and it's going to say clad over
Speaker 1: there and just be dead.
Speaker 2: Is really helpful if you're just getting started, or if
Speaker 2: you're pretty experienced and you just want a good basis
Speaker 2: for growing.
Speaker 1: Now there are okay, we are right there next to
Speaker 1: the high school, right across from the fairground. Yeah, fairground building.
Speaker 1: So you're easy to find.
Speaker 2: We're easy to open Monday to Friday, eight to four thirty.
Speaker 1: Okay, So we do want everybody to come out on
Speaker 1: the twenty sixth. They're at the fairground buildings and we
Speaker 1: are going to have the big annual plouts usually or
Speaker 1: when you.
Speaker 2: Sell it, yes, last year.
Speaker 1: That's just got to be fair.
Speaker 2: It's fun. It's busy and fun, that's right, My.
Speaker 1: Goodness sakes, that is really great. And the lowest price
Speaker 1: is so you don't have to worry about it, you know,
Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, yeah, you know, your garden's gonna look
Speaker 1: great on a budget.
Speaker 2: Yeah, there are nations for growing the plants that you
Speaker 2: buy as well.
Speaker 1: You know, the butterfly garden thing has really gained a
Speaker 1: lot of popularity over the last ten fifture kind of.
Speaker 2: Back butterfly populations, bee populations, and those pollinator boxes are
Speaker 2: great for doing that.
Speaker 1: Yeah, we got to worry about the bees because if
Speaker 1: they go by by, we're pretty close right behind you.
Speaker 1: We're like weeks maybe months away from this we're going.
Speaker 2: To Yeah, we want to protect the bees.
Speaker 1: Yeah, we do. Some people will say, well, oh my gosh,
Speaker 1: well the bees stinging. Well, the bees feed you too. Yeah,
Speaker 1: that's right. Really, you don't mess with the bee. Mister
Speaker 1: b will not mess with you.
Speaker 2: Yeah, and we at the box, I can tell you
Speaker 2: how to plant it, and it's beaut on it and when.
Speaker 1: You see them go to work, you realize just how miraculous.
Speaker 2: Nature is and our master gardeners. I believe it was
Speaker 2: last year at the Freefair it was based around pollinator
Speaker 2: So they try to provide edgingalk just selling you the plant.
Speaker 2: They want you to be educated as well.
Speaker 1: I remember that next year at the Rebuilds too.
Speaker 2: Yes, it has. It's been amazing and I think this
Speaker 2: year's theme will be really cool. And we have another
Speaker 2: great setup for this year with our master Gardner booth.
Speaker 2: We're I know, I don't spill any beams, but it
Speaker 2: will be awesome.
Speaker 1: It will be awesome. So, Kennedy McCall, how do we
Speaker 1: get a hold of you? Do you have social to
Speaker 1: the Washington County OSU Extension.
Speaker 2: Yeah, you can actually search Washington County OSU Extension And
Speaker 2: we have a Facebook page through the universe or a
Speaker 2: page through the university, and then we have two Facebook pages,
Speaker 2: one for just agriculture and one specifically for our master gardeners,
Speaker 2: and all the information as well as the flyer is
Speaker 2: posted there.
Speaker 1: I have one question I've been dying to ask you. Okay,
Speaker 1: how does one become a master gardener?
Speaker 2: Well, it's pretty intense. You get to take the classes,
Speaker 2: which we just wrapped up on Tuesday. We'll just come
Speaker 2: a volunteer with us. So if you're ever in interest
Speaker 2: to give her off and we'll get you on the
Speaker 2: list for it.
Speaker 1: Well there you go, Okay, because you know master partner. Yeah,
Speaker 1: and you're thinking, oh my gosh, this person with like
Speaker 1: five extra years of college tells me. You know, that's
Speaker 1: one of those things that you never get tired of doing.
Speaker 1: And you can do that whether you're a young person,
Speaker 1: and you can keep on doing it till you can't
Speaker 1: move anymore. And most people do.
Speaker 2: That, and most people do that's right.
Speaker 1: You know, it's a it's a it's more than just
Speaker 1: a hobby. It becomes a passion.
Speaker 2: Yes, our office, you'll see the demo beds out front,
Speaker 2: and that's curtisself. Bartlesville Library as well. They have all
Speaker 2: kinds of projects throughout.
Speaker 1: Goodness sakes well, Kennedy, I want to thank you for
Speaker 1: being here with us folks the twenty six to be
Speaker 1: there when the door's open at eight to get your seats,
Speaker 1: or the annual plant sale in the paragram. Thanks for
Speaker 1: being with you so much. Folks. You've been watching and
Speaker 1: listening to our community Connection program.