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<v Speaker 1>Good morning, good morning, good morning. Welcome, welcome, welcome. We

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<v Speaker 1>have our OLSU Extension Master Gardner in here with us

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<v Speaker 1>today we have Kennedy McCall. Kennedy, how you doing today?

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<v Speaker 1>I'm good?

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<v Speaker 2>How are you this morning?

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<v Speaker 1>Wonderful? Wonderful, wonderful. You're an AG educator. What are we

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<v Speaker 1>going to be educated upon today?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, so today we're going to talk about Master Gardners.

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<v Speaker 2>So that's kind of like a club similar to four

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<v Speaker 2>H or OHSE within OSU Extension and that falls under

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<v Speaker 2>my eg umbrella. So I'm kind of the facilitator of that.

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<v Speaker 1>What's happening.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, So we are getting ready to start our twenty

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<v Speaker 2>twenty five Master Gardner courses. So those will start January

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<v Speaker 2>twenty first. Basically, what it is is it's a ten

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<v Speaker 2>course class and we'll have one a week and they

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<v Speaker 2>will run through April first, and I can give you

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<v Speaker 2>some more information if you like about that. Yeah. So

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<v Speaker 2>they're on Tuesdays from nine thirty to three at Tri

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<v Speaker 2>County Tech out on Nowater Road. Easy to find, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>very easy to find. Every Tuesday, we have a class

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<v Speaker 2>and we have a specialist from Oklahoma State come in

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<v Speaker 2>and they teach their respective topics, so I can give

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<v Speaker 2>you that list if you'd like. So we'll go through botany,

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<v Speaker 2>plant physiology, soil science, plant diseases, vegetables, turf entomology, ornamentals,

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<v Speaker 2>fruits and nuts, and pesta sites. So each class will

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<v Speaker 2>cover a different topic. It's pretty extensive, about a four

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<v Speaker 2>hour long class. We have lunch there at Try County

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<v Speaker 2>Tech with our group. So really good information if you're

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<v Speaker 2>interested in diving deeper into Master Gardeners.

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<v Speaker 1>Now, how do we sign up for this?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, so you can visit our office. We're located right

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<v Speaker 2>beside Dewey High School. We're just to the west of it.

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<v Speaker 2>I can give you our address, but it typically won't

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<v Speaker 2>get you there on.

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<v Speaker 1>They'll find it.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. Yeah, if you know where Dewey High School is,

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<v Speaker 2>we're just right next door to them. So you can

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<v Speaker 2>either come into our office and you can give your

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<v Speaker 2>information to our admin assistant MICHAELA. And then you can

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<v Speaker 2>pay the fee or you can do that by mail.

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<v Speaker 2>So this year, our new fee is going to be

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<v Speaker 2>one hundred dollars. That gets you the course and then

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<v Speaker 2>that also pays for a Master Gardener handbook that comes

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<v Speaker 2>from OSU and that has all the information plus some

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<v Speaker 2>in it and then if you're returning, it's thirty dollars.

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<v Speaker 2>And we have a lot of returning members. They say

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<v Speaker 2>some that have taken it fifteen years say they learned

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<v Speaker 2>something new every single time, So it's a good thing

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<v Speaker 2>to retake over and over.

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<v Speaker 1>A lot of folks just follow their passion and that's

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<v Speaker 1>where it lies.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, that's right. And just to explain a little bit

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<v Speaker 2>more about Master Gardeners, I mentioned that it was kind

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<v Speaker 2>of an affiliation with OSU, So a lot of different

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<v Speaker 2>counties in Oklahoma have this group. But you don't just

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<v Speaker 2>take the courses and then you're done. So you'll take it.

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<v Speaker 2>We will have a final test following the ten courses,

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<v Speaker 2>and then you become a part of the membership. And

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<v Speaker 2>basically what you do is you serve volunteer hours. So

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<v Speaker 2>we do things like an annual plant sell. We have

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<v Speaker 2>the Garden of Eton if you've ever heard of that,

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<v Speaker 2>where we donate produce. We do all kinds of things.

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<v Speaker 2>Library beds if you've been to the Bartlesville Public Library,

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<v Speaker 2>we take care of those beds. So it's a really

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<v Speaker 2>fun group. Requires some volunteer hours, but you'll fly through them.

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<v Speaker 2>And it's a lot of fun.

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<v Speaker 1>Now this does sound like fun.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it's a lot of fun, really good group, close

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<v Speaker 2>knit group. So I think anyone that wants to join

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<v Speaker 2>and likes gardening would enjoy it.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you have a presence online where folks can read

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<v Speaker 1>up about this?

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<v Speaker 2>We do in Yeah, you can either visit our OSU extension.

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<v Speaker 2>You can just google OSU Extension, Washington County and they

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<v Speaker 2>can find all of our information there, or if you're

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<v Speaker 2>on Facebook, you can look up Master Gardeners of Washington

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<v Speaker 2>County and we keep all that information there as well.

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<v Speaker 1>Super what else is going on?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, that's about all Master Gardeners have going on, right

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<v Speaker 2>a lot? It sounds like a lot.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>We actually just finished the year and we have our

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<v Speaker 2>end of Your banquet on Thursday, so we just wrapped

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<v Speaker 2>everything up and then this class kind of kicks off

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<v Speaker 2>the new year for us. After that, we jump right

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<v Speaker 2>into our annual plant cell, which is held at the

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<v Speaker 2>Washington County Fairgrounds. Yeah, very popular sales and get there early,

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<v Speaker 2>sells out past Yeah, that'll be the last Saturday in April.

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<v Speaker 2>And then after that we just dive into the demo

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<v Speaker 2>beds at the Extension. Garden, We take over the library beds,

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<v Speaker 2>start working on everything. But it kind of takes getting

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<v Speaker 2>past this winter period to get back into the gardening routine.

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<v Speaker 1>So you get back into the fun part of getting dirty. Yeah, exactly.

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<v Speaker 2>Gotta let all the cold weather get by first, that's right, Kennedy.

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<v Speaker 1>I want to thank you for being with this.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, thank you very much for having me and look

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<v Speaker 2>forward to having you guys. Sign up.

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<v Speaker 1>Alrighty, thanks