Warren County Master Gardeners
Vicksburg, Mississippi
Leaves that turn brown or display signs of fall colors are showing signs of drought. Water shrubs and trees now to help them store food for the winter and next spring’s flush of growth. Continue to feed hummingbirds. This practice will not make them stay around too late to migrate however; feeding will help add fat for the long flight across the Gulf of Mexico. Provide fresh water for all birds. Mary Jane Butters Without exception, gardeners agree - they love the food their efforts provide, but it’s the therapy that matters most to them. You really can bury a lot of troubles in the dirt. When you walk through that garden gate or onto your city balcony bedecked with potted herbs and strawberry plants and get down on your knees, you’re on the mend, with every lift and every bend. Time spent caring for plants is somehow different from time spent doing most anything else. According to the clock, time behind the garden gate moves quickly. Often I’ve stood up to end a session, only to shake my head in disbelief when I saw the time – where did three hours go? But while you’re kneeling, time feels wonderfully slow and meditative, like becoming the sound of “shush” itself. 
Celosia
Judy Fritzpatrick, MG
Cuttings are easy ways to propagate coleus, impatients, begonias and geraniums. With a sharp garden knife make a slanted cut from the healthy end of the plant just below a leaf nodule. Trim the leaves at the nodule. Dip the nodule end in root starting solution and place in potting medium. Water thoroughly. Keep in indirect light in a cool area. Mist periodically and when roots form, transplant to a larger container for the winter. It is appropriate to fertilize plantings when they are transferred to larger containers. This will ensure fresh flowers for the winter and a head start on your summer flower garden.
Maryjane’s Lifebook ~ For The Farmgirl in All of Us
Zinnia
Judy Fitzpatrick, MG
To create a garden is to search for a better world. In our effort to improve on nature, we are guided by a vision of paradise. Whether the result is a horticultural masterpiece or only a modest vegetable patch, it is based on the expectation of a glorious future. This hope for the future is at the heart of all gardening. 
Joe Pye Weed
Joelyn James, MG
Visions of Paradise
Marina Schinz
