Re: Master Gardeners

**m* l* <m*@earthlink.net>**

The quality of instruction, price of the program, and the number of 
hours involved varies from one state to another, even from one county 
to another.  I learned more from fellow MGs than I did from the 
instruction.  You lucked out with the rose expert.  In our county we 
have a fellow who's very knowledgeable about table grapes.  He's 
pretty  old, and when they lose him, they won't have any experts to 
fall back on, unless someone moves here.  Margaret Lauterbach

At 10:03 AM 1/10/2009, you wrote:
>It seemed almost from the time I came into our family seed company I
>heard little knocks on MGs.  However, we moved to another house in
>our town and I had a rose I loved so went to the extension office for
>information on grafting roses. They took my name and phone number and
>said someone would get in touch. I had a phone call, a retired Ph.D
>who was a former horticulturist with the USDA and grew roses as a
>hobby was soon at our house. He'd already gone to the old one and
>taken a few cuttings. Husband Keane and I then had a lesson on bud
>grafting. I was wowed!
>
>I think the Master Gardener program is absolutely remarkable and it
>is a "continuing education" process. As they stay with the program
>their expertise and range of interest develops and they purchase
>seeds, plants, books and magazines. Here in The Corvallis/Albany
>Oregon area where I live and work the MG training program filled fast
>and early this year and Master Food Preserving is booming after
>struggling to get enrollees only a few years ago.
>
>Eventually I became an Oregon MG and encountered information that was
>new to me and some with which I wasn't sure I agreed, happens all the
>time.
>Love you guys, but only fair to recognize volunteer MGs as some of
>our best audiences and customers.
>
>Rose Marie Nichols McGee
>Nichols Garden Nursery

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