Re: Master Gardeners

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

That is interesting.  I should have prefaced my remarks by "in 
Idaho..."  Margaret Lauterbach

At 07:19 AM 1/11/2009, you wrote:
>Margaret,
>The Master Gardener program, and the Extension Service policies are 
>very, very different from what you describe. They ALWAYS give 
>least-toxic solutions and the Volunteer Master Gardeners are told to 
>stop there. While you can get the latest information on which 
>pesticide is currently LABELED to treat which pest, even the 
>official U. Mass Extension publication "2008-2009 Professional 
>Management Guide for Insects, Diseases and Weeds of Trees and Shrubs 
>in New England" lists "Integrated Pest Management (IPM) 
>considerations for most of these pests; environmentally friendly 
>alternatives in pest management such as horticultural oils, soaps, 
>biologicals, etc." in addition to the pesticides registered to treat 
>each problem.
>
>I have been a Volunteer Master Gardener with the Barnstable 
>Extension for 15 years... and I'm always careful to put the word 
>"volunteer" in front of the master gardener title, because that's 
>what the group is: volunteers in the field of horticulture. Knowing 
>the Extension Specialist who oversees our group, and the many MG's 
>in it, I think that our motto could really be "First Do No Harm."
>
>C.L.
>www.gardenlady.com
>blog www.wholelifegardening.com
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