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BROOKINGS — Master Gardenertraining classes for 2014 have beenscheduled.

“Lessons will be a hybrid training intwo parts with the first part a series ofeight weeks of on online lessons. Thesecond part is four days of in-personhands on training,” said Mary Roduner,SDSU Extension Consumer HorticultureField Specialist.

The application deadline is April 11as online lessons begin April 21, 2014.Trainees will be able to study on theirown schedule where ever and when-ever they have internet access.

A new set of lessons will be postedeach week and remain availablethrough the entire class.

“Trainees taking the hybrid class in2013 stated they liked the freedom tostudy at their own pace and on theirown time,” Roduner said.

Class topics include; basic botany,soils, turf, trees, insects, fruit, vegeta-bles, ornamentals and weeds. All les-sons are taught by SDSU faculty andSDSU Extension staff.

The hands-on portion will be held infour locations: Sioux Falls, Huron, Mis-sion and Spearfish beginning the thirdweek of June.

Trainees will learn skills in pruning,plant and insect identification, turfproblems, weeds, soils and ornamentalplants by doing hands on exercises.

More about Master Gardeners Mas-ter Gardeners work in their communityto promote and teach gardening. Op-portunities include; writing articles, giv-ing talks, working at fair booths,helping in community and school gar-dens, teaching and answering gardenquestions.

“This training gives a well-rounded

education preparing them to help theircommunities,” Roduner said.

In 2013 Master Gardeners con-tributed almost 10,000 hours, worthmore than $160,000 to our communi-ties.

There is a fee for the training, with50 hours of volunteer payback duringthe first two years after training. To reg-ister visit, http://igrow.org/events/2014-master-gardener-training/. Applicationsand payment must be received no laterthan April 11, 2014.

For further information, applicationforms and schedules contact Mary Ro-duner, SDSU Extension Consumer Horti-culture Field Specialist atmary.roduner@sdstate.edu or 605-394-1722.

To learn more about Master Garden-ers, visit http://hortmg.sdstate.edu.

Maple Syrup Workshops Set For MarchBROOKINGS — Maple syrup processing workshops will

be presented by Pete Schaefer, Professor of Forestry andCurator of the McCrory Gardens Arboretum in Februaryand March.

The workshops are intended for individuals with a fewsugar or silver maple trees and/or boxelder trees who areinterested in hobby or backyard maple syrup production,as well as those considering commercial production.

The workshops will be held in the following locations:• Brookings — March 3 from 6:30-8 p.m. at the McCrory

Gardens Education and Visitor Center. • Sioux Falls — March 6 from 6:30-8 p.m. at the SDSU

Extension Regional Center in Sioux Falls, 2001 E. Eighth St.Thanks to funding through the South Dakota Dept. of

Agriculture’s Specialty Crops Block Grant Program, thereis no cost to attend the workshops, however space is lim-ited and pre-registration is strongly encouraged. Registra-tion is now open at www.mccrorygardens.com.

McCrory Garden visitors will again have the opportu-nity to see maple syrup production in action this spring.At the Arboretum, Schaefer taps into 25 maples for syrupproduction. “We will place the taps into our trees in earlyMarch,” Schaefer said. “In a normal spring, the sap willbegin flowing around the middle of March and continue fortwo to four weeks.”

Schaefer will have a wood-fired evaporator onsitewhich will be in operation periodically to boil the sapdown to syrup. When the sap starts flowing, McCrory Gar-dens will post an announcement on the McCrory Gardenswebsites —http://www.sdstate.edu/ps/mccrory/index.cfm, www.mc-crorygardens.com and facebook pages.

The public is welcome to stop by the McCrory Gardensthis spring and view the tapped trees and their sap flow.

“We are excited to be continuing the syrup project atthe gardens this spring and we hope to see people cometo our maple syrup workshops or anytime,” said Schaefer.“McCrory Gardens is open every day to the public fromdawn to dusk.”

To learn more, visit iGrow.org.

Applications Sought For Master Gardener Training

PIERRE — The SouthDakota Department of Agri-culture (SDDA) announcesfederal funds are available forspecialty crop projects.

“Organizations involved inthe South Dakota specialtycrop industry can now applyfor select federal funding ofprojects that enhance thecompetitiveness of fruits,dried fruits, vegetables, treenuts, nursery crops and hor-ticulture,” said Alison Kiesz,

SDDA ag development repre-sentative.

The funds can be used formarketing, promotion, re-search, food safety, nutrition,distribution and best manage-ment practices to advancethe specialty crop industry.Projects must be of benefit tomore than one product or or-ganization and must solelyenhance the competitivenessof specialty crops in SouthDakota.

“Production of specialtycrops in the state is on therise,” said Secretary of Agri-culture Lucas Lentsch.“These funds help us supportthis growing niche of SouthDakota agriculture.”

SDDA has established thefollowing priority areas:

• Marketing and Promo-tion

• University Research• Industry Education• Local Foods InitiativesApplications may be sub-

mitted for projects outside ofthe priority areas. All applica-tions are due to SDDA byApril 4.

These federal funds arepart of the Specialty CropBlock Grant, a programfunded through the Farm Bill.

For program guidelines,application forms or otherSpecialty Crop Block GrantProgram information, call605-626-3272 or visithttp://sdda.sd.gov/grants/specialty-crop-block-grant/.

Federal Funding Available For Specialty Crop Projects