Used Motor Oil Wanted at the Recycling Center

Did you know that Lancaster-Fairfield Community Action’s Recycling Center is heated by using used motor oil? The following can be accepted into the program; Diesel, Kerosene, Home Heating Oil (#2), Hydraulic Fluid, and Gear Oil (up to 50 weight). Liquids need to be clear of any debris and water. Please no brake fluid, antifreeze, gasoline, water or chlorine. Items can be dropped off at the Recycling Center’s Drive Thru Lane Monday-Friday from 9:00am-2:00pm. Questions? Call 740-687-1295.

Be sure to listen into this  88.9FM WLRY interview with Keri Murphy of the Recycling Center to learn more about the need for used motor oil and the upcoming tire recycling event too!! 240201_003

 

 

 

Master Gardener Informational Meeting Friday, February 23, 2024 at the Ag Center…

Master Gardener Training Informational Meeting – Are you thinking this is your year to become a Fairfield County Master Gardener Volunteer?  If you want to learn more about the program ..what’s involved, how do I get started?  Join us on  Friday, February 23, 2024 at 1:00 p.m. at the Fairfield County Ag Center located at 831 College Avenue in Lancaster, Ohio  for an informational meeting about the Fairfield County Master Gardener program.  Cost for the 7 week daytime program is $150.00 which does include your training manual and handouts.

Please take a moment to RSVP for the Fairfield County Master Gardener Informational session here: https://go.osu.edu/ffmgv2024

 

All interested in Master Gardener Volunteer training in Fairfield County are encouraged to attend.  Questions?  Contact Connie Smith, Master Gardener Coordinator smith.3204@osu.edu or Carrie Brown, Extension Educator  brown.2766@osu.edu.

 

Don’t miss  DIG INTO GARDENING – MARCH 23, 2024

 Do you want to learn more about new plants to introduce in your gardens for pollinators in 2024?  How about finding some alternatives to those ugly boxwoods?  Or do you think it looks like those boxwoods are trying  making a comeback?  If you answered yes to any of those questions, then make plans now  to attend the  Fairfield County Master Gardeners “Dig Into Gardening”  at Christ United Methodist Church, 700 S. Main Street in Baltimore, Ohio.  Our program will be  .featuring Planting for Pollinators with Scott Beuerlein of the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Gardens, Conifers for Today’s Gardens with (Garden Bob)  Bob Iiames, American Conifer Society, and OSU Extension’s Carrie Brown discussing Boxwood Problems!! Cost is $40.00; $30.00 for current Master Gardener Volunteers, which includes a light breakfast and lunch!  Doors open at 9:30 am and the program begins at 9:30 a.m. and will conclude at 2:30 p.m.  All proceeds for the event benefit the Fairfield County Master Gardener Program educational efforts.  Check out the details:  https://fairfield.osu.edu/events/2024-dig-gardening-educational-day         Call OSU Extension in Fairfield County for more information at 740.653.5419.

 

Junior Fair Market Beef Tagging Announced 

Exhibitors will tag their animals before weigh-in.

It’s time once again to prepare for Jr. Market Beef tagging and weigh-in. This year it is being conducted in a fashion like recent years but in addition will include exhibitors planning to participate in the recently created ‘finished’ Dairy Beef Steer project in Fairfield County.

Market beef weigh-in for traditional beef animals as well as dairy beef steers is set for Saturday, March 9, 2024, at Fairfield Cattle Company located at 3443 Cincinnati-Zanesville Road (S.R. 22), Lancaster, from 8:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. In advance of March 9th exhibitors will be required to tag their own market beef animals with an 840 EID tag (unless the calf already has an EID tag). Visual numbered tags are encouraged but will not be provided or required this year. As in the recent past, participants will submit a hair follicle DNA sample at the weigh-in for each calf.

Again this year families with market beef and dairy beef steer projects are also required to reserve a weigh-in time for the 9th, and only those directly involved in transporting and weighing the calves should plan to Continue reading

Master Gardener Training will begin in April 2024

Do you want to learn more about gardening? Do you have extra time to volunteer? Do you live in Fairfield County?   Would you like to be a part of a group that loves learning and teaching others?  Then it is time you considered being a part of the 2024 Fairfield County Master Gardener Training slated to begin on Friday, April 12, 2024 and run thru May 24, 2024.  All classes will be held on Fridays at the Fairfield County Ag Center, located at 831 College Avenue in Lancaster, OH.

You will have homework as we work our way thru the 270-page Master Gardener Manual, which covers everything from Soils to Woody Ornamentals, Fruit, Lawns and so much more.  Cost for the program is $150.00 which includes your online access as well as the Master Gardener binder.  Cost for the second participant from the same household is $70.00.   You will also be required to complete a background check thru the Ohio State University provider Sterling Talent Solutions approximate cost is $50.00.

What is the volunteer commitment?  50 hours of volunteer service is required at any of the active projects Fairfield County MGV’s are involved with currently and we are always open to new ideas!!!   You have 2 years to complete your volunteer hours, but we would like to have at least 25 hours completed in 2024. You will have the opportunity to learn more about all our active projects during our training.  We will ask that you give back 20 hours of your volunteer work at the Ag Center Project, which is the “home” of the OSU Extension in Fairfield County as a part of your volunteer commitment.

If you want to learn more about all the details of the Master Gardener Training and more about the Fairfield County Master Gardener program, please plan to attend a Master Gardener Informational session on Friday, February 23 at the Fairfield County Ag Center located at 831 College Avenue, Lancaster Ohio beginning at 1:00 p.m.  At that meeting we will have the Master Gardener application packet and discuss the expectations and requirements for the 2024 Master Gardener Training.

If you are interested and want more information, please reach out to Master Gardener Coordinator Connie Smith at smith.3204@osu.edu or Extension Educator Carrie Brown at  brown.2766@osu.edu.