Ramsey County

June 18, 2007

Howdy!!!!
Rain, Rain, and more rain!!!!  When is going to come to an end or least give us some days with sun before the next shot of rain.  I hate to turn down rain but enough is enough.  I have been a little gloomy with all the clouds and then the forecast for no rain and wake up in the early morning with another 30-40-50 hundredths.  It has been quite a week in our household as my wife needed a little repair work done to her body.  I have spent some time in Grand Forks.  These last weeks and weeks to come is a good reminder of how good we do have life in general.  A little tilt of the steering wheel can make changes that we are not accustomed too.   To add to the problem our grandson came down with something this past weekend as well.  The poor little thing was not feeling good and unfortunately can not communicate except through crying of their problems.   I was not in the office much last week and will be in and out this week until she gets home so I do thank everyone for being patient.  I have been trying to get all the questions answered but apologize if I have missed someone.  If you have called and I have not returned your question please, please call again. The trees, flowers, gardens and crops are looking tremendous at this point.  We are starting to see some disease pressure in our crops and with the current fungicides available there are good products available to help alleviate some of those pressures.  I did notice last night that there have been some emergence problems in the edible bean fields.  It seems that beans planted before the rains started, about a month ago, are the fields that are suffering the most.  The potatoes that froze off this spring are making a very good comeback and things in general are looking good except for the water.

Spruce tree insects!!!
This is to remind everyone to be on the lookout for yellow headed sawfly and spider mites in your spruce trees.  They are out and if found should be treated with an application of Tempo for both insects or Malathion for spider mites.  There has been a lot of questions this early summer about landscaping and this is just a reminder to everyone that there will be a garden tour Thursday, July 12^th.  Relay for life is sponsoring this tour and will be a charge of $6.00/person.  This will be an excellent opportunity for you to explore new landscape designs and look at the beauty of various yards.

Calendar
            June 21            Crop Management Field School (Carrington)
            June 28            4-H Livestock Achievement Day
            July 12             Relay for Life Garden Tour
            July 17             Carrington Field Days
            July 18             North Central Field Days
            July 19             Langdon field days

524 4th Ave NE #5, 2nd Floor Ramsey County Courthouse
Devils Lake  ND  58301
701-662-7027
email - ramsey@ndsuext.nodak.edu

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