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2020 Awards and Honorees

Dodge County held its annual 4-H Achievement Celebration, Sunday November 8th, in a Virtual Format.  This year's event was hosted by Karna Dam, Extension Educator on Zoom.  Presenting the awards and honors this year were the 2020 Dodge County 4-H Ambassadors: Emily Brodd, Erin Franzluebbers, Emily Miller, and Brooklyn Reynolds.  

This year Dodge County 4-H was proud to announce a 45-Year volunteer, Myron Andrews.  Myron has helped countless 4-H Horse youth develop in their horsemanship skills.  This is truly a milestone.  Congratulations, Myron!

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Dodge County Achievement Night 2020 - to be held Virtually

The Dodge County 4-H Council voted Tuesday evening, Nov. 2nd, to hold the Annual Achievement Celebration Virtually this year.  Please see the Friday, November 6th Blast for more information and a link to Sunday's Virtual Celebration!

It is time to celebrate the accomplishments of your 2020 4-H year. The annual 4-H Achievement Celebration will be held on Sunday, November 8th beginning at 5:00pm. This year’s event will again be held at the North Bend City Auditorium.

Due to university regulations, we are having to follow a strict protocol in order for us to be able hold this event face-to-face.

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Fall's Red Leaves

By Kathleen Cue, Nebraska Extension Horticulture Educator

Glorious golds are fall’s main colors in our region, helping to foster appreciation for autumn reds, which tend to be rarer. Instead of adding the over-utilized ‘Red Sunset’ and ‘Autumn Blaze’ maples to your landscape, diversify the neighborhood and community by choosing from fall’s red leafed trees that are not maples. When a variety or species is overplanted, it makes way for certain insects and/or diseases to run rampant, much like emerald ash borer is for ash trees and pine wilt in pine trees. Some ideas for fall red-leafed trees include:

Pagoda Dogwood, Cornus alternifolia

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Fall Care of Perennials - Part 2

By Kathleen Cue, Nebraska Extension Horticulture Educator in Dodge County

 It may seem like perennials demand lots of our attention, but they are really quite forgiving, with many plants living despite, not because of, our gardening efforts. For their hardiness and beauty, we can ensure they stick around by adhering to a few guidelines.  

 Digging and Dividing

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Yellow Nutsedge

By Kathleen Cue, Nebraska Extension Horticulture Educator

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Cucumber Bitterness

By Kathleen Cue, Nebraska Extension in Dodge County

The compound that imparts the bitter taste in cucumbers is cucurbitacin. Wild cucumbers have a large amount of cucurbitacin, which discourages feeding by wild animals and insects. Today’s hybrids have been bred to have lower amounts of cucurbitacin in the fruit and what cucurbitacin is in the plant is concentrated in the roots, leaves, and stems. In instances where the bitter compound is in cucumbers, it is more prevalent in the stem end than the blossom end.  This has to do with coloration, since the compound tends to be in the darker green areas of the skin. This is also why cucumbers are sometimes peeled—to rid the cukes of the bitter taste. Misshapen fruit will also have more cucurbitacin than normal-shaped ones.

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