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THE PERKINS JOURNAL, Thursday, June 21, 2012. A3
Strawberry Care I bllowing Harvest Will] te00p Next Season
By Keith Reed
Many gardeners in our
area have reported a good
strawberry crop this year.
To increase your chances
of a successful crop next
year, begin soon after har-
vest preparing the plants for
next year. Begin by remov-
ing the top (older) leaves
of the existing plants. If
your strawberry bed design
allows it, a lawnmower will
work fine for this. It can also
be done successfully with a
string trimmer if the opera-
tor has a fair amount of skill
and the machine runs fast
enough to make a clean cut.
The next step is to rees-
tablish rows by removing
excess plant material so the
remaining rows are eight to
ten inches wide. This allows
room for next season's plants
to become established over
the remainder of the growing
season.
Continue to control weeds
throughout the growing
season. Bermudagrass can
be especially troublesome if
it gets established in sWaw-
berries. Water as needed
to promote healthy growth.
Strawberries are susceptible
to several fungal diseases.
Drip irrigation or soaker
hoses can help minimize
this problem. Delay nitro-
gen fertilizer applications
until late August. Other
nutrients should be added
as needed based on soil test
results.
If your strawberries did not
do well this year, it might be
a good idea to experiment
Summer reading program continues
The summer reading
program at Thomas-Wil-
hite Memorial Library has
been a huge success with
total attendance of 515
during the first two weeks
of the program. They have
enjoyed singing, mad sci-
ence, stories, crafts and a
movie. And there are still 5
weeks left.
This week we learned
about objects in the night
sky from Wanda Shipley
and created clay sculptures
with local artist, Cath
Fowler. The storytime kids
made constellation viewers
and pretended to fly to the
moon.
On Tuesday, June 26,
space aliens will visit Pre-K
Storytime. We will make our
very own UFO and can fly it
with aliens that were created
from our imagination.
The Perkins Library
Summer Cinema will open
its doors again on Wednes-
day, June 27. The first show-
ing will feature the movie
produced from a very pop-
ular book about "southern
help." This movie will air
at 10 a.m. In the afternoon
at 1 p.m., we will show a
movie about a very famous
chipmunk and his brothers.
The previous afternoon
showing was a full house,
so you might arrive early to
find a prime seat.
Don't forget to complete
the summer reading activ-
ity log and return it to the
library to receive a goody
bag of prizes! The library is
located at 101 E Thomas and
is open Monday - Friday 10
a.m. - 6 p.m. and Saturday 9
a.m. - noon. We have a col-
lection of over 15,000 items
and a librarian will be happy
to assist you in finding the
fight book or movie for your
own summer entertainment.
with a different cultivar or new bed as you can spend the
two next season. Not only summer removing existing
will adding some diversity turfgrass or other perennial
increase your harvest time weeds and improving the
line, it will also increase the soil with regular additions of
odds of weathering a bad dis-
ease year or a late freeze.
OSU Fact Sheet HLA-6214
contains more information
on strawberry production for
the home gardener includ-
ing recommended cultivars
for our area, performance
expectations, and disease
resistance. Information is
,a,, v, uvided on establishing
a new bed. Now would be a
great time to begin work on a
organic matter and comtxt.
Building a healthy garden
soil in advance of planting
will pay big dividends for
years to come.
Keith Reed is the Horticul-
ture Educator in the Payne
County OSU Extension office.
You can contact him via email
at keith.reed@okstate.edu,
call 405-747-8320, or stop
by the office at 315 W. 6 'h in
Sfillwater.
Matthew Lore and Kasey Larson
Larson, Lore to exchange vows
Mark and Dana Larson of Mustang, OK, announce the
engagement of their daughter, Kasey MichelleLarson,
to Matthew Kyle Lore, son of Dickey and Earline Lore
of Perkins, OK. Kasey's grandparents are Dan and Edna
Westfall, also of Perkins, OK.
The future bride is a 2006 graduate of Mustang High
School. She graduated from Oklahoma State University
with a Marketing degree and is currently employed as
the Teller Operations Supervisor at the MidFirst Bank
in Mustang.
The future groom is a 2005 graduate of Perkins-Tryon
You're clear for takeoff at
Amazing Wonders Aviation!
Come join us as we y to some
of the world's greatest naturol
wonders and encounter God s
awesome power!
"Our Lord is great, vast in power; His
understand is infinite."
- Psalm 147:5
Earn your wings at Amazing
Wonders Aviation! from
Immanuel Baptist Church
at Oak Park Retreat Center
805 E. Kirk St.- Perkins
June 25-29 2012
from 6:30 to p.m.
Children who have completed Kindergarten
- Grade 6 Come join us for the "Amazing
Wonders Aviation" around the world!
Call the church at 547-1222 for details
and to enroll for this fun week!
High School. He is a cor-
poral in the United States
Marine Corps, working
as a combat engineer, and
completed his first tour of
duty in Afghanistan earlier
this year.
A July 2012 wedding is
planned and the couple will
live in Twentynine Palms,
CA."
Sabina Sehroeder and Alee Barta
Schroeder, Barta to Wed
Ed and Lorraine Schroeder of Roll, OK and Joe and
Suzette Barta of Perkins, OK are happy to announce the
engagement of their children, Sabina Rae Schroeder and
Alexander "Alec" Joseph Barta.
Barta, the son of Joe and Suzette Barta of Perkins,
is an Advanced EMT working for LifeNet Emergency
Medical Service in Stillwater. He is a 2009 graduate of
Perkins-Tryon High School. Barta is the grandson of John
and Kay Lynn Dragoo (of Perkins), and the late Joe and
Mercedes Barta.
Schroeder, a 2010 graduate of Cheyenne High School, is
currently serving in the Army National Guard and attend,
ing Oklahoma State University. She is the granddaughter
of Joe and Dorothy Siegele of Chandler, AZ; Joe Schro-
eder of Arnett, OK; and Janet Schroeder of Gage, OK.
The wedding ceremony will begin at 11 a.m. on July
7, 2012, at Lost Creek Methodist Church in. Stillwater
Reverend Max Rudd will be officiating the ceremony.
The reception will immediately follow in the Fellowship
Hall of Lost Creek Methodist Church.
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