It felt as though she would never arrive. But at long last, summer officially starts today, June 20 at 3:43 pm MDT. After shivering through a particularly nasty February, a very late and chilly spring and the world seemingly on its knees, the arrival of summer couldnt be more welcome.

By now, annuals should be performing well. Dont forget to deadhead (remove spent blooms) to ensure continuous flowering all season long. Regular fertilizing should be maintained. Perennials (plants that come back every year) should be nearing their peak and its a good idea to make note of those that are working well and those that a disappointment so as not to repeat the laggards next year.

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Starting a perennial bed from scratch is almost easier than upgrading an existing bed as often times the latter is looking tired, plant material is not performing as you would like and weeds or unwelcome thugs the likes of Creeping Campanula the bane of gardeners, are making their presence felt.

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Shelley Gagnon, Manager of Recreation, Parks and Culture, says one of the biggest differences users will see when they return to facilities is how access is controlled.

Access will be offered through pre-booked, pre-registered, or even designated public access times for example, a designated swimming time, she explained during a noon hour news conference. This is to ensure that we can meet the public health guidelines for indoor gatherings.

Gagnon says users can also expect to see adjusted or reduced operating hours at facilities once they reopen.

Outdoor sports fields in Red Deer are already open for casual use.

City officials continue to work with organized sports groups on what they need in order to offer their respective programs.

These groups book space in our facilities and we anticipate having space available for their use including ice, dry space and pools, by July 6, The City says in a release.

The City will also be offering outdoor fitness programming in early July.

The tentative timeline for amenity openings is as follows:

June 24 Community bookings will open for sports fields, picnic shelters and bookable park spaces including Great Chief Park, Setters Place, Bower Ponds Stage will start. The Lindsay Thurber track and field amenities will also be available for bookings.

Mid-July:

o Collicutt Centre Fitness areas, access to the track and use of the field house will be available for controlled, limited access. The City also expects to have the pool open, primarily for swimming lessons and public swimming.

o G.H. Dawe Community Centre The pool is expected to be open, primarily for swimming lessons and public swimming. The gymnasium will open for controlled, limited access. Fitness areas will not open immediately.

o Michener Aquatic Centre The pool is expected to be available for controlled, limited lane swimming and some aquatic fitness.

The following third party-operated facilities have been given permission to reopen while following all provincial health requirements and guidelines. Users are asked to contact them directly for operating information:

River Bend Golf and Recreation Area Enduro Mountain Bike Park Lions Campground Red Deer Tennis Club Red Deer Pickleball Club Red Deer BMX Bower Ponds Pavilion Red Deer Museum + Art Gallery Kerry Wood Nature Centre Norwegian Laft Hus Heritage Square Cronquist House Fort Normandeau Neighbourhood Activity Centres YMCA Northside Community Centre Great West Adventure Park Heritage Ranch Festival Hall Memorial Centre Edgar Athletic Fields

Spray parks, including Kin Canyon, Discovery Canyon and Blue Grass Sod Farm Central Spray and Play, remain closed while officials look at how they can be reopened while adhering to public health orders and restrictions.

Currently, outdoor gatherings are limited to no more than 100 people, so were working to determine how to manage these restrictions while still providing access and will have more information to share in the coming weeks, Gagnon explains.

Stage 2 of Albertas Relaunch Strategy from the COVID-19 pandemic, which commenced on June 12 after being moved ahead by one week, allows for the reopening of municipal recreation facilities subject to public health guidelines.

However, Mayor Tara Veer says that because the reopening of indoor facilities originally expected for Stage 3, The City needs more time to get staff back in place to operate Red Deers amenities. More than 300 casual staff were either laid off or saw their work interrupted by shutdowns due to COVID-19.

Our absolute goal at The City of Red Deer is to see a return to normal community life as much as possible, Veer said Thursday.

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Steve Soderstrom pitched three games for the Giants in 1996, allowing 16 hits and 11 runs, eight of them earned, in 13 2/3 innings. These numbers are forgettable, at best, but Turlock is not most places, and in Turlock, Steve is a legend. Soderstrom was the first alum of Turlock High to be selected in the first round of the MLB Draft (in 1993, after competing collegiately at Fresno State), and when he first touched big-league grass on Sept. 17, 1996, he became the second player from the high school to do so.

Sure, he gave up three hits and five runs in his debut, but he also shared a field with Barry Bonds and Tony Gwynn. His legend wasnt born that night in San Francisco, though; that came years later. By the time he debuted with the Giants, Steve had long considered himself an almond farmer he still does today. His baseball career is the source of fond memories from a different time.

In 2003, his oldest son, Tate, fell in love with the game just like...

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The future home of the UAB Blazers will be outfitted with artificial turf that can have sod laid over it after the BJCC board of directors approved the move at its meeting Friday.

Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center Authority Board Chairman Dennis Lathem noted that the surface is pricier than other options such as grass or hyrbid turf, but he said the type of turf the board went with makes the most sense" because it offers more flexibility.

He did not say how much the playing surface would cost or the types of events that would be played on sod, but the stadium is expected to hold World Games events in 2022 after the festivities were postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Construction on the $174 million open-air stadium is on track to be completed by the end of October 2021 with the whole project expected to be finished by November 2021, Lathem said. The Blazers will be moving from Legion Field to Protective Life Stadium.

In other business, the hotels owned by the BJCC -- the Sheraton Birmingham Hotel and the Westin Birmingham -- have been severely impacted by COVID-19 with the hotels operating at a nearly $500,000 loss last month combined, the board reported.

The Sheraton, where there are no occupied rooms, lost $195,000 in April and only generated a little more than $8,100 in revenue.

The Westin, which had a 29.1 percent occupancy rate, lost $289,000 in April and had $216,000 in revenue against a $1.26 million budget.

Also at the meeting, which was held at the North Civic Hall and via teleconference because of the pandemic, the board approved a measure that decreases the cost of construction of the Legacy Arena renovation by more than $301,000.

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During a sultry Texas summer, we really appreciate a little shade in the landscape, so a large tree can be a great asset. But we also appreciate a lush, beautiful lawn and turf and trees tolerate each other at best.

Warm-season turfgrass requires a significant amount of sunlight to maintain acceptable growth and density. For best results, a minimum of four to six hours of direct sun is needed, although a bright, dappled shade over the course of the entire day may be enough. Less sun means a progressively thinner, weaker stand of grass.

Among our southern turf species adapted to the Bryan-College Station area, St. Augustine is the most shade tolerant. If a spot is too shady for St. Augustine, it is too shady for any warm-season lawn grass. Zoysiagrass is next, followed by centipedegrass and finally by bermudagrass, which is by far the least shade tolerant.

In a landscape filled with trees, the light intensity the grass receives decreases a little each year as the trees grow larger, blocking more and more of the sun. So, it is no surprise that a shady area where grass once thrived can begin to decline over several years.

Once a lawn begins to thin out from lack of sunlight, other complications likely will arise. Soil structure will be lost as foot traffic creates compaction, reducing water infiltration, aeration and root growth. Weeds often become a problem in these spots, further stressing the remaining grass.

Turfgrass weakened by a lack of sunlight is more susceptible to some disease problems, and lawn care practices that may be fine in sunny areas can exacerbate problems in the shade. A natural response to thinning turf is to water and fertilize more to make it grow faster and fill in better.

Extra watering also is counterproductive, as this can increase some diseases; in fact, grass uses less water in the shade than it does in sun.

The bottom line is that while sunlight, nutrients and moisture are all needed for strong growth and good grass plant health, you cant make up for a lack of sun by adding more of the other two.

If you have a shady spot where the grass is not thriving, here are several tips to help improve your lawn:

Avoid compacting the soil. Reroute the pitter-patter of little feet, both people and pets, until the area fills in. Areas that are already compacted may benefit from mechanical aeration. You can rent a machine or hire a lawn care professional.

Set your mower higher for shady spots. The leaf blades of the grass are its solar panels. More leaf area enables them to capture more light to support new growth. Plus, it makes thin areas look a little thicker than if they are mowed shorter.

Avoid the temptation to over-fertilize. Turf growing in the shade requires less nitrogen, not more. Extra nitrogen results in the plant pushing more leaf growth at the expense of root development. But without solar rays to drive photosynthesis, there isnt the carbohydrate production needed to build a stronger grass plant and to increase turf density.

Avoid the temptation to over-water. As with nutrients, you cant make up for a lack of light with extra water. In fact, heavily shaded areas use only 1/2 to 2/3 as much water. Over-watering also can result in increased disease problems.

Sometimes selective tree trimming by removing some branches around the lower periphery of the tree canopy can help allow a little more light in from the sides. If the shade is not too dense to begin with, this may be somewhat helpful. However, pruning throughout a tree enough to make the turfgrass thrive is generally not recommended since doing enough pruning to make a big difference is detrimental to the trees structure and form. It is also only a temporary fix; the tree will quickly regrow, often creating a denser shade in the long run.

If the shade is marginal and you have taken some of the above steps, planting plugs or sod strips in bare areas can help speed reestablishment of the turf as it tries to fill back in under less than ideal light levels. Otherwise the new plugs will just decline along with the existing turf.

These tips, although helpful, will not guarantee a lush lawn in heavy shade. Lets face it, some spots are just too shady to grow grass. Shady spots can become mulched areas with outdoor seating, or planted with very shade tolerant groundcovers, perennials and shrubs. With a little planning and creative design, these areas can become a beautiful addition to the landscape.

Robert Skip Richter is the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Horticulture Agent for Brazos County, 2619 Texas 21 W., Bryan, Texas 77803. For local gardening information and events, visit brazosmg.com. Gardening questions? Call Skip at 823-0129 or email rrichter@ag.tamu.edu.

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NEW YORK (TNS) Gov. Andrew Cuomo invoked the AIDS crisis of the 1980s Friday to encourage the use of masks during the coronavirus pandemic.

During the AIDS crisis, a public health campaign convinced people to practice safe sex and use condoms to stop the spread of HIV, he said.

That could make a difference between life and death, he said.

Its the same idea now with face masks, he said. The mask could make a difference between life and death, Cuomo said.

A state survey showed that about 20% of the public in New York City have tested positive for the Covid-19 antibody, meaning those people had the virus. Just 12% of health-care workers had the antibodies, the same survey showed.

Cuomo said today that shows how masks, handwashing and other protective measures can work.

You dont have a right to infect another person, he said. You dont.

Plus, he said, its a requirement. In mid-April, Cuomo signed an order requiring people to wear masks when in situations where they cant socially distance.

The mask is mandatory in public settings, Cuomo said, such as on public transit, in an Uber, or anytime in public within 6 feet of another person. Not wearing one, he said, is not just a nice thing to do.

LANDSCAPING, HORTICULTURE ESSENTIAL

New York put the landscaping and horticulture businesses on the essential list this week for all safe activities.

The state decision makes official what seems widely in practice already.

These businesses are considered low-risk to spread the coronavirus, the state said. Businesses still must create a plan to reopen safely using guidance from the Non-Food Related Agriculture Summary Guidelines to protect public health.

The state expanded the allowable activities for landscapers to include the care and planting of grasses, sod, plants, shrubs and trees and the mulching, trimming and removal of these items. Horticulture which includes greenhouse operations, nurseries, sod farms and arborists is also allowed.

NEW YORK NUMBERS

Another 109 people died from the coronavirus in the past day, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said, bringing the total number of reported deaths to 23,192.

Of the 109 deaths, 27 of those people died in nursing homes, Cuomo said today.

This number has been stubborn on its way down, Cuomo said of the steady number of deaths each day in the state.

This week, the daily death toll hovered just above 100. The average over the past five days was 107 deaths every 24 hours.

A month ago, the state was reporting 472 deaths in a day. The high came on April 14, when 800 deaths were reported.

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The author is a professor and extension forage specialist with the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture.

Legumes have been used as pasture and hay crops throughout history. They are high-quality forages that improve livestock weight gain, reduce fescue endophyte problems, extend the grazing season, and reduce nitrogen fertilizer inputs due to nitrogen (N) fixation. The unique association of legumes with rhizobia bacteria to fix N is an often promoted but also widely misunderstood process.

The total amount of N fixed depends on the legume species and the population in the field. The reported amount of N fixed from full stands by different legume species varies widely. For example, N fixed by hairy vetch ranges from 50 to 150 pounds per acre and for alfalfa the reported range is 128 to 250 pounds per acre (Table 1). Annual legumes such as crimson or arrowleaf clover fix N at a higher rate than perennial legumes, but longer growing seasons allow perennial legumes to fix a higher total amount of N.

An expensive process

Symbiotic N fixation allows legumes to grow in an N-deficient environment. Nitrogen fixation is a biologically expensive process for both the legume plant and the rhizobia bacteria responsible for N fixation. The bacteria infect the legume roots, which causes the root to form a nodule where the rhizobia live and do their work.

The rhizobia bacteria fix N from air thats in the soil and the legume gains benefit from the fixed N. In turn, the legume provides carbohydrates and sugars from photosynthesis to the rhizobia. Each organism gains necessary nutrients from the association. Nitrogen fixation directly promotes legume growth without the need for N fertilization. Enhanced grass growth is only an indirect effect of N fixation.

Plants use N from various sources including snow or rain, which can contribute 5 to 10 pounds of N per acre annually; soil organic matter (OM), which can contribute 10 to 30 pounds of N per acre annually for each percentage unit of OM in the soil; fertilizer or animal manure, which varies by application rate; and N fixed by legumes.

So, adding N does not have a direct negative impact on the legume plant, but the net effect is greater competition from the grasses, which crowds the legumes from the sward. A study from Arkansas showed the percent clover in a bermudagrass-clover sod dropped by half for each additional increment of N fertilizer used (Table 3).

Most is in the top growth

It is important to note that the root nodules are the factory, but not the N warehouse. Research done in Texas by Gerald Evers showed that up to 90% of the N is in the top growth of annual legumes. In perennial legumes, about 70% to 80% of the N is in the plants top growth. Legume top growth typically contains about 2.5% to 4% N, which equals about 50 to 80 pounds of N per ton of forage dry matter (DM).

Work done in Virginia showed that a 53% stand of red clover or 59% stand of alfalfa grown with tall fescue fixed enough N for a total DM yield of 4.7 and 5.8 tons per acre, respectively. Top growth of the legumes contained 2.8% to 2.9% N.

Three modes of transfer

If the fixed N is in the plant top growth and is not freely shared with companion grasses in the stand, how does it reach grasses and other plants in the sward?

There are three primary mechanisms for N transfer. The smallest of these three pathways is through root-to-root contact and mycorrhiza fungi associations. The other two primary pathways are by plant-animal cycling through grazing and by plant decay. By far, the largest transfer pathway is cycling the plant material through grazing animals, mostly aboveground, but also by belowground herbivores.

Only a small proportional amount of the N is retained in the grazing animals body. Up to 80% to 90% of the ingested N is excreted in the urine and feces. About 50% of the N in the urine is lost through volatilization.

Clearly, the system is somewhat leaky and not all the fixed N is captured in the soil. Further, use of the excreted N by grasses is dependent on distribution of the excreta across the pasture. Researchers have shown that only about 14% to 22% of the pasture area is covered by this transfer annually.

Grazing management and stocking rate influence distribution. More manure and urine tend to be concentrated near water and shade at low stocking rates and in continuous grazing systems. More of the N is distributed across the pasture at high stocking rates and in rotational systems.

Its different in hayfields

In hay systems, most of the N-containing top growth is removed so a secondary transfer mechanism comes into play. The second largest pathway of N transfer after grazing is through plant decomposition. As plants are grazed or harvested for hay, roots die back resulting in sloughed nodules. Normal plant maturation and damage also results in dead crowns, leaves, and stems. These plant parts must decay by action of bacteria and fungi to release N over time.

This pathway can be a significant N source in warm-season grass systems where a grass such as bermudagrass is overseeded with annual legumes. As the annual legume matures and dies in late spring, the plant residue breaks down, releasing N for use by the warm-season grass during summer. A Texas study showed that a combination of winter annual clovers overseeded in bermudagrass yielded as much DM as bermudagrass fertilized with the equivalent of 113 to 142 pounds per acre of N.

Nitrogen fixation takes time

An Arkansas study showed that the percent clover or alfalfa increased over four years when these legumes were interseeded into bermudagrass pastures. Calf body weight gain per acre tended to improve as legume percentage grew over the course of the four-year study, especially for alfalfa, but gains were generally lower in nonlegume treatments where N fertilizer was applied. Interestingly, calf gains per acre dropped drastically during a severe drought year for the N fertilizer treatments but stayed more stable across years in the legume-grass treatments (Figures 1 and 2).

Legumes are important forages and reduce the need for N inputs. Knowing how N cycling works in forage systems is critical to making effective use of these forages. An important concept to understand is this: Growing forage from N fixation is a process, whereas growing forage from N fertilization is a one-time event.

This article appeared in the April/May 2020 issue of Hay & Forage Grower on pages 6 to 8.

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Plainsman Park, home of Auburn baseball.(Photo: Zach Willard)

AUBURN On March 22, Jon Bailey tried to see if he could take the trash out to the street, check the mail and make it back inside his house in less than 120 seconds. Just to remember the feeling of the fifth-inning drag again.

Five days later, he intentionally threw his newspaper at the mailman. Just to see if he would charge me or not.

OK, maybe those are just jokes that Bailey posted on Twitter. But what they mean is real. He misses baseball, and in a way that is unique to most in the Auburn community Bailey is the head groundskeeper at Plainsman Park.

For him and the rest of Auburns grounds crew, the last 10 weeks have been very, very strange.

People think football season is our busiest time, said Eric Kleypas, Auburns director of turf and landscape services. Thats busy, but not anything like spring. Spring, the hour demands are just so high. So its taken us a while to kind of shift gears and get into a normal work week, so to speak, versus what were used to.

Wednesday marks 10 weeks since the last games played on campus at Auburn softballs 2-1 win over Georgia State and baseballs 4-3 loss to Wofford on March 10. The SEC officially shut down competition the next day because of the coronavirus pandemic. Before long, the entire spring season was canceled.

Had it not been, and had life still been normal, Auburns grounds crew would have worked 40 home events over the past 70 days 19 baseball games, 17 softball games, two outdoor track and field meets, a spring soccer scrimmage and the A-Day spring football game, plus countless practices in between.

Instead, the five full-time employees currently on staff have worked mostly in solitude, without the help of the 12-14 turf students they normally have.

Its just really weird for most of us who have been doing this, said Zach Willard, who is the manager of athletic turf. Borderline eerie, almost, because Im supposed to be at the ballpark all day on a Friday, from 7 a.m. till 10 or 11 p.m. Thats just ingrained into who I am at this point.

Willard isnt exaggerating. Getting a field ready for play is exhausting work. For a home baseball game at Plainsman Park, it usually starts at 7 a.m. and runs through 3 p.m. They have to mow the grass, water the infield dirt anywhere from six to 10 times depending on the temperature outside, do detailed clay work on the mound and around home plate on the field and in both bullpens, and manage the landscaping around the ballpark. And thats just before the game. During it, they drag the dirt between innings, fix any issues that arise and pull the tarp if it rains. After, they stick around to get the field ready for the next day.

So you can imagine the comedown from that has been quite a shock to their systems. The grounds crew normally works 80-hour weeks during the spring. This year, though, they have only recently gone back to working even 40 hours for a while, they were just coming in early, getting done what they needed toand heading home.

The Auburn Soccer Complex.(Photo: Zach Willard)

The experience has been strange, Kleypas said. But it has also been freeing, in a way. For one, they have all gotten to spend more time with their families than they normally would this time of year. Kleypas has a wife and a son. Willard and his wife Kendra, who works for Auburns athletics communications department, have two young daughters.

Its really allowing us to make up for a lot of lost time, Willard said. As weird its been to not be working, its also been very refreshing to connect with my kids in a way that Im normally not used to doing.

And when it comes to their jobs, 10 weeks of no sports has given members of the grounds crew time on the fields they have never had before.

At Plainsman Park, Bailey has already completed the process of transitioning the field from ryegrass (which thrives in colder temperatures but struggles when the weather heats up) to Bermudagrass (which has exceptional heat tolerance but dies out in the winter). Last year, because the baseball team needed the field nearly every day through its trip to the College World Series, that work wasnt done until the middle of June.

The same is true at Jordan-Hare Stadium. Pat Dye Field isnt used nearly as much during the spring as Hitchcock Field across the street (just a few scrimmages and A-Day), but it still needs to look perfect all times for recruiting purposes a field with patches of dead grass or dirt has never impressed anybody.

For that reason, Willard said the grounds crew often does a lot of sod work during the spring. If the Bermudagrass isnt coming in correctly at some spots, they just replace it in order to speed up the transition. And they have to plan that work around the football teams schedule, so they dont interfere with visits or camps.

But on-campus recruiting was banned early in March and will be through at least the end of June because of the coronavirus pandemic, which has allowed Kleypas, Willard and Co. to let the grass at Jordan-Hare grow in naturally. They had originally planned on replacing the turf before the 2020 football season. Now, they wont have to.

Rather than tip-toeing around schedules, we pretty much have free reign to go about how we want to get our fields back in shape for the fall, Willard said. Its actually been freeing. Were thinking on a different wavelength than we have the last decade or so, because recruiting has become so heavy. Its been nice. Its been really nice.

The Auburn football team's outdoor practice field.(Photo: Zach Willard)

As a result, Willard said, all of Auburns fields are in tremendous shape. Theres just one thing missing, and thats the people who enjoy them the players plying their trade, the coaches watching from their perch on the sideline or dugout, and the fans in the stands.

Thats one of the coolest parts of our job, kind of that initial moment of the fans coming up the stairwells and coming out of the tunnels and taking a look at the field for the first time that day, Willard continued. We take great pride in the fact that our players, coaches and fans love our playing fields. We do what we do for our coaches and student-athletes. We also do what we do for our fans. To not have the fans in the ballparks to enjoy their ballfields, as well, is tough on us.

So you can count Auburns grounds crew among the many waiting anxiously for sports to resume, no matter the workload and time demands that entails.

We miss it. This is what we went into this field for, Kleypas said. Were ready for our student-athletes to get back on campus. Were ready to get back to whatever the new normal will be.

Josh Vitale is the Auburn beat writer for the Montgomery Advertiser. You can follow him on Twitter at @JoshVitale. To reach him by email,click here.

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Marion County will celebrate the 200th Anniversary of its founding with celebrations and events throughout the year. As part of those celebrations, assorted Moments and Memories from the past 200 years will be shared every Saturday in 2020 in the Marion Star.

For a calendar of events and more information about the bicentennial celebrations and activities, visit the Bicentennial Facebook page Marion County Ohio Bicentennial Celebration or http://www.marionhistory.com200.

The historic notes have been compiled and shared with the Star by the Marion Historical Society.

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Marion County at 200: The Kerr House Hotel is built - Marion Star