USU Extension-Carbon County is hosting a Pesticide Applicators Training Workshop on Wednesday, November 10 at 9:00 am at the Carbon County Event Center on 310 South Fairgrounds Road. Castle Country Radio was able to sit down with Extension Assistant Professor, Steven Price to discuss all the details.

“This workshop is really geared towards people with registered use pesticide permits or certifications rather through the Utah Department of Ag. So these are people like growers, agency folks that are treating noxious weeds, those sort of applicators. So we have a full day workshop from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm, people can come get pesticide applicator CEUs,” stated Price. The six CEUs offered fulfill all UDAP’s requirements for private applicator recertification.

This free all-day workshop will cover several topics. “This year we’ll be talking about spill response, we’ll be talking about cutleaf vipergrass control and alfalfa, right of way weed management, as well as labels and safety procedures,” explained Price. Certification will be given to participants once they complete the workshop. Individuals interested in attending the workshop are asked to RSVP by calling (435) 636-3235 or email steven.price@usu.edu

There are a few things that folks can do during the fall season to prepare their lawns/garden areas for the winter. “Winter is on our way. So especially before the ground freezes if you’re going to do a tillage or remove some of the leftover vegetative matter from the garden, now is a really good time to do that. Right now, the leaves are falling so if you are planning on doing a fall tillage throw some of those leaves in and they will self-compost by the time spring arrives,” stated Price. It’s probably too late at this point to do a fall fertilization but folks can make up for it in the spring time.

If you have bare spots in your lawn that you would like to seed you can do winter dormant seeding as Price explains, “So we’re still a little bit too warm, basically, the idea is to wait till mid-winter. You rake up some of that old turf that is dying out, get some seed down, and that way its already there when we have those kind of snow/melt cycles later in the winter, and the grass can start germinating then.” If folks are looking for further seasonal information about lawns/gardens they can visit the USU Extension website at https://extension.usu.edu/carbon/