Next meeting: Tuesday, December 11th at 6:00 pm at the Manor House
Hostesses: Margaret Doerr, Dorrie Hansen and Carol Dickson
Note: Hostesses need to coordinate with each other desserts, creamer, and decorations for the table. Please arrive at 5:30 so you have plenty of time to set up before the meeting. Thanks!
Program: Holiday Party and Decorating the Manor House
VGC Blog: Get all the latest news and gardening tips at our new blog website. Go to http://vgcstonykill.blogspot.com/ from any internet connected computer.
YEARBOOK: If you haven’t received yours yet please see Gail Whitefield. Please note this update: Rita Dalton’s new email address is: rdalton1377@peoplepc.com
Notes for Party and Decorating: Please gather at 6 PM for dinner. Those arriving late due to commuting home from work, call Gail Whitefield or Diane Sedore so that a plate can be set-aside for you.
Supplies members need to bring to the December decorating meeting: scissors (for cutting ribbon), wire, wire cutters, glue gun and glue sticks. Donations of artificial decorations, candles and candleholders, and ribbon are welcome as well as any fresh greens (holly, boxwood, bittersweet, other evergreens) for use outdoors. Call Gail Whitefield and leave a message as to what type of fresh greens you have available as she will soon be buying greens for outdoors.
Harvest Festival: Each venue chairperson for the Harvest Festival is asked to complete a report: include comments on set-up, expenses, income, supply sources and cost, top sellers, what didn't sell, and any other information that would be helpful for next year's festival. Be sure to get your report to Karen Vitek who is typing up the annual Harvest Festival Report.
Cookie Exchange: Barbara Marcello is hosting her annual cookie exchange on Tuesday, December 18th at 7:00 PM. Barbara invites any garden club member to participate in the cookie exchange and socialize over coffee and cookies. Let Barbara know by December 11th if you will be joining the cookie exchange.
Step into Spring: The reservation and payment deadline for the "Step Into Spring" Breast Cancer Dinner has been extended to December 11th. The dinner is Monday, April 28th at Anthony's Pier 9 in Newburgh, NY. If you are not going to be at the December meeting, you need to mail your payment of $50 to Diane Sedore.
DEC Camp: Applications are being accepted for our scholarships for two summer campers to one of four New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Summer Camps. If you need information please contact:
--DEC's website at www.dec.ny.gov;
--call 518-402-8914,
--e-mail edcamps@gw.dec.state.ny.us or
--call Joyce Banner at 896-5283.
This year's camper scholarship deadline is February 9th. Campers, boys or girls, age 12-14 can choose from one of four camp locations. and campers, boys or girls, age 15-17 must attend Camp Pack Forest. Returnee campers are welcome, with certain weeks set aside for returnee campers only. Campers must meet the age requirement during the week they attend camp. Campers choose from 8 one-week camp sessions with week 1 being June 29 thru July 5 and week 8 being August 17 thru August 23
Check with your children, neighbors, co-workers, and friends for a teenager who would like to be sponsored by us. We sponsor two campers each summer. The camper and his or her family are responsible for transportation to the DEC camp. If you know of an interested camper, call or e-mail Joyce. Additional camper information will be distributed at the December meeting.
November Meeting Notes:
Speaker: Jim Heron historian from the Beacon Institute for Rivers and Estruaries.
He wrote the book “Denning’s Point: A Hudson River History.”
The Beacon Institute was the brainchild of Governor Pataki. The first small building is almost finished. Eventually there will be laboratories and classrooms on the scale of the Woodshole Institute.
Denning’s Point is just south of the train station. There will be sensors from Manhattan to Troy. He started by just being asked to make a pamphlet about the history of Denning’s Point. He ended up doing research and writing this book.
Barbara Marcello is having the Cookie Exchange on the 13th of December for club members. Please contact Barbara if you plan on attending.
(Thanks to Dottie Bell for continuing to take the following notes!)
Joyce talked about education – birdhouse instructions, etc.
Rita Dalton’s husband is in the hospital.
Advised to keep kids pumpkins for painting separate from the other pumpkins at Harvest Fest.
It was asked that members hear of price reductions first at Harvest Fest.
December Meeting: Decided to go wit the large sandwiches for dinner. Diane Sedore will order them. Dorrie and Margaret will keep the desserts simple. Dinner will be at 6:30 followed by decoration of the Manor House. Reba asked us to do less decorating in the Manor House and more in the new addition.
Open House is December 27th from 12:00 to 4:00.
Ideas for decorating were discussed.
Help is needed to straighten the storage room. Items cannot be brought downstairs until day of meeting. Angie, Diane and Karen will work in Sue’s office. We need to get permission to move the displays on the mantels and windowsills. Barbara and Gail will work on tree. Evelyn and Nancy will work on the coffee room. Pat Broun and Pat Lyman will work on the library. Joyce Banner will work on the children’s room.
Barbara Marcello, Diane Sedore and Joyce Banner are on the nominating committee.
We’re looking for campers to sponsor.
“Step into Spring” reservations now due.
***Thanks to members for understanding the absence of the November newsletter as I was hospitalized at that time. I’m feeling better now and hope to have it stay that way! ~ Karen
A quote especially for December~
"Nature has undoubtedly mastered the art of winter gardening
and even the most experienced gardener can learn from
the unrestrained beauty around them."
Vincent A. Simeone, in "Wonders of the Winter Landscape"
Sunday, December 2, 2007
Lawnflowers, A Story and A List of Names
Sue Kmiotek shared this information:
Hello!
I am announcing the recent publishing of my book:
“Lawnflowers, A Story and A List of Names”.
Please share this announcement with members of your garden club who are interested in any of the following horticultural trends.
1) Enjoying a succession of beautiful lawnflowers blooming throughout the whole growing season long.
2) Transforming lawns into botanically diverse conservation preserves for native and naturalized wildflowers.
3) Growing lawnflower lawns to create habitat for the many beneficial insects that protect landscapes and garden plantings.
4) Celebrating family life through participation in backyard agriculture and horticulture.
5) Eliminating the far reaching harms caused to humans and environment by lawn pesticides.
6) Owning an “ecological performance lawn”.
“Lawnflowers, A Story and A List of Names” may be bought:
1) Directly from the publisher, PublishAmerica, by doing a keyword search for lawnflowers.
2) From the many other book sellers listed on my website.
Below is a description of the book “Lawnflowers, A Story and A List of Names”.
Have fun with your lawns, and happy lawnflowering!
Dennis Bauer
Please visit my website for more information:
www.lawnflowersjerkyandbigfoots.com
Hello!
I am announcing the recent publishing of my book:
“Lawnflowers, A Story and A List of Names”.
Please share this announcement with members of your garden club who are interested in any of the following horticultural trends.
1) Enjoying a succession of beautiful lawnflowers blooming throughout the whole growing season long.
2) Transforming lawns into botanically diverse conservation preserves for native and naturalized wildflowers.
3) Growing lawnflower lawns to create habitat for the many beneficial insects that protect landscapes and garden plantings.
4) Celebrating family life through participation in backyard agriculture and horticulture.
5) Eliminating the far reaching harms caused to humans and environment by lawn pesticides.
6) Owning an “ecological performance lawn”.
“Lawnflowers, A Story and A List of Names” may be bought:
1) Directly from the publisher, PublishAmerica, by doing a keyword search for lawnflowers.
2) From the many other book sellers listed on my website.
Below is a description of the book “Lawnflowers, A Story and A List of Names”.
Have fun with your lawns, and happy lawnflowering!
Dennis Bauer
Please visit my website for more information:
www.lawnflowersjerkyandbigfoots.com
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Step Into Spring
2008 'Step into Spring' Breast Cancer Dinner
Monday, April 28, 2008
Anthony's Pier 9 on Route 9W in Newburgh, NY
If you plan to attend next spring - Reservations and Payment
Need to be made to Diane Sedore at the next VGC Meeting - Tuesday, Nov. 13
Cost $50.00 ~ Same as last year.
(With the popularity of this event, reservations
and payment cut-off will be Nov. 13 ~ unable to
attend the VGC meeting, make your reservation and payment
to Diane Sedore by mail prior to Nov. 13).
Thank you Diane, for graciously arranging for tickets for
Garden Club Members wishing to support breast cancer
Monday, April 28, 2008
Anthony's Pier 9 on Route 9W in Newburgh, NY
If you plan to attend next spring - Reservations and Payment
Need to be made to Diane Sedore at the next VGC Meeting - Tuesday, Nov. 13
Cost $50.00 ~ Same as last year.
(With the popularity of this event, reservations
and payment cut-off will be Nov. 13 ~ unable to
attend the VGC meeting, make your reservation and payment
to Diane Sedore by mail prior to Nov. 13).
Thank you Diane, for graciously arranging for tickets for
Garden Club Members wishing to support breast cancer
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Tuesday, October 2, 2007
VGC October Newsletter
Next meeting: Tuesday, October 9th at 7:00 pm at the Manor House
Hostesses: Marie Bidwell, Bonnie Detweiler and Barbara Marcello
Note: Hostesses need to coordinate with each other desserts, creamer, and decorations for the table. Please arrive at 6:20 so you have plenty of time to set up before the meeting. Thanks!
Program: Workshop to prepare for Harvest Festival
VGC Blog: Get all the latest news and gardening tips at our new blog website. Go to http://vgcstonykill.blogspot.com/ from any internet connected computer.
YEARBOOK: Finally I have all the needed information and these will be distributed at the October meeting.
Harvest Festival: Saturday, October 13th 12:00 – 5:00
Please bring houseplants and perennial divisions to sell at the festival.
Everyone’s help is needed to make this a successful event for us. At the workshop we’ll be making our popcorn gloves, Indian corn decorations and more. If you didn’t sign up yet to bring a soup or bake something be sure to do this on Tuesday evening.
September Meeting Notes:
We began with the salute to the flag and a moment of silence for Sept. 11th.
We heard from this summer’s campers. Pat Broun’s grandchildren Louis and Julian were the campers. Julian related about learning about animals. They even got to see some bears, from a distance! A baby bear came to their campsite and their counselor had to scare it away. He found a rare spring salamander. They both agreed that the food was good. Julian related that they sang a lot of songs around the campfire. He said they did a lot of hiking. Once they got a little lost on a mountain and walked 7 miles. He did the hunter safety course and passed. Louis was able to take archery.
Angie was thanked for her centerpiece for remembrance of 9/11.
At Fishkill Health Related Center they made fresh flower bouquets for the residents. It was from 2:00 to 4:00. Evelyn, Joyce, Barbara, and Diane attended the event. Diane brought books and Barbara brought magazines, which was really appreciated. Andrew Banner took photos and put them in frames for their rooms. There were about 55 to 60 residents.
Beacon Day is on September 30th from 10 to 4. Raindate is Oct. 7th.
Karen Vitek reviewed the chairpersons for the yearbook and there was discussion about the program list for the yearbook. Joyce needs to delegate this responsibility to someone else to work on. In October we will have a workshop meeting for the Harvest Festival. There was a motion made and it passed. The meeting will be held in the new classroom or the barn.
Harvest Festival: The DEC decided that they preferred not to sell the art but you can show it. They feel that the pricing is out of the range of the festival. They don’t want expensive items. Reba tried to help us out with this situation. The tent has already been paid for. Barbara is doing drinks. There was discussion about having coffee available. We need stoves because we only have four right now. There was discussion about buying some stoves. We agreed to buy two large stoves this year. A motion was made and it passed. Evelyn needs people to sign up for baked goods. She needs more round tables and some round tablecloths. She will buy the items needed for the popcorn gloves and we will make 150. When you bring cupcakes bring them in baggies or wrap them. Wrap pieces of round cake too. If you have food umbrellas bring them to help keep the bees away. She needs a few bud vases also. Angie needs people to work with her. Sue, Hanna and Diane volunteered. She is going to get 60 mums for Harvest Fest. Pat Lyman will make some bows for the floral area. Margaret and Sue G. will make some too. Educational material will be made available in the floral area. Diane will ask Chris Petty if she could bring her tent. If she can’t Sue G. will bring hers. Pat will consider whether she will bring the art or not. There is no fee for this event. We are hoping that there will be some publicity for the event. Karen will give each chair a report form, pencil and paper for comments from that day. Be sure to give Karen your report by the November meeting. Each chair should also count their money and place it in an envelope with the amount and area clearly marked on it that day before they give it to Diane.
There is $390 in memory of Bob Decker that will go toward the raised bed garden next spring.
A quote especially for October~
October's poplars are flaming torches
lighting the way to winter.
- Nova Bair
Hostesses: Marie Bidwell, Bonnie Detweiler and Barbara Marcello
Note: Hostesses need to coordinate with each other desserts, creamer, and decorations for the table. Please arrive at 6:20 so you have plenty of time to set up before the meeting. Thanks!
Program: Workshop to prepare for Harvest Festival
VGC Blog: Get all the latest news and gardening tips at our new blog website. Go to http://vgcstonykill.blogspot.com/ from any internet connected computer.
YEARBOOK: Finally I have all the needed information and these will be distributed at the October meeting.
Harvest Festival: Saturday, October 13th 12:00 – 5:00
Please bring houseplants and perennial divisions to sell at the festival.
Everyone’s help is needed to make this a successful event for us. At the workshop we’ll be making our popcorn gloves, Indian corn decorations and more. If you didn’t sign up yet to bring a soup or bake something be sure to do this on Tuesday evening.
September Meeting Notes:
We began with the salute to the flag and a moment of silence for Sept. 11th.
We heard from this summer’s campers. Pat Broun’s grandchildren Louis and Julian were the campers. Julian related about learning about animals. They even got to see some bears, from a distance! A baby bear came to their campsite and their counselor had to scare it away. He found a rare spring salamander. They both agreed that the food was good. Julian related that they sang a lot of songs around the campfire. He said they did a lot of hiking. Once they got a little lost on a mountain and walked 7 miles. He did the hunter safety course and passed. Louis was able to take archery.
Angie was thanked for her centerpiece for remembrance of 9/11.
At Fishkill Health Related Center they made fresh flower bouquets for the residents. It was from 2:00 to 4:00. Evelyn, Joyce, Barbara, and Diane attended the event. Diane brought books and Barbara brought magazines, which was really appreciated. Andrew Banner took photos and put them in frames for their rooms. There were about 55 to 60 residents.
Beacon Day is on September 30th from 10 to 4. Raindate is Oct. 7th.
Karen Vitek reviewed the chairpersons for the yearbook and there was discussion about the program list for the yearbook. Joyce needs to delegate this responsibility to someone else to work on. In October we will have a workshop meeting for the Harvest Festival. There was a motion made and it passed. The meeting will be held in the new classroom or the barn.
Harvest Festival: The DEC decided that they preferred not to sell the art but you can show it. They feel that the pricing is out of the range of the festival. They don’t want expensive items. Reba tried to help us out with this situation. The tent has already been paid for. Barbara is doing drinks. There was discussion about having coffee available. We need stoves because we only have four right now. There was discussion about buying some stoves. We agreed to buy two large stoves this year. A motion was made and it passed. Evelyn needs people to sign up for baked goods. She needs more round tables and some round tablecloths. She will buy the items needed for the popcorn gloves and we will make 150. When you bring cupcakes bring them in baggies or wrap them. Wrap pieces of round cake too. If you have food umbrellas bring them to help keep the bees away. She needs a few bud vases also. Angie needs people to work with her. Sue, Hanna and Diane volunteered. She is going to get 60 mums for Harvest Fest. Pat Lyman will make some bows for the floral area. Margaret and Sue G. will make some too. Educational material will be made available in the floral area. Diane will ask Chris Petty if she could bring her tent. If she can’t Sue G. will bring hers. Pat will consider whether she will bring the art or not. There is no fee for this event. We are hoping that there will be some publicity for the event. Karen will give each chair a report form, pencil and paper for comments from that day. Be sure to give Karen your report by the November meeting. Each chair should also count their money and place it in an envelope with the amount and area clearly marked on it that day before they give it to Diane.
There is $390 in memory of Bob Decker that will go toward the raised bed garden next spring.
A quote especially for October~
October's poplars are flaming torches
lighting the way to winter.
- Nova Bair
Tuesday, September 4, 2007
September Hostesses
Sorry I left this out of the newsletter. The hostesses for September are:
Angie Biersack
Karen Vitek
Dottie Bell
Angie Biersack
Karen Vitek
Dottie Bell
Monday, September 3, 2007
Tioronda Garden Club Herb Program
Tioronda Garden Club has invited us to a program on herbs presented by a speaker from Adam's on Wednesday, September 12th at the Howland Cultural Center at 7:00 PM.
VGC September 2007 Newsletter
Next meeting: Tuesday, September 11th at 7:00 pm at the Manor House
VGC Blog: Get all the latest news and gardening tips at our new blog website. Go to http://vgcstonykill.blogspot.com/ from any internet connected computer. You can go to your local public library to do this if you don’t have your own computer. All meeting minutes will be posted to this site.
Harvest Festival Raffle Basket: Please bring new garden related items to place in the basket at the meeting.
YEARBOOK: If you have ANY information for the yearbook, please, please get this to Karen Vitek as soon as possible. If I don’t receive the information in the next few days I will have to make a choice between blank pages and waiting to distribute it until the October meeting.
Upcoming Events: Mark your calendars for these events.
Beacon Day: Sunday, September 30th 12:00 – 4:00
Harvest Festival: Saturday, October 13th 12:00 – 5:00
August Meeting Notes:
Diane Sedore is chairing the Harvest Festival. She is getting sub chairs for each area. There was discussion about whether we can have an Art area.
The program schedule for next year will be sent to Karen by Joyce Banner. There was a discussion about having a planning meeting in February. In April the meeting will be a working meeting to divide perennials. Joyce also suggested having a hands-on meeting with someone who does Ikebana.
Historian: June Joyce
Wildflower Loop chairmen is open.
Bonnie is going to chair the Mother’s Day Plant Sale
Hostesses chaired by Margaret Doerr: Feb: Diane Sedore, Louise Winter and Stephanie Pratt, October: Marie Bidwell and Bonnie Detweiler
Barbara Marcello is chairing the Holiday Open House.
The money donated in memory of Bob Decker will be used to buy a bench near the raised beds.
An Eagle Scout from Troop 95 is going to work on the Herb Bed for his Eagle Scout Project. He is submitting it for approval to the Boy Scout Council. His name is Kyle Perry.
A quote especially for September~
By all these lovely tokens
September days are here,
With summer's best of weather,
And autumn's best of cheer.
Helen Hunt Jackson, from September
VGC Blog: Get all the latest news and gardening tips at our new blog website. Go to http://vgcstonykill.blogspot.com/ from any internet connected computer. You can go to your local public library to do this if you don’t have your own computer. All meeting minutes will be posted to this site.
Harvest Festival Raffle Basket: Please bring new garden related items to place in the basket at the meeting.
YEARBOOK: If you have ANY information for the yearbook, please, please get this to Karen Vitek as soon as possible. If I don’t receive the information in the next few days I will have to make a choice between blank pages and waiting to distribute it until the October meeting.
Upcoming Events: Mark your calendars for these events.
Beacon Day: Sunday, September 30th 12:00 – 4:00
Harvest Festival: Saturday, October 13th 12:00 – 5:00
August Meeting Notes:
Diane Sedore is chairing the Harvest Festival. She is getting sub chairs for each area. There was discussion about whether we can have an Art area.
The program schedule for next year will be sent to Karen by Joyce Banner. There was a discussion about having a planning meeting in February. In April the meeting will be a working meeting to divide perennials. Joyce also suggested having a hands-on meeting with someone who does Ikebana.
Historian: June Joyce
Wildflower Loop chairmen is open.
Bonnie is going to chair the Mother’s Day Plant Sale
Hostesses chaired by Margaret Doerr: Feb: Diane Sedore, Louise Winter and Stephanie Pratt, October: Marie Bidwell and Bonnie Detweiler
Barbara Marcello is chairing the Holiday Open House.
The money donated in memory of Bob Decker will be used to buy a bench near the raised beds.
An Eagle Scout from Troop 95 is going to work on the Herb Bed for his Eagle Scout Project. He is submitting it for approval to the Boy Scout Council. His name is Kyle Perry.
A quote especially for September~
By all these lovely tokens
September days are here,
With summer's best of weather,
And autumn's best of cheer.
Helen Hunt Jackson, from September
VGC August Meeting 2007
Diane Sedore is chairing the Harvest Festival. She is getting sub chairs for each area. There was discussion about whether we can have an Art area.
The program schedule for next year will be sent to Karen by Joyce Banner. There was a discussion about having a planning meeting in February. In April the meeting will be a working meeting to divide perennials. Joyce also suggested having a hands-on meeting with someone who does Ikebana.
Historian: June Joyce
Wildflower Loop chairmen is open.
Bonnie is going to chair the Mother’s Day Plant Sale
Hostesses chaired by Margaret Doerr: Feb: Diane Sedore, Louise Winter and Stephanie Pratt, October: Marie Bidwell and Bonnie Detweiler
Barbara Marcello is chairing the Holiday Open House.
The money donated in memory of Bob Decker will be used to buy a bench near the raised beds.
An Eagle Scout from Troop 95 is going to work on the Herb Bed for his Eagle Scout Project. He is submitting it for approval to the Boy Scout Council. His name is Kyle Perry.
The program schedule for next year will be sent to Karen by Joyce Banner. There was a discussion about having a planning meeting in February. In April the meeting will be a working meeting to divide perennials. Joyce also suggested having a hands-on meeting with someone who does Ikebana.
Historian: June Joyce
Wildflower Loop chairmen is open.
Bonnie is going to chair the Mother’s Day Plant Sale
Hostesses chaired by Margaret Doerr: Feb: Diane Sedore, Louise Winter and Stephanie Pratt, October: Marie Bidwell and Bonnie Detweiler
Barbara Marcello is chairing the Holiday Open House.
The money donated in memory of Bob Decker will be used to buy a bench near the raised beds.
An Eagle Scout from Troop 95 is going to work on the Herb Bed for his Eagle Scout Project. He is submitting it for approval to the Boy Scout Council. His name is Kyle Perry.
Monday, August 13, 2007
Plants for Dry Shade
Question: What ground cover can I grow in dry shade?
Answer: One of the best plants for dry shade is epimedium. This tough little perennial produces clusters of pink, red, purple, orange, yellow, or white flowers in spring and offers shield-shaped foliage that's evergreen on many varieties. Hardiness varies by type, but in general, they're hardy in Zones 3 to 9
Answer: One of the best plants for dry shade is epimedium. This tough little perennial produces clusters of pink, red, purple, orange, yellow, or white flowers in spring and offers shield-shaped foliage that's evergreen on many varieties. Hardiness varies by type, but in general, they're hardy in Zones 3 to 9
Sunday, August 5, 2007
VGC August Newsletter
Verplanck Garden Club
Newsletter
August 2007
Next meeting: Tuesday, August 14th at 6:00 pm Summer Social Meeting at Dottie Bell’s Home
Directions:
Directions to Dottie’s: From Wappingers Falls – take 9D south to Red Schoolhouse Road (just beyond Stony Kill’s main entrance at light)
Cross Route 52 at light and bear left at top of the hill. About ¼ mile turn right at pizza shop (post office). Stay on this street. It becomes Washington Avenue until you pass the cemetery on your left. There’s a fork in the road and bear left (DuPueyster Avenue) Continue until you reach a stop sign. This is East Main Street and Dottie lives at #330.
Park at foot of Pocket Road to the left if there are no places in front of her house.
Coming from Fishkill: take left turn onto Old Glenham Road at Sunoco Gas Station. Continue 1 mile. Post office on left. Turn left and continue as directions given for Wappingers Falls above.
PLEASE NOTE: . Please call Dottie by Friday, August 10th to let her know if you want a hamburger or a hot dog and if you didn’t sign up for a dish at the July meeting please let her know what you are bringing. Her number is 831-4341.
VGC Blog: Get all the latest news and gardening tips at our new blog website. Go to http://vgcstonykill.blogspot.com/ from any internet connected computer. You can go to your local public library to do this if you don’t have your own computer. All meeting minutes will be posted to this site.
Harvest Festival Raffle Basket: Please bring new garden related items to place in the basket at the August and September meetings.
YEARBOOK: If you have ANY information for the yearbook, please, please get this to Karen Vitek as soon as possible. (I will be at the meeting at Dottie’s) I would like to have the yearbook finished and printed in time for the September meeting.
Upcoming Events: Mark your calendars for these events.
Elant-Fishkill Health Related Center Fair: August 21st 2:00 - 4:00 PM
Beacon Day: Sunday, September 30th 12:00 – 4:00
Harvest Festival: Saturday, October 13th 12:00 – 5:00
A quote especially for August~
Just living is not enough. Said the butterfly, One must have sunshine, freedom and a little flower.
Hans Christian Anderson (1805 – 1875)
Newsletter
August 2007
Next meeting: Tuesday, August 14th at 6:00 pm Summer Social Meeting at Dottie Bell’s Home
Directions:
Directions to Dottie’s: From Wappingers Falls – take 9D south to Red Schoolhouse Road (just beyond Stony Kill’s main entrance at light)
Cross Route 52 at light and bear left at top of the hill. About ¼ mile turn right at pizza shop (post office). Stay on this street. It becomes Washington Avenue until you pass the cemetery on your left. There’s a fork in the road and bear left (DuPueyster Avenue) Continue until you reach a stop sign. This is East Main Street and Dottie lives at #330.
Park at foot of Pocket Road to the left if there are no places in front of her house.
Coming from Fishkill: take left turn onto Old Glenham Road at Sunoco Gas Station. Continue 1 mile. Post office on left. Turn left and continue as directions given for Wappingers Falls above.
PLEASE NOTE: . Please call Dottie by Friday, August 10th to let her know if you want a hamburger or a hot dog and if you didn’t sign up for a dish at the July meeting please let her know what you are bringing. Her number is 831-4341.
VGC Blog: Get all the latest news and gardening tips at our new blog website. Go to http://vgcstonykill.blogspot.com/ from any internet connected computer. You can go to your local public library to do this if you don’t have your own computer. All meeting minutes will be posted to this site.
Harvest Festival Raffle Basket: Please bring new garden related items to place in the basket at the August and September meetings.
YEARBOOK: If you have ANY information for the yearbook, please, please get this to Karen Vitek as soon as possible. (I will be at the meeting at Dottie’s) I would like to have the yearbook finished and printed in time for the September meeting.
Upcoming Events: Mark your calendars for these events.
Elant-Fishkill Health Related Center Fair: August 21st 2:00 - 4:00 PM
Beacon Day: Sunday, September 30th 12:00 – 4:00
Harvest Festival: Saturday, October 13th 12:00 – 5:00
A quote especially for August~
Just living is not enough. Said the butterfly, One must have sunshine, freedom and a little flower.
Hans Christian Anderson (1805 – 1875)
Late Summer and the Perennial Garden
Mind the Gaps
Filling the Holes in Your Late-Summer Perennial Garden
By Kathy LaLiberte
Purple coneflowers (echinacea) provide color for a long season: from midsummer to frost.
It's hard to imagine my garden without Oriental poppies, Jacob's ladder, bleeding heart and sweet William. Each has its own beauty and charm, and I eagerly anticipate the fleeting, early summer flowers.
But when bloom-time is over, these perennials call it quits and all but disappear until next spring. A place in my garden that was lush and colorful last week is suddenly dark and empty. Other awkward gaps also start appearing in midsummer. A new plant may not get as big or as full as expected. Pests or disease can cause problems. An old plant may weaken and die.
In a perennial garden, these late-season gaps are almost impossible to avoid. Public gardens with large perennial borders, keep their staff gardeners busy all summer, filling gaps with fresh plants. And I know from my own experience, that when catalogs and magazines photograph a summer perennial garden, there are always extra plants in the wings, waiting to step in.
Here are a few of the techniques that I use to fill, hide or disguise the midsummer gaps in my own perennial garden:
Datura is an annual that's capable of filling a large gap with silvery-green leaves and huge, white flowers.
Add a few annuals. Unlike perennials, annuals have just one year to live and they usually make the most of it by growing quickly and flowering abundantly from midsummer right up to frost. By using annuals to fill some of the gaps in your perennial garden, you'll add color as well as foliage.
These days, most good-size garden centers maintain an inventory of annuals right into early August. Increasingly, you'll find annuals in bigger size pots, too. The 2-quart or gallon-size "jumbo annuals" usually suffer little if any transplant shock when you move them into your garden. Just make sure they get watered frequently for a couple weeks while their roots are getting settled into your soil.
Don't fail to consider some of the great foliage plants available these days, such as coleus, plectranthus, fancy-leaved cannas and other tropicals.
To learn more about which types of annuals work best in perennial gardens (and why you'll probably want to avoid petunias and zinnias), read Late-Summer Flowers.
When you're weeding a perennial border, the gaps become obvious. Solutions can be annual or perennial.
Add some perennials. By midsummer, most nurseries and garden centers have put their perennials on sale. Another good thing about shopping for perennials in late July and early August, is that it's easy to see what's in bloom at that time of year. Picking up a few new perennials will help you fill the gaps in your borders, while introducing good, late-season color that you'll enjoy in subsequent years.
Acquire more fall-blooming plants. There are some perennials that look their best in August and September. Since most plant-buying happens in May when these fall-bloomers don't look like much, chances are good that you could use a few more of them in your garden. So while you're cruising for deals at your local garden center or nursery, consider picking up some mums, tall and short asters, Autumn Joy sedum and a monkshood. If you're lucky, you might also be able to find flowering kale or flowering cabbage. These plants can look a little batty early on, but you'll be patting yourself on the back in early November.
Move in some pots. At the beginning of the season, I usually pot up a dozen or more decorative planters. Of course it's not that I "need" or even have room for that many pots. There are just so many interesting plants suggesting so many wonderful combinations, and I have accumulated so many great pots! If you have a couple extra mid-size containers around, try using one of them to fill a gap in your perennial garden. You can't do this more than a few times throughout the garden, and not every planter will work, but you might be surprised by how well it works. Look closely at the gardens featured in magazines such as House and Garden, Horticulture and Martha Stewart Living, and you'll see how often they use this technique.
Move the art around. I have a couple large, stainless-steel globes in my garden. I also have several birdhouses and two small stone water basins. And I also admit to having a few life-size concrete turtles and bunnies. It might be a bit presumptuous to call these accessories "garden art" but that's how I think of them. I also consider benches, chairs and birdbaths garden art, and in my garden, almost all of these features are mobile.
The stone basin that looks great next to the primroses in early spring, would get completely hidden by the hostas, so I move it into the gap left by Jacob's ladder. I use the steel globe in the same way. A large one remains in the shade garden until the hostas and lady's mantle fill out, then it's available for hiding problems elsewhere. When all else fails, sometimes the best strategy is to just draw the eye away from the problem and let it rest on something like a sculpture or bench.
second article...
It's August. It's hot. And the weather is taking its toll on your garden. What's a poor gardener to do? Here's how to beat the summer blahs and give your garden a second life.
Summertime is made for outdoor pleasures—for impromptu picnics on the lawn, lazy afternoons on the front porch, alfresco dining under the trees. Is it any wonder then that we want to make our gardens last through the final weeks of summer—and beyond?
But come the dog days of August, gardens tend to slump. "Everything just looks tired and bedraggled," complains one beleaguered gardener. "Either spider mites are spotting the leaves or else the leaves are just turning brown and falling off."
Experienced gardeners ward off the summer-garden doldrums by advance planning. Master Gardener Fred Rheingold of Rheingold Farms in upstate New York extends his season by planting foolproof summer bulbs like caladiums (perfect to brighten up a shady spot), Oriental lilies and enormous dinner-plate-size dahlias in May and June. But if you haven't planned ahead, what are the quick fixes you can make right now to get your garden back on track and keep it beautiful and blooming through fall?
BRING ON THE COLOR!
There's nothing like instant color to perk up a tired-looking summer garden. Adding vividly colored, full-size plants just coming into bloom is a great way to get that boost, suggests Rheingold. Because late summer is an ideal time to buy discounted plants, try filling in bare spots with colorful additions from your local garden center. “Past-their-prime annuals can be replaced with fresh blooms like lilies, fuchsias, ornamental grasses and hydrangeas,” he advises. Or go for brightly colored summer bedding plants like marigolds, petunias or impatiens.
ADD MOVABLE CONTAINERS
Adding potted bulbs and container plants are other quick-fix solutions. Because they're portable, potted bulbs like angel's trumpets can be moved around the garden as color accents, filling in gaps in your beds and borders. Some gardeners prefer colorful container plants like brilliant red or bright pink geraniums (which also have a wonderful scent) or coleus (enjoying a revival right now) and place them along the garden sidelines so they're easy to move into bare spots as needed.
CONSIDER COOL-SEASON FLOWERS
Another way to add a burst of color to a fading summer garden is to plant a bevy of cool-season flowers. Charles Nardozzi, a senior horticulturist with the National Gardening Association, suggests planting pansies, violas, primroses, snapdragons and chrysanthemums at the end of the hot summer. “These will flower until the first freeze, and some pansies and violas will even endure temperatures as low as 20 degrees F.” Or consider a lush fall foliage tree, he adds. Nurseries today carry spectacular foliage trees such as maple or dwarf crape myrtles, which sport beautiful red blooms in late summer and stunning maroon foliage through fall.
GET RUTHLESS
Most of all, though, you've got to be ruthless when the season's hot, humid weather wreaks havoc on your precious plot. Otherwise, it could promote wilt diseases, outbreaks of spider mites, other insects or various types of mildew. (Mildew won't kill plants outright but will weaken them, resulting in less lavish flowering and fewer fruits.) Many gardeners feel that to avoid affecting the rest of the garden, it's best to remove struggling plants, especially in instances of pest infestation or wilt. "If it gets too aggressive or too wimpy, or gets mildew, just yank it," posted one gardener on a popular garden site. And don't fret. Removing unwanted plants will just open up a space to plant something new.
CLEAN IT UP!
Not only will your garden look a lot better if you do a little tidying, but you also may be able to encourage a whole new round of growth before summer's end.
Deadhead regularly. Removing old, spent flowers (called deadheading) can help keep plants blooming all season long. To spur growth further, the National Garden Association's Nardozzi suggests adding a shot of liquid fertilizer to your watering can before watering.
Give a good trim. Cut back reflowering plants like overly leggy petunias, geraniums, spiderwort, impatiens, phlox and bee balm. This tends to give them a second wind for another round of blooming.
Keep it neat. While it's not the time of year for major pruning, do prune any overly aggressive plants that are crowding out their neighbors. Your garden will look less cluttered and your plants will benefit from the additional growing space and breathing room. Don't neglect weeding and use twine and stakes to prop up plants that look precarious or have already fallen over.
Refresh mulch. Perk up your garden by raking off old mulch and replacing it with a 2- to 3-inch layer of fresh mulch or organic compost. Mulch not only improves the garden's appearance (bare dirt can be unsightly), but also helps inhibit weed growth and conserves water at the same time.
WATERING WISDOM
To beat the summer heat, more frequent watering is essential for keeping plants healthy, growing and looking good. If you're planning to be away over the weekend, check out self-watering containers, available at most garden centers; these containers have little reservoirs in the base. When the reservoir is filled with water, it naturally wicks up to the soil so your plants can drink up even when you're not at home! Consider adding water-absorbing polymers to your potting mix, suggests Nardozzi. Also available at local nurseries, these tiny crystals absorb water, expanding until they resemble small cubes of clear gelatin. As the soil dries, the water is released from the crystals, allowing the soil to stay moist.
RECYCLE CONTAINERS
Remember that plant containers can easily be reused from season to season. Charles Nardozzi suggests that when spring flowers start to droop, you remove and replace them with summer blooms like angel's trumpets (he recommends the new dwarf variety, which boasts fragrant yellow-peach flowers). Then, in the fall replace fading summer bloomers with cool-weather vegetables—spinach, lettuce, radish, broccoli or kale.
Filling the Holes in Your Late-Summer Perennial Garden
By Kathy LaLiberte
Purple coneflowers (echinacea) provide color for a long season: from midsummer to frost.
It's hard to imagine my garden without Oriental poppies, Jacob's ladder, bleeding heart and sweet William. Each has its own beauty and charm, and I eagerly anticipate the fleeting, early summer flowers.
But when bloom-time is over, these perennials call it quits and all but disappear until next spring. A place in my garden that was lush and colorful last week is suddenly dark and empty. Other awkward gaps also start appearing in midsummer. A new plant may not get as big or as full as expected. Pests or disease can cause problems. An old plant may weaken and die.
In a perennial garden, these late-season gaps are almost impossible to avoid. Public gardens with large perennial borders, keep their staff gardeners busy all summer, filling gaps with fresh plants. And I know from my own experience, that when catalogs and magazines photograph a summer perennial garden, there are always extra plants in the wings, waiting to step in.
Here are a few of the techniques that I use to fill, hide or disguise the midsummer gaps in my own perennial garden:
Datura is an annual that's capable of filling a large gap with silvery-green leaves and huge, white flowers.
Add a few annuals. Unlike perennials, annuals have just one year to live and they usually make the most of it by growing quickly and flowering abundantly from midsummer right up to frost. By using annuals to fill some of the gaps in your perennial garden, you'll add color as well as foliage.
These days, most good-size garden centers maintain an inventory of annuals right into early August. Increasingly, you'll find annuals in bigger size pots, too. The 2-quart or gallon-size "jumbo annuals" usually suffer little if any transplant shock when you move them into your garden. Just make sure they get watered frequently for a couple weeks while their roots are getting settled into your soil.
Don't fail to consider some of the great foliage plants available these days, such as coleus, plectranthus, fancy-leaved cannas and other tropicals.
To learn more about which types of annuals work best in perennial gardens (and why you'll probably want to avoid petunias and zinnias), read Late-Summer Flowers.
When you're weeding a perennial border, the gaps become obvious. Solutions can be annual or perennial.
Add some perennials. By midsummer, most nurseries and garden centers have put their perennials on sale. Another good thing about shopping for perennials in late July and early August, is that it's easy to see what's in bloom at that time of year. Picking up a few new perennials will help you fill the gaps in your borders, while introducing good, late-season color that you'll enjoy in subsequent years.
Acquire more fall-blooming plants. There are some perennials that look their best in August and September. Since most plant-buying happens in May when these fall-bloomers don't look like much, chances are good that you could use a few more of them in your garden. So while you're cruising for deals at your local garden center or nursery, consider picking up some mums, tall and short asters, Autumn Joy sedum and a monkshood. If you're lucky, you might also be able to find flowering kale or flowering cabbage. These plants can look a little batty early on, but you'll be patting yourself on the back in early November.
Move in some pots. At the beginning of the season, I usually pot up a dozen or more decorative planters. Of course it's not that I "need" or even have room for that many pots. There are just so many interesting plants suggesting so many wonderful combinations, and I have accumulated so many great pots! If you have a couple extra mid-size containers around, try using one of them to fill a gap in your perennial garden. You can't do this more than a few times throughout the garden, and not every planter will work, but you might be surprised by how well it works. Look closely at the gardens featured in magazines such as House and Garden, Horticulture and Martha Stewart Living, and you'll see how often they use this technique.
Move the art around. I have a couple large, stainless-steel globes in my garden. I also have several birdhouses and two small stone water basins. And I also admit to having a few life-size concrete turtles and bunnies. It might be a bit presumptuous to call these accessories "garden art" but that's how I think of them. I also consider benches, chairs and birdbaths garden art, and in my garden, almost all of these features are mobile.
The stone basin that looks great next to the primroses in early spring, would get completely hidden by the hostas, so I move it into the gap left by Jacob's ladder. I use the steel globe in the same way. A large one remains in the shade garden until the hostas and lady's mantle fill out, then it's available for hiding problems elsewhere. When all else fails, sometimes the best strategy is to just draw the eye away from the problem and let it rest on something like a sculpture or bench.
second article...
It's August. It's hot. And the weather is taking its toll on your garden. What's a poor gardener to do? Here's how to beat the summer blahs and give your garden a second life.
Summertime is made for outdoor pleasures—for impromptu picnics on the lawn, lazy afternoons on the front porch, alfresco dining under the trees. Is it any wonder then that we want to make our gardens last through the final weeks of summer—and beyond?
But come the dog days of August, gardens tend to slump. "Everything just looks tired and bedraggled," complains one beleaguered gardener. "Either spider mites are spotting the leaves or else the leaves are just turning brown and falling off."
Experienced gardeners ward off the summer-garden doldrums by advance planning. Master Gardener Fred Rheingold of Rheingold Farms in upstate New York extends his season by planting foolproof summer bulbs like caladiums (perfect to brighten up a shady spot), Oriental lilies and enormous dinner-plate-size dahlias in May and June. But if you haven't planned ahead, what are the quick fixes you can make right now to get your garden back on track and keep it beautiful and blooming through fall?
BRING ON THE COLOR!
There's nothing like instant color to perk up a tired-looking summer garden. Adding vividly colored, full-size plants just coming into bloom is a great way to get that boost, suggests Rheingold. Because late summer is an ideal time to buy discounted plants, try filling in bare spots with colorful additions from your local garden center. “Past-their-prime annuals can be replaced with fresh blooms like lilies, fuchsias, ornamental grasses and hydrangeas,” he advises. Or go for brightly colored summer bedding plants like marigolds, petunias or impatiens.
ADD MOVABLE CONTAINERS
Adding potted bulbs and container plants are other quick-fix solutions. Because they're portable, potted bulbs like angel's trumpets can be moved around the garden as color accents, filling in gaps in your beds and borders. Some gardeners prefer colorful container plants like brilliant red or bright pink geraniums (which also have a wonderful scent) or coleus (enjoying a revival right now) and place them along the garden sidelines so they're easy to move into bare spots as needed.
CONSIDER COOL-SEASON FLOWERS
Another way to add a burst of color to a fading summer garden is to plant a bevy of cool-season flowers. Charles Nardozzi, a senior horticulturist with the National Gardening Association, suggests planting pansies, violas, primroses, snapdragons and chrysanthemums at the end of the hot summer. “These will flower until the first freeze, and some pansies and violas will even endure temperatures as low as 20 degrees F.” Or consider a lush fall foliage tree, he adds. Nurseries today carry spectacular foliage trees such as maple or dwarf crape myrtles, which sport beautiful red blooms in late summer and stunning maroon foliage through fall.
GET RUTHLESS
Most of all, though, you've got to be ruthless when the season's hot, humid weather wreaks havoc on your precious plot. Otherwise, it could promote wilt diseases, outbreaks of spider mites, other insects or various types of mildew. (Mildew won't kill plants outright but will weaken them, resulting in less lavish flowering and fewer fruits.) Many gardeners feel that to avoid affecting the rest of the garden, it's best to remove struggling plants, especially in instances of pest infestation or wilt. "If it gets too aggressive or too wimpy, or gets mildew, just yank it," posted one gardener on a popular garden site. And don't fret. Removing unwanted plants will just open up a space to plant something new.
CLEAN IT UP!
Not only will your garden look a lot better if you do a little tidying, but you also may be able to encourage a whole new round of growth before summer's end.
Deadhead regularly. Removing old, spent flowers (called deadheading) can help keep plants blooming all season long. To spur growth further, the National Garden Association's Nardozzi suggests adding a shot of liquid fertilizer to your watering can before watering.
Give a good trim. Cut back reflowering plants like overly leggy petunias, geraniums, spiderwort, impatiens, phlox and bee balm. This tends to give them a second wind for another round of blooming.
Keep it neat. While it's not the time of year for major pruning, do prune any overly aggressive plants that are crowding out their neighbors. Your garden will look less cluttered and your plants will benefit from the additional growing space and breathing room. Don't neglect weeding and use twine and stakes to prop up plants that look precarious or have already fallen over.
Refresh mulch. Perk up your garden by raking off old mulch and replacing it with a 2- to 3-inch layer of fresh mulch or organic compost. Mulch not only improves the garden's appearance (bare dirt can be unsightly), but also helps inhibit weed growth and conserves water at the same time.
WATERING WISDOM
To beat the summer heat, more frequent watering is essential for keeping plants healthy, growing and looking good. If you're planning to be away over the weekend, check out self-watering containers, available at most garden centers; these containers have little reservoirs in the base. When the reservoir is filled with water, it naturally wicks up to the soil so your plants can drink up even when you're not at home! Consider adding water-absorbing polymers to your potting mix, suggests Nardozzi. Also available at local nurseries, these tiny crystals absorb water, expanding until they resemble small cubes of clear gelatin. As the soil dries, the water is released from the crystals, allowing the soil to stay moist.
RECYCLE CONTAINERS
Remember that plant containers can easily be reused from season to season. Charles Nardozzi suggests that when spring flowers start to droop, you remove and replace them with summer blooms like angel's trumpets (he recommends the new dwarf variety, which boasts fragrant yellow-peach flowers). Then, in the fall replace fading summer bloomers with cool-weather vegetables—spinach, lettuce, radish, broccoli or kale.
Friday, July 20, 2007
Directions to Dottie's House
The August meeting will be held at Dottie's House. Here's the directions:
From Wappingers Falls – take 9D south to Red Schoolhouse Road (just beyond Stony Kill’s main entrance at light)
Cross Route 52 at light and bear left at top of the hill. About ¼ mile turn right at pizza shop (post office). Stay on this street. It becomes Washington Avenue until you pass the cemetery on your left. There’s a fork in the road and bear left (DuPueyster Avenue) Continue until you reach a stop sign. This is East Main Street and Dottie lives at #330.
Park at foot of Pocket Road to the left if there are no places in front of her house.
Coming from Fishkill: take left turn onto Old Glenham Road at Sunoco Gas Station. Continue 1 mile. Post office on left. Turn left and continue as directions given for Wappingers Falls above.
From Wappingers Falls – take 9D south to Red Schoolhouse Road (just beyond Stony Kill’s main entrance at light)
Cross Route 52 at light and bear left at top of the hill. About ¼ mile turn right at pizza shop (post office). Stay on this street. It becomes Washington Avenue until you pass the cemetery on your left. There’s a fork in the road and bear left (DuPueyster Avenue) Continue until you reach a stop sign. This is East Main Street and Dottie lives at #330.
Park at foot of Pocket Road to the left if there are no places in front of her house.
Coming from Fishkill: take left turn onto Old Glenham Road at Sunoco Gas Station. Continue 1 mile. Post office on left. Turn left and continue as directions given for Wappingers Falls above.
July 2007 Meeting Notes
Many thanks to Angie for hosting this meeting and making all of the preparations. She was presented a basket for hostessing. Dottie Bell was also presented with a basket for next month.
Thirty people signed up and only 18 showed up. Please remember to call the hostess if you can’t make it.
Volunteer picnic at Stony Kill was a good time and all VGC members are invited to this annual event. We were well represented this year.
The Decker Fund: Bob Decker passed away and was an early member of the club. The family designated VGC as the recipient of the memorial funds. The total was $365. The next step is to decide how to spend the money by talking to his son. The people who donated were thanked and his son has a list of the people who donated. Fred made a suggestion that the gazebo be refurbished with the funds.
Elant-Fishkill Dutchess County Fair: They would like to know if we would like to volunteer again on August 21st from 2:00 to 4:00. The club voted that they would like to be involved in this event again. Joyce asked if people could save bud vases. Barbara, Dottie, Diane, Rita and Cecilia are going to go.
Yearbook information needs to given to Karen by August 15th. Please sign up for hostessing October and February. Any changes need to be given to Karen as far as committee chairs.
Harvest Festival is now on Saturday, October 13th from 12:00 to 5:00 pm. Please think about how you want to participate in this event. In August assignments will be made. There is a question about whether we can have an Art booth this year. Gail is going to confer with Reba. Remember to bring in your items for the raffle basket during the August and September meeting.
Beacon Day: Angie and Diane are chairing this event. It will be Sunday, Sept. 30th from 12:00 to 4:00. Raffle basket, mums and herbs will be sold during this event. Rita and Joyce also volunteered.
Members need to commit at least 2 hours to weeding around the Manor House. Heather has done a lot of work on the herb bed.
Joyce reported that she is contacting Troop 95 to do work with the raised beds.
Dottie is hostessing the August meeting at her house. The club is providing hamburgers and hot dogs. Please call Dottie by Friday, August 10th to let her know if you want a hamburger or a hot dog and if you didn’t sign up for a dish at the July meeting please let her know what you are bringing. The meeting starts at 6:00. The men will do the cooking and members will bring a dish to share. Directions will be in the August newsletter. Dottie's phone number is: 831-4341
Thirty people signed up and only 18 showed up. Please remember to call the hostess if you can’t make it.
Volunteer picnic at Stony Kill was a good time and all VGC members are invited to this annual event. We were well represented this year.
The Decker Fund: Bob Decker passed away and was an early member of the club. The family designated VGC as the recipient of the memorial funds. The total was $365. The next step is to decide how to spend the money by talking to his son. The people who donated were thanked and his son has a list of the people who donated. Fred made a suggestion that the gazebo be refurbished with the funds.
Elant-Fishkill Dutchess County Fair: They would like to know if we would like to volunteer again on August 21st from 2:00 to 4:00. The club voted that they would like to be involved in this event again. Joyce asked if people could save bud vases. Barbara, Dottie, Diane, Rita and Cecilia are going to go.
Yearbook information needs to given to Karen by August 15th. Please sign up for hostessing October and February. Any changes need to be given to Karen as far as committee chairs.
Harvest Festival is now on Saturday, October 13th from 12:00 to 5:00 pm. Please think about how you want to participate in this event. In August assignments will be made. There is a question about whether we can have an Art booth this year. Gail is going to confer with Reba. Remember to bring in your items for the raffle basket during the August and September meeting.
Beacon Day: Angie and Diane are chairing this event. It will be Sunday, Sept. 30th from 12:00 to 4:00. Raffle basket, mums and herbs will be sold during this event. Rita and Joyce also volunteered.
Members need to commit at least 2 hours to weeding around the Manor House. Heather has done a lot of work on the herb bed.
Joyce reported that she is contacting Troop 95 to do work with the raised beds.
Dottie is hostessing the August meeting at her house. The club is providing hamburgers and hot dogs. Please call Dottie by Friday, August 10th to let her know if you want a hamburger or a hot dog and if you didn’t sign up for a dish at the July meeting please let her know what you are bringing. The meeting starts at 6:00. The men will do the cooking and members will bring a dish to share. Directions will be in the August newsletter. Dottie's phone number is: 831-4341
Gardening Tips From Joyce
Keep those weeds pulled - especially those that propagate by seed. If you can get rid of them before they go to seed you will have less work next year.
Morning glories don't like soil that's too rich. In fact, if it's too rich they will produce lots of vine and not many flowers, so be easy on the fertilizer.
(Now, I know why my morning glory is all vine and no flowers...because I did give it a good feeding of Osmocote this spring, reports Joyce)
Morning glories don't like soil that's too rich. In fact, if it's too rich they will produce lots of vine and not many flowers, so be easy on the fertilizer.
(Now, I know why my morning glory is all vine and no flowers...because I did give it a good feeding of Osmocote this spring, reports Joyce)
Thursday, July 12, 2007
August Social Meeting
Lots of fun and good conversation were experienced at our last summer social at Angie Biersack's home! Many thanks to Angie who always does such a wonderful time of hosting. Next month on Tuesday, August 14th at 6:00 pm we will be meeting at the home of Dottie Bell.
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