Hi folks--Henslers is having their annual plant auction--check the link:
http://www.kasersauction.com/images/nursery.pdf
Thanks Maggie!
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Up and coming STUFF--get ready for spring!
Hey all--here are a couple upcoming things to help put some SPRING JOY into our lives.
http://riverstreetflowerland.com/component/content/article/1-news/26-third-willow-class.html
http://theunitygardens.blogspot.com/p/our-mission.html
Thanks to Kathy for the Unity Gardens update!
FL
http://riverstreetflowerland.com/component/content/article/1-news/26-third-willow-class.html
http://theunitygardens.blogspot.com/p/our-mission.html
Thanks to Kathy for the Unity Gardens update!
FL
Thursday, March 3, 2011
HYPERTUFA AT ROSIES????? FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yesterday Rosie stopped by with a wonderful idea. We have to change the date of our June meeting at her house--we were thinking maybe Wednesday the 8th instead of Tuesday. And if we do this, we can converge under Rosies circus tent and she will teach us to make HYPERTUFA troughs! This is a wonderful way to make gorgeous planters for your yard and garden and I would love to learn. We need to know if this day change will work for everyone so Rosie can begin getting her head wrapped around what we will need to do this. I am sure we can all pitch in to pay for our own materials, or bring stuff or do whatever is required. Please email me or phone and let me know if this date change works for you. I will also have Buscia do some phone calling. HTTD! (and the hypertufa!)
FL
FL
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Time to start getting DIRTY
Hi everyone--thanks to all who made the meeting last night. We didn't have a lot of business to take care of, which meant we had plenty of time to visit and stuff.
As for business--we didn't have any minutes read--Shirley has been keeping track of what goes on though. She also shouldered the burden of recording and submitting everyone's dues to the state. This is a time consuming and fiddley task and I really appreciate her stepping up to be responsible for this. Our state dues have been paid, and we all have little ID cards now from the Garden Club of Indiana.
We also discussed our plans to meet for lunch at Thyme of Grace. Mary Ann will look into this further, with the intent of doing this the first Friday in May (May 6). The tenative plan will be to meet at noon. This will not be a meeting--just a fun outing. Our meeting will have happened Tuesday of that same week at Bobbi's. We may have Pat McCauslin from ND as a speaker if his schedule permits--or if we are all VERY GOOD and bake LOTS OF PIE we may be lucky enough to get a visit from Michael Dossmann. I know his mom and dad would be thrilled if he could make it home but its a very busy time for him. In any case there is plenty of beauty to drink in and enjoy at Dave and Bobbi's. In fact Bobbi suggested that people arrive early so we can trek back to the woods to see the zillions of daffodils she has planted. Be sure to bring boots--I have been back there and you will need them. But its a beautiful sight for sure, and something well worth the hike!
That pretty much took care of the old business. As for new business--Sue passed around some literature about some worm casting products available from the Farmer's market and information about a Garden Show on Mar. 19-20 at Ginger Valley.
We discussed the upcoming MHA tailgate flower shows, which will take place at Beutter Park on June 11, July 9 and Oct. 1. The theme for the first one is "Blast from the Past" and we decided that if Dwayne is amenable we will use "Homer" the vintage pickup truck for our display and do a retro "Sanford and Son" type display, complete with costumes. More on this later. Shirley volunteered her Prius for the July show, which is themed "Think Green".
We had a reminder from Shirley about the upcoming Chigago flower show trip. She has a fairly large group going. Date for the trip is Sat. March 12.
The Sept. meeting will be held at Marianne Kemp's house. She is going to tell us about her food preservation adventures, including winemaking.
Our next meeting is Tues. April 5 at Shirleys. Sara Stewart will be telling us about Unity Gardens. Thanks to Kathy for setting this up.
As for announcements--Don't forget the benefit for Unity Gardens at http://www.naturescrossroads.com/. They are donating a portion of the proceeds from any seed sales.
March 5 is the day for 2 great garden events--a Symposium at Fernwood featuring some heavy hitter speakers including Roy Diblik. This event is $90.00 for members and $110 for non members. Also the Warsaw master gardeners symposium is that day featuring Paul James. Late fee for that is 40.00.
And a reminder to check your "Indiana Gardens" for signup information regarding the state convention in Merrilville. The deadline is fast approaching if you want to go. There is a discount for early registration.
After that we talked about seed starting basics. I will write a longer blog to recap everything I covered in that discussion. Suffice to say there were a lot of interesting questions, and I hope that everyone will think about trying this very rewarding pursuit.
When we got done I forgot to ask Patrick to adjourn us--so we actually are still meeting.
We can't be done until he says so!
HTTD!
As for business--we didn't have any minutes read--Shirley has been keeping track of what goes on though. She also shouldered the burden of recording and submitting everyone's dues to the state. This is a time consuming and fiddley task and I really appreciate her stepping up to be responsible for this. Our state dues have been paid, and we all have little ID cards now from the Garden Club of Indiana.
We also discussed our plans to meet for lunch at Thyme of Grace. Mary Ann will look into this further, with the intent of doing this the first Friday in May (May 6). The tenative plan will be to meet at noon. This will not be a meeting--just a fun outing. Our meeting will have happened Tuesday of that same week at Bobbi's. We may have Pat McCauslin from ND as a speaker if his schedule permits--or if we are all VERY GOOD and bake LOTS OF PIE we may be lucky enough to get a visit from Michael Dossmann. I know his mom and dad would be thrilled if he could make it home but its a very busy time for him. In any case there is plenty of beauty to drink in and enjoy at Dave and Bobbi's. In fact Bobbi suggested that people arrive early so we can trek back to the woods to see the zillions of daffodils she has planted. Be sure to bring boots--I have been back there and you will need them. But its a beautiful sight for sure, and something well worth the hike!
That pretty much took care of the old business. As for new business--Sue passed around some literature about some worm casting products available from the Farmer's market and information about a Garden Show on Mar. 19-20 at Ginger Valley.
We discussed the upcoming MHA tailgate flower shows, which will take place at Beutter Park on June 11, July 9 and Oct. 1. The theme for the first one is "Blast from the Past" and we decided that if Dwayne is amenable we will use "Homer" the vintage pickup truck for our display and do a retro "Sanford and Son" type display, complete with costumes. More on this later. Shirley volunteered her Prius for the July show, which is themed "Think Green".
We had a reminder from Shirley about the upcoming Chigago flower show trip. She has a fairly large group going. Date for the trip is Sat. March 12.
The Sept. meeting will be held at Marianne Kemp's house. She is going to tell us about her food preservation adventures, including winemaking.
Our next meeting is Tues. April 5 at Shirleys. Sara Stewart will be telling us about Unity Gardens. Thanks to Kathy for setting this up.
As for announcements--Don't forget the benefit for Unity Gardens at http://www.naturescrossroads.com/. They are donating a portion of the proceeds from any seed sales.
March 5 is the day for 2 great garden events--a Symposium at Fernwood featuring some heavy hitter speakers including Roy Diblik. This event is $90.00 for members and $110 for non members. Also the Warsaw master gardeners symposium is that day featuring Paul James. Late fee for that is 40.00.
And a reminder to check your "Indiana Gardens" for signup information regarding the state convention in Merrilville. The deadline is fast approaching if you want to go. There is a discount for early registration.
After that we talked about seed starting basics. I will write a longer blog to recap everything I covered in that discussion. Suffice to say there were a lot of interesting questions, and I hope that everyone will think about trying this very rewarding pursuit.
When we got done I forgot to ask Patrick to adjourn us--so we actually are still meeting.
We can't be done until he says so!
HTTD!
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