Garden Clippings
June 2006
Progressive Lunch and
Installation of New Officers
We will carpool from the
Appetizers - at Barbara Pehrson's home
Main Course - at Margaret Robert's home
12:45 to 2:00
pm
Dessert and Installation of New Officers - at Judy Peden's
home
Right next door to Margaret's
2006-07
Officers
President Gaye Stewart
Vice President
Beverly Mulkey
Secretary Mildred Reppeto
Treasurer Jacci
Reed
Please call or email Sandy Ford Sandys_hillside@onlinemac.com
to sign up by
the 15th of June.
A big THANKS to our current board for all their hard
work and dedication to our club and gardening in McMinnville. Thanks so much for sharing you time and
talents with us all!
President’s Message
Hello Ladies!
Two years being your president for our Garden Club has been
very interesting and rewarding. Membership is up from the past year and
continues to grow. What comes from new members is energy and desire to help
make our club the best it can be. Having a large membership helps spread the
work around so everyone can take part in the rewards that are reaped from the
efforts to give back to our community. Many projects have been completed this
year: the new flower pole at the The Cozine House, the purchase of the Historic lamp and flower
pole downtown on
The garden tour is almost here, I hope you are out selling
tickets, and remember there is an awesome reward for the most tickets sold. The
winner will be announced after the tour, good luck to all of you!
I look forward to seeing all of you at our Progressive
Luncheon on June 19th. I will be thanking everyone that helped in
making this year a great success, installing your new officers and recapping
the year. Just a reminder, if you haven’t already, please call or email Sandy
Ford to turn in your reservation as soon as possible
Thanks to all of you for a great year I enjoyed being your
president for two years and am ready to pass the trowel on to our next
president,
Respectfully yours,
Kim Jongedyk
Sell
Those Garden Tour Tickets!
Don't forget that the Garden Club
member who sells the most tickets will be treated to two nights donated by a
club member at The Landing in
Garden Tour & Faire
Time is flying by and the Garden
Tour and Faire are just around the corner! The success of this event is
dependent upon each one of us. Give it
your all so we can continue to support the many gardening activities and gifts
we are able to give to our community. There will be a pre-tour again this year
on the Saturday (June 24) prior to our Sunday tour. All Garden Club members are invited to join
the five garden owners on a tour of this year's gardens. We ask that
other family members wait for the Garden Tour on Sunday please. This is a
special quick preview for Garden Club members only. We'll meet in the
parking lot of
Garden Tour Co-Chairs
Keep
checking our website for Garden Tour & Faire
updates and sneak previews as well as access to the posters and flyers for
printing.
Save Plant Boxes
The Garden Faire asks you to save
the plant boxes that you bring your plants home in from nurseries, etc. They
are the flat boxes with a small lip on the sides. We would like a supply to give to folks at
the Faire who purchase items and need to carry them to their cars. Bring these
to our Garden Club meeting in June. Thanks a bunch! Farmer's Market Booth
Post Office Plants
Have
you noticed how great the flower bed at the Post Office looks? The Garden Club elves have been busy keeping
it looking beautiful. Thanks, ladies!
Remember this date too! The
Backyard Habitat
LADY
BUGS......IE.....GOOD BUGS!
There are many kinds of beneficial insects
in our backyard habitats. Parasitic wasps, praying mantis spiders but
there is one that is an extraordinary workhorse; the Ladybug or Lady
Beetle. This one is a keeper from the start.
The lifecyle of the ladybug is between 4 to 6 weeks. In the
Spring an adult ladybug lays up to 300 eggs in a Aphid colony (bad bugs).the
eggs hatch in 2 -5 days. The newly hatched larvae feed on aphids for up to
three weeks. This stage is somewhat confusing to most. It doesn't look
anything like a ladybug, from it's nose to its tail if
you will. I liken them to tiny armadillos with fangs! You will find them
by the droves climbing in, on and around your
trees, shrubs and flowers, but not to worry, they won't
hurt you and please don't run for the insecticide ,these
critters are on the hunt for food (aphids) so a the end of three
weeks they can go into the next stage of their little lives the pupa.
Now then, the ladybug emerges in
about 1 week, be aware they don't have those memorable spots we all
recognize, these lovely spots show up 24 hours later.
The local Nursery centers
sell Ladybugs, when you bring them to your backyard habitat, you will want to
lightly water the area you wish to let them go into. They will be thirsty. When
their thirst is satisfied they will go on the hunt for tasty Aphids. That's it,
nothing more for you to do, but sit back and enjoy the beauty of your garden. Happiness to you all,
Julie
"There is always music amongst the
trees in the garden, but our hearts must be very quiet to hear it."
Cozine
House Baskets Up!
Be sure to drive by the Cozine
House and admire the flower baskets and post.
Baskets are also in place at
Thank You!
A generous donation was received
from Garden Club member, Fred Koch and his wife, for our flower baskets. Merri Sager of
Hidden Treasures gave a donation to the "Bag Ladies" in thanks for
their hard work in cleaning up the tree wells on third. Thanks, folks!
Scholarship Awarded
Megan Penrose won the scholarship
as a Landscape/Art major. We look forward to following her progress.
June
Yard of the House
June's yard of the month is at 1163
“Live in each season as it passes: breathe the air, drink the drink,
taste the fruit,
and resign yourself to the influences of each.”
Henry David Thoreau
Hort.
Beat
JUNE,
being the transition from spring to summer, offers plenty time to seek out
those special plant(s) to fill that empty space in the garden. Go for it.
-To grow bushy dahlias, pinch out the growing tip after the third or fourth
set of leaves has formed and then fertilize.
-Now is the time to move indoor house plants outside for cleaning, grooming, repotting
and summer growth.
-Sow veggie and annual flower seeds directly into the garden.
-Watch for signs of infestations. Wood ashes spread around plants will repel
cutworms. BT(Bacillus thuringiensus)
a bacterium, is a control for cabbageworm.
-Lilacs have bloomed and should be pruned.
-Remove weeds by hoeing (or other method) and mulch plants.
JULY gardening is dominated by maintenance chores, most
importantly, watering. As the rains end, begin watering lawns and gardens with
about one inch per week.
-Check out nurseries for plant sales.
-Deadhead flowers for continuous bloom – especially annuals.
-Last chance to groom Rhodies and Azaleas before next
year’s blooms set.
-Sow pansies and autumn crocus for fall color – biennials for next year.
-Fertilize plants which appear to need perking up.
-Shear lavender for a second bloom cycle.
AUGUST is the golden season as the yellows and oranges seem to predominate
the color scheme.
-Dry flowers and herbs and gather seeds for next year.
-Take cuttings of geraniums and fuchsias to start next year’s plants.
-Sow lettuce and spinach for fall harvest.
-Continue watering your lawn and garden
Evelyn Mundinger
Recycle Those Pots!
It has been reported that you can recycle your plastic pots after you plant
your new purchases at Kraemer's and at the
Two New Members!
We have two new members to add to your directories. Please welcome Rosie Green and Alicia Dimond. Their
contact information will be available at the meeting. Due to publication of the newsletter online,
we will not add it here.
Club History
McMinnville Garden Club was called to order in the
Miss Hawley,
Pres. Marie Hartzell,
Sec. Dorothy
Mathiesen
Sunshine
Enjoy each and every day! No new illnesses to report, just a lot of members with sore muscles from working in their yards.
Websites to Check Out
Garden Clippings From Around the Web http://voices.gardenweb.com
Roses Gathering has a great list of gardening books and
information on roses http://www.rosegathering.com/gengardening.html
Garden Fitness http://www.gardenfitness.com/garden_fitness_plan.htm
How to Prevent a Sore Back http://www.ccachiro.org/Client/cca/cca.nsf/web/PR%20April%2029-04%20Spine?OpenDocument
Organized in 1926
McMinnville OR 97128 http://mcminnvillegardenclub.org Information: 503 434 4344 Meeting Information Meeting Day: Third Monday September through
June Optional Brown Bag Lunch 2155 West 2nd,
Meetings are open
to the public. Executive
Board
President Kim Jongedyk Vice President Sandy Ford Secretary Judy Eggers Treasurer Mildred Reppeto Conservation
Pledge
I pledge to
protect and conserve the natural
resources of the planet Earth, and promise
to promote education, so we may be
caretakers to our air, water, forests, land, and
wildlife. Ongoing Projects The Scholarships for
Horticulture Garden of the
Month Blue Star Memorial
Marker City Beautification “Garden Clippings” is a monthly publication of the Contact Kim Jongedyk, (503-434-9130), or 503-434-4344 for info.
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Committee Chairs Backyard Habitat Julie Maahs Garden Tour 2006 Judy
Eggers Patty Sorensen Garden Faire 2006 Gaye
Stewart Historian Dorothy Mathiesen Horticulture Eveyln Mundinger Hospitality Rosemary Vertregt Membership Sandy Bolmer Newsletter Patty Sorensen Anne Silverthorne Parliamentarian
Gaye Stewart Publicity/PR Sandy
Ford Scholarship Cindi Miller Sunshine Joan
Friese Telephone Mary Whinery Yard of Month Ruth
Miller, Mulkey,
Anne Silverthorne, Rosemary Vertregt Yearbook Kim Jongedyk Sandy Ford The newsletter deadline for submission of
articles for our
monthly newsletter is the
last day of the previous month. Please send them to Patty Sorensen.
Do you know of any
prospective Garden Club members? Be sure to let Sandy Bolmer know
names and addresses. We would
love to send them our
newsletter for three months. |
