Monday, May 15, 2017

Victory Garden Volunteers

Hello All,
Calling all Green Thumbs!  

As I mentioned in the meeting the other day we are looking for volunteers who can commit to 1-2 hours a week to help out at the Victory Garden.   Tammara has offered to be the “Project Manager” but she needs more help in order to keep the garden going.  She, Rich and Brendon have spent the last four years working almost exclusively by themselves with Tammara doing most of the work.  As we have seen she has done a spectacular job with planting and maintaining the garden.   This year we would like to get a few of us to share this community event with her.  

It is my understanding that the town comes to till the soil,  we would need a couple of planting dates to match the weather and then weeding, watering, picking and delivering the vegetables.  Watering is less when we have rain and weeding is probably more when we have rain!    Generally there are other clubs and people at the garden to keep you company or to share with delivering the veggies.  

Tammara has asked for a minimum of three volunteers.   I will be the first with a commitment of 1-2 hours a week.   Is anyone else interested to participate in maintaining our three rows?  Can you please let either or Tammara know by Friday or we will have to let our rows go.  That is not something we want to do and we can hope we can keep it going.  

Thank you all for your consideration! 

The World of Peonies

 Cricket Hill Gardens-The World of Peonies

Presenter:  Dan Furman, owner
 Cricket Hill Garden is a specialty plant nursery located in Thomaston, CT, which grows
 rare and    unusual peonies as well as perennial landscape edibles.  Kasha and David Furman 
founded Cricket Hill Garden in 1989, with a focus on Chinese tree peonies. It was one of the first nurseries in the United States to sell true-  to-name varieties of these rare plants.
 Dan presented at our May meeting about peonies and their ideal conditions and how to incorporate them into  your landscape.The varieties and which have the best fragrances as well as plants were there for sale.





Saturday, May 13, 2017

7th annual gardening guru's trade and swap

A great swap and trade today at Dickenson Town Park, it rained  but we were under the pavillion. Lots of great stuff, learning, fun and of course those delicious doughnuts and bagels.  It was great to have a coffee along with the excitement of  the wonderful new gardening bonanza .  Next to plant and grow all these new treasures.









Thanks Joan you make the best bagels and doughnuts!



Dottie came with amaryllis and instructions to share



Thank goodness for Chris  and her gardening cart.

Look at the acorn wow is it fall?