SIR’S BRANCH #1 GARDENING GROUP

AGENDA 8/26/06

September 27, 2007 at Lembright’s-Burlingame

September/October-the second busiest period of the year

  1. Next meeting- 4th Thursday of the month, October 25, 2007-Nurserymen’s Exchange, Half Moon Bay, meet there at 9:30 AM, lunch afterwards at the Mira Mar Beach restaurant.

  2. Thank Ted McDonald for the refreshments today.

  3. Last Program for 2007, our Garden Group Christmas Party.

  4. A. October Nurserymen’s Exchange, Half Moon Bay

  5. B. No November meeting (Thanksgiving week) instead December 6 will be our Christmas party with 1 hour for January in Your Garden.

6. Garden clinic & other miscellany. Gardening comments, good and bad experiences, etc. from all present. HWL-Fran is having her yard in Millbrae re-landscaped by Jim Chiapelone, John’s son. You might ask why I am not doing it. A. I am not an artist which is an essential aspect of landscaping. B. I already have too many uncompleted gardening jobs there now. C. I will ask Fran to share with you how this all came about. D. Comment on pine tree, relative to recommendations following the bad fire at Lake Tahoe this year. Did anyone bring samples of problems in their garden?

7. For your assistance in looking up information, I always have the following reference books available each month for your use; A. California Master Gardener Handbook, University of California, B. Sunset Western Garden Book, C. Ortho’s Home Gardener’s Problem Solver.

8. Is there any specific subject that you would like information on? If so, after the meeting you might look it up in one of the above 3 publications.

9. On the back of this Agenda is a copy of Sunset’s What to do in your garden, Sunset, October 2007. A. Planting-Cool-season annuals; Heat Loving Ornamentals; Natives; Trees. B. Maintenance-Double-dig vegetable beds. This is equally valuable for planting both annual and perennial flowers. I had improved growth following this procedure. C. Pest control-stop snails and slugs-Long’s Burlingame.

10. John Chiapelone will discuss various aspects of bulbs relative to their planting during the next few months. See p 10 & 11 in October in Your Garden.

11. Pass out “October in Your Garden”-Note the Table of Contents for October in Your Garden is the first page, and hope that such will make each issue more useful. After we cover this issue today, you might highlight things you would like to do as we review it. Then I suggest you underline them in the table of contents for reference for your use during the month. Then you might review the Table of Contents one more time before you put it away. Otherwise you might forget some key things you want to do. Also, I would suggest you file these in a 3-ring binder for reference. You might also include a sheet for each month where you can write your own notes of things quite pertinent as ongoing references of what you planted, the variety, the nursery grower, and your gardening needs. Also, you might start a garden diary to include in your notebook. After you have included an entire year in your notebook, you will have a rather complete garden book of your own. Also, to make the Months in Your Garden even better I would like to incorporate some of your gardening experiences in a special section of Notes from our Garden Group’s gardeners. To do this, I would like you to send me your experiences by E-mail, whenever you have time. As an example, I know that Gordon Lavering has several unique methods of dealing with various problems, and is always evaluating new things.

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