SIR’S BRANCH #1 GARDENING GROUP
AGENDA 4/23/08
April 24, 2008 at Lembright’s
Planning for 2008,
1. Next meeting 4th Thursday of the month, May 29, 2008, at the Lembright’s
2. Thank Bea and Joe Lewis for the refreshments today. May meeting??
3. Programs for 2008
A. Possible speakers: I have 1 possible speaker for early 2008, a friend of mine, Dr. Bob Raabe, retired plant pathologist, UC Berkeley, and now a leader in a general agricultural program in Berkeley. Also, which would you like to consider later in the year as a possible speaker specializing in one of the following plants, Azaleas, Camellias, Fuchsias, Geraniums, Begonias, or other. Also, I need your help in looking for possible speakers on one of these subjects.
B. Possible field trips: Goldsmith Seeds, Gilroy in August- Strybing Arboretum, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, UC Berkley, Botanical Garden. Etc. Are there any that you would like and if so which?
C. Sessions on: Sunset Western Garden Book-2007; fertilizers, pruning, etc.
5. Garden clinic & other miscellany: Gardening comments, good and bad experiences, etc. from all present. HWL: SOD-Sudden Oak Death, UC Davis.
6. Did anyone bring samples of problems in their garden?
7. Garden clinic & other miscellany: Gardening comments, good and bad experiences, etc. from all present.
8. For your assistance in looking up information, I will continue to have the following reference books available each month for your use; A. California Master Gardener Handbook, University of California, B. Sunset Western Garden Book, and C. Ortho’s Home Gardener’s Problem Solver.
9. Is there any specific subject that you would like information on? If so, after the meeting you can look them up in one of the above 3 publications.
10. Pass out Table of Contents-M In Your Garden (single 1 sheet reference and work sheet for John’s review and group’s discussion of what we should be done do in our garden in March.
11. John Chiapelone’s Corner-Things to do and plant, etc. for our specific area of the peninsula.
12. Pass out “May in Your Garden”-highlight things you would like to do as we review it, and make a note of it in the Table of Contents for easy reference. Then when you are home, review the Table of Contents one more time before you put it away. Otherwise you will probably forget some key things you wanted to do. Also, I would suggest you file these in a 3-ring binder for reference. .
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SIR’S BRANCH #1 GARDENING GROUP
AGENDA 1/24/06
January 25, 2007 at Lembright’s
Planning for 2007 and Winter Jobs yet to do with an Emphasis on Planting Bare-root Plants, Pruning and Spraying
4. Next meeting 4th Thursday of the month, February 22, 2007, at the Lembright’s
5. Refreshments this meeting-Ed Tuft?; February meeting??
6. Finalize orders for Aspen & alfalfa meal. I will pick them up at Kathie’s, and have them at our Feb. 22 meeting. Don’t pay me now, but at our February meeting. Any checks should be made out to Harold Lembright then, as I will have paid Kathie for the materials.
7. Programs for the start of 2007. A. Possible speakers: I have 1 potential speaker for early 2007. A friend of mine, Dr. Bob Raabe, retired plant pathologist, UC Berkeley and now a leader in a general agricultural program in Berkeley. Also I would like you to consider a possible speaker for Azaleas, Camellias, Fuchsias, Geraniums, Begonias, etc. Look for possible speakers on the subject
B.Would you like any “hands on” sessions?
C.Are there any specific plants of yours that you would like information on? Searching for such specific information would be more productive than doing a general search. Some that I have looked for were citrus, apples, begonias, Cymbidium orchids, gardenias, etc.
5. Garden clinic & other miscellany. Gardening comments, good and bad experiences, etc. from all present.
6. Did anyone bring samples of problems in their garden? HWL A.-Mealy bug control on Christmas cactus using Bayer’s All-in-One, rose & Flower Care, or Ortho’s Rose Systemic on fertilizer. B. Effect of inadequate light on the flowering of Christmas cactus. C. Pruning roses-sections of Sunset’s and Ortho’s books on Pruning to be E-mailed to you (front yard). D. SIR Tom Keefer Ray Mauss-SF chronicle’s garden editor-an article on our Garden Group, promoting our SIR’S branch, and also the fact that we have wives attending. E. Front yard-here (time-gardener): 1) Iceland poppies/Greek poppies 2) irrigation a. solenoid line-bare beds, b. roses, 3) pruned roses
7. For your assistance in looking up information, I will continue to have the following reference books available each month for your use; A. California Master Gardener Handbook, University of California, B. Sunset Western Garden Book, and Ortho’s Home Gardener’s Problem Solver.
8. Any specific subject that you would like information on? If so, after the meeting you might look them up in the above one or more of the 3 publications.
9. I encourage you to determine which varieties of perennials, roses, camellias, etc. you want to plant during the next 4 months. Review your catalogues and make a list to select from, particularly those plants available in the nurseries you patronize. Several times I found myself at a nursery ready to purchase or order perennials without such a list and relying on my memory for choices, or looking at pictures they have available. Much of the time, some of the plants I purchased or ordered were very disappointing.
10. Pass out “February in Your Garden”-highlight things you would like to do as we review it. Then review it one more time before you put it away, and make pertinent notes in the table of contents. Otherwise you will probably forget some key things you want to do. Also if you haven’t already done this, I would suggest you file these in a 3-ring binder for reference. You might also include a sheet where you can write notes by months of things quite pertinent as ongoing references of your gardening needs. Also, you might follow the suggestion of starting a garden diary, on the back side of this sheet
SIR’S BRANCH #1 GARDENING GROUP
AGENDA 2/23/05
February 24, 2005 at Lembright’s
Planning for 2005, Uncompleted Winter Jobs and Those Yet to Do
8. Next meeting 4th Thursday of the month, March 24, 2005, at the Lembright’s
9. Thank Ann Berkyto for the refreshments.
10. Refreshments March meeting??
11. Orders for Apex & alfalfa meal should be on the porch. You can pick them up after the meeting. You can pay me cash or by check made out to Harold Lembright
12. Programs and preparation for 2005.
A. Possible field trips: Bonfante Gardens, Gilroy; Filoli; Strybing Arboretum “Rain forest” (Golden Gate Park); Carlmont Nursery-Belmont, SF Nurserymen’s Exchange. Actually there is no reason why we shouldn’t occasionally go on a field trip in addition to our regular monthly meeting.
B. Speakers: Azaleas, Camellias, Fuchsias, Geraniums, Begonias,etc.
13. Subjects to consider for regular meetings: Irrigation session-March??, Soils & Fertilizers, Propagation, Pest & Disease control, Pruning,
14. Are there any that you would like me to work on?
15. Garden clinic & other miscellany.
A. Gardening comments, good and bad experiences, etc. from all present. Did anyone bring samples of problems in their garden? I have the Home Gardener’s Problem Solver (Ortho) available for identification..
B. Anything special to discuss? Status of bare-root roses & other. For those interested, I have some small Greek Poppy seedlings for you on the porch, or if I didn’t have the opportunity to dig them, I have trowel and containers on the porch.
C. Any specific subject that you would like information on? The Greek poppies out front are most likely Papaver rhoeas, Flanders Field or American Legion poppy, and probably a strain from Greece.
D. Who would like to do some research with one or more of the relatively new Bayer products with both systemic insecticides and a fungicide? Bob Lillo knows that I like to do field research on new products, or homemade formulations of old products, like Cygon and Vaseline for the control of scale on an ‘out of control’ population of scale on my tangerine tree down below. I spent 40 years with Dow Chemical participating in and observing field research with Dow’s agricultural products in the US, Mexico, Central America, Caribbean, and the Philippines. It has become part of me, but …..I find myself committed to so many projects, that I need help. Fred Dias has already evaluated one or more of Bayer’s new products. I have all 3 materials on hand, and I will supply you samples of any of the 3 that might solve one or more of your pest problems. You could later report your results to our group, so they could have the benefit of your field research. There are very few systemic insecticides or fungicides that equal those found in the All in One Rose & Flower Care . I would even buy you a few begonias if you would plant and try some on tuberous begonias for the control of powdery mildew, and tuber rots. After you receive March in Your Garden, review pages 5 & 6, section 22, A,B,C., that highlight each product.
E. Pass out “March in Your Garden”-highlight things to be done.
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