Bonner County Gardeners Association Education ~ Community Service ~ Camaraderie

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1 The Garden Gate Bonner County Gardeners Association Education ~ Community Service ~ Camaraderie Late October 2012 Please contribute to The Garden Gate. Informational articles, garden tips, announcements, and digital photos are welcome. For questions or comments please lauriebrown54@gmail.com When ing, please put MG in the subject line. In This Issue President s Note November Gardening To-Do List Membership Meeting Minutes BCGA Event Calendar Fall Home Hort Classes November Gardening To Do List From Backyard Gardeners located at: nesep01.html President s Note Snow flurries at my house Saturday, guess its that time again. I hope everyone has the garden put to bed or are close to it. The green tomatoes I brought in are ripening and the boat has been winterized. Our membership meeting will be November 7th at 9 am, and we will have a lot to discuss, please come if you can. Also, please send in your membership dues and the ballot if you haven't yet. We are trying to get everything updated. Christmas party plans are coming along nicely and will be at Coldwater Creek again this year on December 8th. See you soon Mikey Zone 3 Zone 4 Cut back on feeding houseplants (do not feed dormant houseplants) Cover perennial, vegetable, bulb, and strawberry beds for winter Plant winter- and spring-flowering bulbs Divide and replant crowded fall-blooming bulbs after leaves yellow Buy spring-blooming bulbs Cut back on feeding houseplants (do not feed dormant houseplants) Protect roses for winter Zone 5 1 P a g e

2 Plant winter- and spring-flowering bulbs Divide and replant crowded fall-blooming bulbs after leaves yellow Buy winter- and spring-blooming bulbs Cut back on feeding houseplants (do not feed dormant houseplants) Protect roses for winter This is a teacher planned program with the 6 th & 7 th grades Janae Dale & Toni North helped clean out the beds & harvest potatoes; they then added compost & manure ; plan on planting fall crops so they can then take harvest to culinary class to prepare; may be making new beds for more bulbs & other flowers Farmers Market There has been no response to Mikey s request for someone to chair a the market for next summer BCGA Membership Meeting, October 3, 2012 Present: President, Mikey Haven, Vice President, Penny Barton, Treasurer, Bob Blair, Secretary, Gail Swan, Board Members, Howie Fennimore, Jenna Bertus, Jan Wilfert, Jon Bair; others present, Ann Warwick, Janae Dale and Nancy Hastings Garden Gate Articles are needed for the Garden Gate; please send any articles you would like to write & have appear in the Gate to Laurie Brown (put MG in the subject line) Bob Blair has offered to check on a basic computer instruction class to help the membership become more proficient in computer operation Meeting 10:15 Meeting was called to 9:05 am by President, Mikey Haven. Sept minutes were approved as written. Treasurer s report: $ Office rent has increased to $166/mo Chamber fee $120/yr Pot Lucks: Helen Mansons on Sat Sept 8@ 3pm was enjoyed by all; Possibly 2 more to be announced Officers & Board for 2013 A nominating committee of: Mikey, Jenna, Janae, Zoe & Gail met on Tues, Sept 9am ; membership renewal & ballot s for officers & board members for 2013 will be mailed soon Christmas Party: Penny Barton will be held on Sat, Dec 8 Coldwater Creek again this year; we need to trim expenses for this year s party; Mikey will chair a party committee; volunteers are Penny Barton, Jan Wilfert, Nancy Hastings, Jenna Bertus, Ann Warwick & Gail Swan; committee to meet Mon, Oct 15 9am Charter School Gardens November is the most disagreeable month of the year Louisa May Alcott (American writer) Every autumn your mellow leaves fall in waves, like a winter cloak on your native hillside Victor De Laprade (French writer) 2 P a g e

3 BCGA 2011 Event Calendar Calendar Event Date Chair(s) Notes HH Garden Design and Hardscape Wed 10/26 Don Childress, Janae Dale, Gail Swan Toni & JR North; Ponderay Event Center, 401 Bonner Mall Way, Ste E; 6 8 pm HH Home Orchards continued Wed 11/2 Don Childress, Janae Dale, Gail Swan Rob McCracken; Ponderay Event Center, 401 Bonner Mall Way, Ste E; 6 8 pm HH All About Beekeeping Wed 11/9 Don Childress, Janae Dale, Gail Swan Blaine and Gina Harvey; Ponderay Event Center, 401 Bonner Mall Way, Ste E; 6 8 pm Membership Meeting Wed Zoe Bolton BCGA Offices at 804 Airport Way, Sandpoint; Note date change 11/16* ; 9am Membership Meeting Wed 12/7 Zoe Bolton BCGA Offices at 804 Airport Way, Sandpoint; ; 9am Christmas Party 12/10 Zoe Bolton Cold Water Creek Atrium BCGA Event Chairs 2011 Event Chairs and Contact Info to Volunteer Event Date* Chair(s) Contact Membership Ongoing Zoe Bolton or zbolton@gmail.com Meetings Continuing Ongoing Janae Dale or dalejanae@gmail.com Education Program Home Horticulture Series Spring & Fall Don Childress, Janae Dale and Gail Swan Don or dwc1rsc@televar.com; Janae or dalejanae@gmail.com, or Gail H C or gswan8274@hotmail.com Home and Garden Show April Ellie Lizotte and Ann Warwick Ellie or hopeellie@aol.com; Ann H C or w.redguy@frontier.com School Gardens Spring/Su Mikey Haven or 66haven@gmail.com mmer Farmers Spring/Su Janae Dale or dalejanae@gmail.com Market mmer Mickinnick Spring/Su Jan Griffits jan@looptravel.com, Trailhead mmer Healing Garden Spring/Su Valle Novak mmer Potlucks Summer Becky Reynolds, Ann Warwick Becky - rplace@directv.net or ; Ann H C or w.redguy@frontier.com Garden Tour July Penny Barton H ; C or one-cent@gotsky.com Bonner County Fair Aug (650) or gardenersdaughter@yahoo.com 2012 Fall Home Horticulture Workshop Series 3 P a g e

4 Ann will cover hot and cool composting, suitable ingredients, compost pile management, compost harvesting & uses of compost. Janae will teach you how to keep a worm farm & use the castings to enhance your garden soil. Presented and Coordinated by Bonner County Gardeners Association Classes are held from 6pm 8pm at the Ponderay Event Center 401 Bonner Mall Way, Ste E, Ponderay, Idaho inquiries to bcgardeners@gmail.com Or call message line: Dates and Topics Sept 19 Planning Your Home Orchard Presented by Robb McCracken, owner of Northern Rockies Extra Hardy Trees Nursery Back by popular demand, Robb will cover site selection & preparation, & tree selection for North Idaho. Sept 26 All About Herbs Presented by Kit Cooley, MG A weed by any other name.growing your own herbs for food and medicine is easy and rewarding. Learn how to cultivate, harvest and preserve your favorites. If there is time & interest, we can also discuss some wild herbs to gather. Oct 3 Hardscape Presented by Ivan Envik, owner of Envik Concrete Is Hardscape the most difficult part of your landscape project? Let a local professional show you how he does it. Ivan does pathways, patios, walls, rockeries, borders & much more. Oct 17 Harvesting Your Garden Presented by All Seasons gardening gurus: Marci Crockett, Karen Hempstead & Kendall Adams All that time and energy planting and maintaining your garden-now how do you harvest & what can you do with the produce? These ladies will share their methods of saving the food you worked so hard to grow. Oct 24 All About Ponds Presented by Dennis Rieger This class will include all aspects of pond construction, including waterfalls & fountains. The addition of plants & fish is also included as well as maintenance, covering filtration, algae, leaks & winterization. Oct 31 Growing Dahlias Successfully Presented by Paul Kusche, Owner of Papa Paul s Dahlia Farm Learn how to grow & care for those beautiful dahlias. And when winter is upon us, the real question is how to store them. This class will review various methods for digging, trimming & storing tubers for the winter. Nov 7 Companion Planting Presented by Diane Green What vegetables like being planted with each other? Learn from Diane, co-owner of Greetree Naturals, a certified organic farm here in North Idaho; she uses companion planting as one of her growing methods. Basis: certain plants can benefit others when planted next to or close to one another. Fees cover the cost of venue, publications, materials, and the support of non-profit activities of the Bonner County Gardeners Association.. Oct 10 Composting and Vermiculture Presented by Ann Warwick, MG & Janae Dale, MG 4 P a g e

5 2012 Fall Home Horticulture Workshop Series Registration Form Name: Address: City: State: Zip: Phone Number: Address: Classes are $10 Each All classes will be held from 6 pm 8 pm at the Ponderay Event Center 401 Bonner Mall Way, Suite E, Ponderay, Idaho ALL CLASSES WILL START 6pm; Check-in 5:30; PLEASE BE ON TIME Please check the classes you wish to attend and send with check to Bonner County Gardeners Association 804 Airport Way Sandpoint, Id., You may also bring your registration form & check to this address Or You can pay on-line with a credit card via Pay-Pal at Sept 19 Planning your Home Orchard Presented by Robb McCracken Sept 26 All About Herbs Presented by Kit Cooley, MG Oct 3 Hardscape Presented by Ivan Envik Oct 10 Composting & Vermiculture Presented by Ann Warwick & Janae Dale Oct 17 Harvesting Your Garden Presented by Marci Crockett, Karen Hempstead & Kendall Adams from All Seasons Oct 24 Ponds Presented by Dennis Rieger Oct 31 Dahlias Presented by Paul Krusche Nov 7 Companion Planting Presented by Diane Green Classes $10Each Please make checks payable & return to: Bonner County Gardeners Association 804 Airport Way Sandpoint, Idaho Or pay 5 P a g e

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