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NEWSLETTER - June 2005

May Events We welcomed Kari Black from the Master Gardeners. She came to speak on Vegetable gardening. She brought some very informative printouts from the Master Gardener office. Kari kept her presentation simple and informative. Nice to have you once again, Kari.

NO MEETING on the 4th Thursday of July AND August 2005. Potluck scheduled for July and a Tour in August. See Activity schedule for details.

May 26, 2005 Meeting Minutes
Prepared by Barb Beaman

Meeting was called to order at 5:15 pm by our president Angela Hoard

New Membership – None. However, members met an individual at Meerkert Gardens who wants to be a member

Our attendance was small this evening. Let’s all use good courtesy rules and not talk to each other during the meeting.

Activity Calendar.
Angela briefly reviewed our Activity Calendar.

June – Richard Fairfield has arranged for Seattle African Violet Society to come and talk to us. Richard will check with them to see if they want to come at 5 or 6pm.

July – Potluck to be at the Fairfields on July 23rd. This is a Saturday. It will be a potluck, garden tour and wine tasting. We will not have our Thursday meeting, July 28th .

August – Leta LaShay made arrangements with Emery’s Garden to visit them at 4:30pm on August 25th.

September – Maybe a fieldtrip here? The Stoys volunteered to check into the possibility and report out at one of our next meetings

October – Leta LaShay suggested a session on bugs. Kathy Wyatt said she’d ask Joyce Holloway with the Seattle Club about Stepping Stones. Kathy to report out on this idea .

November – Bonnie Whipple to have a wreath-making meeting.

December – Christmas Party – We need a host!

Old Business
Bank Account – Barb reported out in detail our Savings and Checking. Balance is $773.75 in Savings; $15.16 in Checking. Total = $788.91.
Refreshments – We had another discussion about the issue of reimbursing club members for refreshments. There is more time before this comes to a close. We need to have more discussion.

New Business

Website
The club reimbursed $45 to Michael Stoy for getting our Garden Club up and running on a server. Our domain address is begardenclub.org. Check it out. Looks great. Special Thanks to Mike and Sandy.

Everyone
If you want to have some photos of your home garden posted on the site you can send them to Sandra.j.Stoy@boeing.com and Mike will format them and post them on the site. Anyone who wants to have their garden posted should also let Mike know how they want the title to read (ie. Michael & Sandra Stoy, Mike & Sandy Stoy, etc.) and whether they have a personal home page with more photos you want Mike to link to. There will be a limit of 6 photos per person.

Gift Cards
It was voted that the Club would purchase multi-use gift cards. The first card, however, will be a Trader Joe’s card for $25. This will be given to Kari Black

Noxious Weeks
There was a suggestion to have the Snohomish Conservation District come and talk to us. Don Woods to check this out.

Action Item
Barb and Angela to do a projected budget for 2006 by June 23rd meeting. This was brought about due to the balance in our savings account. We need to look at the projected budget before spending.

Sharetime
Angela brought a magazine article in May 2005 issue of Better Homes and Gardens. The article was about Jeff and Mindy Pettits. Their home is in our area. Angela will contact them to see if we can arrange a tour. Along with the tour, our Club could visit the antiques in Snohomish

Master Gardeners
Snohomish County master gardeners will be available to answer questions at the Washington State University Extension office from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, through Sept. 29, at McCollum Park, 600 128th St. SE, Everett

Thanks Angela Hoard, for sending us TIPS from "sunset"

Annuals
In sunny spots, set out transplants of cosmos, geraniums, marigolds, petunias, sweet alyssum. In light shade, plant begonias, coleus, impatiens and violas.

Herbs
In summer beds, plant seedlings of annual kinds including basil, cilantro and parsley. Plant perennial's like chives, oregano, rosemary and thyme in permanents beds; put mint in containers to keep in under control.

Perennials
In the sun plant black eye Susan, coreopsis, lupine, poppies and shasta daisies. In the shade go with astilbe, bleeding heart, columbine, ferns and lady's mantle and sweet woodruff.

Vegetables
Get beans, corn, cucumbers, eggplant, melons, peppers, squash, and tomatoes into the ground.

Summer bulbs
Put callas and cannas in damp spots; plant dahlias and gladiolus where soil drainage is good. All like full sun.

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