We have been asked to help out on “Make a Difference Day.” This is a county-wide event occurring on October 22. One of the events is a food drive for Brunswick Family Assistance Agency. For all those who wish to help out, please bring the food in during October and I will keep it in my office until the 22nd which I will give it to Jayne Mathews, Volunteer Coordinator for the county.
The seminar conducted by Dr. Frank Blazich was quite a success. We had 19 folks, other than Master Gardeners, who paid $5.00 each to attend the session. Our Master Gardeners who attended seemed to enjoy the hot dogs and hamburgers for lunch. Friday morning turned out to be a pleasant day with clouds so that our learning session on taking cuttings and sticking them in the propagation beds was comfortable. Dr. Blazich indicated that many of the plants in the garden would propagate better if we did the cuttings in the winter (hardwood cuttings). He is willing to come back in January and help us take cuttings at that time, on a date to be determined later after the start of his school. Dr. Blazich’s wife, April Blazich, Superintendent of the Horticulture Department at the North Carolina State Fair, will do a seminar on the same date on the subject of Herbs, Bulbs, etc. We get two for the price of one! In addition, she has invited us to attend the opening day of the State Fair this year [October 14]. She seems to be a great lady and wanted to know if we could come up a day early, which would involve an overnight stay, and she would have time to show us around. She also requested that we enter the competition by taking Horticultural items to be judged. I will discuss this with David Barkley when he gets back. We could also include a visit to Plants Delight Nursery if Tony Avent is agreeable. We will need to have some kind of an idea who would be interested in either a one-day trip just to the fair or in an overnight trip with additional side trips. Please call Chappy or me and let us know if you would be interested. We would need to plan so we would have to have some idea by the end of August. I will take the van so I can carry up to 12 folks including me.
The new class is busy working on the Hot Line and we are receiving lots of interesting calls. Be sure to sign up so all incoming calls can be taken care of in a timely manner. If you refer any calls to an Agent, please be sure Kathy gets a copy – she need to know as she has to answer the questions is the Agent is not here. Always try to keep her informed.
Don't forget that Steve Bambara will give a "hands-on" talk on insects, etc. Don't miss this one.
The fall season is almost upon us. Lots of things will be going on including the Fall Plant sale on October 7th and 8th.
Charlie
P.S. Thanks for the gift card--Lou and I will enjoy a great meal!
(from the August newsletter)
