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Palos Heights Garden Club Newsletter

Monthly MeetingsDoors open at 6:30 p.m.

SETUP BEGINS AT 5:30 P.M. HOSPITALITY

August 26Wayne Gruberhttp://gardensontheprairie.com

Fall Gardens with Winter I nterest Plus Maintenance TipsWayne will have some interesting plants for sale and books

by Stephanie Cohen -http://www.theperennialdiva.com/books.html

September 23Nina Koziolhttp://www.thisgardencooks.com

From Pen to Print: Wr iting

and Photographing Local GardensJoin garden writer Nina Koziol for a peak at some of THE very talented, sometimes

eccentric, gardeners she has interviewed for the Chicago Tribune and Chicagoland Gardening since 1995. We'take a "walk" through several very breathtaking gardens and what it was in each one that inspired her writing.

October 28Harvest Night

Members are encouraged to bring decorations for the tables.Each member is requested to bring a dish to share: bread,

appetizer, soup, main dish, salad, dessert, etc. We will

dedicate the evening to the Paschalls, Gene and Beth, commemorating their many yea

of service to PHGC and LK. 6:30 p.m. is our start time. We plan to be eating by 7:00 p.m. We thank all whoarrive early each month to make our meetings so special. So bring your appetite and an index card with your

dishs name on it, and please indicate if your dish has nuts in it.

November 25Nancy KuhajdaWhatever She Wants

Be ready to laugh!

August, September, October, November 2013 EditionThe Palos Heights Garden Club promotes gardening through shar ing knowledge,

talent, and resources while developing community pr ide, envir onmental concern ,

and a sense of ful fi llment.

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Ask DonnaQ. Am I a horrible gardener if I'm glad the season is windingdown? There's nothing else to do now except weed, weed, weed.

A. Whoa!! You're not horrible, just misinformed. Winding down? We're getting our 'secondwind' as the temps dip down. Cool weather signals it's time to change out those exhausted-

looking summer annual containers for something fresh and fall-ish. Small containers lookgreat with a single decorative kale plant. Fill your large containers with a mixture of mums,

kale, calibrachoa hybrids, and some small grasses for height to catch the cool breezes. Placesome straw, colorful gourds and small pumpkins around the base to harmonize with all of

those glorious fall colors.

Pumpkins are great accent pieces placed in your garden borders. If you have ornamentalgrasses, don't cut them down. Grass plumes look beautiful in the misty fall weather, especially

with a light source behind them. Hydrangea blooms look fabulous dried and wired on a plain

green wreath. Replace them when they get wind-whipped and shabby looking with smallgourds to last into the end of November, or when the squirrels find it. Plant mums in plastic

'Trick or Treat' containers from the resale shops. Just remember to make some drainage holes

or you'll have a stinky mess in no time.

You mentioned weeds. Fall is one of the best times to selectively spray weeds as they arestoring energy into their roots for next year. Identify which weed you have from the

University of Illinois Extension Weed Science website:

http://weeds.cropsci.illinois.edu/weedid.htm

This is an excellent source of weed photos during various stages of emergence, whenflowering, and at maturity. Eradication is greatly improved if you pair the right herbicide with

the right weed.

I just love to take 10 minutes to sit in my garden and marvel at the things that I have planted inthe right place, with the right companions. I don't allow myself to see the weeds, or the plants

that need deadheading, or the ones that are outgrowing their designated spot. I look at mygarden with "new eyes" and enjoy its whimsy and beauty. It's refreshing.

The Palos Heights Garden Club will not meet in December and January.

Meetings for 2014 will be

Feb. 24 March 24 April 28 May 19 (Dues collected at April/May meetings)

June 23 - July 28 Aug. 25 Sept. 22 Oct. 27 Nov. 24

http://phgc.blogspot.com - Always check our website for updated information.

Photos are athttp://phgc.smugmug.com

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