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Hendricks County Master Gardeners, Inc.
Hendricks County Extension Office 1900 E. Main Street P.O. Box 7
Danville, IN 46122-0007
317.745.9260
www.HendricksGardeners.com
Eloisa Garza, President [email protected]
Jim Trocha Vice President [email protected]
Linda Rogers, Treasurer [email protected]
Kerry Cates, Secretary
Donna Mears, Editor [email protected]
Ed Freeman, Webmaster [email protected]
Jon Cain, AG and Natural Resources Educator
Becky Troutman
HENDRICKS GARDENER THE OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER
OF THE HENDRICKS COUNTY MASTER GARDENERS
WWW.HENDRICKSGARDENERS.COM
November 2011
Mission statement: The mission of the Master Gardener Program is to provide current, research-based, home horticulture information and
education to the citizens of Indiana through Purdue University Extension programs and projects.
Flower Trivia
Come One Come All …….
November Master Gardner Meeting Date: November 15, 2011
Time: 6:30 Where: Hendricks County Fairground
Conference Center Meeting Rooms A-B-C What: Our annual “Spend a Little Give A
Lot Auction”, takes place after Master Gardener’s business meeting.
Bring: Please bring your auction items after 4:30 on November 15 to rooms A-B-C.
Details: On page eight of this newsletter
The chrysanthemum is the Novem-ber birth flower. The chrysanthe-mum means compassion, friend-ship and secret love. This flower can be red, white or yellow. Chry-santhemums have been grown by the Chinese for over 2,000 years. This flower is also a symbol of the sun. Chrysanthemum was named after the Greek word which means gold flower. The chrysanthemum blooms in late summer and fall. These flowers are native to Asia and Europe. There are over 30 species of the chrysan-themum. It is the national flower of Japan and symbolizes the Japanese Emperor. In Europe the chrysan-themum is a symbol of death and is used for funerals or on graves. The chrysanthemum flower is actually a powerful antiseptic and antibiotic! It is used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat high blood pres-sure and angina. It is a perennial flower that will come back year after year.
Chrysanthemum indicum
Eloisa Garza President;
Hendricks County Master Gardeners
Association
Reminder: Please con-tact the president 5 days prior to meetings about business or committee
reports so that it will be put on the agenda for the
meeting.
A Letter From Our President…
Thank you to our members that volunteered their time, talent and care through out the year and through out our many projects "Appreciation is a wonderful thing; It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well' By unknown
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Plan to attend Our November meeting , which will include Election of Officers and the Charity Auction. Autumn is the perfect time to make those BIG changes to garden beds . The intention is to set the foundation for our newly designed garden beds at the front of the fair grounds. Oh how exciting it was working with everyone that participated. We are looking forward to all four seasons to witness nature’s reward for our efforts. All are welcomed by this grand showcase called “Living Art.” Adventures in Gardening was an excellent seminar. Great idea to have a workshop. Lots of fun and we all walked away with a pot full of bulbs to surprise us in a few weeks with blooms. Thank you Bev Russell and Catharine Green for a truly enjoyable day. Our Christmas Dinner and Awards evening is on December 13th. This is our fellowship gathering and Janet & Keith Brown have a special evening planned for us. Invite your favorite person to join us. October's Speaker, Tarrie Crist , gave a presentation on Public Speaking for Master Gar-deners "Preparing a presentation to share what you know" Soooooooooo! Speak Up! Take an active role. Share your knowledge and ideas by being a speaker. Tarrie also helped us understand how we can help support our speaker when they are presenting. Remember to send your 2012 dues to Linda Rogers( ASAP). This will insure that your name will be include in our Member directory Autumn is a flaming torch, lighting the way to winter. Eloisa
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Hendricks County Extension Master Gardener Association Meeting Minutes for October 20, 2011
The meeting was called to order at 7:00 pm by President Eloisa Garza. Approximately 40 members were in attendance. The minutes from the last meeting were approved by all. Treasurer Linda Rogers reported the balance in the treasury as of 9-30-11. Linda reminded everyone that membership dues are due and the cost is $10.00 for individual members and $15.00 for couples. You can mail your check made out to the HCMG to Linda Rogers (address is in the directory) or bring check or cash to the November meeting. Committee Reports: Catharine Green reported on the success of the Adventures of Gardening event on 10-15-11. She received 75 survey
cards back and all were positive feedback as to the speaker and workshop. Catharine thanked all who helped in any way to make the event a success.
Colletta purchased three books on worm composting that will be donated by the HCMG's to the Brownsburg Public Li-brary. The books are donated in the name of MG Dave Ledbetter. Colletta commented on the books and how worm composting was a passion of Dave's and how he will be missed.
Janet and Keith Brown reported on the plans for the upcoming Christmas Party and Awards presentation on Tuesday, December 13, 2011 beginning at 6:30 p.m. for a meet and greet and followed by dinner at 7:00 pm. The awards ceremony will follow dinner . The party will take place in the Hall at the Fairgrounds. More information will follow at the Novem-ber meeting.
Eloisa mentioned that MG volunteer and training hours need to be submitted to Janet Cunningham by Nov. 1, 2011. She is needing the information by Nov. 1st so awards and badges can be processed and ready for the ceremony in December.
Becky Troutman reminded everyone about the set up and decorating of the 2 Christmas Trees at the Fairgrounds on Tuesday, 11-29-11 from 9:00 am until 1:00 pm. Please bring any dried material that can be used to help in decorating the trees. Becky gave examples of dried material such as dried hydrangea flowers, pine cones, grasses, etc. She also men-tioned the take down day will be 12-27-11 from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm.
Eloisa mentioned that the upcoming MG intern classes will begin in January and passed out sign-up sheets in case any-one wanted to give the class as a gift or know of anyone interested in signing up for the class.
Ann Selvy mentioned that in the next week she will need volunteers to help replant the flower beds at the front of the Fairgrounds. She will send out an e-mail with the planting date and details.
New Business: Steve Pearl asked for volunteers to help at the Avon Learning Gardens on November 5, 2011 at 9:00 am. They are need-
ing volunteers to help eradicate some invasive plants at the Avon Learning Gardens located behind Maple Elementary School. Call Steve Pearl for more details.
Eloisa mentioned that the board is working on the budget for next year and if the Committee Chairpersons know of any increases or decreases they might need for their committee to contact a board member so that can be addressed.
The Nominating committee comprised of Charles and Linda Weddell and Carrie Little presented the nominations for the upcoming 2012 HCMG Board election are:
President -Jim Trocha Vice President- Bruce Crum, Jackie Rosales, Annabelle Jackson Secretary-Kerry Cates Treasurer-Linda Rodgers Journalist-Donna Mears The elections will take place at the November meeting. Eloisa mentioned that the November meeting will be a Charity Auction. Members are to bring in various items to be
auctioned off. Friends and Family members are welcome to attend. Checks or cash will be accepted as forms of payment for the auction. You can bring items for donation to the Nov. MG meeting around 3:00 pm or 4:00 pm. The MG's voted on at least 3 possible charities that the proceeds from the auction will be given to. They are the Christian Support Center of HC, the HC Humane Society (Danville) and The Gathering Together in Plainfield.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:05 pm. Eloisa introduced the evening Speaker Tarrie Crist who gave a presentation on Public Speaking for Master Gardeners "Preparing presentation-to share what you know"
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Hendricks County Master Gardeners "Adventures in Gardening" Seminar
Hendricks County Master Gardeners "Adventures in Gardening" seminar featured Brent Heath, a third generation bulb grower who grew up on his parent's daffodil farm. Heath spoke about bulbs as companion plants, creating a magical mystical meadow with bulbs and teaching a hands on workshop. Retired entomologist John Thieme presented "Living with Insects", 95% of those bugs are good! Thieme displayed 4 insect boxes and delighted the attendees with stories of the creatures. Master Gardeners gave away free seeds, garden vegetables and catalogs. The day ended with the planting of a flower pot arrangement for a spring bouquet. Oct 12, 2013 Doug Tallamy author of "Bringing Nature Home" will speak on creating biodiversity for our native wildlife.
Brent Heath
Brent Heath teaching class
Master Gardener Suzy Freeman plants “Living Flower” arrangement with layers of bulbs at the Adventures in Gardening Seminar
John Thieme and insect boxes
John Thieme
List of Master Gardeners who worked at the
Adventures in Gardening.
Thanks for all your hard work it is appreciated.
It was a success and enjoyed by all who visited. If your name is not on this list....sorry we love you too!!! Thanks again.
Terry Meingasner
Deborah Shepherd
Steve Pearl
Bob Mummert
Melissa Pearman
Linda Rogers
Sue Wood
Barbara Wilkes
Ann Selvy
Roxanne McGlone
Cynthia Cobb
Dale Olson
Sharon Cartwright
Theresa Mathieson
Linda Ash
Jeff Cunningham
Cecilia Blazier
Colletta Kosiba
Kerry Cates
Sharon Cartwright
Ron Stoner
Bev Russell
Catharine Green
Rosie Lenihan
Eloisa Garza
Aleta Griffin
Steve Jones
Kelly Allen
Suzy Freeman
Carrie Little
Janet Brown
Keith Brown
Pat Geer
Ann Selvy
Becky Troutman
Nancy Rice
Annabelle Jackson
Robin Elizabeth Parsley
Ed Freeman
2011 Interns
We are so happy you joined us!
We loved having you working with us at Adventures in Gardening seminar!
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Getting to know you….
Terry & Carol Doppler - Silver Level Master Gardeners
We wanted to take the Master Gardener class after moving from Utah to Indiana. We had been gardening in a desert and needed to find out what gardening in the Midwest was about. We also wanted to meet folks of like interests and have some fun. The Master Gardening projects we have been involved with are many and varied. We headed up the crew for the Plainfield Friendship Gardens, worked booths at the State Fair, Flower and Patio Show, 4H Fair, GFAA, have given library talks in Plainfield, Avon and Brownsburg. worked an information table at Wal-Mart, and put in a memory garden for Janice Shauwecker’s son. We have given talks in our neighborhood on gardening and problems. Our plan with the Master Gardener Association is to keep promoting the class and educating as many people as we can about the program. We want to continue the friendships we have made by taking the class. It is very good to have friends with similar interests and wants.
Our passion in gardening is landscaping. We love perennials, native plants, trees and design. Then there is the thing with hostas, we have not met a hosta that we don’t want to rescue.
We continue to pass on to anyone who wants to know tricks and things we have learned from the program or our friends. I will probably get thrown out of a store one day for telling people what is good or bad about a product they are looking at. We just want people to learn that garden-ing is fun and rewarding, not work.
Our property has been certified as a natural wildlife habitat. We current-ly have many perennials, trees, hos-tas and ground cover. We have a creek that runs through the back of our yard and the way we designed and laid out our flower beds we can see some beauty out all of our win-dows. We have a lot of rock and stone hardscape and a fire pit in the back yard where we truly love to enjoy the fruits of our work and have a good drink. We have bird feeders and blue bird nesting boxes along with humming bird feeders. So with that we have a lot of birds to
see. At dusk the bats love to entertain us at the fire pit.
We have two daughters and they are not into gardening yet because of the fun of kids and fam-ily. They are both married and we have four grand children and one great grandchild.
We are retired. Terry was in the Air force for 8 years. Then had a 36 year career with United Airlines. We took the Master Gardener class in 2001 and Terry retired in 2002.
Our interests outside of gardening are getting together with family and friends, playing cards, relaxing with a good drink by the fire, reading a good book and just enjoying life.
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October speaker, Master Gardener Tarrie Crist
Public Speaking for Master Gardeners
"Preparing presentations to share what you know"
Tarrie did fine job of guiding us .
Thanks Tarrie.
SAVE THE DATE DECEMBER 13
Our Christmas Dinner/Awards ceremony is December 13, 2011 beginning at 6:30 p.m. for a meet and greet and followed by dinner at 7:00 PM. The awards ceremony will follow dinner . The party will take place in the Hall A at the Fairgrounds in Danville . A request from Becky Troutman: we need dried garden items to put on the two trees at the fairgrounds. The huge tree in the auditorium and the smaller one out-side the Extension Office. Please come help decorate on November 29th . Also, then please come again on the 27th of December for the removal. Contact Becky.
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LOOK HOW NICE The following Master Gardeners removed plants from the front flower beds at the fairgrounds:
Sue Wood, Steve Pearl, Debbie Shepherd, Theresa Mathieson, Rosie Lenihan, Eloisa Garza and Ann Selvy
Member News Check the November/December issue of ‘Indiana Gardening’ for Colletta Kosiba's article and photos beginning on page 52. This new magazine contacted her to write the article (the beautiful photos are from her garden!).
At the West Central Garden Club Flower Show, October 19, 2011, Hendricks County Garden Club Member, Colletta Kosbia, won "Best in Show" for a horticul-ture entry of 5 jalapeno peppers. The peppers won over 73 flowers, potted plants and veggies and fruit entries in the division. Her celosia and tomatoes col-lected blue ribbons. A speedy recovery to Master Gardener Chuck Dallas after his back surgery. Master Gardener Carol Ford, we wish you fast healing. Know that you are both missed.
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NEWS….. EXTRA…..READ ALL ABOUT IT!!!! Send Your dues for 2012 Now to Linda Rogers, 49 Knoll Lane, Brownsburg, IN 46112. Please make check out to HCMG $10 ...$ 15 husband & wife. Also please get them in now to enable the new directory to be ready in January.
Help help help November 5, 2011, 9 am at Avon Outdoor Learning Center to remove invasive plants! Wear work clothes and gloves...bring tools Contact STEVE PEARL 839-6361
Assistance Please November 29, 2011 in the auditorium (where AIG was held). Decorating our 12 foot Christmas tree with natural dried material from your gardens. Please bring materials that day. Take down will be December 27, 9am-1pm. Contact Becky Troutman 456-5091. Master Gardeners have been doing this tree for 5 years, so please come and help, enjoy each other’s holiday spirit (will probably not take the whole time allotted).
In Memory of David Ledbetter It is Master Gardener policy to donate a book, $40 limit, to a library in the member’s name upon their death. Brownsburg Library was given 3 paperback books, ‘The Worm Book’, ‘How to Make and Use Compost’ and ‘Composting Inside and Out’. A card with this information was sent to his son. Thanks to Colletta Kosiba for handling this. Join us Tuesday, November 15th for our annual " Spend a Little, Give a Lot" Auction". The Master Gardeners selected by ballets as a tie between "Gathering Together " & "Hendricks County Humane Society" to be the recipient of 50% of the proceeds from this Auction. Please bring Auction Items after 4:30 pm the afternoon of November 15th to Classrooms A-B-C. Auction to follow the Master Gardener business meeting. All Master Gardeners, their families and friends are welcome to join us. Bring any items you would like to donate, and lots of money or your check book. Items committed to the Auction at this time: 2012 MG-Intern Class gift certificate, a certificate for 1 booth space at Gardening for all ages, Bird-Bath, Honey, 2 Tickets to Adventures in Gardening, Metal Art and Daffodil Book: By Brent and Becky Heath. Think about purchasing Christmas gifts, surprise gifts or things that might be just what you wanted, but just didn't buy before. Think about "Giving" to HC Humane Society and blessing them. Think about how blessed we really are! See you at the Auction! Even if you come empty handed-you don't need to leave that way!
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No Sugar Green Tomato Relish Makes about 3 pints Recipe may be doubled; increase cooking time by 10-15 minutes
2 lb. green tomatoes, cored and chopped 1 lb. white or yellow onions, chopped 3/4 lb. sweet red peppers, cored and chopped 1/2 lb. tart cooking apples, such as Granny Smith, cored and chopped 6 garlic cloves, finely chopped 1 cup 5% acidic organic raw apple cider vinegar (or less, see note below)* 1 Tablespoon kosher or sea salt 4 jalapeno peppers, cored, seeded if desired, and finely chopped 2 Tablespoons chopped cilantro 1 teaspoon ground cumin (optional) Combine the tomatoes, onions, peppers, apples, garlic, vinegar, and salt in a large, nonreactive pot and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer, uncovered, stirring occasionally, until thickened, about an hour. Stir in the jalapenos, cilantro, and cumin and simmer for 5 more minutes. Carefully purée the mixture using a stick immersion blender, in batches if necessary, until still somewhat chunky. Don't over mix; you don't want it smooth. If canning, return the puréed relish to a boil, then ladle the hot mixture into hot jars, leaving 1/4-inch head space. Process 15 minutes in a boiling water canner. Store in a cool, dark place. 10 calories, 0g fat, 60mg sodium, 0g fiber, per Tablespoon * October 2009 Update: Since I originally posted this recipe four years ago, many of you written to let me know how much you love it (thank you!), but a couple of people have told me that their green tomato relish ended up tasting much too strongly of vinegar. The 1 cup of apple cider vinegar called for is to ensure that this is safe for water-bath canning (green tomatoes are acidic, but the other vegetables lower the overall acidity—1 cup is plenty), but if you're planning to store yours in the fridge—where it will keep for several weeks without processing—and are concerned it might be too much vinegar for your taste, you can safely decrease the amount of apple cider vinegar to 1/2 cup, or even less. If you want to give jars of green tomato relish as a gift without having to process them, just make sure the recipients put the jars directly into their refrigerator.
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