Volume 14 No. 5 Se[tember – October 2012

September Meeting 2

October Meeting 2

Garden Club Notes 3

Ag Heritage Days 3

New Club Members 3

Photos 4

Garden Recipes 5

Inside this issue:

Foiling Jack Frost

When the air gets nippy

on fall nights, don’t give up on

your garden without trying to

protect your plants. After all,

you have put in a lot of work

over the summer and you

should try to get the maximum

amount of produce for your hard

work.

You can’t always count on

the NWS to give you an accurate

frost forecast for your local area.

For one thing, they only give frost

advisories or warnings if they con-

sider that there is an active grow-

ing season for your area. This

may or may not be the case.

The Headland Newsletter of the Kewaunee Co. Garden Club

The garden club will award a semi-valuable prize to the first club member that correctly identifies the above fungus. The fungus is about 8 inches across. Send to: whingst@charter.net

Next the club members will have a

plant exchange, where they can offer plants

that they have available to share with the

other club members.

We will also have our annual tomato

tasting event. Here club members can bring

in any prize winning or unusual tomatoes to

share with each other.

Finally, there will be a Q & A session

where members can solicit information about

any gardening problems they may have had

during the growing season. In addition,

members can comment on any good or un-

usual gardening experiences they may have

had this past year.

When: September 25, 7:00 p.m.

Where: Kewaunee Senior Center, 320 Her-

rison St. This is located above the Kewaunee

fire station.

Program: The September program will be a

potpourri of activities starting with a report

on the activities at the both the Algoma and

Kewaunee community gardens. This will be

the club’s first opportunity to see the results

of the effort put into bringing the Algoma

community garden into reality.

For protecting your garden, learn to

look for signs of frost. A rule of thumb is

that if the daytime high temperature is in

the 60’s or above, there is little danger of

frost. However, if the temperature is at or

below 45 at 10:00 p.m., look for frost. How-

ever, a better gauge is to look at the dew

point temperature. Water begins to con-

dense from the air at the dew point tempera-

ture, which releases the heat of condensation

and keeps the temperature from dropping

lower. Therefore, if the dew point is in the

low 30’s or high 20’s, you might anticipate a

chance of frost. If you don’t have a weather

instrument that gives the dew point, you can

go to the Weather Bug site online at www.

weatherbug.com and check the Algoma loca-

tion, which will give you a good reading for

the lakeshore. Other weather conditions

that will give you a likelihood of frost are-

clear skies and very low wind.

The ground remains warmer than the

air as night comes on. You can take advan-

tage of the soil’s warmth by placing covers

over plants in the evening. Just about any

thing you have hanging around about the

house or garage will work. This includes old

sheets, plastic tarps, and overturned card-

board boxes. Or you can buy lightweight

floating row covers of spun polyester that

will increase the temperature up to 5 degrees

F. However, thin clear plastic sheets are not

very effective.

When: October 23. 7:00 p.m.

Where: Kewaunee Senior Center, 320 Her-

rison St. This is located above the Kewaunee

fire station.

Program: Club member Tom Zenner will

present a program on hostas. Tom has been

growing hostas for a number of years and

will present information on both the culture

of growing hostas and the selection of veri-

ties. Every year a bewildering number of

new hosta varieties hit the market and we

say “what dose this mean to us as individu-

als”? Well, Tom will separate fact from fic-

tion in the world of hosta mania.

September Club Meeting

October Club Meeting

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♦ The next Dana Farm work outing will be

on September 18. Members can start

around 4:00 or 5:00 p.m. The work is usu-

ally finished by 6:30 or 7:00 p.m.

♦ The Wisconsin Extension Peninsula Re-

search Station will be holding a Wine

Grape Field Day p.m. September 13 from

1:00 to 4:00 p.m. The Peninsula Research

Station is located about a mile north of

the Rt. 42 –57 spit on Rt. 42 north of

Sturgeon Bay.

♦ Looking Ahead: November meeting will

be what has become our annual wreath

making workshop. December will host

the club’s annual holiday dinner. The

holiday dinner will be coordinated by

Cheryl Eberle and will probably be in

Luxemburg.

♦ The garden club would like to improve the

way we present information about the

plants we have available at our spring

plant sale. If you have any ideas on how

to use photos or signage to help plant sale

customers make informed selections dur-

ing the sale, we will be working on this

problem at the next couple of club meet-

ings.

♦ If the weather remains dry this fall, re-

member to water your shrubs and small

trees before freeze up to help them make

it though the winter.

New garden club member:

Lynn Truckey

300 Steele St.

Algoma

487-3333

Lmtruckey@gmail.com

Ag Heritage Days September 22 and 23

Garden Club Notes

that would be suitable for the demo get them

to the booth.

We still need members to work at the

booth. If you haven’t already signed up to

work, call Barb Smith. You can sign up for r

either the morning or afternoon shift. How-

ever, any time during the day you can make

it would be helpful, ever for an hour or two,

especially if you have skills in making fairy

or miniature gardens.

The garden club will again have a booth at

the Ag Heritage Days on September 22 and

23. This will be held at the Kewaunee

County Fair Grounds in Luxemburg. Our

booth will be in the new exhibition building.

The hours are from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on

both Saturday and Sunday.

Setup time for the booth will be from

5:00 p.m. on Friday. As in the past, we will

need objects on display at the booth. If you

have any antique gardening or household

items, make arrangements to get them to the

booth. In addition, we would like to have

some greenery to display. This would in-

clude potted plants, container gardens, and

especially fairy gardens. Fairy or miniature

gardens are welcome because we will be hav-

ing a hands on demonstration on making

fairy gardens for the kids at the booth. That

said, if you have any containers or figures

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Algoma Community Garden

Hollyhock House

Fresh Tomato Pizza

Cornmeal, for the baking sheet

Flour for shaping

1 lb store-bought pizza dough

3/4 cup tomato or pizza sauce

1 lb large cherry tomatoes, halved or quar-

tered

1/2 small red onion, thinly sliced

4 oz. mozzarella, grated

Small basil leaves, for serving

1. Heat oven to 425 F. Dust a baking sheet

with cornmeal. On a lightly floured surface,

shape the dough into a 16 in. oval, circle or

rectangle and place on the prepared baking

sheet.

2. Spread the sauce over the dough. Top

with the tomatoes, onion and then the

cheese. Bake until crust is golden brown and

crisp, 20 to 25 minutes. Sprinkle with basil,

if desired.

Butternut Squash Pizza

1 small butternut squash, peeled, halved,

and sliced 1/8-inch thick

1 medium onion, halved and thinly sliced

2 Tbs. Extra virgin olive oil, plus more for

drizzling

1 Tbs. finely chopped fresh rosemary

1 16 oz. Pkg. Refrigerated pizza dough

1/2 cup fresh spinach leaves

1/4 cup shaved Parmesan cheese

1. Preheat oven to 400 F

2. Toss together squash, onion, oil, and rose-

mary in bowl. Spread in large baking dish,

and roast 30 minutes, or until tender

3. Increase oven temperature to 450 F. Di-

vide pizza dough into 2 pieces, and shape

each piece into 8-inch rounds on baking

sheet, and top with squash mixture. Bake 13

to 17 minutes, or until crust is crisp. Drizzle

pizzas with oil, scatter 1/4 cup spinach over

each and garnish each with 2 Tbs. shaved

Parmesan.

Garden Recipes

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Membership Information: Single Membership ——————$10.00 Couple Membership —————–$15.00 Send to: Donna Hella N4480 County ‘B’, Kewaunee WI 54216