As spring approaches, many gardeners are starting seeds for the perfect vegetable garden, delicious herbs, or beautiful flowers. An indoor plant growing stand like June Volkening’s pictured above can be just the thing to kick start your garden before the snow has cleared. After the initial investment, seed starting is by far the most economical way to add lots of plants to your garden for very little cost. The Mahomet Civic Garden Club March program will be all about seed starting and plant propagation. This program will be helpful to new and long-time gardeners. Come join us on Thursday March 17th, at 7:00 at the Mahomet Community Building. There is no fee and visitors are always welcome!
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March 23, 2011 at 12:50 pm
mrodum
Minutes
MAHOMET CIVIC GARDEN CLUB
The Mahomet Civic Garden Club met Thursday, March 17, 2011 at the Mahomet Community Center. This was the second meeting of this year. President, John Odum, welcomed everyone and opened the meeting with a variety of things to discuss.
John is seeking a co-president to plan and lead meetings. This person would assist the first year and then take over as president the second year. Dee or George can be contacted if anyone is interested in this position. John volunteered to maintain the club’s website and stated that anyone can contribute to the website by emailing him.
A calendar was passed among the members regarding the Thursday evening garden visits that were popular last year. Members were also asked how they would prefer to be contacted- either by email or phone call.
The club has designated several committees to deal with different tasks. The committees are as follows: PUBLICITY, CLEAN UP, COMMUNITY ACTION, ROAD TRIPS, and GARDEN WALK. Members were encouraged to thoughtfully consider how they can contribute to any of these committees.
It was suggested that we set a date for the Blue Star Memorial cleanup, but Patricia Murdoch mentioned that right now the memorial looks pretty good.
Tammar Geil gave an informative class about seed starting. She explained various ways of seed starting, stem starting, and problems involved. She had slides and equipment for everyone to see and encouraged questions.
Patricia Murdoch brought apple switches in her truck available for the taking. Cookies, apple dumplings and beverages were provided by Sandy Miller.
Respectfully submitted; Emily Kroner, secretary