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Minutes of the Master Gardeners of Union County
Education Hours Earned: 30 Minutes
Volunteer
Hours Earned: 1 HourEducation
Barb Jackson presented a program on garlic. Garlic has had a bad reputation throughout time due to its smell and that it causes bad breath. It was also thought to give strength and be a laxative. There are references to garlic in the Bible. Garlic was thought to have curative powers. In the middle ages, it was thought that garlic could help a person avoid the plague. It was also thought to have antiseptic qualities. Garlic is propagated asexually. To plant take one clove off the clump and use that to plant. It is best to use seed garlic from a seed catalog or garden center rather than use the garlic you find in the grocery store. OSU Extension Fact Sheet HYG 1627-92 suggests planting garlic in early spring. However, many times our springs are too wet. Barb has had good luck by planting garlic in late fall. She takes the skin off, plants the clove one inch deep and four to five inches apart. You will need eight to ten hours of sun per day and well drained soil. Water an inch a week. Barb does not fertilize her garlic. She finds it very easy to grow and very forgiving. If you plant it on the outside edge of the garden it can help deter the deer. To harvest the garlic, Barb said she waits unto the leaves just start to turn yellow. If you leave it too long and allow the leaves to turn brown and die, it will rot easier. Be careful digging it our (don’t pull as it may fall apart). Also be sure to get all of the garlic out of the ground or you will have “volunteers”. After digging, cure the garlic by letting it sit a week or two in a warm, dry, well-ventilated area until the tops become dry and brittle. It stores well in a dark cool place. Barb stores her garlic in a basement refrigerator and keeps the temperature control on 1 or 2. Garlic is great to use in cooking. Using a good quality garlic press helps in mincing the garlic and helps to keep your hands cleaner. Roasting garlic cuts down on the odor and the flavor is milder. Because garlic adds flavor when cooking you can cut down on fats and salt.
Meeting
Secretary’s Report
The September meeting minutes were approved.
Treasurer’s Report
We now have a balance of $11,250.82
Old Business
Dublin Recreation Center
Claire Loeffelman called and spoke with the coordinator to discuss classes for spring. They will want to meet with us in October or November in order to plan the information to go into the program.
Volunteer of the Year and Project of the Year
George passed out ballots and asked members in attendance to vote before they left the meeting. He will also e-mail ballots so those who were not in attendance can vote. If you voted at the meeting, please don’t vote via e-mail.
Plant Sale
A meeting was held at 6:30 pm prior to the September meeting as a wrap-up. If no one else is interested in chairing the 2007 Plant Sale Nancy Mead said she would be chair. A date for the sale needs to be decided.
Garden Tour
Mary Ann Haynes, Audrey Hall, Nancy Mead, Sharon Wade, and Johanna Kaiser worked as a committee for looking at and making recommendations for gardens for 2007 Tour. They have looked at many gardens in various areas and spoken to many homeowners. The next step is to select the gardens that will be featured on the tour. We still need to have a volunteer step up as chairperson for the tour. It was discussed how we could make volunteers more comfortable in becoming the chairperson. The group discussed that we didn’t want anyone to feel they would be compared to previous years. Want people to feel comfortable putting their own ideas in place and we need leaders.
McCloud Park
There were no September work dates. Work dates will be needed in October and November. Patsy Bushdorf and Karen Long have volunteered to chair the project. In October, will need to do clean up and the tropicals need to be dug. Claire suggested in the future we may want to have a layout of the garden and journal what we are doing. What is planted, where it is located, the annuals used each year. It could be helpful for continuity over time.
Legacy Garden
An update was given by Mary McCord. The garden is 95% complete. They are missing 3 plants: Moonbeam Coreopsis, Dwarf Fountain Grass, and False Indigo. Let Mary McCord if you can supply any of these for the garden
Ag Building Landscaping
George gave an update. Almost all the plantings are completed. We will still need to plant some perennials, but most likely not until spring. George will let us know when we need to add any plants. The butterfly garden is on hold. Many plants from the plant sale are planted in the area at the moment.
Festifair
The event went very well and we have good traffic coming though. We had plants from the plant sale. People loved the fact that we had plants available to sell.
Photo Contest
Be sure to get your photos to Hazel labeled with the category. No need to frame the pictures. Please be sure your name is on the back. We will be voting at the October meeting with the winners announced that the Recognition Banquet.
Leaping Frog
Claire Loeffelman passed the frog on to Audrey Hall for her hard work with the treasury this year.
Coordinator’s Report
George spoke about the State Master Gardener Conference. One of the programs featured was one where Master Gardeners held gardening classes in a state prison for the inmates. Even though the inmates are ineligible to become Master Gardeners it was thought to be a good program and was being considered to be set up as a statewide program. Also, George confirmed that Union County will be able to enter our Project of the Year and Volunteer of the Year winners (that will be announced in November) for consideration of top honors at the 2007 state conference.
George also reminded everyone that the open house for prospective Master Gardener students for the class of 2007 will be held on October 11 from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. George reported that 80 letters have gone out to people who have expressed interest.
The Recognition Banquet will be November 8 at the Raymond House. Invites were in everyone’s mailboxes for those who attended tonight’s meeting. After tonight the invites will be mailed out to anyone who did not pick them up.
New Business
Focus Group
Claire spoke about the first focus group held on September 21. It was a good start. They had very good feedback. They talked about education, how to make it a better experience for the classes and the rest of the group, how to get more volunteers involved in projects, how to make meetings better, and how to make it easier to volunteer. There will be 2 more focus groups held in October.
Miscellaneous:
Claire spoke about the Perennial Plant Conference she attended at OSU. She said the trial perennial beds at OSU were beautiful and the conference was very interesting.
October Meeting: Photo Contest voting.
Members in attendance:
| Christine Burnard |
Marcia Lee |
| Debbie Brown |
Claire Loeffelman |
| Miriam Carson |
Karen Long |
| Dorothy Coleman |
Kim Main |
| Barbi Conaway |
Mary McCord |
| Charita Cooper |
George McVey |
| Faye Cox |
Nancy Mead |
| Kristie Garner |
Karen Mikols |
| Carolyn Gibeaut |
John Miller |
| Scheral Greider |
Millie Pace |
| Audrey Hall |
Susan Pasco |
| Mary Ann Haynes |
Ian Pasco |
| Barbara Jackson |
Sheila Sands |
| Dilu Juvarkar |
John Walkup |
| Hazel Lawruk |
Nancy Wells |
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