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Plant Sale
The Faire on the Square plant sale is Saturday, May 15. Volunteers are needed to serve a two (or more) hour shift selling the plants and interacting with visitors. First shift volunteers, who are able to lift and carry, are needed first thing in the morning to help set up tables and tents, and final shift volunteers, again, who are able to lift and carry, are needed in the afternoon to help tear down.
Donations are also needed. As gardens wake up and "volunteers" are discovered in unexpected (unwanted) locations or overgrown perennials are thinned, please dig 'em up, pot 'em up and donate them to the sale. Donations should be potted early enough to recover from any shock. Please keep these guidelines in mind. Plants should be in pots or containers, not bagged. They should be tidy and trimmed of all debris, and should be labeled and priced legibly. Prices will be adjusted as the day lengthens.
If you are interested in volunteering, contact Carrie at 608-524-0992, or email themamakiwi@hotmail.com.
Circus World Museum
I have an idea for
a "featured" garden at the Circus grounds this year - I would like to plant
Happy the Clown's face in flowers. Phyllis and I met with Steve Freese and Heavy
Burdick to tour the grounds and discuss the idea with CWM personnel and they are
willing to build a new flower bed to accommodate the new project. We will have
to wait for the snow to break before they can move new timbers in and we will be
using their elephant poop to amend the soil in all of the planting areas. We
also counted the number of planters and looked at the established garden areas
to get some ideas for the planting theme this year.
I will need 10-15 volunteers to accomplish all of the
planting in May. Opening day is May 22nd and everything needs to be in place by
then.
Lynn Zick
Merrimac Community Charter School
I imagine by now that your coffee tables are littered
with seed catalogs and that even the little patches of brown earth that peek
through the snow are bringing hope for spring. With that in mind, I'd like to
invite all of you to gather next week to figure out the various ways that we can
help MCCS with their community garden. I'm planning to meet with the garden
committee (several children, Kathie Thompson, Gloria (if she can make it), and
Sid). Together we'll explore what their hopes are for this year. I'll share all
of that with you.
If you know of other people who would like to help us please invite them to come to the meeting. The more the merrier. March 16, 8:00-9:00 PM Merrimac Community Charter School.
Kit Eilertson
Kids Ranch
Yesterday I spoke with Anne Rakos and we tentatively set
dates to which we will be working out at the ranch getting the garden ready for
the Kids arrival in June.
At the present time we're looking at the weeks of May 3-8 for
the initial cleanup and planning as to what we will be doing. I think we have to
move all the perennials from the middle of the garden and plant them around the
fence on the inside. They are too overgrown and need transplanting, and the
vegetables need to be rotated. If anyone has any ideas let me know.
The the week of
the 17-22 we will prep the soil, get the tilling done and transplant what we
can. (Maybe we can get some ready for the plant sale on the square.) The first
week in June will be the planting week. The day will be chosen later.If you have
a day that works best let me know.
If you have access to newspapers please start saving them as
we will need them for mulch when we plant. I will try to get out there to pick
pussywillows as they are done blooming by the time the kids get there. I will
also go out and trim the raspberries when I do mine. Will send you another
e-mail when it comes closer to working time. If anyone wants to help start
plants let me know.
Contact Arlene:
charles834@centurytel.net
Restoration Gardens at Log Cabin Village in Reedsburg.
We should plan on getting together at
the village to brainstorm That seems to me to be the most logical place to meet
for the first time, weather permitting of course. If it is a crummy day or
evening, we can open up the church and have our first meeting inside. I have no
idea what day or time of day would be the best for everyone....could you send me
your ideas on a workable time and then I can get something planned that will fit
everyone (hopefully:) We can have our meeting later in the month of March once
the snow is gone and we are able to walk around and visualize the gardens.
Please email your thoughts, ideas, and suggestions to me when you get a chance.
I am looking forward to working with all of you. The Village is looking forward
to the attention. Thanks for volunteering. Remember--Friends are the flowers
in the garden of life......Not sure who owns this quote...I found it embroidered
on an antique dish towel and liked it! It fits our group...
Looking forward to hearing from all of you.
Contact Barb:
barbevan@wildblue.net, 608-415-1939
Community Gardens in Prairie du Sac
Sauk County is looking for a committee to do a service project every Monday AM in the summer for 4 hours (8:00 to Noon, May thru September) to help the inmates in Huber with a garden plot in the community garden. The person will oversee the workers and give them guidance.
Contact Phyllis, pboth@charter.net, 605-355-3250
Earth Day is Sunday April 25th. UW Baraboo Campus
Organizers have requested a panel to discuss MG information. Dorothy Legler volunteered. Mary Symak will coordinate the SGMGA table display.
Contact Mary: marysymak@aol.com, 608-524-2765
Association Scrapbooker
Our current scrapbooker can no longer tend our books. If you are interested in recording Sauk County Master Gardener happenings, why not fill your volunteer hours scrapbooking?
Contact Mary: marysymak@aol.com, 608-524-2765
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