Hello everyone,
I had hoped we could get some more of the basic fall cleanup chores out of the way with tomorrow’s session. It looks like the weather is not going to cooperate, and I am not going to ask you to work in the rain or a soggy garden. For those who want to brave the elements, Jennie will be at the office at 5.00pm and she can show you what needs doing. If it is pouring rain, obviously the session will be cancelled. Please dress appropriately!
- Ideally, I had planned on weeding all the beds…a task apparently nobody wants to do. In the Spruce garden, the barberry and the ground cover still need trimming and there are some thistles in the Flowering Quince that need pulling. The area around the compost bins needs tidying up, as does the ground cover in the tree well near the Memorial Garden. Some of you could deadhead the roses and the native shrubs and cut back the bulb foliage. Jennie has suggested cleaning up the tool storage area – maybe trimming back some of the ivy.
The peony division video shoot, Jennie will do on Friday with Karen Naimola. So please do not cut back the peony in the entry garden!
Jennie will be asking for volunteers to prepare some beds at the sundial site in the Veterans Park. Be sure to read the blog for the dates and times.
Monroe County Master Gardener Association 
I will try to be there. However, I can’t say for sure. Chuck is again having surgery on his hand and not sure when we’ll be getting home and how he will be doing. If he’s fine, I’ll come. Hope the rain subsides.
frank, the rain quit so i went . lacking a variety of tools, i was limited in what i could do. trimmed the barberry up front, tried to clean along the fence behind tool shed-trimmed back daylilies, and did pull some weeds along the edge of the compost bin. sorry i could not do more but by 6:30 it was getting hard to see……
Gail,
A big thank you! Jennie had decided to also cancel her session, as it was raining out here in Dundee at 4.00 pm. You certainly picked up the slack and did the jobs that nobody wanted to tackle! I will send you an email with the combination for the tool area gate.