A Well-Fed Bunch

The desert table(s).

Soup's on!! 

Outgoing President Joan Morton and her gift of a wood carving.

 Tweed and District Horticultural Society’s annual Christmas pot luck dinner was a wonderful way for its members to start the holiday season. Bright red tablecloths with fresh evergreen boughs interlaced with Christmas ornaments and poinsettias gave a festive air to the meeting room at the Tweed Library.

 As usual the dinner showcased the culinary talents of its members….scalloped potatoes, glazed carrots, meatballs, cabbage rolls, cheese platters, veggies and dip, many, many different salads and homemade bread …and the dessert tables (note the plural) were laden with cookies, tarts, squares, cakes  and several “crisps”.  Wine, punch, tea and coffee rounded out this amazing feast!

Several members were recognized for 5, 10, 15 and 20 years of service to the group. Congratulations to these members. Outgoing President Joan Martin received a beautiful wood carving in appreciation of her 4 years in the role of President for the group.

Once again this year, members were invited to play the “Quarter Frenzy” game bidding for items using their quarters to do the bidding. Laughter along with the sound of quarters dropping into the cups could be heard as the game was played. Great prizes were won by many lucky members…some members even won more than once! Members also won the poinsettias that were on the tables for the dinner.

After all the excitement of the game, members sat back and enjoyed Linda Holmes’ annual video presentation of the club’s activities and speakers during 2015. Many thanks to Linda for her work in organizing this presentation as it was certainly enjoyed by all.

Wishing all our members a joyous holiday season and best wishes for 2016!

Note:

Next meeting will be Tuesday February 2^nd, 2016. Annual memberships will be on sale at the meeting.

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas....

In spite of 20 degree weather, members of the Tweed and District Horticultural Society were definitely in the Christmas spirit as they listened to Conrad Grol ‘s talk about creating winter planters at the November meeting. Conrad, former owner of Brighton Greenhouse gave many tips about making planters to decorate our homes for the holiday season.

Rural areas like Tweed offer a wealth of greenery…Conrad cautioned about asking property owners permission before cutting branches from trees and bushes.

This year Conrad used silver pails as the base for his planters. Place sand on the bottom, add a piece of dry foam (wet foam will disintegrate) and top with more sand and fill to the top of the pail. If the planter is going to be stationary, the dry foam can be omitted.

Greenery used….spruce, cedar, red pine, Austrian pine, scotch pine and jack pine…or whatever you can find! Look for foliage with no brown spots. Birch “logs” can be used as a focal point in a planter.

Different coloured dogwood, thistles, ferns, cat tails, sedum, sumac seed pods, milk weed pods and pine cones can all be used to add texture and interest to the planter. If these accent pieces are too short, simply attach them to a skewer with florist tape and insert into the foam or sand. This will also provide a variety of heights within the planter.

If you prefer more “bling” in the planter, Conrad suggested spray painting the dogwood, thistles etc. Pine cones can be wired together in groups of 2-3 to form a cluster and wired onto the greenery. Bows can also be wired on to the greenery or the handle to add more colour.

The greenery in planters will last during the holiday season; however if you are making a small planter for indoors, Conrad suggested spraying with “Wilt Proof” to prevent the foliage from drying out. This product is also recommended for garlands and wreathes.

According to Conrad, these beautiful planters will certainly welcome family and friends to your home during the Christmas season!

COMING UP….

November 15…Volunteer hours for December, 2014-November, 2015 are to be submitted to Jean Clark. Email hours to info@tweedhort.ca or  leave hours at the Library.

November 28…Children’s Program at Tweed Library…!0:30-12:30….making Christmas decorations. Please register at the Library.

December 1 @ 6 pm…Christmas Potluck….bring your favourite pot luck dish to share. Don’t forget your plates, utensils and wine glass!!!

Bring quarters to play “Quarter Frenzy”!

December 11 @12 noon….Christmas Luncheon at Club 213, Loyalist College.

Both Beautiful and Delicious!

Trevor Telford, from Black River Retreat (north of Tweed) shared his passion for cooking at the October meeting of the Tweed and District Horticultural Society. Trevor’s culinary knowledge and skill set certainly held the members attention as he transformed a simple acorn squash into an elegant and eye catching dish. When cooking, Trevor’s goal is to create “beautiful and delicious food”

To start, Trevor cut an acorn squash sideways into slices and removed the seeds which gave an interesting shape to start. To prepare the sauce, the following recipe was used….

·        2 tbsp butter

·        1 tbsp brown sugar

·        1 tbsp honey

·        1 tsp chili peppers

·        1 tsp cinnamon

·        1 tsp nutmeg

Melt above ingredients in microwave. Place squash slices in tinfoil lined baking dish. Brush with sauce. Cover with tinfoil. Cook 20 min @ 375 degrees. Turn slices, brush with sauce, cover and cook another 20 minutes.

When cooked, place on dish and decorate with broccoli florets, asparagus sprigs, sliced red pepper and caramelized onions. Add smoked cheese cubes.

After tasting samples of the squash, members agreed with Trevor….”beautiful and delicious”!!!

COMING UP….

October 17…Fall clean-up of flower beds. Meet at 9:00 at Moira Garden.

November 3…Conrad Grol will demonstrate how to create winter planters using fresh evergreens. The AGM will be held at this meeting. Financial Report for the past year will be presented.

November 15…Volunteer hours for December, 2014-November, 2015 are to be submitted to Jean Clark. Email hours to info@tweedhort.ca

Hort Folks Weave Baskets

Basket making class with Naneen Tyner...a great day with Naneen making baskets at her home on Lime Lake Road....everyone was so proud of their finished basket....even though it took over 5 hours to complete the baskets with LOTS of help from Naneen!! Naneen recently spoke and demonstrated at a Tweed Hort meeting, generating interest from some of the members for a class.

A Fix for Tiny Spaces

Only have a small space to grow a veggie garden…no problem according to Square Foot Gardening Instructor, Carolyn Klickermann.  Carolyn, one of 4 Square Foot gardening instructors in Ontario was the guest speaker at the September meeting of the Tweed and District Horticultural Society. Carolyn’s enthusiasm for this type of gardening had members eager to start planning their 2016 vegetable gardens. Perhaps it was the idea of no weeding, no digging and no tilling that appealed to the members.

Using a power point presentation based on the work of the founder of this concept, Mel Bartholomew, Carolyn walked the members through the stages of this unique type of gardening.

Several key points….

-area for the garden needs to receive 6-9 hours of sunlight daily

-construct boxes to measure 4 feet by 4 feet and a depth of 6 inches; staple landscape cloth to the bottom and use Venetian blind slats for the grids, do not use pressure treated wood

-allow for walking aisles between the boxes

-soil…use a mixture of 1/3 compost (made from a variety of different ingredients…shrimp, leaf, kitchen, mushroom…at least 4-5 different types of compos), 1/3 peat moss and 1/3 coarse vermiculite…DO NOT USE EXISTING SOIL FROM YOUR GARDEN

-plant seeds in each square foot…2-3 seeds in each hole

-use rainwater to irrigate

-when you have finished harvesting a square, add compost to replenish the nutrients and replant

Carolyn suggested adding flowers to the boxes for some colour. She also suggested vertical planting for beans, squash, peas and yes even pumpkins! Keep the trellis on the north side of the box to maximize sunshine on the plants.

Due to the rising cost of seeds, she keeps left over seeds in their package in a mason jar with a bit of rice in the bottom. Store the jar in the fridge or cold cellar.

For more information on this topic, check squarefoot.com

COMING UP….

September 8…Fall clean-up of flower beds. Meet at 5:30 at Moira Garden.

September 12…Basket making course with Naneen Tyner.

September 19…Children’s Program….nature walk with Jim Pederson. Meet at Erin Palmateer pool parking lot @ 10:00.

October 6…Cooking with Trevor Telford, renowned chef at Black River Retreat. Trevor will share his culinary skills as he cooks dishes using fresh fall ingredients.

A Little Food, A Little Hosta

Kevin Elchuk of Giboshihill Hostas talks hosta with members
of the Tweed and Area Horticultural Society.

The Thomasburg Community Hall was filled with tantalizing smells and lots of chatter on August 4^th as the Tweed and District Horticultural Society held their annual summer pot luck dinner. Hot dishes, salads, veggies and breads filled the “main course” table. Everyone still had room for one of the many desserts…homemade pies, carrot cake, coffee cake, date squares and cheese cake. Icy cold punches were enjoyed by the members on a hot summer evening.

Kevin and Olga Elchuk of Giboshilhill in Cobourg were the evening’s guest speakers. Their slide presentation and commentary was enjoyed by members as they relaxed after their dinner!

Kevin and Olga’s garden contains over 1400 varieties of hosts-a hosta lover’s paradise….and their garden is open to the public to visit! For dates and times…email k.o.giboshihill@gmail.com

Kevin pointed out that hostas are native to Japan, China and Korea. As all gardeners know, hostas are very adaptable and the top selling perennial in North America.

KEVIN’S HOSTA TIPS…..

·        All hostas needs some sunlight…white edged hostas should be placed in late afternoon sun to prevent the white on the leaves from burning

·        Some hostas can have a different appearance depending on the amount of sunlight they receive

·        To get the maximum size for your hostas, plan your garden to minimize the necessity of digging up a hosta when it gets too big

·        Hostas have a variety of leaf shapes, colours, textures and edges

·        To divide…try to dig up whole plant, wash dirt off, break where there are “natural breaks”, use a fork that has been washed in a mixture of bleach and water to prevent the spreading of disease; soak plant overnight in a pail of water; plant using Root Booster to stimulate root growth

·        Feed hostas with Miracle Grow (one for tomatoes)

·        Hostas are great in pots, window boxes, planters, wheel barrows, baskets etc…..rather than purchasing annuals that will be discarded in the fall, Kevin suggests using hostas

·        To overwinter hostas in pots, place pots in garage; once a month water using snow (melts slowly); place pots outside in April to start to acclimatize plants for the next seasons

·        “minis” should be planted in the ground before Thanksgiving…not left on pots over winter

At the conclusion of the slide presentation, members shopped for hostas for their gardens from the selection that Kevin and Olga had brought to the meeting.

COMING UP….

August 16….Clean-up of flower beds in town.

September 1…Speaker Carolyn Klickermann will talk about “Square Foot Gardening”….saves time, space, seeds and virtually weed free! A great way to add a veggie garden to a small space.

Horticulture at the Fair

Pictures of a couple of samples of the creations submitted by Tweed residents in the the horticulture competition sponsored by Tweed Hort at the Tweed Fair on July 10 to 12.

A Country of Gardens

Members of the Tweed and District Horticultural Society traveled across Canada at their July meeting. The navigator of the excursion was Penny Stewart, District 3 Director for the Ontario Horticultural Society. Penny’s power point presentation took members through many of the outstanding gardens in Canada.

First stop on the trip was Vancouver Island with visits to the world famous Butchand Gardens and Royal Road Hately Estate Gardens with its large collection of rhododendrons and azaleas.

VanDusen Garden in Vancouver is located on property originally owned by BC Rail. The property was purchased by a group of citizens to prevent the building of a housing development. This is a teaching botanical garden with many ponds incorporated into the property.

Travelling across the prairies to Ontario, the next stop is the Royal Botanical Gardens in Burlington. It is the largest botanical garden in Canada and the Queen’s blessing makes it “royal”! This garden houses a large number of native plants and a spectacular dahlia collection.

Next members stopped in Montreal to visit the Montreal Botanical Gardens. This garden boasts the largest Bonsai display in Canada. Also in Quebec, Bleu Lavanda which is one of the largest lavender farms in North America.

Redford Garden (Garden de Metis) is located in the Gaspe Bay region of Quebec. Once a quarry, the site is home to a woodland garden and a large peony display garden.

Last stop is in Nova Scotia at the historical garden, Annapolis Royal. This cottage garden has a typical building and vegetables that the settlers would have brought over and planted many years ago.

After all the travelling, members sat back and enjoyed cake and berries with ice cream and strawberry punch!

COMING UP….

August 4…Pot Luck Dinner at Thomasburg Community Hall. Remember to bring your favourite pot luck dish to share and your own utensils.  START TIME...6 pm.

Kevin Elchuk of Giboshihill Hosta in Cobourg will have a slide show on hostas. He grows over 1300 different varieties and sells 250-350 different varieities. He will have some hostas for sale.

August 16….Clean-up of flower beds in town.

Delightful Delphiniums

Christine Gill (left) and Tweed Hort President Joan Morton

Christine Gill and her husband Peter from Nestleton (near Port Perry) were the guest speakers at the June meeting of the Tweed and District Horticultural Society. Christine is a member of the Ontario Delphinium Club. Using a power point presentation, she shared photos of delphiniums in Canada, England and Iceland...the photos of these magnificent plants were stunning! Some grow as tall as 8 feet and the colours were equally as impressive!

According to Christine, these hardy perennials will grow in any soil with 6-8 hours of sunlight. She suggested planting them where they will NOT get the hot afternoon sun as it is too strong. Always keeping the plants damp not wet was one important piece of advice Christine gave members. She also suggested placing ashes around the base of the plants to enhance the colours. The plants come in a variety of colours….pink, purple, blue, white and lavender-mauve-violet. The plants with purple flowers tend to be stronger. Members asked about red delphiniums….the plants with red flowers do not come back…they are  like an annual! Due to their height delphiniums often need to be staked. The flowers will bloom from June to the end of September.

The plants do not like to have their crowns sitting in water in the spring. After the spring thaw, it is important that the plants do not dry out. It is suggested that the plants are watered deeply every 2-3 days during a hot summer.

To produce stronger plants, Christine recommended leaving 3 spikes at the end of the season and don’t let the plant go to seed during the first year.

Growing from seed requires the use of promix and clean trays with domes. Simply grow the seeds (using seeds from a reliable source like the Ontario Delphinium Club) in the trays rather than using the small peat pots…this encourages a stronger root system. When plants are 2-3 inches tall, transplant to pots and put outdoors to harden…end of April…depending on the weather. Root cuttings can also be done to grow new plants

In the spring, Christine suggested cleaning out the old stalks close to the crown…cut with snips rather than pulling the stalks. 

An invitation to the Ontario Delphinium Club Field Day was extended to all members. The event will take place in Brooklin (just north of Oshawa) on June 27 @11:00. Christine’s husband will be manning the barbeque….and apparently he is a great cook…according to him!!!! There will be plants/seeds for sale, a flower show and an auction….a fun day for all! For more information, check the website…www.ondelphiniums.com

COMING UP….

June 13….Clean-up of flower beds in town.

June 15…Bus Trip to Winery and Gardens…contact Linda @  613-478-6850 for more information.

July 10-12…Tweed Agricultural Fair…The Club will be having a floral display and a collage of club events. Fair entries must be set up by noon on Friday July 10.  Set-up for the club is Saturday July 11@ 8am.

July 7….Strawberry Social and Power Point Presentation with Penny Stewart. Penny will be showing some of the outstanding gardens she has visited.

Plant Sale 2015

Some random shots of a beautiful and successful day.

An Evening of Shopping

The May meeting of the Tweed and District Horticultural Society was a "shopping experience" for both club and community members who attended. David Morgan from Lee Valley Tools in Ottawa was the guest speaker at the meeting. At the conclusion of the meeting, members were invited to place orders for Lee Valley products and, at the same time, get a 5 percent discount and free shipping...what a great idea and members clearly enjoyed the concept as they placed their orders and even orders from friends who could not attend!

Since David is a gardener and a woodworker, the job at Lee Valley was a perfect fit for his skill set. David worked in the Ottawa store for 15 years. Now he does speaking engagements based on the tools and items that Lee Valley sells. He also holds seminars on ergonomics, tool maintenance and ground irrigation.

The first lee Valley garden catalog was printed in 1990 listing 100 items. Today's catalog contains both home and garden tools with approximately 1500 items.

David had a selection of tools on display. There are a variety of prices available for the tools depending on the quality but all products have a life time guarantee.

At David's request, his fee for the evening was donated to the Emily Trudeau Splash Pad.

Coming Up...

June 2...Meeting...Christine Gill from the Ontario Delphinium Club will present a slide show on delphiniums. She will discuss what varieties are best suited for the area. Plants will be available for purchase.

June 13...Clean up of town beds...from 9 a.m. at Moira Gardens.

June 15...Bus trip to Winery and Gardens...GardensPlus in Peterborough, Goldenbrook Hostas in Blackstock, Archibald Orchards and Estate Winery and Oshawa Valley Botanical Gardens to see the annual peony display. Cost is $45 per person.

Things We Did...

Some random shots of recent events sponsored by the Tweed and Area Horticultural Society.

Some of the participants in the recent flower painting workshop.
We used Sharpie pens to draw and paint a garden on a canvas tote bag.

It's spring, so let's make flowers. The recent, free, tissue paper flower making
workshop taught by Joan Morton.
All the children's workshops are held on a Saturday morning at
the Municipality of Tweed Public Library. Check the Library for
upcoming events and workshops.

Just a few of those who participated in the recent
bus trip to Canada Blooms.

A Tisket, A Tasket...

Naneen Tyner was the guest speaker at the April meeting of the Tweed and District Horticultural Society. Naneen, who resides south of the community of Marlbank decided 22 years ago that she wanted to learn to make baskets. After taking a course at Loyalist College in Belleville, she was “hooked on baskets”.

Her beautiful baskets are completely hand woven with no glue or nails. She uses a variety of reeds depending on the width needed for a particular style of basket. Although, Naneen uses Rit dye for dying her reeds, tea and sumach leaves are also good dying agents, she says. Oak handles are frequently used in her baskets. Minwax stain is used to protect the baskets.

Using a variety of soaked reeds, Naneen demonstrated making a “blueberry basket” to members at the meeting. She was planning on making a strawberry basket but had no red reeds, so she quickly changed to a blueberry basket when she noticed that the reed bucket was filled with blue-dyed reeds! Her skill set was evident as she assembled the basket and explained the steps involved….reeds need to be wet..but not too wet, always remembering where you started the weaving with each row (although she did admit that using clothes pegs helped her in that area), and the pulling and shaping of the basket is critical throughout the weaving process. Although the techniques of weaving the reeds under and over made the process look simple,  Naneen’s skill was evident as she wrapped the reeds to produce a professionally made basket in an hour’s time!

Naneen offers classes at her home in Marlbank for $60.00 including all supplies and lunch…and no one goes home until the basket in completed! Everyone will work on the same style of basket during the class. For more information, on classes or purchasing one of Naneen’s baskets, please contact Naneen at  naneen.t@gmail.com

NOTE: The Tweed Horticultural is planning on having Naneen conduct a basket making class in the spring and fall. Cost would be $60.00…location of workshop and style of basket to be decided.

Naneen will also be on the Tweed and Area Studio Tour on the last weekend of September.

COMING UP…

April 18…10:30 am @Tweed Library…making tissue flowers with Joan Morton.

May 5..Meeting…Come out and see the latest gardening tools presented by Lee Valley Tools. Place an order and get 5% discount and free shipping on most items. Cheques and credit cards only…no cash. There will be no guest fee for this meeting.

May 9…Meet at the Moira Garden @ 9:00 for spring clean-up of the flower beds.

May 14…Meet at Joan Morton’s house@ 1:30 to prepare for the annual plant sale. Rain date…May 15

May 16…Annual Plant Sale at Tweed Memorial Park. Set-up @ 7am. Please attach a label or photo to plants to assist with identification for shoppers. If you require more information or need plants picked up, please call Joan @613-478-6115 before May 13.

June 15…Bus Trip to Winery and Gardens…Gardens Plus in Peterborough, Goldenbrook Hostas in Blackstock, Archibald Orchards and Estate Winery and Oshawa Valley Botanical Gardens to see the annual peony display. Cost is $45.00 per person.

GENERAL INTEREST EVENTS…

May 2…District 3 AGM in Bath

Celestial Planting

Kathryn Aunger (left) with Tweed and District Horticultural Society President Joan Morton

Members of the Tweed and District Horticultural Society learned about planting using the celestial calendar with guest speaker Kathryn Aunger.

Kathryn, along with Rosemary Tayler and Cesar Gomez produced the first bio-dynamic calendar for our area called the Celestial Planting Calendar 2015. Local artist Sue Vander Wey did the art work for the calendar.

Kathryn in her power point demonstration showed us many examples of calendars and how they changed over the years. The first historical calendar is dated back to 8000BC in Scotland. Many calendars have references to stars and constellations. There were samples of Islamic, Jewish, Myan, Aztec and Greek to name a few.

Some interesting facts she shared with us were:

-In 1792 the first Farmer’s Almanac was produced. It is still published today but a lot of advertising can be found in it which makes it very hard to find the info you are looking for.

-In our calendars today, the sun is the center of the universe and the moon has an important influence on plants. Everything revolves around the sun and it takes 11 years to do a complete cycle. The last time being in 2013.

-The moon acts as a big mirror which affects tides, water and cycles in people and animals.

-The moon travels in an oval shape. Perigee is when the moon is close. Apogee is when the moon is far away. This cycle takes approx. 28 days.

-When the moon is high above the equator, this forces water and energy up. It is time to prune and pick. When the plant energy is downward, its time to plant root crops.

-The phases of the moon cause increasing and decreasing light conditions. During a full moon we should cut grass. During an eclipse we should do nothing. Root crops should be planted before the 3^rd quarter.

-The 12 constellations also play an important role.

-Maria Tunn from United States did a lot of research of plant and harvest trials over the years when she produced her calendars. Slides of plants seeded at different times showed remarkable difference if they were planted when suggested by the calendar. Also crops harvest lasted much longer when harvested with the calendar.

Kathryn showed us some samples of other calendars produced and how they compare to her calendar. This new calendar is colour coded so it makes it easy for a beginner to use but it also has very detailed information which is great for those with a lot of background in biodynamic or very helpful for naturopaths. Kathryn answered questions from the floor and had reference material on display and calendars for sale for $18. – submitted by Linda Holmes

COMING UP….

March 21….10:30 am….Using sharpie pens, children will design a garden scene on a canvas tote with local artist, Bob Pennycook.

Please pre-register at the Library.

April 7….Meeting….Naneen Tyner, a local basket weaver, will talk about the ancient art of basket weaving. Naneen has been a participant on the Tweed and Area Studio tour for the past few years.

April 18…10:30 am….Children’s workshop with Joan Morton….creating spring flowers using coloured tissue paper.

Please pre-register at the Library.

 GENERAL INTEREST EVENTS…

April 2-4…Peterborough Garden Show at the Evinrude Centre, 911 Monaghan Road, Peterborough. Admission $7.00.

April/May…Stonepath Greenhouses, Tweed (613-478-1675) and Farmgate Gardens, Foxboro (613-967-1581) offer spring planter workshops in April and May. Please contact for dates and time.

Super Fruit...

Do you know that the superfruit for 2015 is the haskap berry? Members of the Tweed and District Horticultural Society welcomed James and Audrey Potts of Palliser Downs in Foxboro who discussed this superfruit at the February meeting.

The fruit is well known in Japan as the “Fruit of Life, Longevity and Fruit of Vision”.

Through a power point presentation, James highlighted this new fruit which looks like an elongated blueberry. The berry is blue all the way through, unlike the blueberry which is blue on the outside only. It tastes like a tangy blend of blueberries, raspberries and blackberries and has 3 times the antioxidants of blueberries…talk about a healthy fruit!

As James said, “If you can kill this bush, you have a gift!” Haskaps are very easy to grow and maintain. This plant flourishes in any soil, needs little pruning, doesn’t sucker, bears fruit when very young, needs no fertilizer, blooms can handle a late frost (-8 C), grows on own root stock and 5-6 ft shrubs are hardy to -40 C…the perfect plant for the Quinte/Hastings area. The life span of the shrub is 30-40 years! The berries are ready for picking in late June. The berries stay on the bushes for about 3 weeks so there it a long picking season! It works well in a small garden with just 2 plants or on a larger scale. You will need to purchase two plants for cross pollination.

According to James, haskap shrubs will be available at local nurseries this spring. Listening to the many questions and interest throughout the meeting, these plants will sellout quickly when spring arrives!

For more information on this amazing fruit, check out haskap.ca.

COMING UP…. 

March 3 Meeting….Kathryn Aunger and Rosemary Tayler will talk about planting using the celestial calendar. The workshop will explore ancient teachings and how to use this calendar to enhance planting and harvesting practices. The calendar will be available for sale for $18.00.

March 21…10:30 am… Children’s Workshop with artist Bob Pennycook at Tweed Library. Children will create a garden scene on a canvas tote bag using sharpie pens! Maximum 16 children.

Please pre-register at the Library for this event.

March 13… Bus Trip to National Home Show and Canada Blooms at the Direct Energy Centre in Toronto

Cost…$58.00 before February 12/$65.00 after that date.

Price includes admission to both shows and motor coach. Bus leaves Tweed at 7 am from the parking lot behind Quinn’s of Tweed. For more information, contact Linda @613-478-6850

GENERAL INTEREST EVENTS…

March 5-8…International Home and Garden Show at Metro Convention Centre in Toronto

March 13-22…National Home Show and Canada Blooms at Direct Energy Centre, Exhibition Place, Toronto

Growing Berries with James & Audrey Potts

James and Audrey Potts of Palliser Downs in Foxboro grow many fruit plants including haskaps, strawberries, raspberries, black currants seedless grapes and Saskatoon berries.  Their aim is to grow fruit in methods that don’t require the use of pesticides but still maintain a long lasting healthy fruit. They operate a roadside market in Foxboro.  James will be presenting a slide show and answering questions on growing fruit. Join us at the Library at 7 p.m. on February 3.