SEPTEMBER MEETING AT
The September 9
meeting of the Michiana Orchid Society will be held at
The meeting will
begin at
Directions to
No vendors at this meeting make it a good time for members to bring orchids for sale.
Shirley
MOS EXHIBITS AT
The Michiana
Orchid Society put in a lovely exhibit at the Central Indiana Orchid Society at
the Indiana State Fair in
Deb and her
husband Nick returned to
Our annual
pilgrimage to the orchid growers of
Three S’s, an A, and a D attend Green Acres Open House
Sylvia, Sherry, Ann, Deb and I, met at Sherry’s house. We all got into Deb nice big van and headed down to Green Acres, to participate in their open house. We were not the first arrivals, but we were early enough to get almost first pick on the bargain stands outside. In the greenhouse, I managed to find an Angraecum with a really big sturdy spike, before Sylvia saw it. To show she was a good sport, as well as a good orchid finder, Sylvia found me an Angraecum mounted on a stick with a nice small spike that is blooming right now. By the time the food arrived, the bargain stands as well as the greenhouses were starting to look a little empty. The food was excellent and it was good to see orchid friends from other clubs and shows. After we ate, we had another look around to see if we had missed anything. Sherry managed to beat someone before they got both of the really big Cymbidium orchids that were on either side of one of the green houses doors. It was so big, it was a good thing that we came in a van and Cindy had a very busy young man to help carry things to the vehicles. Ann got a really good deal on some blue ceramic pots that were marked lower than any blue light special I ever saw. We loaded up the van with our purchases and needed to do a little arranging to make sure that nothing fell over or got smashed. With Deb at the wheel the rest us could relax and discuss our finds. When we arrived at Sherry’s we did a garden walk to check the progress being made in her new gardens. Considering that the area was an apple orchard a short time ago, it looks like the start of an even better garden than she had at the other house. All it need is some time for the things to grow. We all agreed that we had a good time.
Shirley
FALL MID-AMERICA ORCHID CONGRESS
IN
The Fall Mid-America
Orchid Congress, sponsored by the Blue Grass Orchid Society, was held in
ANOTHER ROAD TRIP!
Get your carpool
organized and plan to go to the Chicagoland Orchid
Festival on Friday through Sunday, September 22-24,
Andy’s
Orchids (CA)
Whippoorwill Orchids (AR)
Water
Orchids (
Cal-Orchid (CA)
Orquídeas Del Valle (Colombia)
Parkside Orchid Nursery (PA)
Sylvia’s Plant Swap. Most plant swaps include house
plants, and orchids are house plants, so this might be a good time to make some
room in your growing area for orchids from our upcoming show.
SHADY NOOK FARM
PLANT SWAP
SATURDAY, SEPT. 30, 2006 1PM TO?
RAIN DATE:
Sunday Oct. 1 at 2pm
YOU ARE INVITED
TO THE 1ST FALL PLANT SWAP
AT THE HOME OF
GARY AND SYLVIA GROAT
Located at
Directions
North from
South from
Berrien Springs: Go east on Pokagon to
Pucker Street (first stop sign) turn right onto Pucker and then left on Chapel
the turn is on a corner with a small white church. Continue on Chapel to the
centennial sign. There will be a sign at the mailbox.
PLANT SWAP! WHAT
IS IT?
A friend of mine
and some of yours, Sherry, started a spring plant swap a few years back. It has become such a successful and fun thing
to do I decided a fall swap would be great so we could cover both planting
seasons in the garden.
Fall is a great
time to divide spring blooming plants, plant trees, bulbs, bushes and collect
seeds. As you garden through the summer and fall months..
pot up those extras. Don’t throw away extra perennials
or pull up those tree and bush seedlings. Pot them and save for the plant swap.
I love anything that is green and growing and I hate to throw away those plants
that have outgrown their spot. I know you do too.
What we do is
bring anything extra from the garden.
This does not have to be just flowers.
Bring extra fruit plants, berry canes maybe grapevines. Vegetables such
as
When you bring
your plants they can be in pots or bare root (I put the bare root plant and
small amount of soil in grocery bags with a little water, this works well for
keeping them for a short time). If you have a few extra bags bring them along
to put the plants in and keep your car clean. Label the plant with name, color,
light requirements, height and soil conditions. This is not a requirement but
nice to know.
To keep things
organized, fair and not confusing the actual swap of plants will start at
1:30pm. This allows everyone time to get
here at 1:00 and set up before the feeding frenzy. The setup will be similar to Sherry’s. You
will have a marker with your name. The plants for swapping in front of the
marker and the plants that go home with you behind the
marker. You may show up earlier if you want to tour the gardens and ponds. If you have any questions please call
269-684-0708 or e-mail sngroat@prodigy.net.
Drinks and cookies will be provided. I want to make this a very informal and fun
day for all, so bring a friend and come for a great day of chatting and sharing
stories with other gardening enthusiast.
Sylvia
Sept..Ann Kuntz
Oct..Rick Rydzynski
Nov..Show
Dec..Party
Refreshments
September Sandy’s House
October Sylvia
November Show
December