Meeting notes from 4/27

Great meeting last night!   Its great also to see so many new faces.  I will be sending the emails to all of them today to have them join our blog.

Just wanted to post some of the topics discussed last night so if anyone has ideas or input be sure and share it here for all of us to learn !

* Suggestion for blog page:  have a place to share recipes
* Aphid deterent :  boil rhubarb leaves and use the water as a spray
* Do not use wood ashes in your garden where you will plant potatoes  (good for me to know)
* Organic way to add potassium to tomato plants, see second post of using banana peels when planting
* creating a pollinator garden, Heather provided a hand out, which I will try and post also
* curling leaves on tomato plants
* black fungus on delphiniums

Also, Heather was nice enough to bring a few plants to share, thank you, and we got to "tour" Nates office greenhouse, pretty impressive really.

** NEXT MEETING SCHEDULED :  Tuesday, May 24th, 7 pm at the same office location.  I will send out a reminder later in May.  Until then, Happy Gardening everyone !!

Egg shells and Banana peels for your tomatoes

Here is the article regarding adding the banana peels to your tomato plants that I mentioned last night.  I also included the link so you can read the full article if you want.

ADVANCE PLANNING:
Over the winter, save banana peels and egg shells. 
Keep a gallon sized freezer bag or other container in the freezer and just keep adding banana peels until you have about 2 peels per the number of tomato plants you think you'll want to grow. 
The egg shells need to be rinsed thoroughly, allowed to air dry and then crushed and stored in an airtight container.  You'll need approximately 12 to 18 crushed eggshells per plant. (Note:  Just recently learned that some gardeners have gone to either baking their eggshells or boiling them (you can water your plants with the egg water when done too) to avoid the risk of spreading salmonella.  I assumed that an airtight bag for a lengthy period would be sufficient, but I am going to start doing this too just to be safe.)
SOIL PREPARATION:
Lay a couple of banana peels in the bottom of the hole.  Cover with about 4" soil.
Sprinkle on a couple of handfuls of crushed egg shells.http://www.thegardenguide.typepad.com/the_garden_guide/how-to-grow-tomatoes.html

Debbie, are we still meeting at 7:00 on Wednesday night (the 27th)? I wasn't sure on the time, but a few people have asked.

suggested list of perennials

"How about a list of perennials that do well here.  I am new to Tok and am doing the landscaping around the house.  This will be my second summer and am looking forward to getting the yard put in."   

This is another comment received thru the garden club email so I thought I would post it here for everyone to see and possibly add some suggestions to.

Thanks !

clematis's ?

Hello everyone,

I got an email from someone in Tok asking about clematis's ,  they are asking if they grow here?  Does anyone know, I have not grown or seen these.

Hi everyone !

Just wanted to say a hello to our newest person to join our garden club, Polly! She has been sent the invite to the blog page and will attend the meeting this month !