Fall Porches on Parade Wrap Up...

Magnificent Maria














Sassy Sasser



Ok, this is where the fun starts.
The "winner" of the Fall Porches on Parade contest will receive a fresh custom made MLCHgarden full & fluffy Christmas Wreath for her front door/mantle.


Vote for your favorite decorator at the "poll" located on the right side bar of this website!!!













Beckoning Brown





Blessings from the Garden.
ML

Augusta Area Master Gardeners

A great time Monday with the Augusta Area Master Gardeners at the annual Brown Bag Meeting. I was asked to speak about the "Orange Bulldog" pumpkins as their lunch program.








Best laid plans?

• I put this great PowerPoint program together last week with so many colorful pics.
  

• Loaded up some pumps for "show & tell".


• Practiced so I'd be perfect!
  

Well, worked out for an hour Monday morning(meeting at noon!), took a long, hot bath & attempted to download program to "jump drive" and didn't work..

Plan B ? Go to Daniel Village UPS/Copy store for 30 print outs of program! They gave me a "special" on color "flyers" ...flower budget busted.

The MG's had many questions about the process of growing a field of pumps:

1. What type of spray do you use for mildew?

None this year, that is what this variety was bred for.

2. How did you get involved in the field trial at UGA?

A connection of a local garden buddy(JIM). Jim put me in touch with the professor conducting the trials in 2006, and the seeds came my way!

3. What makes these pumpkins unique?

No two pumpkins are alike. They have deep ridges which makes them interesting to look at. Disease resistance. Beautiful for Thanksgiving. You can grow them in GA!

Tomorrow, 120 3rd Graders!
Blessings from the Garden.
ML

Holiday Organizing continues...

(This is my mother who would kill me if she knew!)

Cousin Nancy sends in more ideas this week to help keep us "perfectionist procrastinators" on top of the upcoming holiday season...


Thanksgiving is less than 4 weeks away and Christmas less than 8! Look at your calendar of Holiday Timeline at least once a week. Tweak as needed & get some things done now instead of later. Guests coming over the holidays? Some thoughts:

• touch up painting, house pressure washed
• clean baseboards, ceiling fans
• thorough dusting...bookshelves, backs of doors
• re-arrange furniture for a fresh, cozy look/feel
• check light fixtures and lamps for sprucing up...new shade? light bulbs?

How about your shopping? Make a gift list now. Check out Mary Louise's garden gift list. Don't forget teachers, coaches, babysitters, etc... Christmas card list? Start addressing envelopes & create a rough draft of your "Holiday Letter". The Goal? Get it done before Thanksgiving. All these little things you can do now so you'll relax & enjoy the holidays...

Thanks cousin Nancy!
Blessings from the Garden.
ML

Christmas List for U

Baffled by what a gardener or gardener wanna be might want for Christmas?


Fine print:
This is not my wish list & I am not soliciting gifts from readers. However, comments from readers on website would be the best gift to me...

1. Chipper/Shredder for home garden/yard. (This really is on my Cmas list!)

2. Another pair of Mary Jane (Kadee) Crocs for gardening- great because they are washable, bacteriostatic and odor resistant!
http://www.crocs.com/womens-footwear/women-footwear,default,sc.html

3. Pair of Atlas gloves

4. Interesting bird feeder & the food to go with it.

5. Stainless Kitchen Scrap bucket from Gardener's Supply

6. Georgia Gardening magazine or whatever state (State by State Publishers)

7. Urban Farm magazine

8. Statue of St. Fiacre- the patron saint of gardens and healing

9. Bird bath

10. Aluminum Hand Cultivator

More detail in upcomng posts.

Blessings from the Garden.

ML