“Curses…an unidentified plant…..”
Under all trees and plants in Heaven, (or whatever your thoughts on final destinations for us farmers and gardeners) I’m sure there are plant labels with names and even Latin ones. Ideally we should all have on our bookshelves, a copy of “Gardener’s Latin” or a similar volume. Eleanor Perenyi, writing in her “Green Thoughts” (1981) wishes she had ordered her Lavender plants using Linnaeus…that way, she would have avoided the “Lavender Swindles.”
Deer cure…or so someone claims…two cups of water, two eggs and a teaspoon of dish detergent. Spray on plants.
We are most grateful to Julie Siefker for offering to handle Registration for the next June meeting. Jenny Rose Carey is swamped with her work at the Ambler Arboretum for the coming months but will of course be available if needed.
Congratulations once again to the Tri-County Branch on their 80thyear. I will be there to help them celebrate, along with Audrey Ehrler and her husband. I hope to see many of you, then.
I mentioned in my message to you in the forth-coming magazine, of the death of Norman Borlaug, Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Father of the Green Revolution and native of Iowa. He was important to all of us, although many people had little knowledge of him and his work with wheat that provided untold millions of families with food. He said later in life that it was his boyhood on the farm that motivated him to pursue his career in intensive modern agriculture.
As the Green Revolution continues, whole towns such as Franklin, Massachusetts have applied new techniques to help nature. Franklin discovered how to deal with storm water pollutants, by using “tree pit areas,” which catch storm water. The trees capture the pollutants, filter them and the clean water goes back into the soil. The town has chosen an ornamental flowering tree for its tree-centric storm water drains.
These could save thousands of dollars and help to beautify the streets of this New England town.
Don’t forget to send me your memory stories for our book.
I suppose, like a good labeling gardener, I should label this message with something Latin. Hmmmmm.