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The Lincolnshire Garden Club is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Donations are tax-deductible. For more information, contact Treasurer@LincolnshireGardenClub.com. |
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LGC General Meeting
Thursday Oct. 18, 2018 9:30 AM Guests are always welcome!
Learn how to feed the birds and not the squirrels. Tim has managed the WBU store in Glenview for 14 years and has “birdscaped” more than 350 yards in the Chicago area over the last 22 years. He became a birder at the age of 5 growning up in Lincolnshire. He attended the Univ. of Kansas receiving a degree in Biology and work experience in the ornithology laboratory.  Time: 9:30 am Continental Breakfast 9:45 am Business Meeting
10:30 am Speaker
Where: Lincolnshire-Riverwoods Fire Station #53
671 Woodlands Parkway
Vernon Hills, IL 60061
(Milwaukee Ave & Corporate Woods Pkwy,
across from Half Day Woods entrance)
Parking: In front or back of the firestation or at Extended Stay America (south of the firestation).
Beverages: Bring your own drink; cups & tap water are available.
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Do not fear houseplants! Here are a few tips on keeping your special annuals alive through the winter months so you can bring them out to your summer garden where they will multiply and you can divide. - Definitely use an insecticidal soap on your plants before bringing them into the house. - Just as you harden off plants to bring outside you need to do the reverse when bringing them indoors by gradually introducing them to your house light and temperature. - Do not over water your plants during the winter months. My philosophy is if the plant lives in my house it will only be watered once a week. - Do not place any plants under a halogen light source they will burn. - Do not feed plants until late March/early April. Of all my varieties of Begonias, except Rex, which I am unsuccessful keeping alive indoors, I plant in clay pots and place them in an indirect light source. The Hoya, a hanging plant, does really well with not much light and watering only 1-2 times a month. Remember, houseplants keep your hands dirty during the winter months...Jan
As you might already know, Latin can be quite useful to gardeners. Plants have two Latin names, called Botanical Nomenclature, even though many gardeners use the common names for their plants…The first part of the name is the genus to which it belongs. An example, the genus of Coneflower is Echinacea. The second name is the “specific epithet” which modifies the first name…in other words, it might tell the color, the location where it was found , the size, or sometimes the person who discovered it, etc. So Echinacea purpura will be the genus Echinacea and the color of the native plant was purple. The first name is always capitalized and the second is always small letters. The name is either underlined or italicized. Together they form the species. The name of the variety /or cultivar will be in single quotes ie. Achillea millefolium ‘Summerwine’. ’The common name Yarrow may be in enclosed in brackets. When you go into a nursery to buy your plants, almost all nurseries will stock the plant according to the Latin name…not the common name. So under the letter “A”, will be Achillea, even though you call it Yarrow. It helps to know the Latin names so that you can go straight to the section where your plant is, instead of searching thru all the aisles. The catalogues will also list according to the Latin name. A few specific epithets (modifiers) you might see are: alba (white), coccineus (red), aureus (gold), niger (black), cyanea (blue), humilis (low), sinensis (Chinese), mollis (soft hairs), pumulis (drawf), vulgaris (common)and repens (creeping), folius (leaves), florus (flowers), cautis (stem) This amazing standardization called Binomial Nomenclature for plants, animals and minerals, was created by Carl Linnaeus in the 1750’s, and has been used by scientists and gardeners ever since. Reference:” Gardener’s Latin” by Bill Neal
Repel with Smell Popular plant choices for repelling or masking fragrances include the following: Marigolds – Strongly scented cultivars such as French marigold (Tagetes patula) are helpful when planted thickly in a vegetable garden. Mints – Cabbage pests and aphids dislike peppermint and other members of this family. Since mints are aggressive growers, set potted mints around your garden. Sweet Basil – Interplant in vegetable or flower gardens, or chop and scatter the leaves to repel aphids, mosquitoes, and mites. Top Ten Tips The following tips on deterring pests were gleaned from several lectures on best practices in the vegetable garden and from Rodale’s Ultimate Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening.
If you have been challenged by pests this summer, you may want to try one or more of these tips when planning next year’s vegetable garden. Happy growing!
Nancy Slatin and her husband Alan reside on Fox Trail and have been Lincolnshire residents since 2006. She is a Master Gardener, active golfer, aspiring pastry chef and former Private Club General Manager. As a new Lincolnshire Garden Club member, she looks forward to learning from other gardeners and making new friends.
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