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| Club members ready to tour (our hosts Dale and Val are second and third from left). |
We assembled in the Riverside Center Place Market parking lot (club member and NOT-the-President Barbara Midtbo handed out free plant starts to anyone not guarding their car doors) and convoyed to the home of Val and Dale McDonald, located in the area SE of Deer Park, and just off Highway 2. We checked out the veggie gardens (Dale uses plumbing heat tape buried in his favorite raised bed to keep the Ree-May-covered bed warm in early Spring!), the 120 degree F. fermenting compost bins, and the beautifully manicured, rolling lawns. Dale is trying out strawbale gardening this year (as is my favorite gardening partner, Pat), and I have to say the tomato and other plants growing in the middle of the bales looked REALLY healthy. Val's floral displays and veggie beds were inspirational (for those of us with a few weeds), and answered our multitude of related (and unrelated) gardening questions; Val also provided us with wonderful snacks.
Thank you to the McDonalds for putting up with us - we had a great time. Next month, we'll visit another unsuspecting gardener, so be sure to check here for time and date information.
jim
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