On the evening of Aug. 9, our garden club toured Rancho McGinty, an event that occurs every five or so years, unless common sense bumps into me, and I know to run the other way!
I think about fifty tourists were here, with numerous groups heading off onto the property and into the woods to check out the many garden/orchard locations: the main garden was heavily trafficked, while many folks stopped for fresh (!) snacks from the Centennial crab apple tree. Unfortunately for the garden tourists, someone (all right, it was me) cleaned off and ate all the fruit from the Doyle thornless blackberry vines, just before the tourists in question arrived. I'm sure the eating event was just a coincidence...😉.
Next month, on Sept. 13, our club will NOT be touring a garden, as it's historically dark early at that time of the year, so we'll have a favorite guest speaker, Master Gardener Steve Nokes, visit us for a class on shutting down our gardens for this year, and preparing those same gardens for next year. Our meeting will be in Camden Grange, and will start promptly at 7 p.m. – club members are asked to bring some of their favorite snacks, and the club will provide beverages.
Also, be sure to pencil the annual club Harvest Dinner onto your October calendar: we'll meet to greet and eat at 7 p.m. in Camden Grange, on the 11th, and everyone (the public is invited to attend, of course) is asked to bring a side dish or dessert, made from your garden's gleanings. The club will provide the meat course (provided the road-side pickings are fresh-ish), and beverages.
Club garden tour gnome holders are asked to bring along their gnomes, as the little guys will assemble for their annual Gnome Conclave.
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