Presidents Message...

A brand new year. What are you going to do different? Try growing a new vegetable in your garden? Maybe plant natives instead of annuals? Dig a shade garden? A new year and the possibilities are endless.

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LI Hort is introducing an Exhibition Table. We have nicknamed it ‘Coffee and Conversation.’ It sits between the competition table and the coffee and cake. It has been promoted quietly the past few months, and now we want you to participate!

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Do you have a passion for ferns? Do you grow 26 types of tomatoes in the summer? You can put together an exhibition. It can be as simple or elaborate as you want. The table is 6 foot, and you can use as little or as much as you want. Maybe you want to split the table with a friend.

Then at the end of the meeting, during the coffee and cake, you can informally talk about what you did in a relaxed atmosphere. No pressure. It’s all about you. We will have a sign up sheet at January’s meeting. If you have any questions, please contact me or Barbara Hanft.

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Ann Wetzel gave me a beautiful purple kale plant in October. It has been growing in a pot near my front door. It is such a vibrant purple, and I am torn between keeping it as an ornamental or eating it (it sounds so savage). I know that one day, I will come home from work, and there will be no food in the refrigerator and the kale will become dinner. Such is the circle of life.

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Wishing you the best in gardening and all things for 2010, see you in January!

-Anne