Monthly Gardening Tips

Have Gardening Questions? Call the Shoals Master Gardener's Hotline (County Extension Office) at 766-4846 or put your question in our Guestbook (Home Page) and we will try to get back to you.

Check here for plant recommendations from gardeners in our area.

MONTH-BY-MONTH GUIDES

• Keep your Camellias "in the pink". See our month by month "To Do" List in the March, 2008, Grapevine.
• Propogating Daylilies in the July, 2008, Grapevine

Other Tips, etc.

Some more general tips and witicisms from our members. Enjoy!

"Go oft to the house of thy friend for weeds soon choke the unused path" Ralph Waldo Emerson

When germinating seed use "milled sphagnum moss" for your planting medium to prevent damping off disease Fuzzy Perritt

I never thought to ask, I never knew: But, in my simple ignorance, suppose The self-same Power that brought me there brought you". From The Rhodora: On Being asked; Whence is the Flower? By Ralph Waldo Emerson

Experienced gardener Billie Betts, Florence said, "Transplant anything, anytime-- just give it TLC and plenty of water".

"For those who believe in God no explanation is needed; for those who do not believe in God, no explanation is possible". Unknown

"One touch of nature makes the whole world kin." William Shakespeare

"Sometimes the road less traveled is less traveled for a reason". Jerry Seinfield

"Timing is of utmost importance to the success of a rain dance." Unknown.

"How do you explain counterclockwise to a kid with a digital watch?" Unknown

"Let us not bankrupt our todays by paying interest on the regrets of yesterday and by borrowing in advance the troubles of tomorrow." Ralph W. Sockman

Club Members

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