This morning had a touch of frost (see our prairie to the left) but the layers started coming off as the day progressed. This afternoon was sunny and pleasant. I can't remember a nice November with so many sequential days of unseasonably warm weather. No complaints here as I went to town on slinging cords all over the place. Marianne, Terry and Marv all worked on Holiday Lights Show related activities and
preparations today and have been instrumental in getting this event ready to roll. Little Jerry was able to garden today and continued debris collections and shrub cutback/pruning. Dr. Gredler has been hauling loads to the dump and continues to collect leaves as they accumulate in various turf areas. His obstacle course is the web of cords around the gardens right now. See another power box to the right. Our power network in the gardens is quite variable so there are come creative (but safe!) cord networks out there to accomodate our show and minimize issues during the event. Rain is the bane of this event and we hope December remains cold! Nice shot below from our volunteer Patty on a misty day at Rotary Gardens back in early Autumn. What a beautiful shot!
Urban and Rose came in for more gate painting and Vern was in to oil one of the new walnut benches. Vern also helped plant some ornamental onion bulbs (
Allium 'Mt. Everest') in our wishing well garden although I prepped the holes with a drill and auger arrangement (see directly below). This set-up works well if you don't encounter major roots or rocks. The auger makes a 3" diameter hole and I drilled these holes 8" or so to accomodate the large allium bulbs. I used to drill 20,000+ holes like this every fall but bulb funds have dimished over the years (and my back has recovered). Maury was out picking up deer fencing supplies today and Polly, Rod and Sally were over at the Horticulture Center painting some displays for our Taste of Chocolate event coming up in December. Check it out on our website. This event includes the premiere lighting of the Holiday Lights Show for attendees (not too mention ample chocolate consumption...). Nice shot at the bottom of a dwarf Japanese larch (deciduous conifer) in our alpine garden with a nice orange/yellow hue with needles ready to drop. This is
Larix kaemferi 'Wolterdingen' and looks neat thru the growing season as well.
This morning had a touch of frost (see our prairie to the left) but the layers started coming off as the day progressed. This afternoon was sunny and pleasant. I can't remember a nice November with so many sequential days of unseasonably warm weather. No complaints here as I went to town on slinging cords all over the place. Marianne, Terry and Marv all worked on Holiday Lights Show related activities and 
preparations today and have been instrumental in getting this event ready to roll. Little Jerry was able to garden today and continued debris collections and shrub cutback/pruning. Dr. Gredler has been hauling loads to the dump and continues to collect leaves as they accumulate in various turf areas. His obstacle course is the web of cords around the gardens right now. See another power box to the right. Our power network in the gardens is quite variable so there are come creative (but safe!) cord networks out there to accomodate our show and minimize issues during the event. Rain is the bane of this event and we hope December remains cold! Nice shot below from our volunteer Patty on a misty day at Rotary Gardens back in early Autumn. What a beautiful shot!
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