All if the images in this blog with the exception of the bottommost shot were taken yesterday at Dale's garden in Waukes
ha. His moss beds are truly exceptional and his interest in mosses for containers has also become one of his addictions. He has over 200 pots with mosses although many a
lso have miniature ferns, hostas and other perennials as well as interesting rocks and other personalized elements. Dale is a retired economics instructor and it is obvious that his passion is his 1 acre garden. I met him 6 years ago when he came over to see our fern & moss garden. We chatted and he obviously knew his mosses and became more of a teacher than a student! Dale is also a top notch photographer and we were able to see some framed shots of his travels around the world. Very impressive.
Today was another delightful day of 80 degrees F and sunshine. Larry started the day by unloading 20 pallets (900 bags) of our bagged mushroom compost that we'll be offering at our upcoming fall plant sale (Septe
mber 11 thru the 18th). He then moved on to running irrigation, mowing, watering, etc. Janice was here this morning and helped get our volunteers organized then moved on to planting, watering and other gardening tasks. We had a nice turnout of volunteers as well. Suzy, Winnifre
d, Mary and Glenna came in and did a weeding sweep of the sunken garden, reception garden and shade garden. They always do such a nice job and work well together. Margo came in and did her own weeding sweep of the terrace garden, wishing well garden and the color rooms. Margo has been a volunteer for many years and was in the Master Gardener program way back when I started at RBG. She's quite a gardener and a great volunteer. Dick P. and Big John worked further on the venting system for the laser engraver while Dave, Jim, Bob A. and Vern worked on various carpentry projects. Charlie, Ron B. and Del helped get tents set-up for the upcoming iris sale and layed our our temporary plant sale parking lot across from our frontage road. Dr. Gredler continued to mow and Dr. Yahr helped process labels. Marianne came in to start working on iris sale preparations and we also saw Deb, Laura, Maury, Barb, Marv, Mary Kay and many others. The gourds at the bottom are just some of those that will be featured at the Garden Festival this Saturday. Note the neat "Prickles" gourd that looks painful but is quite rubbery right now. Pretty cool. I sprayed herbicide today and worked on a dozen different tasks that are all becoming quite time sensitive.
All if the images in this blog with the exception of the bottommost shot were taken yesterday at Dale's garden in Waukes
ha. His moss beds are truly exceptional and his interest in mosses for containers has also become one of his addictions. He has over 200 pots with mosses although many a
lso have miniature ferns, hostas and other perennials as well as interesting rocks and other personalized elements. Dale is a retired economics instructor and it is obvious that his passion is his 1 acre garden. I met him 6 years ago when he came over to see our fern & moss garden. We chatted and he obviously knew his mosses and became more of a teacher than a student! Dale is also a top notch photographer and we were able to see some framed shots of his travels around the world. Very impressive. 
mber 11 thru the 18th). He then moved on to running irrigation, mowing, watering, etc. Janice was here this morning and helped get our volunteers organized then moved on to planting, watering and other gardening tasks. We had a nice turnout of volunteers as well. Suzy, Winnifre
d, Mary and Glenna came in and did a weeding sweep of the sunken garden, reception garden and shade garden. They always do such a nice job and work well together. Margo came in and did her own weeding sweep of the terrace garden, wishing well garden and the color rooms. Margo has been a volunteer for many years and was in the Master Gardener program way back when I started at RBG. She's quite a gardener and a great volunteer. Dick P. and Big John worked further on the venting system for the laser engraver while Dave, Jim, Bob A. and Vern worked on various carpentry projects. Charlie, Ron B. and Del helped get tents set-up for the upcoming iris sale and layed our our temporary plant sale parking lot across from our frontage road. Dr. Gredler continued to mow and Dr. Yahr helped process labels. Marianne came in to start working on iris sale preparations and we also saw Deb, Laura, Maury, Barb, Marv, Mary Kay and many others. The gourds at the bottom are just some of those that will be featured at the Garden Festival this Saturday. Note the neat "Prickles" gourd that looks painful but is quite rubbery right now. Pretty cool. I sprayed herbicide today and worked on a dozen different tasks that are all becoming quite time sensitive. 
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