THE BAILEYAN
The
Official Newsletter of the Liberty Hyde Bailey Garden Club of Ithaca,
New York
The Liberty Hyde Bailey Garden
Club
of Ithaca meets each month, on the third Tuesday (second Tuesday in May
and December) at the Horton Room in the Floriculture Greenhouse, Tower
Road Cornell University Ithaca, New York.
The Club is open to all
gardeners. Visitors are welcome.
Volume 44 Number 3
March, 2005
2005 Officers
| President |
Debi Lampman |
| Past President and Treasurer |
Elke Schofield |
| First Vice President |
Ray Fox |
| Second Vice President |
Elizabeth Owens-Roe |
| Recording Secretary |
Helen Swank |
| Editor of the Baileyan and Webmaster |
Carla Hegeman
Crim |
| Corresponding Secretary |
Cliff Manchester |
| Assistant Treasurer |
Tom Guihan |
| Directors |
Ken Devine (2005)
Ruth Doll (2004)
Dave Farmer (2003) |
| Regional President |
Debra Nero |
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This month:
March 15th, 2005
Board of
Directors please meet at 7:00 pm.
Regular meeting: 7:30 pm - Birthdate of Liberty
Hyde Bailey
PROGRAM:
Robert
Dirig, Assistant Curator, Bailey Hortorium- "Liberty Hyde Bailey and
'Things of the Garden'"
Refreshments
will be provided by Marty Pilat
Next Meeting:
April 19th, 2005 - Plant Auction!
Refreshments will be provided by Beverly
and Bob Hillman
March Notes:
Seed
starting dates - All hands called to the 1st hoop house off
of Tower Road (on right) on Saturday, March 5th around 9:30
a.m. Future sowings
are set for March 19th and April 2nd.
Welcome to Kathy Howard, our
newest member!
Kathy serves as teaching support for the department of Crop and Soil
Sciences. She primarily works with lab courses such as: Weed Science,
Grain Crops, Forage Crops, Soil Science, Seed Science, Soil Ecosystems,
and Soil Fertility. She also maintains an International Crop and
Weed Garden in conjunction with Cornell Plantations. This is a
demonstration garden growing economic crops of the world, including row
spacing demonstrations and the Iroquois method of agriculture. The weed
garden displays typical weeds found in the northeast. She will
undoubtably be an asset to the club!
We are ONLINE!
Thanks to Jase Baese of the C.U. Horticulture Department, we now have
our own “plot” in cyberspace:
http://www.hort.cornell.edu/LHBGC/
On the website, you will find the meeting schedule, photographs, and
links to relevant pages. Each month, I will publish an electronic
version of The Baileyan,
and will send the link to all members who have provided us with email
addresses. The regular newsletter will still be mailed to members
who do not have internet access or just prefer the paper version.
We do hope this will cut down on printing and mailing expenses.
The website will be a great way to get the word out about us and
encourage new membership. I have included contact information and
the membership form on the site. Please help me to make the site
even better by submitting pictures, links, and comments to Carla Crim.
Opportunities
Upcoming
Horticultural Events in Rochester
March 17-20th -
The Greater Rochester Flower and Garden Show at the Henrietta Dome
Center.
The theme this
year is “Enchanted Gardens.” For more information, call (585)
265-9018 or visit the website for the event at http://www.rochesterflowershow.com/
.
May 13th-22nd - Rochester's famous Lilac Festival - A lavish array of
flowers, attractions, and special events that signal the arrival of
spring. The 1,200-plus lilac bushes in Highland Park create a floral
rainbow ranging from the deepest of purples to the purest of
whites. For more information, call (585) 546-3070 or visit
the Lilac Festival homepage at http://www.lilacfestival.com/
.
From
Cornell Cooperative Extension
OPEN
DAYS GARDEN
TOURS 2005 - Sunday, May 15 and Saturday June 18.
Join us for the
second annual Tompkins County Open Days Garden Tour! Six private
gardens will be included in the Garden Conservancy's Open Days Program,
a national listing of exclusive gardens that are only open to the
public on these dates. A $5.00 admission fee is collected at each
garden, and 40% of the proceeds benefit the Community Beautification
Program. Visit the Open Days website at http://www.gardenconservancy.org
for more information.
TOMPKINS COUNTY
GARDEN EMAIL NEWS?
Cooperative
Extension is considering starting a free email garden newsletter, and
are trying to gauge interest. Gardening events? Plant and seed
swaps? Gardening tips? Would once a month during gardening season be
about right? More or less often? Your email address will
not be given to anyone. In the meantime, you can subscribe to a
publication called Practical Earth Keeper that lists the many
horticultural and environmental classes and activities that cooperative
extension runs. You can get it by mail or electronically.
To receive this free publication, contact Dan Klein at 272-2292 or send
an email to tompkins@cornell.edu.
GARDEN
TRAVEL SLIDE SHOW: Toronto & the Royal Botanic Garden
in Hamilton, Ontario.
The Tompkins County Master Gardeners headed north last August to the
Royal Botanic Garden in Hamilton and then onto several distinctive
gardens in Toronto, including the Toronto Music Garden located on the
scenic shore of Lake Ontario. Group members will show their slides from
the trip from 2-3:30 p.m. Sunday, March 20 at the Cooperative Extension
Education Center, 615 Willow Avenue, Ithaca. Refreshments and
time to socialize will follow the talk, which is free and open to the
public. Donations are appreciated to help support the Horticulture
Program. Call 272-2292 for more information.
WINTER
WORMS: Sat, March 19, 10:00 am – 12 Noon. Chase away
those
winter blues by spending a Saturday morning with worms and worm
enthusiasts! “Vermicomposting” is an indoor system that is easy to do
and produces particularly rich compost for your garden and houseplants.
This hands-on workshop will teach you all you’ll need to know: what
sort of worms are needed, how to get them, setting up a bin, and how to
maintain it with little trouble. Participants who complete this
workshop will go home with their very own worm bin and a starter
population of worms. Fee: $10 per household, Ithaca Hours accepted. For
more information or to register, call Adam Michaelides at 272-2292, or
email acm1@cornell.edu .
AgSTRAVAGANZA!
Saturday, March 26 10 a.m.- 4:00 p.m, Pyramid Mall, Ithaca.
Family-oriented
educational exhibits, fun farm videos, chicks hatching, hands-on
activities, farm animals, antique tractors, Farm Bureau Puppeteers.
Sponsored with Tompkins County Farm Bureau, for more information
contact Debbie Teeter at 272-2292 or DLT22@cornell.edu.
Fourth Annual Trumansburg Festival of
Flowers
Planning has begun for the fourth annual Trumansburg Festival of
Flowers, which takes place every year over Mother's Day weekend. This
year, the garden decorating contest will be "For the Birds!"
According to Charlie Lounsberry, the T-burg garden club is
encouraging the LHBGC’s participation. Potential ways that we can be a
part of this event will be discussed at the March meeting. For more
information about the festival, contact Susan Henninger at 387-4471.
Treasurer’s Report
January 2005, Submitted by Elke
Schofield
INCOME
Membership dues (Hayes/Reiterer)
$40.00
EXPENSES
Tower Greenhouse Soil use $6.00
(Ruth Doll)
Membership dues to TGOA $550.00
certified postage to TGOA $2.90
total expenses = $558.90
Checking account as of 1/31/05 = $1,370.03
Petty Cash: $47.29
Candidates for LHBGC
"Plant of the Year" 2005
These plants were suggested by
our president, Debi Lampman, because they grow well in our area and are
left untouched by the voracious deer.
Cast your vote at
the March meeting, or send your choices in via email. Write-ins are
welcome!
PERENNIALS
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GAILLARDIA
|
ECHINACEA
|
ANNUALS
|
ZINNIAS
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SUNFLOWERS
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VEGETABLES
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KALE
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SWT. PEPPER BLUSHING BEAUTY
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Images obtained from the Burpee
Online Catalog
Meeting
Minutes
Liberty Hyde Bailey
Garden Club
7:30 pm, 15 February 2005
Horton Room, Ken Post Greenhouse
President
Debi Lampman called the meeting to order at 7:30 pm. 18 members
were in attendance. She announced that a directors’ meeting had
been held at 7:00 pm for a general review of forthcoming activities.
Elke Schofield, Treasurer, presented her report for January 2005 which
showed income of $40.00 from membership dues, and expenses of
$558.90. The checking account balance as of January 31 was
$1370.03 and the petty cash balance stands at $47.29.
Carolyn Klass, Senior Extension Associate, Entomology Department,
Cornell, gave an illustrated talk on “New (Invasive) Species Attacking
Ornamentals - 2005.” She distributed fact sheets on such invaders
as the Asian Longhorned Beetle, Hemlock Wooly Adelgid, Emerald Ash
Borer, Virburnum Leaf Beetle, and Brown Marmorated Stink Bug. See
http://www.entomology.cornell.edu/Extension/DiagnosticLab/IDLFS/
to download fact sheets about the insects she discussed. Links to
these pages will also be available on the LHBGC webpage.
Carla Crim, new editor of The Baileyan, was given a round of applause
for the excellent February 2005 issue which was received in a timely
manner. If anyone has items to include in future issues, call
Carla at 277-4294 or email
her.
Thanks given to Ruth Doll for work on greenhouse cuttings. All
hands called to first hoop greenhouse to volunteer for planting seeds
at 9:30 am on Saturdays: 5 and 19 March, and 2 April. Debi
Lampman is doing the first seeding at her house on 19 February.
Members attention drawn to Philadelphia Flower Show “America the
Beautiful,” 6-13 March. Swarthout coaches for one day charter
tours available on Tuesday, 8 March, and Saturday, 12 March, $72.00
roundtrip. Call 1-800-772-7267 for details and reservations.
Future garden shows are scheduled for 17-20 March, Rochester Community
Flower Show, and 13-22 May, Rochester Lilac Festival.
It was suggested that members think about designating a “Plant of the
Year,” either annual, perennial, or vegetable, which we could promote
in the media and also feature at the LHBGC berm.
Members reported that the forcing bulbs planted at the November meeting
are doing well; the need for light was stressed.
Thanks to Elke Schofield for today’s delicious refreshments.
The next meeting will be held at 7:30 pm, on Tuesday, 15 March
Submitted by Helen E. Swank
Recording
Secretary
Articles
Victor
Lazar contributed this article detailing an innovative slug trap.
Victor has fashioned a more compact version, and will have a number of
traps (baited and ready to use) available at the plant auction in
April. All proceeds will go to the club treasury. Our
coffers AND our hostas will be much obliged!
Simple Slug Trap Costs Just Pennies
If
slugs have beheaded your prize marigold or reduced your lettuce
seedlings to stumps, other gardeners know how you feel.
Have you
battled slugs in your backyard for years, tried several common
methods... including hunting them down with a salt shaker and using
traps made of jar lids filled with beer?
All of
these methods seem
to be time consuming at best. Helmut Brodka of Renton, Washington found
the ultimate weapon against slugs; he calls it the "slug-o-matic".
The
contraption is easy to make, mess-free and costs pennies. The
only
materials are an empty 2-liter soft drink bottle, a few staples and
slug bait purchased from a garden center. To make one yourself,
cut
the top third off the empty bottle. Drop a spoonful of slug bait
into
the bottom of the bottle; push the top portion into the body of the
bottle as illustrated. Put enough staples around the rim to hold
the
parts together (three should do). This design also keeps the slug
bait
away from kids and pets.
It won't
take
long for the slugs to find their way into the bottle. However, it
is
difficult for them to find their way out. And most of them will
perish
from the bait in the meantime. Use your bottle for several weeks,
then
toss it out and make a new one. "It's clean, and it works -
guaranteed," Helmut says. |
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Elke Schofield contributed an excellent
article about the life and work of Liberty Hyde Bailey. It was
published in the "Cornell CALS Centennial - A Century of Leadership"
edition of Cornell Magazine, and can be viewed at
http://cornell-magazine.cornell.edu/Archive/2004sepoct/pdfs/CALSspecialsection.pdf
It is a relatively large document, so it may take some time to load.
The Mann Library has a must-see online
exhibition entitled
Liberty
Hyde Bailey - A Man for All Seasons
It is a marvelous planet on which we ride.
It is a
great privilege to live thereon, to partake in the journey,
and to experience its goodness.
We may co-operate rather than rebel.
We should try to find the meanings rather than to be
satisfied only with the spectacles.
My life has been a continuous fulfillment of dreams.
L. H. Bailey. “Words Said About A
Birthday”, 1948
Printed on the occasion of Liberty Hyde Bailey's ninetieth birthday
celebration
