Meeting Day

Today was meeting day, the monthly garden club meeting. As usual, I was totally organized, and ready to go out the door with everything pre arranged - Right! So I did pot up the tropicannas, and they were very healthy looking in their pots. I even put them in a box to make them easier to transport. I had decided on the taco salad for the pot luck, but it was 10 am and I still didn't have half of the ingredients. I didn't have my club shirt clean, and my camera wasn't charged up for the meeting. For some strange reason, I seem to do better getting to the summer meetings in the evening than I do for the spring meetings at 1pm. Well, miraculously it all came together and I got to the meeting on time with everything I was supposed to.

Deb and Dani welcomed us into their house, which was lovely with incense burning. The garden was well established and well-tended. The pool was very inviting, though no one jumped in. I don't want to talk about the meeting very much since that is what our newsletter is for, and Brad does such a great job with that. I will just say that there was a very nice turn out, with much food, lots of plants, and great conversation. Thanks Austin for the wonderful discussion on your passion - coleus. I didn't take any, even though there were plenty of them to choose from, because I tend to kill them every time.

In the raffle today I won two plants, a clerodendrom and what looks like a variegated chiflera. I know what the chiflera is like, as my neighbor has a huge one in the front yard, but I don't know much about the clerodendrom. It should be a welcome addition to the yard. Brad says it has white flowers that have a sweet fragrance. That is always welcome. I will need to decide were to plant it, though since most of the back yard is occupied. I have been having a hard time choosing plants for one of my planting beds, so maybe they will do well there. I try to let the potted plant sit in its future home for a couple of weeks before planting to make sure it is the right spot for them. This method has worked well for me so far.

In upcoming blog items I will try to tell you about each of my beds since there is so much going on with them, and since most have been plants won in the monthly raffles. You already know how ocd I am, so it is a struggle to keep the beds harmonious with each other. I don't know if I am succeeding, but it is fun trying. Bryan