HOW TO JOIN MEETING VIA ZOOM:
PRE-REGISTER sending your request to join the meeting to:
JudiAnn Carlsson email: TalkToUs@QuailValleyGardenClub.org
For Questions, text/call 713-854-2710
Annual membership is $30 per year (June 1st thru May 31).
NOTE:
As the current situation has been so challenging for many people, we are offering a free guest membership through November to all who are interested in attending our Zoom-monthly meetings and experience all our educational offerings and activities. If, in the NEW YEAR, (January 2021) you would like to continue with us, a $20 payment will extend your membership until our usual annual membership drive in April 2021. Come and join in - - there is always something to learn about our yards, gardens and the ecological systems that support our plants, flowers and trees!
Opening: President Deborah Douglas
Club Inspiration: Sandy Cackowski
"Harmful & Beneficial Plants in Our Backyard Gardens"
Speaker: Debbie Hanks, Ft. Bend Master Gardener, QVGC Member
October Gardening Tips:
Compost: Add to your pile or create one. Clean out all the dead stuff from your garden and flower beds. Leaves are already falling -- add them, too.
Plant trees, shrubs, rose bushes and perennials. Planting now will ensure better survival next spring/summer and earlier growth and blooms.
Plant fall and winter color - pansies, dianthus, snapdragons, alyssum, orna- mental kale and cabbage, dusty miller, etc. Plant in beds you cleaned out (from #1), or in pots on deck or porch.
Plant fall veggies and herbs - Broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, lettuce, cabbage, peas, dill, cilantro, parsley, Swiss chard, mustard greens, etc.
Plant bulbs by the Holidays. Between Halloween and Thanksgiving: Crocus, anemones, freesia, ranunculus, alliums, lycoris, etc. Plant paperwhites in pots by November 11th (Armistice Day) for blooming in time for Christmas. Refrig- erate tulips until New Year's Day, then plant every two weeks through Valen- tine's Day for longer bloom time.
Plant wildflower seeds through November - bluebonnets, paintbrush, lark- spur, etc. Also plant sweet pea seeds in November for better results in spring.
Move and divide perennials and roses while they are dormant or growing slowly. They will be ready to burst into bloom in spring.
Be sure to have nectar feeders or nectar plants for migrating hummingbirds and butterflies.
Mulch, mulch, mulch -- the mulch you applied last spring is long gone! Pro- tect roots and maintain moisture while keeping weeds to a minimum with a 3- inch layer of pine straw, bark mulch, compost or leaves.