February 2010 Meeting Minutes

BURNETT GARDEN CLUB
MEETING MINUTES
Thursday, February, 2010

The Burnett Garden Club met at 7PM Thursday evening, February 11, 2010 at the Grantsburg High School. Present were the following members: Janet Byers, Lucille Danielson, Pam Davies, Mary Griesbach, Gaye Gunderson, Theresa Halls, Kris Henning, Linnea Seume, Becky Tessman and Tim Tessman. Also in attendance was our speaker Becky Dickinson.

Secretary’s Report: Kris H. stated the secretary’s report from January 2010’s meeting was posted on our website. One correction was the inadvertent omission of new member Sue Auguston – sorry, Sue! Welcome to the Club!

Treasurer’s Report: Becky Tessman reported a current balance of $1253.61.

Old Business: Kris updated us on the plan for the June 13 (yes, it’s a Sunday this year) carpool field trip. Kris would like to arrange for us to begin at Venero Gardens in Excelsior, and also try to include Lake Harriett Gardens, possibly other sites as well as Anderson Iris Gardens. Stay tuned for more details and note it on your calendars now!

Plant Sale planning will be resumed next meeting when chair Mary Charmoli will be in attendance.

New Business: Janet brought copies of numerous flyers for upcoming Master Gardener events in our surrounding area. Be sure note the correction about locations in your yearbook or check the website. The observation was made that all weekends in the month of March have gardening events scheduled: Sat., Mar. 6 = Isanti, MN

Sat., Mar. 13 = Chisago County MG’s new location in Center City

Sat., Mar. 20 = Minong, WI

Sat., Mar. 27 = Pine County, MN

Guest Speaker: We welcomed Becky Dickinson from Cushing as our guest speaker for the evening. Becky had been a member of the Burnett Garden Club years ago. She shared nice handouts with us about growing apple trees, and her personal experiences with 150 of them! Yummy apple crisp, cheeses & warm drinks provided by Pam Davies & Mary Griesbach followed.

Our next scheduled meeting is Thursday, March 11, 2010. Mary Griesbach will be leading a discussion on Vegetable Gardening Strategies that will be sure to awaken your enthusiasm for the upcoming spring season! Refreshments will be provided by Alma Karels and Cynthia Leonard.

My apologies for errors and any information that was inadvertently omitted.

Respectfully submitted,

Mary Griesbach

February 11, 2010 meeting -- Apple trees!!

We will be having a presentation on apple tree culture by Becky Dickenson at our next meeting.

We will meet at our usual time of 7:00 PM at the Grantsburg High School science lab, room 111.

Refreshments will be provided by Mary Griesbach and Pam Davies.

Hope to see you there!

I discovered how fun it is to record video on my little camera

I have a little digital camera that evidently records video! I guess I knew it did but I had never done it and didn't want to take the time to learn how. I found out how by accident while touring a boardwalk through the Corkscrew Sanctuary in Collins County Florida, near Naples. The little dial on top of my camera got turned while in my purse so when I went to take a picture it recorded video! What fun. I played around with it but have not gotten my technique down yet. This bit of video is 30 megabytes and was fairly easy to upload to the blog so I thought I'd give it a try. It moves a bit fast.

I love to visit boardwalks when I travel so if anyone knows of any, please let me know. Thanks




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