Zinnias Killed by Frost at the Sign Garden and....

All our hard work at the sign garden seemed for naught when I went by the following Sunday to water. Every single zinnia was dead! I was beside myself, I was so upset trying to figure out what happened. Was it something in the soil, was it something in the water, was something wrong with the plants. Then Charlie asked why I didn't just go with the obvious. What's the obvious, I asked. Frost, he said. Sure enough some low lying areas got hit by frost that weekend.

To avoid having to pay for more zinnias, we decided to keep back the zinnias Georgianne had grown from seed for the plant sale. They were very tall and healthy so it was a perfect solution! Kris met me at the sign this afternoon, fresh from the hair dresser no less, to help me plant. Well, low and behold, some of those little dead plants were struggling back to life. We thought we'd give them a chance so we planted around them and watered everything well. We also went over to the Memory Lake flagpole garden and planted some zinnias there, weeded and watered.

Thanks so much Georgianne for the zinnias and thanks Kris for helping get the replanting done.

Now for the weeding schedule for 2015! Our favorite task!!

Names with (? ) behind them are members who have not had an opportunity to confirm that these dates work in their schedule. If you have health issues or scheduling issues, please let me know.

June week 4    Kris Henning, Ruth Anderson
June 28-July4 Mary Griesbach (?) and Jacki Bedworth (?)
July week 1    Pam Davies and Wanda Bjorn (?)
July week 2   Georgianne Kleiss, Linnea Seume (?) and Rosemary Burkman (?)
July week 3   Becky and Tim Tessman and Sandra Harmon (?)
July week 4   Teresa Halls (?), Janet Byers and Marilyn Nelson (?)
Aug week 1   Audrey Edmunds and Lisa Slater
Aug week 2   Barb Blume (?), Sue Augustson (?) and Darcy Kolander (?)
Aug week 3   Jolene Meyer (?), Jennifer Doornink (?) and Sandy Hinrichs (?)
Aug week 4   Georgianne Kleiss, Cynthia Leonard (?) and Deb Norling (?)

The water spigot is turned on and I will make sure there is a hose over there so if things are dry, please water.

The sign garden is the weeding priority but if you have time it would be great if the Memory Lake flagpole garden got weeded as well. Watering there is a bit tricky as there is no sources except the lake. That means bringing a bucket. If we get regular rain it should not need watering. If it looks really dry and droopy, let me know and I will bring water from home.

Thanks everyone.