Our next regular club meeting will be on Thursday, 2 Feb 2012 at 7PM in the Kiva Room under the clock tower of the Mesa Community College, Southern and Dobson. Jayson Gonzales, community garden organizer will be our speaker. Everyone is invited.

1. to provide East Valley Gardeners opportunities to meet and exchange ideas on gardening from beginners to Master Gardeners and Certified Arborist,
2.to visit each others’ gardens and learn from their experience,
3.and provide service and education to our community with demonstration gardening
4.take fun field trips to very interesting and educational garden related destinations.

January Vegetable Planting Recommendations by University of Arizona:

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Plant carrots, any in cabbage family, any root crops, lettuce, leeks, onions.

•Click here for more January planting suggestions.
•Interesting seed sources below:
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NEW ITEMS ON OUR WEB SITE

The Valley Permaculture Alliance has a very good article on care of sun damaged plants and trees at: http://www.itreeservice.com/pdfs/sunburned_plants.pdf

Remember: Winter gardens should be planted now. Protect your emerging plants with bird netting and frost protection cloth. If you use concrete blocks for your raised beds, allow space for useful and friendly lizards to hide. Plan ahead for automated irrigation.

Club Officers

President: Sandy Bruenig

e-mail: sandrabuening@cox.net

480-835-0662

Vice Pres: Bob Dukelow

e-mail: ace1bob@gmail.com

Please send me pictures of your winter gardens.

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If you would like to join this garden club, you are in luck. We are seeking new members, especially young people and beginning gardeners. This year your annual dues will only be $5. Click here to send an e-mail to our club secretary who will sign you up.

Free aged goat manure is always available from Terry Johnson at 514 N Signal Butte Rd, Mesa 85207 e-mail: tgjguitar@msn.com or call 480 620 7041 TO SET UP A TIME TO PICK IT UP. Terry will bag the manure for you prior to pickup for only $2 per bag (about 60 pounds). Otherwise you can shovel as much as you want from his goat pens free. Bob’s advice: Let Terry bag the manure for you.

December Rose

Mary’s Rose Cake