THE NEWSLETTER OF THE GARDEN CLUB FEDERATION OF , DISTRICT X

Volume 122, Issue 2 June, 2016 Editor, Marie Mueller [email protected]

THE DIRECTOR’S CORNER

Submitted by Haddie Weber, District X Director DISTRICT X BOARD Officers “Rain Rain go away So we gardeners can plant

Rain Rain go way Director So that our flowers will bud and bloom

HADDIE WEBER Rain Rain go away Munhall Garden Club You may come back another day.” Home Gardeners’ Guild 1009 Broughton Road I do hope the limerick above is the feeling of all us. All of our garden clubs are , PA 15236 busy preparing for garden sales, Blue Star Marker Celebration, garden tours 412-655-3469 and Flower Shows. May everything grow and blossom in the manner that will [email protected] please each of you.

Assistant Director The 86th GCFP “BEE Dazzle” convention, hosted by District V, was a great success. District X was well represented in attendance, and each of us took VINA MCLEOD RUDOLPH home a great experience of renewing friendship, knowledge from the Martha Washington workshops, new ideas in floral design, items of purchase from the vendors, Garden Club and many of our clubs took home awards and some went on to National. 348 Elm Street Indiana, PA 15701-3129 724-464-5392 District X received First Place for our newsletter. CONGRATULATIONS Marie [email protected] Mueller for your expertise, time, and talent in preparing the newsletter. Thank you to all of you who submit articles to make this newsletter a first place winner. Recording Secretary It was a great pleasure to represent District X at the GCFP Convention. District Position Vacant X is now preparing to host the 88th GCFP Convention in 2018 titled, “A Floral Tri-Fecta”. At our fall Annual Meeting and at the April Members Tea, I asked for volunteers to chair, or serve on a committee. Several of you have already volunteered --Thank you. However, there are several more chairman needed, Treasurer so if there is a special committee you would like to chair, or serve on, contact me as soon as possible. This is an exciting time for District X. Karl Casey, JANICE YEATON Co-Chairman, and I are excited to showcase District X. Presidents of District Valley Garden Club X, please encourage your members to be part of this great event. 680 Indian Hill Road Belle Vernon, PA 15012-4109 Remember the Fundraiser on Thursday, June 16, 2016, at the South Hills 724-929-4361 Country Club. [email protected]

Happy Gardening.

BELIEVE - LOVE – GROW.

DISTRICT X GARDEN CLUB PRESIDENTS TOWN & COUNTRY OF RICES LANDING Kay Bair CHARLEROI GARDEN CLUB 124 Tin Can Hollow Road JoAnn Celaschi Rices Landing, PA 15357-2175 1216 Lookout Avenue 724-966-5856 Charleroi, PA 15022-2028 [email protected] 724-483-8125 [email protected] UNIONTOWN FLOWER CLUB Joyce McCune GARDEN CLUB OF MUNHALL 470 Fallen Timbers Road Michael Sarraino Point Marion, PA 15474 135 Crawford Avenue 724-725-9236 (correction) Munhall, PA 15120 [email protected] 412-461-0665 [email protected] VALLEY GARDEN CLUB http://www.facebook.com/GardenClubofMunhall Angie Raitano- NEW 74 Hillcrest Drive GREEN GARDENERS Charleroi, PA 15022-2516 724-483-6724 Kathleen DeHaas [email protected] 207 Chatham Circle Uniontown, PA 15401 721-439-3646 [email protected]

GIANT OAKS GARDEN CLUB Diane Palmer, Co-President 271 Jean Drive 2016 DISTRICT X BOARD MEETINGS Pittsburgh, PA 15236-2509 All Board meetings begin at 10 a.m. 412-714-8989 [email protected] June 3 District Board Meeting and August 29 District Board Meeting (At Angie Liz Scheurer, Co-President 1543 Tiffany Ridge Raitano’s home) Pittsburgh, PA 15241-3262 October 21 District Board Meeting 412-854-5304 [email protected]

2016 IMPORTANT DATES GREAT MEADOWS GARDEN CLUB Darla Wasko P.O. Box 253 June 6-7 GCFP Board meeting, Atherton Chalk Hill, PA 15421-0253 Hotel, State College, PA 724-438-3254 [email protected] Correction June 16 District X Fund Raiser June 20 GCFP Convention Planning Mtg. MARTHA WASHINGTON GARDEN CLUB Mark Your Calendar:-More details Sandra Grilli forthcoming. NEW. 418 Independence Blvd. September 16 District X Annual Meeting Washington, PA 15301-9580 724.554.1363 [email protected]

MON VALLEY GARDEN CLUB CONVENTIONS Alice Harris 558 South Ridge Road GCFP Coal Center, PA 15423-1023 724-466-0979 2018 – Pittsburgh, PA, April 15-17, 88th GCFP [email protected] Convention, “A Floral Tri-Fecta", hosted by District X at the DoubleTree Hilton, Meadowlands. PLEASANT HILLS GARDEN CLUB Charlene Bowyer NGC 264 Picture Drive Pittsburgh, PA 15236 2017 Richmond, VA, May 18 – 20 412-653-7627 2018 , PA, May 21 – 24 [email protected] 2019 Biloxi, MS, April 30 – May 4

CAR 2016 Saratoga Springs, NY, October 23-25 I realized my article was right here in my backyard. What we plant, the fertilizer we use, the insect sprays we spray, or do not spray, affects the environment. We can control this space. We can make it healthy for birds, butterflies, bees rabbits, DISTRICT X FUNDRAISER and even coyotes (as long as he doesn’t eat my small dog.) THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 2016, 11 AM SOUTH HILLS COUNTRY CLUB Marcy Cunkelman gave a wonderful program this month at our garden club meeting on Monarch Program: “Celebrate.” Butterflies. Marcy informed us how important it is The summer is filled with many holidays and that we plant lots of different kinds of plants, bushes celebrations, ex, Weddings, graduations,, Fourth of and trees, because nature’s friends have different July, birthdays, and Summer Olympics just to name needs. They each need different food, nesting a few. So our own District X Judges will be places and host plants. presenting a program focusing on how to make a ‘floral statement” at your next celebration. Just think, I have all the power to conserve this space. I can make it healthy and beautiful for my Menu Choices: family and all of the creatures that enter. I AM Grilled Fillet of Salmon HAVING A POWER TRIP! Grilled Chicken Salad Eggplant Parmesan

Donation is $ 29, Make checks payable to GCFP District X. Reservations due June 5, 2016. Please DISTRICT X ON FACEBOOK mail check, and menu choice, to: Submitted by Vina McLeod Rudolph

Haddie Weber District X has a Facebook page! Please come visit 1009 Broughton Road us. Our address is: GCFP District X. I'll be posting Pittsburgh, PA 15236 gardening, floral design information, and news from our clubs. Each club is responsible to donate a Raffle Basket.

There will be Vendors, Raffle Baskets, 50/50 and a White Elephant. DISTRICT X CLUB NEWS

Any questions, call Haddie at 412 655 3469, or e- MUNHALL mail her at [email protected]. Looking Submitted by Michael Sarraino, President forward to a wonderful time together. Garden Club of Munhall is having a very successful PS All of this information was given at the Member year and membership is increasing. One meeting a Tea, on April 1, 2016. year we focus on inviting a guest for “Friend Night.” This year the program for this meeting, was “Clean Water for All”. Our member, Karl Casey, did a program on his mission trip to Haiti and his involvement with the Installation of the Solar CONSERVATION Powered Water Purification Project. Submitted by Charlene Bowyer Our Club awarded a five-hundred dollar scholarship I was thinking about what to submit for this article, to a Steel Valley Senior whose essay was “Plant a and as I was walking under my deck I saw a robin Seed and Grow with Us”. making a mess all over the newly potted plants, for our plant Sale. I looked up and on the rafters and Our annual fundraiser “Celebrate Spring” was a great there were five robins nests - not one but five. My success. Upcoming programs include a plant husband said he thinks she's making nests for a auction with an auctioneer. Robert Mulvihill will bird hotel! present a program on Hummingbirds, and we will birds of , and in September, hold a Twilight Garden Tour. Botanical Emporium owner Elizabeth Holgren will have a fall wreath workshop, so we can create a Keep those hands busy in the garden soil. wreath with items from our yards.

***** In addition, we make desserts or a favor for 200 Meals on Wheels clients each month, and visit GIANT OAKS McMurray Hills Manor to share floral information, Submitted by Judie Ball create an outdoor garden, do a craft and just visit with them (and of course we bake cookies). We have We have been meeting fifteen minutes early to “Meet been collecting plastic grocery store bags which are and Mingle”. Each member counts off according to knitted to make wonderful blankets for the homeless. the number of tables and goes to that table to discuss questions that have been created ahead of time by ***** Diane Palmer, Co-President. Everyone at the table gets into the discussion and then moves back to the table with her friends, thus giving us the opportunity PLEASANT HILLS to know all of the members a little better. It is fun and Submitted by Charlene Bowyer, President a great way to mingle! We remember a dear Friend and PHGC Member, For the past couple of months our newsletter has Delores Howley. Dolores was a lovely, friendly, been sent via email to those with computers and happy and courageous person. We will all miss her mailed to other members. This has allowed us to use smile at garden club. We will remember Dolores for color, more photos and be as lengthy as we desire. all the hours she spent planting and maintaining the landscape at the Pleasant Hills Library. She would Our annual Plant Sale/Flea Market was held on say to me that she wanted the Library to look Saturday, May 14 at Peters Township Library. We “Beautiful.” had a wonderful turnout. Dolores was a Master Judge for the Pittsburgh Rose We went to the historic Enoch Wright House to Society. She was always cultivate the gardens, weeds, and prepare them for representing the Rose the season. Library and Municipal planting will be Society at Lowes, the Home held on May 24. Our Club designs, plants and and Garden Show, and maintains all of these gardens, as well as the one at Renzie Park (Renzie Park the Giant Oaks Community entrance. We have gone Rose garden is the largest to several personal gardens to dig up, separate and Rose Garden in western weed, and will donate the plants that were not sold Pennsylvania and the tenth at the plant sale, to Habitat for Humanity. largest in the United States). She knew her horticulture “Pittsburgh, Mighty, Beautiful”, our flower show, is and was Chairman of our Horticulture Committee for shaping up nicely and will be presented at The many years. If we needed to know the name of a Galleria of Mt. Lebanon, on July 23 and 24. We invite plant, she would know it. all of you to attend. We just had a successful Plant Sale on May 14, Adam Haritan was our guest speaker in March. He 2016. We opened at 9 AM and 2/3 of the plants were had a very educational program on “Foraging sold by 9:45 AM. People were standing in the rain Pittsburgh”. He has a website, but if you require waiting to get in. further information please contact us. If you are planning a flower show, Marie Mueller had an We are planning a Small Standard Flower Show, “Art excellent program titled “What Were Those Judges through the Seasons”, for Saturday August 20, 2016, Thinking!” It gives you information and insight into 2-7 PM, at the Pleasant Hills Borough Building, 410 how your horticulture and designs are judged, etc. E. Bruceton Road, Pleasant Hills, PA 15236. We June will feature member Betty Amato, who will do a invite you to attend. program on the Enoch Wright House. In July, Betty Abrew, also a member, will show us about ***** conditioning horticulture for the upcoming flower show. In August, Doris Dumroff will show us the TOWN AND COUNTRY Valerie and Bert Sesler presented a program on Submitted by Helen Barbour weeds and tips for handling them!!!!. This month’s meeting will be a lecture on Bees, by a member of Jeannine Kiger, the guest speaker at the Town and The Bruderhof. Country Garden Club’s February meeting, displayed several items brought back from a healing mission All members will participate in our June Tea with trip to Israel, a country which was defined as semi- table and flower arranging. We plan a July picnic at arid. President Joyce’s home, and a Tomato From the Garden cook-off. Many summer and fall plans will Rain only falls between November and April with follow. Wishing you Happy Planting, good health, uneven distribution. To reduce water consumption and NO MOSQUITOS for agriculture, water saving is critical. The country has eight major and several small-to-medium-sized ***** companies producing irrigation and filtration equipment.

Flowers are Israel’s leading agricultural export. The 2016 UPCOMING FLOWER SHOWS expertise of the farmers backed by private and Submitted by Angela Raitano, government research and development and field PAJC Schedule Advisor surface supervisors, contribute to the high quality and wide variety of more than 100 flowers. Mark your calendars!!

These include cut flowers such as roses, gypsophilia, GREENSBURG GARDEN CENTER carnations, solidago, limonium, gerberas, anemones “FUN-tastic PLANTS OLYMPICS” and ornamental plants. Beekeepers bring in hives Saturday, June 25, 2016 Open to then remove them after pollination occurs. The Public: Noon-4 PM varieties include summer flowers from Europe, Location: Redstone Highlands acclimated so that they can be picked 6 Garden Center Drive and exported during Europe’s winter Greensburg, PA 15601 season. In recent years, production of flowers rose to around 1.4 billion a VALLEY GARDEN CLUB year. “GLOBETROTTING” Thursday, June 30**, 2016 Open to Public: Noon- Club members had a rare opportunity 5 PM**. (**Note the corrected date and time!) to view artifacts of Israel and learn its Location: Monessen Public Library methods of growing flowers in an arid 326 Donner Avenue region. Monessen, PA 15062

***** LAUREL HIGHLANDS & PITTSBURGH AREA UNIONTOWN JUDGES COUNCILS Submitted by Sandy Rantovich “SAIL the SEVEN SEAS” Thursday, July 14, 2016 Open to Public: 1-2 PM Greetings and springtime wishes from The Location: Greensburg Garden Center Uniontown Flower Club in beautiful southwestern 951 Old Salem Road PA. The membership has been on a mission to Greensburg. PA 15601 prune and clean-up the beautiful Rose Garden at Mt. Macrina Manor, which is viewed by many of the GIANT OAKS GARDEN CLUB residents in the nursing home. We will be planting “PITTSBURGH, Mighty, Beautiful” vinca and impatiens in June, and add to the war Saturday, July 23, 2016 Open to Public: Noon to memorial at the Fayette County Courthouse. 6 PM; Sunday, July 24, 2016 Open to Public: Noon to Jane Pramuk, one of our members, set up soil testing 4 PM stations for the club to ready our soil for planting. Location: The Galleria of Mt. Lebanon She was extremely helpful and all members present 1500 Washington Road enjoyed the program. Pittsburgh, PA 15228

PLEASANT HILLS GARDEN CLUB “ART THROUGH the SEASONS” District Laurels - application needed,* no Saturday, August 20, 2016 Open to Public: 2 PM limitations on the number entered. to 7 PM; Location: Pleasant Hills Borough Building Daffodil Awards - application needed,* maximum 410 East Bruceton Rod of three entries. Pleasant Hills, PA 15236 Butterfly Award - application needed,* one entry

per club. INGOMAR GARDEN CLUB “OCEANS TREASURES and PLEASURES” Blue Rosette Award – Book of Evidence. Medium Friday, September 9, 2016 Open to Public: 1-7 PM clubs (39-99 members) will be competing this year. Saturday, September 10, 2016 Open to Public: 9 AM-1 PM *Please photo copy the application form in your Location: Sherwood Oaks Retirement Community District X Manual, if sending by mail. If e-mailing, 100 Norman Drive use the Word Document for each form that will be Cranberry, PA 16066 sent to you.

MARTHA WASHINGTON GARDEN CLUB Exceptional Horticulturalist Award – Send “MEMORIES OF GRANDMA” applications to: Friday, August 5, 2016 Open to Public, 2 PM to 9 PM Judy Vehse, Horticulture Coordinator Saturday, August 6, 2016 16 Cardinal Place Open to Public, 10 AM to 7 PM Wyomissing, PA 19610-2516 Location: Washington Crown Center Mall 484-706-0740 - cell 1500 West Chestnut Street 610-372-3218 Washington, PA 15301 [email protected]

Contact the following Garden Clubs directly for 2015 – 2016 Membership Applications. Gloria information about the following Flower Shows: Lepiane, District X Membership Chair, will be mailing membership applications to all District X Presidents, August 4 Bedford Garden Club by July 31, 2016. The applications should be August 8 Blair Garden Club returned with info stated, to Gloria Lepiane, 413 Old Clairton Road, Jefferson Hills, PA 15025. A tulip bulb will be given to all new members joining between August 1, 2015, and July 31, 2016, at the

Annual District Meeting. The new member’s sponsor DISTRICT AWARDS will also receive a tulip bulb. Questions? Phone Submitted by Kay Bair, District Awards Chair Gloria at 412-653-3632.

The District awards are based on work carried out over a one year period, August 1, 2015 through July 31, 2016. Awards will be given at the District X Annual Meeting on September 16, 2016. KNOW YOUR BOARD MEMBER Featuring Grace Mitchell, Martha Washington District Awards applications are due July 31, 2016 Garden Club with the exception of the Blue Rosette Award as it is due August 15, 2016. Please mail, or e-mail to: The best thing my mother- in-law ever did for me was Kay Bair, District X Awards Chairman to invite me to join garden 124 Tin Can Hollow Road club, in 1977. Now, 39 Rices Landing, Pa 15357 years later, I'm still [email protected] enjoying it, and it's a big 724-966-5856 part of my life. There have been many trips and Awards will be available for the following: adventures I never would

Year Books - no paper application needed. have experienced if not for garden club. Make checks payable to GCFP District X Scholarship Fund.

In Martha Washington GC, I've served as President Check one: twice and am currently Awards Chair. In District X, I __ In Memory of ______was the first Director (that will be in my obituary). I __ In Honor of ______have served on the State Board for over 15 years as one of the Horticulture Chairs, and now as Awards Name of person honored, or in memory of: Chair. ______Address to send notification of this donation: In 2010, I was overwhelmed to receive the State Gold ______Seal Award for outstanding member. But the ______greatest pleasure I receive from garden club, other than the "sisters" I have acquired, is participating in For more information, contact Mary Lou Mudrick at flower shows. My Club has won many first place [email protected], or call her at 724-483-3378. state awards, and six national awards, the latest being this year for our show, "Life's A Beach." This is the result of presenting a flower show every year, with the participation of our wonderful creative members. THANK YOU LETTER

I'm also a 62 -year member of Grange. A weekly We received a letter from Nancy Hustis, GCFP pulpit design and maintenance of flower beds are Natural Disaster Chair, that says: “Thank you for the church responsibilities. Then there are the public generous contribution to Natural Disasters Fund and fairground plantings, and my own garden, which USA. Your check, #1034, for $203.75 has been is 50' X 100'. forwarded to the GCFP Treasurer. Please thank the members of District X, GCFP for supporting this Oh yes, besides garden club, I love Elvis, purple, my worthy project. “Perfect Purple” Elvismobile (an Escalade), the Pirates, Steelers and best of all, my four superlative In the past three years, grants have been awarded to grandchildren, and the freedom to do exactly what I The Garden Club of Fairhaven, assisted by please! neighboring clubs, for dune grass planting along the shore of Sea Bright NJ; to Seaweeders Garden Club to restore hurricane damaged parks; to West Hartford Garden Club to replace two trees, a HONOR SOMEONE WITH A DONATION Silverbell and a Dogwood; to Tupelo Garden Club to help reforest areas damaged by tornados.” District X is one of the few Districts that offer scholarships for club members to attend any of the GCFP schools, including Flower Show School; Landscape Design; Gardening Study; Environmental Studies, and Flower Show Symposium. The CIVIC IMPROVEMENT scholarship amount is based on the tuition cost of the Submitted by Haddie Weber course. Marge Eberz, Chairman of Civic Development Please consider making a donation “In Memory of” suggests that clubs in our District look around their a deceased friend or loved one, or “In Honor of” community to see if there is a public area that could someone’s birthday, anniversary or special use some new plantings. Perhaps a school could achievement. A notice will be sent to them, or their use a new flower bed, or a butterfly garden. Could a family, acknowledging that a gift was sent in their park use some additional shrubs, or flowers? name, to District X, for scholarships. Send your Perhaps a library or public building could use a few donation, with the form below, to Mary Lou Mudrick, container plants, or hanging baskets. These are just 8 Homewood Drive, Charleroi, PA, 15022. a few ideas for our garden club to consider to help ------improve the landscape. IF you have junior gardeners Your name: ______associated with your club, then try to get them to Address: ______help. Phone: ______Donation amount: $ ______Whatever garden project a club undertakes, please 85 - 88 3 days encourage them to use native plants and at the same 89 - 92 2 days time be aware of the invasive species that should be 93 + change daily avoided.

There are two FREE brochures available:

Landscaping with Native Plants, and Invasive Plants of PA. To obtain these brochures, contact Deborah MEMBERS SPRING TEA Fisler, Program Assistant, at the Department of

Conservation and Natural Resources, at 717-787- It is always nice to gather in early spring to meet with 3444, or [email protected]. other garden clubs in the District, and to catch up on

friendships. Contact info for Marge Eberz: 215-345-8491, or [email protected]. This year, our speakers were two gentlemen from Bartlett Tree Service. They were very knowledge-

able and gave us great tree pruning tips, and information on how to select a good tree specimen. CHEMICALS BLAMED FOR DECLINE IN BEES Submitted By Mary Lou Mudrick

The garden care giant Ortho said that it would stop using neonicotinoids, a class of chemicals widely believed to harm bees. The brand, which is owned by Scotts Miracle-Gro, plans to phase out the chemicals by 2021 in eight of its products used to control garden pests and diseases.

Lori Ann Burd, director of the Environmental Health Program at the Center for Biological Diversity, called the announcement "fantastic news". She said Ortho was believed to be the first garden products brand to announce it would stop using the chemicals. Pesticides, along with disease and Jan Nevling giving the President’s Report for Pleasant Hills declining diversity in gardens and landscapes, are Garden Club, in Charlene Bowyer’s absence. among the causes of declining bee populations, a United Nations study, she said in February.

Use the following tips to attract butterflies and hummingbirds to your garden. Plants for attracting THE BEAK SPEAKS FROM DOWN UNDER butterflies: Submitted by Norma Rees, NGC Judge, Bee Balm Ironweed who winters in Australia. Parsley Joe Pye weed Salvia Dill It was mid-morning on an early summer day. The Cone Flower phone rang…I picked it up and moved to the picture window where I love to stand while conducting my To make Hummingbird nectar mix 1 part sugar to 4 phone conversations. There is no telling what I might parts water. Stir well and bring to a boil, cool and see in the garden below or the ocean further out. A store in refrigerator. It will keep up to two weeks. seven-minute walk from our house across the golf Remember to clean your feeders and course takes you to the beaches of the Southern change the nectar often. Ocean. But this morning, it was something much closer that grabbed my attention. A long tailed, grey- Temperatures Change nectar after brown, large sized chicken was scratching diligently 71 - 75 6 days in the mulch around my shrub…a female lyrebird! In 76 - 80 5 days our backyard! People travel hundreds of miles and 81 - 84 4 days wait a long time, enduring uncomfortable conditions to see such a thing. She ran over to another…a The male is resplendent with intricate tail feathers chick! For the past several summers, my neighbor that are displayed in the shape of a lyre. It takes and I have been lucky enough to have flash sightings seven years for the tail to fully develop. During of a female lyrebird scratching around in our garden, courtship displays, the male inverts his tail over his but this was special. head, fanning his feathers to form a silvery white canopy. Young males and females have brown tail Superb Lyrebirds are found in the forests of feathers, which are camouflaged against the forest southeastern Australia from southern Victoria floor. through to southeastern Queensland. Superb Lyrebirds feed on insects, spiders, worms and, Superb lyrebirds breed in the depth of winter. The occasionally, seeds. It finds food by scratching with male secures a territory and starts singing half an its feet through the leaf-litter. Birds tend to forage hour before sunrise from roosts high above the forest alone, but females and young males may be seen floor. feeding together... and I did. He then moves to the forest floor, attracting potential mates by singing and dancing on one of several mounds he builds within that territory. He will mate with several females. The female lays a single egg and builds a domed nest often camouflaging it with

I could tell these two were progressing around the house to the backyard. I grabbed my camera, went to the back door, opened the screen quietly and ferns or moss. She alone incubates the eggs and waited standing stock-still. Here they came, totally cares for the young. The superb lyrebird has an oblivious to me. I was able to watch and snap shots extraordinary ability to accurately mimic a huge for about fifteen minutes…an amazing experience. variety of sounds. Both male and female lyrebirds sing but males are louder and sing more often. In The rusty patch on the neck of the chick indicates a David Attenborough's Life of Birds (ep. 6), the new young male into the area! The chick stays with lyrebird is described as able to imitate twenty bird species' calls, and a male is shown mimicking a car alarm, chainsaw and various camera shutters.

Typical of young creatures, the chick was intrigued by an old orange, which I had tossed out beside the compost bin. While Mom worked hard and scratched about for morning tea, he had a wonderful time trying to find another good use for those strong legs and long, sturdy toes. Enjoy our feathered friends.

Submitted by Norma Rees. Thanks to Birdway.com.au for the female for about nine months learning how to adult male photo. Google: lyrebird mimicry for an absolute feed and protect itself. Later in the summer, I was treat! Two others are Norma’s. lucky enough to see each of them come by, scratching and feeding in the mulch around my The deadline for submissions for shrubs. the September 1 issue of the TENdril is August 15. Please e-mail your submission to [email protected].