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NEWSLETTER May 2010 KANSAS POND SOCIETY NEWSLETTER May 2010 President: Terry Bennett 648-4066, [email protected] Vice-President: Jeff Hoffman 744-1899 [email protected] Treasurer: Larry Determann 945-0017, [email protected] Secretary: Susan Kandt 838-6681, [email protected] Newsletter Editor: Mike Kandt 838-6681, [email protected] Website: www.kansaspondsociety.org FROM THE PRESIDENT UPCOMING EVENTS By Terry Bennett May 1 KPS Mtg – Plant Exchange 6 PM June 5 KPS Meeting 6 PM Hello, Ponders. Spring is officially here. That crystal-clear July 10-11 KPS Pond Tour pond may be starting to turn just a little cloudy; it might be Aug 7 KPS Meeting time to get a jumpstart with some beneficial bacteria from one of our local pond and landscape retailers. As the ponds are May Meeting waking up, it’s time to bring up those hardy water plants from Saturday, May 1 the bottom of the pond. They should already have sprouted 6:00 PM - ? some growth by now. And some of them may even need At Kansas Natural Stone dividing. And just in time for the Kansas Pond Society’s 1550 S. Seville annual plant swap! The May meeting is always a club favorite. (Behind TSC on West Kellogg) Not only do we get invited to Kansas Natural Stone for a Plant Exchange meeting, but we get to have our plant swap as well. This is Well, now’s your chance to get rid of also the first formal meeting since the garden show. This is the those plant divisions and pick up a few first meeting that new members who signed up at the garden new plants in return. You can even show will be attending. A lot of new faces, a lot of great bring fish, too. Please bring all plants in plants, and of course some fantastic food. We are going to a bucket, box, sack or tub and attach follow the same procedure we used last year for the plant some kind of label to the bucket to swap. We will eat and then have our meeting, and then we will identify the plant. Also, bring containers have Mike Kandt and Duane Van Dolah go through and to bring home your goodies. If you don’t explain what plants we have and how to take care of them. have any plants to bring, that’s okay. When we are done with that, let the mayhem begin, first come You are still welcome to take home first serve. This is the way we did it last year, and it seemed to some starts, anyway. We do ask that work rather well. We have decided to make this meeting a you not start claiming plants until after themed dinner. The theme that was chosen was Italian. So our meal, so that everyone has an members, dig out your best Italian recipes and let’s show our opportunity. new members what great cooks we are. And as always as we get into our outside meetings, don't forget to bring your chairs. This meeting marks the beginning of our Lawn chairs are needed for all of our outdoor meetings. backyard meetings. We’ll have our normally fantastic potluck buffet. Please This is also our opportunity to thank Gene Schellenberg and bring a main dish and a side or dessert everyone at Kansas Natural Stone for their support of our club. and lawn chairs. Paper plates and Without their help we would not be able to put on the displays plastic forks are provided, but you are we do at the Wichita Garden Show. We want to thank Gene also welcome to bring your own plates for having us out for our May meeting every year as well. I d i D i k ill b id d don't even have to ask anymore. I just always plan the May meeting for Kansas Natural Stone. It's a tradition that I hope WELCOME NEW MEMBERS will continue for many years to come. It is a great place to Jim & Pam Head have our plant swap, with plenty of room for everyone, lots of Kay Catlin parking, a lot of stone to look at, and of course great people. Dave & Deb Botkin Thanks again, Gene. Jonathan Melugin I want to thank everyone who came out to Botanica for our annual water lily divide. It looked like rain, but as always, KPS Website the skies parted and the rain moved around the outskirts of Don’t forget to check out our website Wichita. Mother Nature sure seems to like our meetings, Kansaspondsociety.org and she always makes sure the weather works for us. It was If you want to check out old good to see some new faces from the garden show at the newsletters or get the recent one, use divide, as well. We seem to be getting faster at this every year. Again this year we were done by one o'clock. I hope the NEW password PONDSCUM. everyone learned how to split the water lilies and ran home This password has changed and will and split theirs later in the afternoon. Just kidding; I was be sent only to current club members. beat, too. Please don’t pass on to non- members. With the garden show and the lily divide at Botanica behind us, you would think things would finally be slowing DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY down. But do you realize that the upcoming meeting and GALLONS the June meeting are all that's between now and the pond tour? Is your pond going to be ready and a prime candidate ARE IN YOUR POND ?? for the pond tour? If so, please contact Wanita Wright or Susan Kandt. We do not have much time left to plan for KPS has a water meter that will measure the this year's tour. Once again this year we will be having the gallons as you fill the pond. You can even use Alex's lemonade stands for childhood cancer research. I it with a regular garden hose. There is a $5 fee hope that some of you who will not be on the tour will to help defray the purchase cost. We request please help out at our stands this year. you return the meter within 5 days or after the weekend so it can be available for others. I am excited that it's finally time to move outside, and I'm Contact equally excited to see all of you at the upcoming May KPS Doug or Wanita Wright 316-733-6626 meeting. Once again, don't forget your lawn chairs, your favorite Italian dish, and of course any plants that you may have divided, and come join us on May Day, Saturday, Did you know … May 1, at 6 PM at Kansas Natural Stone behind Tractor Supply on West Kellogg. When water temp is 65°, the koi’s immune system is only 40% functional. Terry Bennett wcw SWAP SHOP If you have articles, plants or fish to sell or give away, let ANDRLA`S me know at 838-6681 or [email protected] LANDSCAPING SUPPLIES Wichita’s Largest Supplier of ADVERTISING RATES Decorative Business Card Size Ad (about 2" x 3 ½"): Rock $15 per 3-month period; $50 per Year ● Decorative Rock ● Top Soil ● Ornamental Concrete ● Driveway Rock ● Fill Dirt ● Flat Stone ● Boulders ● Sand ● Landscaping Products Quarter-Page Ad (about 3½" x 4 ½"): $30 per 3-month period; $100 per year Delivery Available - Half-Page Ad (about 5" x 7½"): We $60 per 3-month period; $200 per year Load Pick-Ups Full-Page Ad (8 ½” x 11"): $400 per year 1501 W. 55th St. So. Phone: (316) 522-0634 WATER PLANTS By Duane Van Dolah YERBA MANSA Anemopsis californica Also called Lizard Tail, this plant gets 12 to 18 inches tall. The spread of the plant is by rhizomes and could get invasive, so keeping it in a pot might be the wise choice. The plant has large, dull, gray-green leaves that can get 6 inches long. The flower heads are a greenish- white; cone shaped with 4 to 8, ¾-inch long, petal-like bracts. The flowers open in late spring into summer. Within weeks after bloom, red spots start to appear on the flower and bleed into the white petals. Leaves develop a red cast, and by fall the whole plant is a brick red. Sun to partial shade is what this plant needs to grow and to be in water up to a depth of 3 inches in zones 5-9. Propagation is by seeds and division of the root ball or rhizomes in the spring. It has quite interesting virtues, which include the face that the roots smell like a cross of camphor and eucalyptus, and the whole plant has a musty and spice scent. For medicinal purposes, the leaves were once used as a poultice to Koi & Goldfish reduce swelling, the roots contain an antispasmodic, and the dried roots were chewed to relieve pain. It is also an anti-fungal for use against athlete’s foot and for Sale diaper rash. As a tea, it is good for swollen gums, sore Nice Selection of throat, gout, kidney stones, arthritis and some cancers. Using it in a sitz bath will help heal tearing or an episiotomy after childbirth. Colors & izes S (Editor’s Note: This is not to be confused with the Over 500 fish to choose Lizard’s Tail we see around here: Saururus cernuus). from John & Marilyn Stark 832-0387 TIP OF THE MONTH FISH NETS By Mike Kandt After cleaning several ponds this spring, I am reminded of the importance of having good fish nets.
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