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Fall is arguably the most productive season in the you work for the treasury, please don’t blow her in. Cathy’s ornamental garden. After the sweltering heat of summer craft is part of our issue theme—Pests. has passed, yard work is a lot more inviting, for one thing. Looming deadlines also play a roll: first frost, killing frost, Lasagna mulching first snow, deep frost. Trees, shrubs, and perennials planted If you know you want to install or enlarge a bed but now (mostly) can gain enough root growth to give them a don’t think you can get around to planting it this fall, layer meaningful boost in the spring. some organic material to kill off grass Fall is for planting! and weeds and prepare the soil for next year. You can start with cardboard, thick INSET TOP: Cyclamen THINGS TO TRY sections of newspaper...anything like hederifolium, Cornell Hardy cyclamen that, and add on top whatever compost Botanic Gardens, fall I’ve never had luck with these you have around, shredded leaves, straw little darlings, which is why I am such from this year’s vegetable garden, even a sucker for them in other people’s commercial bark mulch, if you like INSET BOTTOM: gardens. There are both spring- and (shredded is good). Keep it on the moist Crafty fly repellent fall-blooming types, and the flowers side—this keeps stuff from flying away sneak peek range from white to deep pink, while and aids in decomposition. the glossy leaves are frequently intricately marked. Happy gardening and as always, thanks for reading! Cathy’s craft Not in the mood for flies? Me neither. Check out our resident crafter’s cute solution on page 26. Cathy is concerned that —Jane Milliman, Publisher she might get in trouble for drilling holes in pennies, so if

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Niagara Frontier Koi and Pond Club meets the second CLASSES / EVENTS BUFFALO Friday of the month at 7pm, Zion United Church, 15 • Indicates activities especially appropriate for Koening Circle, Tonawanda. children and families. REGULAR CLUB MEETINGS meets the first Niagara Frontier Orchid Society (NFOS) , Sundays, African Violet & Gesneriad Society of WNY meets Tuesday following the first Sunday (dates sometimes Ongoing: Family Walk at Beaver Meadow 2pm. Naturalist-led walk. Donations appreciated. the third Tuesday of the month, March—December, vary due to holidays, etc.), September–June,

at 7pm, Greenfield Health & Rehab Facility, 5949 Botanical Gardens, 2655 South Park Avenue, Buffalo. BMAC Broadway, Lancaster. [email protected]. niagarafrontierorchids.org. Ongoing September–December: Beginner Watercolor Classes, 4 Tuesdays, 8:45–11:15am or 4 Wednesdays, Alden Garden Club meets the second Wednesday of meets the first Thursday Orchard Park Garden Club 5:45–8:15pm. Six sessions to choose from. Mornings: the month (except July & August) at 7pm, Alden of the month at 12pm, Orchard Park Presbyterian September 4–25; October 2–23; October 30– Community Center, West Main Street, Alden. New Church, 4369 South Buffalo Street, Orchard Park. December 4. Evenings: September 5–26; October members and guests welcome. Plant sale each May. Contact: Sandra Patrick, 716/662-2608. 716/937-7924. 3–24; November 7–December 5. Beginners will learn Silver Creek-Hanover Garden Club meets the second the basics of how to paint with watercolors. $68 Amana Garden Club meets the second Wednesday Saturday of the month at 2pm, First Baptist Church, members; $76 non-members. Registration required. of the month (except January) at Ebenezer United 32 Main Street, Silver Creek. Sue Duecker, 716/934- BECBG Church of Christ, 630 Main Street, West Seneca. 7608; [email protected]. Visitors welcome. 716/844-8543; [email protected]. Ongoing September–December: Intermediate South Town Gardeners meets the second Friday of the Watercolor Classes, 4 Tuesdays, 5:45–7:45pm. Three Amherst Garden Club meets the fourth Wednesday of month (except January) at 9:30am, West Seneca. New sessions to choose from: September 4–25; October the month (except December, March, July & August) members welcome. 2–23; October 30–December 4. For students who are at 10am, St. John’s Lutheran Church, Main Street, more confident in their abilities and are ready to move . September 13: Williamsville. New members and guests welcome. Town and Country Garden Club beyond the basics. $60 members; $68 non-members. Arbordale Nursery, 6:30pm, tour & discussion about 716/836-5397. Registration required. BECBG garden design. All are welcome. Bowmansville Garden Club meets the first Monday of Ongoing September–December: Studio Watercolor Western New York Carnivorous Plant Club meets the month (except June, July, August & December) Classes, 4 Mondays, 8:45–10:45am. Three sessions the first Wednesday of the month at 6:30pm, at 7pm, Bowmansville Fire Hall, 36 Main Street, to choose from: September 10–October 1; October Menne Nursery, 3100 Niagara Falls Blvd., Amherst. Bowmansville. New members and guests welcome. 15–Novmber 5; November 12–December 10. For more information 716/361-8325. [email protected]; Facebook.com/wnycpclub. For students confident in their artistic ability. $60 meets the members; $68 non-members. Registration required. Buffalo Area Daylily Society. East Aurora Senior Center, Western New York Herb Study Group

101 King Street, East Aurora. Friendly group who get second Wednesday of the month at 7pm, Buffalo BECBG and Erie County Botanical Gardens, 2655 South Park together to enjoy daylilies. Open Gardens in July. September 15: Walk at Knox Farm State Park, 716/ 698-3454; Facebook. Avenue, Buffalo. 9–11am. Learn the history of the estate from the late- . Cornell 1800’s to present day. Meet: main parking lot by red Buffalo Bonsai Society meets the third Wednesday of Western New York Honey Producers, Inc barns. Donations appreciated. the month at 7pm, Buffalo Botanical Gardens, 2655 Cooperative Extension of Erie County, 21 South Grove BMAC Street, East Aurora. wnyhpa.org. South Park Ave., Buffalo. September 19: Auction September 15: Fall Festival at Reinstein Woods, Night. October 17: Guest Speaker John Wiessinger. Western New York Hosta Society. East Aurora Senior 10am–4pm. BMAC buffalobonsaisociety.com. Center, 101 King Street, East Aurora. Meetings September 15: Fall Hosta Forum. Fun, Fun, Fun. Four with speakers, newsletter, sales. September 15: Fall Federated Garden Clubs NYS – District 8. speakers will cover hostas, conifers & clematis. Live Marcia Becker, District Director. 716/681-3530; Hosta Forum, see Calendar (below). 716/941-6167; and silent auctions. Vendors. University of Edinboro, [email protected]; gardenclubsofwny.com. [email protected]; wnyhosta.com. Edinboro, PA. wnyhosta.com. , Friends of Kenan Herb Club meets Monday evenings, Western New York Hosta Society Breakfast Meetings • September 15–October 14: Mum Exhibit, 10am– Kenan Center for the Arts, 433 Locust Street, a friendly get-together, first Saturday of the month at 5pm. Enjoy the colors of fall with numerous varieties Lockport. Meeting dates, times and campus locations: 10am, Forestview Restaurant, Depew. wnyhosta.com. of mums. Kids can visit the 4-H Farm with ducks, kenancenter.org/affiliates.asp; 716/433-2617. Western NY Iris Society usually meets the first Sunday sheep, rabbits and more. Included with admission. of the month (when Iris are not in bloom), 1–4pm, BECBG Garden Club of the Tonawandas meets the third Thursday of the month at 7pm, Tonawanda City Hall, at the Lancaster Public Library, 5466 Broadway, September 16: Fall Wreath Workshop, 1:30pm. Community Room. Lancaster. Information about acquiring and growing Participants will make a fall wreath using dried irises (bearded & non-bearded) and complimentary hydrangeas and other seasonal adornments. $40. meets the second Garden Friends of Clarence perennials, annual flower show & summer iris sale. Registration required. LOCK Wednesday of the month at 7pm, September–June, Guests welcome. 716/837-2285; [email protected]. Town Park Clubhouse, 10405 Main Street, Clarence. September 17: Fall Gardening, 7–8:30pm. Taught by [email protected]. Western New York Rose Society meets the third CCE Master Gardeners. Free. Orchard Park Public Wednesday of each month at 7pm, St. Stephens- Library, 4570 S. Buffalo Street, Orchard Park. Cornell Hamburg Garden Club meets the second Wednesday of Bethlehem United Church of Christ, 750 Wehrle Drive, Cooperative Extension, Erie County, 716/652-5400 the month at noon, Hamburg Community Center, 107 Williamsville. October 17: Winterizing your Rose x177; [email protected]; erie.cce.cornell.edu. Prospect Avenue, Hamburg. Summer garden tours. Garden with Mark Yadon. November 14: Historical , 10am. Leisurely guided 716/649-6789; [email protected]. Gardening with Pati Aine Guszynski. wnyrosesociety. September 19: Senior Stroll walk through the woods. Free. Registration required. meets the second Tuesday of net. Kenmore Garden Club REIN the month (except March, July, August & December) Wilson Garden Club generally meets the second , at 10:00am, Kenmore United Methodist Church, 32 Thursday of each month at 7pm, Community Room, September 21: Growing American Ginseng in WNY 5–8pm. Ginseng expert Bob Beyfuss will lead this Landers Road, Kenmore. New members and guests Wilson Free Library, 265 Young Street, Wilson. classroom presentation and woods walk designed to welcome. [email protected]. Meetings open to all, community floral planting, teach participants how to grow American ginseng on spring plant sale, local garden tours. 716/751-6334; Ken-Sheriton Garden Club meets the second Tuesday forested land. Includes a copy of The Practical Guide [email protected]. of the month (except January) at 7pm, St. Mark’s to Growing Ginseng by Bob Beyfuss. $25; registration Lutheran Church, 576 Delaware Road, Kenmore. Youngstown Garden Club meets the second required. Check payable to CCE Allegany County Monthly programs, artistic design and horticulture Wednesday of every month at 7pm, First Presbyterian should be mailed to: 5435A County Rd. 48, Belmont, displays. November 13: Build Your Own Porch Pot, Church, 100 Church Street, Youngstown. NY 14813. 585/268-7644 x18; [email protected]. ideas & tips to make a winter display, bring your own container, materials provided, $5, registration requested. New members and guests welcome. FREQUENT HOSTS 716/833-8799; [email protected]. BECBG: Buffalo & Erie County Botanical Gardens, 2655 South Park Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14218. 716/827-1584; Lancaster Garden Club meets the second Wednesday buffalogardens.com. of the month at 7pm, St. John’s Lutheran Hall, 55 BMAC: Beaver Meadow Audubon Center, 1610 Welch Road, North Java, NY 14113. 585/457-3228; 800/377- Pleasant Avenue, Lancaster. No meetings January, 1520; buffaloaudubon.org. July & August. October 10: Flowers & Food for Others, make paper flowers for Roswell. November LOCK: Lockwood’s Greenhouses, 4484 Clark Street, Hamburg, NY 14075. 716/649-4684; weknowplants.com. 14: Hosta Love Story, a movie by Mike & Kathy REIN: Reinstein Woods Nature Preserve, 93 Honorine Drive, Depew, NY 14043. 716/683-5959; dec.ny.gov. Shadrack. All are welcome. 716/685-4881.

16 | SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2018 September 21: Gala at the Gardens, 6pm. Cocktails, SAVE THE DATE… $5. Registration required. CCE/TOM hors d’oeuvres, catered dinner, silent and live September 19: Cover Crops for the Home Garden, auctions, raffles and more take place in the gardens. November 17: Woods Walk, 11am. See description 6–8pm. Jennie Cramer will share her knowledge of Advance reservation required. under October 6. Free. Registration required. REIN BECBG which cover crops do well locally and which work , September 23: Bouquet Arranging Workshop, 1:30pm. November 19 or 20: Fresh Thanksgiving Arrangement best for specific garden situations. Includes hands-on 6–8pm. Participants will create their own autumnal Participants will make a bouquet using fresh-cut planting demonstration in the CCE garden. $7–$10 arrangement. $35 members; $40 non-members. flowers. $20. Registration required.LOCK sliding scale. Registration required. CCE/TOM Registration required. BECBG • September 29: Poisonous Plants in Your Backyard, , , 10am. See description September 20: Advanced Compost Series – Part II 10am. Learn about these common plants and their November 21: Senior Stroll 6–7:30pm. Testing & Use. Series, 3 classes: $10. under September 19. Free. Registration required. chemical defenses. For adults & children ages 12 and Single class: $5. Registration required. CCE/TOM up. Free. Registration required. REIN REIN September 21: Autumn Topiary, 6:30pm. Step-by-step November 23–January 6: Poinsettia & Railway Exhibit, • September 29: Elderberry Delights, 10am–12pm. instruction on creating a mini topiary inspired by Fall. 10am–5pm. Included with admission. BECBG Participants will learn how to make an elderberry Location: Grisamore Cider Works, 4069 Goose Street, dessert topping from freshly picked berries and be December 1: Decorated Boxwood Tree, 9–11am or Locke. Materials included. $35. Registration required. able to sample treats. Recipes provided. Ages 13+. 1–3pm. Participants will create their own boxwood W&B $5. Registration required. BMAC tree. Materials, ribbons & small holiday décor items included. $35 members; $40 non-members. September 24: Autumn Topiary, 6:30pm. See September 29: Promising Under-Utilized Trees for the Registration required. BECBG description under September 21. Location: Landscape, 1–4pm. Slide show presentation and list Crossroads Bar & Grille, 3120 N. Triphammer Road, of 50+ trees that are under-utilized but offer promising December 2: Fresh Conifer Wreath, 9–11am or 1–3pm. Lansing. Materials included. $35. Registration results in the landscape and are available regionally. Participants will create a fresh and fragrant 14” conifer required. W&B Presentation followed by arboretum tour to see trees wreath to take home. Materials, ribbons & small discussed. Registration required. Draves Arboretum, holiday décor items included. $35 members; $40 non- September 26: Fall Lecture Series – Botanical 1821 Sharrick Road, Darien. dravesarboretum@ members. Registration required. BECBG Adventurers: The Men Who Roamed the Planet rochester.rr.com. to Find Our Everyday Foods, 7:30pm. Presented by Daniel Stone, National Geographic contributing , 11am. Guided nature walk October 6: Woods Walk editor and author of The Food Explorer. Free. No through the woods. Free. Registration required. REIN ITHACA registration required. Statler Hall Auditorium, Cornell October 7: Succulent & Pumpkin Centerpiece, University. CBG 1:30pm. Participants will create their own seasonal REGULAR CLUB MEETINGS September 27: Advanced Compost Series – Part III, centerpiece. $38. Registration required. LOCK Adirondack Chapter, North American Rock Garden 6–7:30pm. Troubleshooting & Advanced Techniques. , 1:30pm. October 9: Succulent & Pumpkin Centerpiece Society (ACNARGS) meets the third Saturday of the Series, 3 classes: $10. Single class: $5. Registration See description under October 7. $38. Registration month (except in summer) at 1pm, Whetzel Room, required. CCE/TOM required. LOCK 404 Plant Science Building, Cornell University, Ithaca. September 30: Judy’s Day Family Learning Festival, October 11: Tropical Glass Terrarium, 6pm. Create your Meetings are open to all. 607/269-7070; acnargs.org; 1–5pm. Plant exhibits, hands-on activities, tastings Facebook.com/acnargs. own in this workshop for adults. $15 members; $20 and story sharing. Rain or shine. $5. CBG non-members. Registration required. BECBG , an herb study group, usually meets Auraca Herbarists October 9: Pumpkin Centerpiece, 6:30pm. Create October 14: Succulent & Pumpkin Centerpiece, the second Tuesday of the month at noon, Cornell a succulent centerpiece in a small white pumpkin. Botanic Gardens, Ithaca. Brownbag lunch at noon 1:30pm. See description under October 7. $38. Location: Liquid State Brewing Company, 620 followed by the program and herb of the month. Field Registration required. LOCK W. Green Street, Ithaca. Materials included. $45. trips during the growing season. All are welcome. Registration required. October 17: Senior Stroll, 10am. See description under Contact: Pat Curran, [email protected]. W&B September 19. Free. Registration required. REIN October 10: Fall Lecture Series – A Bird’s Eye View Finger Lakes Native Plant Society meets the third • October 20: Autumn Tree Trek, 10am–12pm. Wednesday of the month at 7pm, Unitarian Church of Nature in the City, and the Surprising Ways we , 7:30pm. Naturalist Mark Carra will lead this hike to see the annex, corner of Buffalo & Aurora, Ithaca. Enter side might Affect Ecological Communities leaves. All ages welcome. $5. Registration required. door on Buffalo Street & up the stairs. 607/257-4853. Presented by Amanda D. Rodewald, Garvin Professor BMAC of Ornithology & Director of Conservation Science, Windsor NY Garden Group meets the second and Cornell Lab of Ornithology & Department of Natural , 2pm. Fashion your October 20: Hypertufa Container fourth Tuesdays of the month at 10am, members’ Resources, Cornell University. Free. No registration own unique planting container using a mix of peat homes or Windsor Community House, 107 Main required. Statler Hall Auditorium, Cornell University. moss, Portland cement and perlite. $25 members; $30 Street, Windsor. windsorgardengroup.suerambo.com. CBG non-members. Registration required. BECBG October 16: Pumpkin Centerpiece, 6:30pm. See • October 23: Nature’s Art Box – Seed & Spice description under October 9. Location: The Apple Mandalas, 3:30–5pm. Participants will use recycled FREQUENT HOSTS CDs and natural materials to create a simple Autumn- Station, 5279 Cross Road, Cayuga. Materials included. inspired mandala suitable to hang or make into a CBG: Cornell Botanic Gardens, 1 Plantations Road, $45. Registration required. W&B magnet. Ages 8+. $7. Registration required. BMAC Ithaca, NY 14850. Inquire ahead for meeting • October 20: Worm Composting Bin, 10am–12pm. locations. 607/255-2400; cornellbotanicgardens.org. Learn how worms make rich compost for the garden October 27–January 5: Horticulture II Certificate while disposing of food scraps. Includes starter bin Series, 6 Saturdays, 11am–1pm. Taught by David CCE/TOM: Cornell Cooperative Extension, Clark, Horticulturist & CNLP. Soil Science for Tompkins County, 615 Willow Avenue, Ithaca, NY & worms. $10 per household. Registration required. Gardeners; Advanced Propagation Techniques; 14850. 607/272-2292 x146; [email protected]; CCE/TOM ccetompkins.org. Getting Started with Hydroponics; Water Gardening October 24: Fall Lecture Series – The New Heirloom & Aquascaping; How to Prune Plants; Introduction to W&B: Wine & Blooms, 3284 Myers Road, Genoa, NY Garden: Modern Designs for Old-Fashioned Landscape Design. Series: $108 members; $138 non- 13071. 607/216-6058; [email protected]; Gardeners, 7:30pm. Presented by Ellen Ogden, members. Single session: $18 members; $23 non- wineandblooms.com. author. Free. No registration required. Statler Hall members. Registration required. BECBG Auditorium, Cornell University. CBG November 3: Woods Walk, 11am. See description October 25: Fall Plant Propagation, 6–8pm. Sean under October 6. Free. Registration required. REIN CLASSES / EVENTS Dembrosky will demonstrate techniques for November 10: Natural Products Workshop, 10am. propagating edible tree species such as stratifying Learn how to make natural cleaning and beauty • Indicates activities especially appropriate for seeds of a variety of fruit and nut trees and striking products. Participants will make a cleaner or lip children and families. cuttings from fruit bushes. Participants will take home balm to take home. $5 members; $7 non-members. Ongoing through September 29: Guided Garden seeds and cuttings. $7–$10 sliding scale. Registration Registration required. REIN Tours, Saturdays, 11am or 4pm. Stroll the grounds required. CCE/TOM with a volunteer guide. Each tour will be unique November 10: Nature’s Gathering, 5–8pm. Sample November 7: Fall Lecture Series – Monarchs and as the gardens progress through the season. Free. regional wines, beer & sprits, local cheeses, appetizers Milkweed: Coevolution, Chemistry & Conservation, Registration not required. and desserts. Browse art and specialty crafts from CBG 7:30pm. Presented by Anurag Agrawal, Professor of local vendors. Cash bar, raffles & more. Buffalo Iron September 13: Advanced Compost Series – Part I, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University. Works, 49 Illinois Street, Buffalo. $15 advance; $20 6–7:30pm. How it Works. Learn the process of how Free. No registration required. Statler Hall Auditorium, day of. REIN compost happens. Series, 3 classes: $10. Single class: Cornell University. CBG

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Pennsylvania Basin to Lake Ontario with George Ikebana International Rochester Chapter 53 meets ITHACA cont. Thomas, Executive Director, Genesee River Watch. the third Thursday of each month (except December Visitors welcome. Call 585/385-2065 if interested in and February) at 10am, First Baptist Church, Hubbell SAVE THE DATE… attending a meeting. Hall, 175 Allens Creek Road, Rochester. September 20: Chiko School of Ikebana – Demonstration & , 6:30 pm. Create a Fairport Garden Club meets the third Thursday November 16: Rustic Fall Wreath Workshop, $5. October 20: Exhibit, Demonstrations one-of-a-kind seasonal wreath using faux pumpkin, evening of each month (except August and January). & Children’s Workshop, Barnes & Noble, Pittsford succulents, soil etc. Location: The Apple Station, Accepting new members. [email protected]; Plaza. November 15: Ohara School of Ikebana, festive 5279 Cross Road, Cayuga. Materials included. $35. fairportgardenclub.com. seasonal arrangements. 585/301-6727; 585/402-1772; Registration required. W&B Garden Club of Brockport meets the second [email protected]; ikebanarochester.org. , Wednesday of every month at 7pm, Jubilee Church, November 17: Bokashi Composting Workshop meets the first Wednesday of the 10am–12pm. Learn about this Japanese composting 3565 Lake Road, Brockport. Speakers, hands-on Kendall Garden Club month at 7pm, Kendall Town Hall. 585/ 370-8964. technique that involves natural fermentation. $10 per sessions. Georgie: 585/964-7754; georgietoates@ household. Registration required. CCE/TOM yahoo.com. Newark Garden Club meets the first Friday of the month at 1pm, Park Presbyterian Church, Newark. Guests are November 26: Rustic Fall Wreath, 6:30 pm. See Garden Club of Mendon meets the third Tuesday of welcome. description under November 16. Location: the month, 10am–1pm, Mendon Community Center, 167 North Main Street, Honeoye Falls. Work on meets the third Tuesday Crossroads Bar & Grille, 3120 N. Triphammer Road, Pittsford Garden Club community gardens and gather new ideas in a casual, of the month at 11am, Pittsford Public Library, Lansing. Materials included. $35. Registration social environment. 585/624-8182; joanheaney70@ Fisher Meeting Room, 24 State Street, Pittsford, required. W&B gmail.com. except in July & August when it visits members’ , 6–8pm. November 29: Getting Started with Nut Trees meets the third Wednesday gardens. 585/425-0766; [email protected]; Brian Caldwell & Akiva Silver will discuss the best Garden Path of Penfield of the month, September–May at 7pm, Penfield pittsfordgardenclub.wordpress.com. types of nuts for growing in NY plus harvesting and Community Center, 1985 Baird Road, Penfield. processing methods. Samples will be provided. $7– Rochester Dahlia Society meets the second Saturday Members enjoy all aspects of gardening; new of the month (except August & September) at $10 sliding scale. Registration required. CCE/TOM members welcome. [email protected]. 12pm, Trinity Reformed Church, 909 Landing Road December 7: Evergreen Wreath-Making Workshop, meets the North, Rochester. Visitors welcome. September 5–7pm. Fresh-cut greens, ring, wires & ribbons Genesee Region Orchid Society (GROS) first Monday following the first Sunday of the month 15: Dahlia Show, see Calendar (below). Facebook; supplied. $18. Registration required. CCE/TOM (September–December; February–May), Jewish rochesterdahlias.org. , December 8: Evergreen Wreath-Making Workshop Community Center, 1200 Edgewood Avenue, Rochester Herb Society meets the first Tuesday of 10am–12pm. See description under December 7. $18. Rochester. GROS is an affiliate of the American each month (excluding January, February & July) at Registration required. CCE/TOM Orchid Society (AOS) and Orchid Digest Corporation. 12pm, Potter Memorial Building, 53 West Church March 29–31, 2019: Orchid Show & Sale, Eisenhart Street, Fairport. Summer garden tours. New members Auditorium, Rochester Museum & Science Center. welcome. rochesterherbsociety.com. facebook.com/geneseeorchid; geneseeorchid.org. Rochester Permaculture Center meets monthly to ROCHESTER Genesee Valley Hosta Society meets the second discuss topics such as edible landscapes, gardening, Thursday of the month, April–October, at Eli farming, renewable energy, green building, rainwater REGULAR CLUB MEETINGS Fagan American Legion Post, 260 Middle Road, harvesting, composting, local food, forest gardening, Henrietta. 585/538-2280; [email protected]; herbalism, green living, etc. Meeting location and 7th District Federated Garden Clubs New York geneseevalleyhosta.com. details: meetup.com/rochesterpermaculture. State, Inc. meets the first Wednesday of the month. meets the first Friday 7thdistrictfgcnys.org. Genesee Valley Pond & Koi Club Seabreeze Bloomers Garden Club meets the fourth of the month at 6:30pm, Adams Street Recreation Wednesday of the month (except January) at 7pm, African Violet and Gesneriad Society of Rochester Center, 85 Adams Street, Rochester, except in location varies depending on activity. Meetings may meets the first Wednesday of the month (except in summer when it tours local ponds. president.gvpkc@ include a speaker, project or visit to local garden- summer), 7–9pm, Messiah Church, 4301 Mount Read gmail.com; gvpkc.shutterfly.com. Blvd., Rochester. October 3: Learn What Judges related site. Members receive a monthly newsletter. Look for When Evaluating Plants for Competition. Greater Rochester Iris Society (GRIS) meets Sundays September 26: Winter Birds. October 24: Travelogue November 7: Creating Designs for Competition. at 2pm, dates vary, St. John’s Episcopal Church Hall, of UK Trip & Gardens Visited with Carol Herring. New December 5: Tips for Growing Plants from Seed. All 11 Episcopal Avenue, Honeoye Falls. October 14: members welcome. Contact Bonnie Arnold: 585/342- are welcome. Stacey Davis, 585/426-5665; stacey. Companion Plants for Bearded Iris with Brenda Fox. 8653; [email protected]. Public welcome. 585/266-0302; thehutchings@mac. [email protected]; avgsr.org. Stafford Garden Club meets the third Wednesday of com. the month (except December & January) at 7pm, Big Springs Garden Club of Caledonia-Mumford meets the second Monday evening of the month, Greater Rochester Perennial Society (GRPS) meets the Stafford Town Hall, 8903 Morganville Road (Route September–November, January–May. New members first Thursday of each month at 7pm, Twelve Corners 237), Stafford. Plant auction in May. All are welcome. and guests welcome. 585/314-6292; mdolan3@ Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall, 1200 South 585/343-4494. Winton Road, Rochester, except in summer when rochester.rr.com; Facebook. Victor Garden Club meets the second Wednesday it tours members’ gardens. 585/467-1678; smag@ of the month (except January & February) at Bloomfield Garden Club meets the third Thursday of rochester.rr.com; rochesterperennial.com. the month (except May, July & August) at 11:45am, 6:30/6:45pm. New members welcome. Meeting and Veterans Park, 6910 Routes 5 & 20, Bloomfield. Greater Rochester Rose Society meets the first location details: victorgardenclubny2.com; 585/721- New members and guests welcome. 585/657-4489; Tuesday of the month at 7pm, First Unitarian Church, 5457. [email protected]. 220 Winton Road South, Room 110, Rochester. Williamson Garden Club. On-going community July meeting is a garden tour. 585/694-8430; meets the fourth projects; free monthly lectures to educate the Bonsai Society of Upstate New York [email protected]; Facebook. Tuesday of the month at the Brighton Town Park community about gardening. Open to all. Lodge, Buckland Park, 1341 Westfall Road, Rochester. Henrietta Garden Club meets the second Wednesday 315/524-4204; [email protected]; grow- 585/334-2595; bonsaisocietyofupstateny.org. of the month (except May–August & December) thewilliamsongardenclub.blogspot.com. at 6:30pm, Department of Public Works Building, meets the second Country Gardeners of Webster 405 Calkins Road, Henrietta. October 10: Building Monday of the month (except Februrary, July & Healthy Soil with Linda Groves. November 14: Low FREQUENT HOSTS August) at 7pm at various locations. All aspects of Maintenance Gardening with Cindy Cali. Guests gardening covered, outside speakers, projects, visits BGC: Broccolo Garden Center, 2755 Penfield welcome. 585/889-1547; henriettagardenclub@gmail. to local gardens, community gardening involvement. Road, Fairport 14450. 585/424-4476; com; henriettagardenclub.org. Includes coffee and social time. Guests welcome. broccolotreeandlawn.com. 585/265-4762. Holley Garden Club meets the second Thursday of the CCE/GC: Cornell Cooperative Extension, Genesee month at 7pm, Holley Presbyterian Church. 585/638- , 420 East Main Street, Batavia, NY 14020. Creative Gardeners of Penfield meets the second County 6973. Monday of the month at 9:15am (except July & 585/343-3040; genesee.cce.cornell.edu. August), Penfield United Methodist Church, 1795 Hubbard Springs Garden Club of Chili meets the third GAL: Gallea’s Florist & Greenhouse, 2832 Clover Baird Road, Penfield. October 8: How to Attract Birds Monday of the month at 7pm, Chili Senior Center, Street (corner of Clover & Jefferson Road), Pittsford, to Our Backyards with Liz Magnanti, manager of the 3235 Chili Avenue, Rochester. dtoogood@rochester. NY 14534. 585/586-3017; galleas.com. Bird House. November 12: The Genesee River from rr.com.

18 | SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2018 CLASSES / EVENTS • October 8: Children’s Fairy Garden, 11am–12pm. Pat season. Materials included. $64.80. Registration McCullough will guide participants in building their required. GAL • Indicates activities especially appropriate for own magical garden allowing children to get their children and families. hands in the dirt and use their imaginations. $27. September 13: Continuous Containers, 6–7:30pm. Registration required. GAL SYRACUSE Garden designer Christine Froehlich will demonstrate October 9: Terrariums, 6:30–8pm. Joe Gallea will guide how to combine plants using foliage, berries and participants in creating a terrarium to take home. flowers to create combinations that will brighten up Bring a glass container or purchase one before class. REGULAR CLUB MEETINGS the fall landscape. $15. Registration required. BGC Includes 3 plants, planting medium & decorative African Violet Society of Syracuse meets the second stone. $37.80. Registration required. September 15: Create a Natural Fall Wreath, 10– GAL Thursday of the month, September–May, Pitcher Hill Community Church, 605 Bailey Road, North Syracuse. 11:30am. Jeanine “J” Fyfe will guide participants in October 13: Winter Containers, 10–11:30am. KC Fahy using local dried flowers and grasses to create a one- Harvick will discuss ways to create seasonal accents 315/492-2562; [email protected]; avsofsyracuse.org. of-a-kind wreath. $15. Registration required. BGC for porch, patio, deck or garden. $15. Registration Bonsai Club of CNY (BCCNY) usually meets the required. September 15: Fall Garden Gala, 10am–1pm. Plant BGC second Wednesday of the month at 7pm, Pitcher Hill Community Church, 605 Bailey Road, North Syracuse. sale featuring indoor and outdoor plants, mum October 13: Hypertufa Workshop, 10am–12pm. Pat sale, auction and free soil pH testing. Presented by McCullough will guide participants in creating their 315/436-0135; [email protected]. Genesee County Master Gardeners. CCE/GC own planter. Materials included. $70.20. Registration Central New York Orchid Society meets the first Sunday required. September 15: Dahlia Show, 1–5pm. Presented by GAL of the month, September–May, St. Augustine’s Rochester Dahlia Society. Flower arrangements for October 13: Fall Gardening Symposium, 10am–5pm. Church, 7333 O’Brien Road, Baldwinsville. Dates may sale: Saturday, 10am–5pm; Sunday, 10am–1pm. The Speakers, book sales & signing. Includes lunch & vary due to holidays. 315/633-2437; cnyos.org. Garden Factory, 2126 Buffalo Road, Gates. Free. park admission. $55 members; $65 non-members. Gardening Friends Club meets the third Tuesday of Facebook; rochesterdahlias.org. Registration required. Sonnenberg Gardens & the month, March–December, at 6:30pm, Wesleyan Mansion State Historic Park, 151 Charlotte Street, September 20: Continuous Containers, 6–7:30pm. Church, 4591 US Route 11, Pulaski. 315/298-1276; Canandaigua. 585/394-4922; sonnenberg.org. Garden designer Christine Froehlich will demonstrate Facebook: Gardening Friends of Pulaski, NY; how to combine plants with interesting foliage, berries October 14: Durand Eastman Park Arboretum [email protected]. , 2–4pm. Conducted by Community Forester and flowers to create combinations that will brighten Tour Gardeners of Syracuse meets the third Thursday of each up the fall landscape. $15. Registration required. BGC Volunteers, routes will traverse moderate hills and month at 7:30pm, Reformed Church of Syracuse, 1228 wooded trails. Meet: kiosk on Zoo Road next to park Teall Avenue, Syracuse. Enter from Melrose Avenue. September 22: Amanda’s Garden Flowers & Foliage offices lot. Donations appreciated. 585/261-1665; , 9am–4pm. Native plants for sale, seed collecting 315/464-0051. Day [email protected]. demonstrations, guided tours, leaf rubbing station for Gardeners in Thyme (a women’s herb club) meets the the kids. 8030 Story Road, Dansville. 585/750-6288; October 16: Orchid Workshop, 6:30–8pm. Pat second Thursday of the month at 7pm, Beaver Lake McCullough will guide participants in choosing an [email protected]; amandagarden.com. Nature Center, Baldwinsville. 315/635-6481; hbaker@ orchid plant and transplanting it into a special pot and twcny.rr.com. September 22: Visit a Designer’s Garden in Sodus soil. She will also discuss care including fertilization, , 1:30–3pm. See Christine Froehlich’s use Point diseases & insects. Materials included. $37.80. Habitat Gardening in CNY (HGCNY) meets the last of hardscaping combined with a variety of Registration required. GAL Sunday of most months at 2pm, Liverpool Public plantings to create garden rooms including an Library, 310 Tulip Street, Liverpool. HGCNY is , entry garden, vegetable garden, pergola fort October 21: Durand Eastman Park Arboretum Tour a chapter of Wild Ones: Native Plants, Natural 2–4pm. See description under October 14. Meet: in the shady back garden, native plant border Landscapes; wildones.org. September 30: Mundy kiosk on Zoo Road next to park offices lot. Donations and dining patio. Membership & registration Wildflower Garden at Cornell and the Effects of appreciated. 585/261-1665; [email protected]. required. [email protected]; Climate Change on the Garden with Dr. David flowercitygardennetwork.com. • October 23: Fairy Garden, 6:30–8pm. Pat McCullough Weinstein. October 28: What Do We Know about September 24: Houseplants 101, 6:30–8pm. Pat will guide participants in creating an indoor garden How to Get (a lot of) People to Do More Gardening McCullough will cover repotting, fertilizing, trimming, that will last for years and can be added to and for Wildlife?, with Rhiannon Crain. Meetings are free soils, fertilizers, insect controls and tips to promote changed over time. Children may attend for free if and open to the public. 315/487-5742; info@hgcny. growth. Pat will guide participants as they repot accompanying a registered adult. $37.80. Registration org; hgcny.org. a plant to take home. Materials included. $27. required. GAL Home Garden Club of Syracuse usually meets the Registration required. GAL October 28: Durand Eastman Park Arboretum Tour, first Tuesday morning of the month. Members are September 25: Everlasting Wreath, 6:30–8pm. Sue 2–4pm. See description under October 14. Meet: active in educating the community about gardening, Lang and Sheryl Roets will guide participants in kiosk on Zoo Road next to park offices lot. Donations horticulture & floral design and involved with several creating an everlasting wreath using a base of appreciated. 585/261-1665; [email protected]. civic projects in the Syracuse area. New members salal (lemon leaf) and baby’s breath (depending November 4: Durand Eastman Park Arboretum Tour, welcome. [email protected]; on availability) to embellish with dried, fresh and/ 2–4pm. See description under October 14. Meet: homegardenclubofsyracuse.org. or silk floral materials. Materials included. $64.80. kiosk on Zoo Road next to park offices lot. Donations Koi and Water Garden Society of Central New York Registration required. GAL appreciated. 585/261-1665; [email protected]. usually meets the third Monday of each month at September 28: Harvestfest, 5:30–9pm. Featuring live November 7: Garden Talk – Outdoor Greens 7pm. See website for meeting locations. 315/458- music; beer, wine and food available for purchase. $7. Container, 12:15–12:45pm. Demonstration and ideas 3199; cnykoi.com. Sonnenberg Gardens & Mansion State Historic Park, for creating a container to last through the holidays. Men and Women’s Garden Club of Syracuse meets the 151 Charlotte Street, Canandaigua. 585/394-4922; Bring lunch. Free. CCE/GC third Thursday of the month at 7:30pm, Reformed sonnenberg.org. • November 12: Children’s Flower Arranging, 11am– Church of Syracuse, 1228 Teall Avenue, Syracuse. September 29: Promising Under-Utilized Trees for the 12pm. Each child will make a simple design with fresh Meetings feature guest speakers on a variety of Landscape, 1–4pm. Slide show presentation and list flowers to take home. All ages welcome. $21.60. gardening and related topics. Members maintain of 50+ trees that are under-utilized but offer promising Registration required. GAL gardens at Rosemond Gifford Zoo & Ronald results in the landscape and are available regionally. McDonald House. Annual spring & fall flower shows. November 13: Autumn Centerpiece, 6:30–8pm. Presentation followed by arboretum tour to see trees Participants will use fresh flowers & greens to create 315/699-7942; Facebook. discussed. Registration required. Draves Arboretum, a centerpiece that will last into January. Materials meets the second Thursday of 1821 Sharrick Road, Darien. dravesarboretum@ Syracuse Rose Society included. $54. Registration required. GAL the month (except December) at 7pm, Reformed rochester.rr.com. Church of Syracuse, 1228 Teall Avenue, Syracuse. October 2: Garden Talk – A Witches’ Garden, 12:15– Enter from Melrose Avenue. Club members maintain 12:45pm. Explore the folklore and plants of the witch, SAVE THE DATE… the E. M. Mills Memorial Rose Garden, Thornden Park, once considered wise women and healers. Bring November 28: Everlasting Wreath, 6:30–8pm. See Syracuse. Public welcome. syracuserosesociety.org. lunch. Free. CCE/GC description under September 25. Materials included. $64.80. Registration required. October 2: Kokedama String Garden, 6:30–8pm. GAL Deadline for Calendar Listings for the next issue Kokedama is the cultivation of plants encased in a December 4: Outdoor Holiday Welcome Arrangement, (November–December 2018) is Friday, hanging ball of moss. Pat McCullough will guide 6:30–8pm. Create a custom arrangement using fresh October 12, 2018. Please send your submissions participants in creating one of their own. Materials greens and decorative materials in a holiday pot to [email protected]. included. $54. Registration required. GAL that will last outside through the holiday and winter

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by Liz Magnanti

he approaching fall brings with it that magical time to prepare for how tall it can get. when garden centers put their perennials on sale! Now is a great time to get a head start on your Coneflower (Echinacea spp.) Tgarden for next year. Planting in the fall gives the plants Coneflower is great because you can find it a chance to get their root systems growing and can make everywhere. There are many varieties in pink, purple, for more successful growth the next year. Here are some white, yellow, and orange—some tall, some short. of my favorite flowering plants that are both beautiful and There is a type of coneflower for any empty sunny spot will attract birds and butterflies. you are looking to fill. The flower provides nectar for butterflies, especially monarchs, silver-spotted skippers, Cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis) and swallowtails. When it goes to seed it’s a treat for This plant attracts hummingbirds to it like no other goldfinches all winter long. plant or feeder I have in the garden. It has one- to three- TOP: Cardinal flower foot-tall spikes of beautiful scarlet flowers that are a Milkweed (Asclepias spp.) fantastic source of nectar. It thrives in wet conditions but The milkweed plant is essential to the development of BOTTOM: will also do well in an average garden setting. The plant the monarch butterfly. The female monarch lays her eggs Joe Pye weed doesn’t live long, but because it self-sows it will reseed on the plant and, once those eggs hatch, the caterpillars itself each year. are leaf-eating machines. The flowers milkweed produces contain nectar that feeds butterflies as well as bees and Joe Pye weed (Eupatorium spp.) other pollinators. My favorite milkweed is the orange I have always had success with Joe Pye weed no variety called butterfly weed. (Asclepias tuberosa.) Swamp matter where I plant it. It thrives in sunny locations but milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) is the other variety you will bloom even in shade. The plant can grow tall after will most often find in garden centers. This species can several years—sometimes up to eight feet! Joe Pye is a be pink, purple, or white in color. The common milkweed wonderful source of nectar for bees and butterflies, and (Asclepias syriaca) that is usually found in fields is great juncos and finches will eat its seeds over the winter. I in large gardens, but can easily overtake other plants in suggest planting this in a place in the garden that has a small one. Milkweed is easy to grow from seed. It has been unsuccessful in growing other plants. Just make sure large, showy seed pods that can be collected once the pods

22 | SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2018 become dry and begin to split. moth. This day-flying moth gets its name from looking strikingly similar to the hummingbird and having very New England aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae) similar flying and feeding behaviors! When gardening for pollinators it is important to plant a variety of flowers that will bloom throughout Butterfly Bush (Buddleia spp.) TOP LEFT: the season. Asters are small, fall-blooming flowers that Although not native, the butterfly bush is like a Coneflower tend to flower during the time many birds are migrating. magnet to butterflies. I have yet to find another nectar- Hummingbirds will sip from its flowers as they make producing plant that comes close to attracting butterflies TOP MIDDLE: their way down south for the winter. Butterflies such as to the garden. This plant is very hardy and can even be New England aster the clouded sulphur, painted lady, and red admiral will planted in containers. Many different colors are available, also drink its nectar. Chickadees and finches will eat aster including some that are tri-color or rainbow. The leaves TOP RIGHT: seeds throughout the winter. of the plant won’t offer nutrition to caterpillars, but the Bee balm flowers attract enough butterflies to make up for that. Sedum (Sedum spp.) BOTTOM LEFT: Sedums like ‘Autumn Joy’ are another type of plant All of the plants listed here, with the exception of the Milkweed that blooms late in the season, giving honeybees and butterfly bush, are natives. Not only is this good for our other insects a source of pollen and nectar at the end of local wildlife, but it also means they often require less BOTTOM MIDDLE: Sedum the summer and fall. Wild stonecrop (Sedum ternatum) is a maintenance. Once established, these plants will need shade-tolerant species that makes a great ground cover in very little extra attention, be it watering or fertilizing. BOTTOM RIGHT: the garden. This variety blooms in April to May. It makes The next few weeks are a perfect time to fill in any holes Butterfly bush a wonderful garden edge and will grow in rock gardens. you have in your garden, and you should be able to get perennials at a great deal! Take advantage of it and you All photos by Bee balm (Monarda spp.) will thank yourself come spring! Jane Milliman Bee balm is one of my favorites for a few reasons. It is an herb that has a great smell and can be used in cooking! Even better, its blooms attract hummingbirds and seem Liz Magnanti is the manager of the Bird House to be a favorite flower of the hummingbird clearwing in Brighton.

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by Valerie Shaw; artwork by Andrew Monrad

s the scorching days of summer yield to the cooler, in their hard work. They can include drawings shorter days of early autumn, some of the most or photos, and make a special cover for it wonderful flower displays and veggie harvests too. If there are other gardeners or cooks in Aare just beginning. The big favorites around here, squash, the family, your kids could collect favorite sunflowers, and tomatoes, are drowning us in their cheerful recipes from them as well, making it a truly abundance. If you’re into preserving foods, you may have memorable keepsake! These make terrific your shelves lined with colorful jars of pickles and jellies, presents for grandparents and other family or your freezers full of plump berries. Your kids might be members for the holiday season. delighted to discover that not only can you keep the yummy harvest over the winter, but you can keep parts of your Painting with flowers. Head on out to beautiful garden preserved to enjoy later too! Here are some the garden and snip a big bouquet of flowers or fun ideas for savoring all of your late summer gardening plants with interesting leaves. Using poster or acrylic adventures. paints, use the flowers as paintbrushes. For toddlers, this is a great activity to use with finger paints. Older kids Garden journals. These can be really fun for kids. Using might enjoy practicing on paper, then moving on to using the a simple notebook, binder, photo binder, or flowers with acrylic paints on canvases. My kids really any pre-made version, create a scrapbook like the mini canvases. They’re smaller and less or journal that documents all the great intimidating. If you buy the canvases with thick things about your garden. You can wooden walls, you don’t need to worry about buy disposable cameras and let your framing them; a tack on the wall and you’ve kids be roving photographers, then got a display! Simply have them paint on a “publish” them in a fun scrapbook. solid background color (usually a pale color, You’ll be able to see the garden from like yellow or light blue works well), and then their eyes. Use stickers, scraps of apply flowers dipped in paint to make patterns. Fully open fabric, used seed packets, and doodles. Stiffer petaled flowers, like zinnia or mums, ABOVE: dahlia bloom Your kids will love pulling out their work very well, although don’t rule out anything garden journal year after year, and be until you try it! Again, these make great presents for encouraged to try their hand at it again next your child to give to others, and telling the story from the INSET: Firework spring. planting of a seed to the making of a beautiful painting is a design created using lovely way to build pride in hard work and dedication. unopened sedum Recipe Book. Whether it’s a five-page handwritten blossom booklet or a chock-full book you have printed and bound at Another fun thing to try with flower painting is making Staples, making a family recipe book is a great and delicious flower shirts. Choose a plain tee or sweatshirt. Using the way to connect your garden to your table. Kids can be same technique as the canvas painting, dip the flowers into BOTTOM LEFT: encouraged to make their own signature salads, vegetable fabric or acrylic paints and make a fun pattern on the shirt. Succulent twirled to dips, pizza sauce, or zucchini When the snow is up to their knees, they can wear their create a spiral brownie recipes. Let them flower shirt and remember the time you all sat around in your come up with fabulous tank tops and sandals, playing with petals! Spring might not names for their seem so far away, after all. dishes! Having your kids choose Valerie Shaw is a gardener, YMCA youth coach, and the recipes will homeschool mom in West Monroe, NY. She shares her encourage them garden with two adventurous children and a patient to get involved, husband, to whom she has promised that this last goat, try new veggies, Flora, is the final addition to their herd. At least until and take pride spring.

UPSTATE GARDENERS’ JOURNAL | 25 Cathy's Crafty Corner WANT TO KNOW WHY THIS WORKS? Check out this post on the Tennessee Farm Bureau Federation site: www.tnfarmbureau. org/pennies-bags-water-make-flies-flee

Shooby Cathy Monrad Fly

his summer we had an unusual number of flies congregating near our back door. In my search for a homemade fly repellent, TI found solutions that included spraying pine scented cleaner, burning coffee grounds, and inserting whole cloves into lemon halves, all of which are purported to offend the olfactory systems of these annoying insects. One method utilized in Latin America seemed ridiculous to me, but I gave it a go since I had the materials on hand: Place three to five pennies in a plastic zipper bag, fill it halfway with water, then hang outside where the problem occurs. Surprisely, it worked! But the execution wasn't pretty—definitely not up to “Crafty Cathy” standards. Additional research uncovered that using an incandescent light bulb with tubes and filaments removed also works—and it looks trendy. I chose to hunt for a bulbous vase instead, and my shopping excursion netted a cool find: a light bulb–shaped glass jar.

MATERIALS TOOLS 1 small bulbous vase or jar* Needle nose pliers * Make sure the neck of vase is large enough to 3 or 4 pennies Wire cutter fit a penny through. If you decide to use an old Water Scissors (optional) light bulb instead, there are tutorials on the 1 Internet showing safe removal of incandescent 20 gauge wire Drill and a ∕16 inch bit (optional) bulb insides. S hook Clear fishing line (optional)

1. Use needle nose 2. Hold loop in place 4. Use pliers to create 5. Optional: Wrap 6. Optional: Suspend pliers to bend and wind wire a second loop. If wire around top a penny. Drill a wire into a nearly around vase. Slip desired, go on to of vase. Create an hole in a penny closed loop. wire through open steps 5 and/or 6 unclosed loop of as shown. Thread loop and bend before completing wire and hook it fishing line upward. project. To finish, on loop created through hole fill vase with water in step 1. Wrap as and tie. Lower nearly to top, add desired, finishing penny into vase to three pennies, near starting desired location, then hang from point. Cut wire then tie other end Cathy Monrad is the graphic designer and the desired location then slip the end of fishing line to with S hook. through the first one side of wire self-proclaimed garden crafter for the Upstate 3. Create a looped loop and bend handle created in Gardeners' Journal. wire handle, then backward. step 3. cut and slip the end under wire as shown.

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