Garden Club Visits The Farm

On Thursday evening July 8th The Saco Bay Garden /Club (SBGC) held its monthly meeting at the Schlaver Seed Farm to hear from two Master Gardeners involved with the the Plant a Row for the Hungry (PAR) Program:  http://extension.umaine.edu/york/programs/master-gardener-volunteer-program/plant-a-row/  My gardens are the most extensive among the SBGC members as to vegetable growing so was the logical setting for this presentation.  Thirty plus people showed up to walk around my gardens, hear the presentation and share in so tasty nibbles.  I served a large sheet pan filled with home grown rhubarb made into pie-like squares and also had a couple remaining 2009 jars of both red and green salsa from last year's harvest. The club members kindly overlooked all the weeds to enjoy the growing vegetable and flower plants. I welcomed all the advice and suggestions offered as well.  Thank goodness I have a long driveway for there were many cars to park! This meeting happened two days before the bi-annual SBGC Garden Tour that viewed ten area gardens. That tour was a big success even though the rainly deluge of that day hit about noontime. The SBGC web page is:  http://sacobaygardenclub.com/