Welcome to Summer with Corvallis Evening Garden Club (EGC)

Crocosmia x crosmiifolia 'Emily Mckenzie', Emily Mckenzie Montbretia from Carol Prueitt's Garden

If you haven’t checked out the Corvallis EGC yet, 

please feel free to join in on our June and July club activities:

Floral Workshop Sunday, June 10 – 3-5 p.m.  

by Donna Westwood, EGC Flower Therapy Chair

Contact Donna at ndbalumna@yahoo.comby June 8 for more information and to RSVP  $10

Monday Open Gardens All gardens will be open 4:30-7:30 p.m.with the gardener and/or others on hand to answer questions about the garden and the Evening Garden Club.  Aside from all being in Corvallis, these gardens are very individual and will give you an idea of the wide range of home gardening interests among EGC members!  FREE

June 11– 3 smaller, varied gardens within easy walking distance of each other:

Kathleen Rochester’s– 1480 NW Meadowgreen Place(SE corner with Garryanna)

Catherine Watson’s– 1466 NW Forestgreen Avenue(just east of Garryanna)

Hong Wolfe’s– 605 NW Circle Boulevard(NE Corner of Circle and Garryanna)

June 25– Janet Magedanz’s established garden at 29740 SE Shady Oak Driveis a realtreat!  

July 2—Debbie Dahl’s lovely 3 yr. old designer garden at 605 NW 34^thSt. (corner of Polk)

July 9– ANNUAL POTLUCK BBQin another great home garden in Corvallis.  For details and to RSVP please call 541 231 5303

Primroses from Carol Prueitt's Garden

Composting Tip #1 Don’t be afraid to compost– it doesn’t have to be complicated!

Just pile stuff up! Cube and globe shaped piles break down the fastest.

Wet the pile in summer to keep it working.  

Cover in winter for the same reason.  You want it damp, not sodden or crispy.

The smaller you can get the pieces you put in, the faster your compost will make itself.  Try mowing over piles of leaves or simply cutting stuff up with your clippers.  (Listen to a good story on headphones!)

Cut off seed heads and put in your yard waste bin (or trash for noxious weeds) to avoid spreading weeds or extra plants.

Welcome worms!  Make sure your pile connects with enough bare ground for the worms to come up! Don’t do it on paving!

Sift compost using a homemade compost sifter so you can start using it before every last twig is broken down!  Find designs on the internet. Size the sifter to fit over the space you want to sift into, and use ½ steel mesh. This will make compost which is fine enough for everything except seed starting.

Balance green and brown components.

Iris chrysographes, Black Iris