We held our second garden club meeting at the home of Carolyn Guillotte. It was a beautiful Fall day. Carolyn shared information about French Intensive or Permiculture gardening. This will be discussed in a more detailed blog posting.
It was decided that she would provide information to share with this blog site and its' followers. Carolyn has been involved in some intensive garden seminars at Texas A & M. Dr. Joe Novak has primarily been the keynote speaker and is known for his expertise in this area.
Member Barbara McDougald brought a Wildflower Center magazine to share not only how to plant wildflowers, but how to propagate plants. Look for the details in another blog posting.
We also enjoyed touring her garden area and seeing the beginning stages of a Burm. Burms are mounds of sand, leaves, and later top soil placed on top of old fallen tree limbs. She informed us that these piles are perfect areas to grow an herb garden.
The group also enjoyed wonderful refreshments of cheesecake and beverages. Not to mention before we all left we were given wildflower seeds to plant for the Spring.
Our meetings for now will be not on a monthly basis, but a quarterly one. Be sure to check the website for all of the updates of what the group will be doing in 2010.
Happy gardening!
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