President’s Message October 2024

 The only magazine I still have a subscription to is Better Homes & Gardens and the editor’s comment re gardening in late summer (or early fall) really hit home. He said this time of year “…I tend to start letting the garden go a bit shaggy.” Wow, has he seen my gardens? Between all the fencing put up to keep Nellie out of things making it resemble a minimum-security prison and the heat chasing me indoors, shaggy is being kind. But the tomatoes finally started producing and I managed to freeze several large bags of them just washed and cored (thanks Linda for that suggestion) to use in the coming months for spaghetti sauce – toss in the crock pot we got as a wedding present in 1975, a blob of frozen homemade pesto, some sautéed onion, cook all day, & immersion blender it. Yum. The taste of summer for sure. 

Wow, the club has been so fortunate to have more than a dozen new members this year! As we finish up the year, we will begin to talk about next year’s activities and how we can use everyone’s help in running the club to ensure it remains as great as it currently is. Lots of different committees – take a look at the list Debbie puts in the newsletter every month and ask one of us if you have questions. 

I hope all of you have been able to find the supplies you need to use for your fall season decoration we’re creating at the October meeting – I’m going for the Fairy Pumpkin House Yes, some assembly required, but I hope to get some serious guidance from those of you much more talented in that artform than am I. And we will be upstairs in the large room to give us more room for that creating. 

Then after this month’s meeting, head over to La Peep to enjoy lunch talking with some members you may not have met yet. 

Connie