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DECEMBER  ALMANAC

View the January-February 2010 TGOA-MGCA Newsletter

View the Latest VSG Newsletter

You are invited to the :

FEBRUARY VSG MEETING

Date:    Monday, February 1, 2010

 

Location:

 

          Valley Garden Center
          1809 North 15th Avenue
(one block north of McDowell Rd. on the corner of Coronado and 15th Ave.)
 

Topic:  New Biological Fertilizers

 

Speaker:  Mr. Gary Petterson,
                President, Gardener's World Nursery

                              

TOMATOES, TOMATOES!

Tomato plants grown by VSG club members that were not sold at the Maricopa County Home and Garden Show may be purchased at the meeting.  For a descriptions and photos of the tomatoes, see:
http://www.tomatogrowers.com/
Use the search window to find a named tomato or scroll through the online catalog.

Southwest Flower and Garden ShowThe club also plans to sell tomato plants at the Southwest Flower and Garden Show on March 5-7 at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale.  We will also offer information about our club and sell any remaining plants at the "Glendale Green Festival" on March 27.  Bill Carls is caring for the plants (some 700) and has moved them to one gallon containers in  preparation for the future sales.

Our Club will host the Spring 2010 AZ-NM Region Meeting.  Click on the "AZ-NM Region" tab above for more details.

CLUB CALENDAR
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Planting Guides

"To every thing there is a season,
   a time to sow, and a time to reap ..."

Click HERE for the Vegetable Growing Guide
Click HERE for the Flower Growing Guide

             May we have the patience to grow adapted plants in harmony with our desert gardening seasons, ...
          The courage to experiment outside the planting window, ...
          And the knowledge to know the differenc
e
.
     
                                                  A paraphrase

Click HERE for the December 2009 Weather Chart

February Moon Phases;
05  Last Quarter (Waning)
13 New Moon 
21  First Quarter (Waxing)
28  Full "Snow" Moon

Click HERE for the Moon Sign Planting List

Precipitation February 2010
Phoenix Encanto:     1.09 inches
Phoenix Greenway:  0.84 inches
 

TGOA-MGCA NEWS & EVENTS

Click HERE to view and check out the  TGOA-MGCA loaner library book list of gardening books

FUTURE TGOA-MGCA NATIONAL CONVENTIONS

June10-12, 2010Grand Rapids, Michigan

"Together Again In 2010" is the slogan for the 2010 TGOA/MGCA National Convention. Chairman John Kessen and co-chair Hugh Earnhart, along with the entire convention committee have already completed most of the preliminary planning.

 WHO: Hosts, Central Great Lakes Region
 WHAT: TGOA/MGCA National Convention
 WHY: To get together again
 WHEN: June 10 – 12, 2010
 WHERE: Hilton Hotel, Grand Rapids, Michigan
 ACTIVITIES:

June15-17, 2011,  Overland Park, Kansas
                 2012,   Youngstown, Ohio