Dig This!!
2016
T H E K R E S S FA R M N EWS L E T T E R
We would like to shine a spotlight on a great project at Kress Farm this month. That project is
"seed starting" and was begun by Liz Copeland
who collects seeds from Kress Farm, her yard, other master gardeners and anywhere else she
can find seeds for native plants. The seeds are
started in the winter in translucent gallon milk
jugs, which act as miniature greenhouses, and
kept outside. We have a batch of these seeds
which were started last winter and we hope to be
able to sell them at the plant sale in 2016. This
is a learning project and requires a lot of work. It
was very satisfying this past summer to see all the
plants potted up and, hopefully, ready for sale in
May of 2016. Please stop by and help out! We are
at Kress Farm most Wednesdays - weather permitting. Save those translucent gallon milk jugs
for us!
January Meeting
This month’s meeting will
be January 10, 2016. There
will be a Board Meeting at
11:00 and our potluck lunch
will be at 12:30.
The speakers will start at
1:00. Tom Christman will
be our first speaker and he
will discuss "Seed Saving".
Glen Bristle will then talk
about and demonstrate his
"Soil Blocks" which we will
soon be using at Kress
Farm.
Lots of great information to
be had. Be sure to make it!
Yes, this is cute, but I’d rather be playing in the
dirt…………...
The following is the list of
guest speakers for 2016:
January 10 - Tom Christman,
Jefferson County Master Gardener, "Seed Saving", and Glen
Bristle, Kress Farm Garden
Preserve, "Soil Blocks"
February 14 - Judy Ivery,
Founding Member of St. Louis
Beekeepers, "Beekeeping"
March 13 - Dr. Marilyn
Mattfeldt-Beman, Department
of Nutrition and Dietetics, St.
Louis University, "Garden to
Table"
July 10 - Carolyn Willmore,
Lafayette Park Conservancy,
"The Man Who Made St. Louis
Beautiful"
August 14 - Ken Porter, "Ozark
Herbology"
September 11- Steve Stacey,
Central Missouri Master Gardeners, Columbia, Missouri,
"Straw Bale Gardening"
November 13 - Carol Gravens,
St. Louis Master Gardeners,
"Glades of Missouri"
April 10 - Pam Wolkowitz, St.
Louis Hosta Society, "Hostas"
June 12 - Kara Dunnam, Jefferson County Solid Waste District, "Household Hazardous
Waste and Vermi Composting"
Did you notice???
Be sure to check out the new tables and
folding chairs in Kress House. An anonymous donor has provided this wonderful
gift and it is a sight to behold!
And don’t forget….
With the turning of the
calendar page to 2016 it is
time to renew your membership at Kress Farm.
You membership fee helps
keep us going and growing.
Your prompt renewal is
greatly appreciated.