Master Gardeners Pat Farmer and Ann Moore helped judge the Chilton County 4-H Beef Cook-Off held on January 22nd at the Jemison Municipal Complex. This is an event put on every year by the Chilton County 4-H and the Alabama Cattlemen’s Association. Master Gardeners are proud to be able to help with it.
Now that is a big word, and one that we don’t use in our every day speech, but a person that has lived for such a wonderful length of time deserves to have a special word to describe them.
The Chilton County Master Gardeners Association is blessed to have four members that are Octogenarians. And along with this descriptive word comes a bonus of having a Lifetime Membership in CCMGA.
E.C. Lewis was one of the founding members of the Association and joined in 1999. Lindy Helton became a member in 2000, Charlotte Word in 2004 and Margaret Goolsby joined in 2006.
The Association wishes to congratulate E.C. Lewis, Lindy Helton, Charlotte Word and Margaret Goolsby for attaining the title of Octogenarian. All the rest of us hope that one day we get to have this special title by our names! By Pat Farmer and Audrey Giles
Chilton County Master Gardeners lost two long time members in 2015. Thomas Edward (Ed) and Wilma Jean Simmons were part of the 2000 Chilton County Master Gardener class and were active members of CCMGA for thirteen years. They participated in many Master Gardener activities including propagating plants, working plant sales, and helping with the Demo Garden. They volunteered to pick figs and cut fruit for the annual CREC Farm, Home and Wildlife Expo.
Ed was a familiar figure at the ACES Peach Producers Meeting and the ACES Vegetable Marketing Program for Growers Meeting where he helped with set up and take down. He coordinated fig pruning between CREC and Master Gardeners. He taught many of us when and how to propagate fig trees. He served two years as CCMGA treasurer.
Wilma could be counted on to help in a variety of ways such as preparing plants for sales, packing seeds, preparing fruits and desserts for the CREC Expo, and the annual planting of the beautiful flowers in downtown Clanton.
CCMGA member Renee` Powers remembers them as having gentle sincere spirits and that it was always a pleasure to work along side them on any project.
Ed and Wilma quietly contributed their talents to CCMGA and were always willing to show up and help. CCMGA is proud that they were members of our Master Gardener family.
Visit Martin Funeral Home to read their obituaries and learn more about their interesting lives.
Sondra Henley, Demo Garden Project Manager, discusses Phase 3 of the Demo Garden Redesign with Eagle Scout Clay Vinson. Clay has selected Phase 3 of the Demo Garden as his Eagle Scout Project, which will include the Pergola and the perimeter butterfly bed designed by Harriett Jackson. Development will begin in February after the irrigation lines are laid.
January’s monthly meeting was held Tuesday, Jan. 12th with a very good attendance. We had three of our members present the program. Alice Broome did a presentation on Landscape Design, Lanell Baker on Starting Plants from Seeds, and Jackie Hickman on Dehydrating Food. All three programs were very informative and well done. Thanks for sharing your expertise!
By Sondra Henley
Master Gardeners Don Burdette and Lee and Wally Walters determine pruning cuts to one of the crepe myrtle trees at the CREC. Trees and shrubs will be pruned through the month of February. The Upcoming MG Class will have a hands-on pruning opportunity on February 20th at 10:00 a.m. All MG”s are welcome to help on any pruning date. For more information, contact Don Burdette.
Chilton County Master Gardeners held their 3rd annual Christmas Home Tour this year on December 13th. The homes featured were Walter & Sandra Graham, Randy & Gina Lecroy, Nina McCormick, Curt & Charlotte Rowland, and Jo & Pam Teel. Everyone enjoyed touring the homes, which were all in downtown Clanton. This was our best year yet! Many people waited till the last week to get their tickets, probably because the weather has been so unpredictable. If you missed it this year, you missed a great time! Click HERE for a slideshow of photos of the tour.
Chilton County Master Gardeners enjoyed a colorful, bountiful Christmas Luncheon for the month of December. Many members helped with the food and preparation. Christmas Home Tour homeowners Nina McCormick, Sandra Graham, and Curt Rowland were our guests, as were Jim Pitts and the employees of the Chilton Research and Extension Center; and Jemison Mayor Eddie Reed and the city employees. Click HERE for a slideshow of photos from the meeting.
By Sondra Henley
This past week Ann Moore and Julie Soileau lined the tool shed flower bed at the Demo Garden with rocks. With this improvement the shape of of the bed is much better defined.
Paula Blevins Russell, Don Burdette, Diane Clapp, Alice Broome, Harriett Jackson and not pictured, Sondra Henley planted 32 hollies at the Demo Garden. This planting completes the four corner circles of the new Demonstration Garden.
Several Chilton County Master Gardeners met at Rick Miller’s Lake Mitchell home to gather rocks for the rock garden that he is developing at the Demo Garden. Members that helped were left to right: Lee and Wally Walters, Don Burdette, Bill Hairrell, Jimmy and Mildred Knowles, Rick Miller, Sarah Saunders, Michelle Thomas, Linda Hays, Diane Clapp, Harriett Jackson, and not pictured, Sondra Henley. They toured Rick’s greenhouse and were given some of the Ponderosa lemons that he grows. He also shared his shop project; a full size electric boat. Members were treated to a Chili/Hot dog lunch with all the trimmings. Lee and Wally Walters gave members a boat ride and tour of their lakeside property. The relaxed setting gave all that attended a great time of fellowship. The delivery date and building of the rock terrace at the Demo Garden will be announced later.
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