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Out with 2020 and in with 2021.Happy New Year to all of our gardeners and friends.So many of us are using that extra time we have on our hands lately ,spending time in our bubble,cooking and growing our own. Brenda and Greg are busy growing greens and sprouts.A very healthy product and a quick return on their efforts.
Homemade sauerkraut has become a winter staple in our home offen shared with friends far and wide. A great pro biotic and keeps well over the winter months.
If you have gardening tips,preserving recipes,seeds or plants you want us to share with others let us know.
Stay healthy and safe but connected.
So nice to see that our garden club members continue to carry on the traditions of making their own wreaths this time of year for family and friends.Brenda Hiltz was very busy making and decorating her greenery in the comfort and safety of her own home.
The greenery has been hung and the lights are on and tested.What a great day to decorate the Chester Bandstand.Decked out in our masks and socializing in an appropriate way complete with hot cider.
Thank you again to the Chester Garden Club elves.
Jayne Campbell
You ladies are so dedicated!
Lovely! Wish I could have been there to help.
Wishing all of our CGC members and garden friends a wonderful Christmas and Season’s Greetings far and wide.
Continue to lighten up your day with some happy thoughts and prayers for all of your family and friends so close but yet so far away.
Every garden club had to redesign their programs in 2020 Some programs were smaller but just as productive and enjoyable.
A great time was had by 8 members who also made extra arrangements for those who were unable to attend.
The Chester Garden Club has lost a very valuable member of our gardening community.Ruby Pulsiver will always be remembered for her dedication to the club and her design work on the Parade Square .Each year we try to maintain this municipal property keeping in mind the original plan and intention of the early design established many years ago. Ruby will be missed by so many but especially her long time friends of the gardens of Chester .
You will be missed Ruby.
Yes she will be. She was a very dedicated member. I recall seeing her busy at work in the Parade Square garden in the coldest of weather. All bundled up weeding or tending to bulbs.
Busy day on the home front.Three batches of delicious Rose Hip & Quince Jelly.I think I am done with the canner and jelly bags for the season.
Geraniums have all been removed and been repotted for another season.A special thank you to those members who will be keeping them safe and thriving until spring.
Great to see the wonderful jars of deliciousness. Thank you, thank you, thank you Jayne. You are amazing. 🌲🍁🐝
Rose Hips were often used during the Great Depression when oranges were not readily available.A great source of Vitamin C.
A little work to make the jelly but looking forward to the product.
Picked today prior to another frost and high winds.-Jayne
An unusual treasure to find in the Cove Garden on October 19th. A great sign of hope for us all.
What a wonderful summer Brenda and Greg Hiltz have had raising two Monarch larvae into adults.A fabulous job building a home and securing their safety in a sustainable environment .Look at them now.
Wow! That’s cool! Sounds like a good program to me!
It must have been fascinating watching them grow each day.
Wow...amazing!!
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