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Garden Checklist: Fallen leaves, trimmings used as compost
ABOVe: Asian Pears are a healthy snack that can be en- joyed during this time.
BeLOW: Chard is also in season and can be used for a va- riety of recipes.
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The Garden Check- list is filled with tips and tricks for local gar- deners who wish to keep their greenery, flow- ers and hearbs looking beautiful all year long.
With fall now in full swing, the bumps on oak tree foliage and branch- es are galls caused by minute cynipid wasps that do not harm people or the trees. Mow cool- weather lawns.
Tasks for this time of the year include check- ing and improving drainage around plants in low areas.
Remember to add fallen leaves, chipping trimmings and garden debris to compost.
Also, that plants in
Visitors to The Hillcrest Farms pumpkin patch crossed a bridge near the corn maze on the after- noon of Oct. 20.
Juanita Adame / MId Valley times
kins and when they had grown, he said “ok lets open our pumpkin patch.”
She also mentioned how in the beginning they’d maybe get a cou- ple cars ride through, families would come pick out their pumpkins and leave.
What a difference it was now, the present day Hillcrest was filled to the brim with families enjoying themselves and having a good time.
Not sure why I waited so long to visit Hillcrest Farms, but it’s definite- ly a place I plan to visit again soon. Thank you Melissa Bautista for the interview and keep up the great work.
containers or beds un- der covered areas may not receive adequate water from rainfall and may require supplemen- tal irrigation in fall and winter.
When it comes to pruning it is important to dispose of diseased wood by discarding in the trash.
When fertiliz- ing, feed cool-weather plants and vegetables.
Add bulb fertilizer to planting hole before planting bulbs.
Planting tulip and hyacinth bulbs that have been chilled for 6 weeks may be planted now.
Sow wildflowers or grasses on hillsides to prevent erosion in heavy rains.
Perennials- coral
BALLOON
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Roderick Sorenson en- tertained the idea three years ago as he was set to take over as President of the Dinuba Rotary Club. “As a Rotarian, we have Dinuba High clubs and teams asking us for do- nations,” he stated. “We would ‘pass the hat’ around and give 2-3 hun- dred depending on the number of members at- tending. I wanted the clubs and teams to have a chance to raise more money.”
Sorenson’s solution was the Hot Air Balloon Cash Drop.
Valley Health Team, Dinuba Chiropractic and WesPac sponsored the prize money so all funds could go towards the clubs and the Dinu-
bells (Heuchera). Bulbs, corms, tubers:
Hyacinthus orientalis. Fruits and vege- tables: peas, spinach,
plant from seed. Annuals: toadflax
(Linaria maroccana), stock (Matthiola in- cana).
Trees, shrubs, vines: Indian hawthorne (Rhaphiolepsis).
Now is the perfect time to enjoy annu- als and perennials, and stock (Matthiola) Afri- can daisy (Osteosper- mum).
Fruit and vegeta- bles: Asian pears, chard, nectarines, peas, pep- pers.
Trees, shrubs, vines: holly (Ilex), Chinese fringe flower (Loropeta- lum), Nandina.
ba City Council helped cover the hot air bal- loon, according to So- renson.
Individuals repre- senting a DHS club and/ or athletic team partici- pated by selling tickets for $20 a piece. Soren- son stated 80 percent of each ticket sold will be donated by the Rotary Club and go directly back to the group that sold the ticket. The re- maining 20 percent of the ticket sales would go into the club’s schol- arship fund, which goes directly back to DHS.
The Rotary float wheel was used as the target and the ticket closest to the wheel’s center would take home a $5,000 prize. The sec- ond-place winner was $1,000 and third place was $500. Sorenson’s
Fall color: crape myr- tle (Lagerstroemia indi- ca), sweet gum (Liquid- ambar).
Things to ponder, do not use lime sulfur spray on apricots or walnuts.
Source for this ar- ticle is adapted from “A Gardener’s Com- panion for the Central San Joaquin Valley,” 3rd edition, currently available from Fresno County Master Garden- ers for $30. Gardening Questions answered at (559) 241-7534. Prepared by Judy Parker, Fresno County Master Garden- er.
Prepared by Judy Parker, Fresno County Master Gardener.
wife, Maribel, their son Rio, and Soyla Griffin, CEO of Valley Health Team were in the hot-air balloon. Maribel did the honors of dropping the tickets.
Sorenson said over $13,500 will be going back to the clubs who participated and $6,400 raised for scholarships.
The girls volleyball team sold the most tick- ets with 213.
The winning ticket was sold by the girls golf team. The winner was from Porterville while two others were from Dinuba. All three win- ners attended the Rotary meeting on Oct. 15 and received their checks, according to Sorenson.
Sorenson noted the club is planning to do the event again next year.
COLUMN
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crest.”
The girl looked at me
from behind the coun- ter and smiled, “Oh you are looking for Melissa,” she said. “She’s up by the steam train line, but good luck finding her.”
She wished me good luck because obviously the place was packed. People were visiting Hillcrest from all over California I soon found out.
The path to the steam train took me through a bridge, a nice stream and a child size castle and house.
“This place is amaz- ing,” I though to myself.
I finally made my way to the steam train entrance. At the front of the line a nice wom- an with a bright orange shirt worked alongside other employees helping maneuver the crowd.
“I’m looking for Me- lissa,” I said.
“Well, that’s me,” she replied with a smile.
I soon interviewed Melissa and she told me the story behind Hill- crest and how they came to be.
A couple of interest- ing facts that Melissa told me. When they first purchased Hillcrest, her brother in law said he wanted a pumpkin patch and she refused.
He went ahead an planted rows of pump-
4H group visits Reedley's Palm Village
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Reedley 4-H brought the fair to Palm village. They brought rabbits, sheep and their junior exhibits. This included; plants, photography, paintings, sewing, Legos, and cookies. They got to share their projects at PalmVillage.Picturedinphotofromleft, BenPlascenc- ia, Clayton Pennebker, Maya Osborne, Nicole Ward, kay- cie Huffman, Sam Plascencia, Catherine Tarin-edwards, Athena Pennebaker, Danielle Hager, kalli Bartel, Megan Osborne, and Abigail Tarin-edwards.
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