Friends of Rainier

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postmaster@rainier97048.org

 

Rainier Garden Club

 

 

Board of Directors

(Effective June 1, 2007)

President

Sue Drummond

Co-Vice Presidents

Keitha Vincent and Cleo Morgan

Secretary

Kathy Rinck

Treasurer

Lori Arnhold

Co-Past-Presidents

Hallie Lahti &

Diana Wallin

Correspondence may be directed to:
Rainier Garden Club
P.O. Box 492
Rainier, OR 97048-0492
For more information call: 503-556-0978

or click here for: e-mail

2007-2008 Program Schedule
Date Program

Presenter

Aug 1, 2007

Fall & Winter Container Gardening

Debra Grauman, All Season Garden Center

Sep 5, 2007

Getting to Know You & Plant Exchange

Kathy Rinck, Rainier Garden Club

Oct 3, 2007

Propagation of Plants

Neighborhood Nursery

Nov 7, 2007

Hillside Landscaping

John Corey, Serenity Ponds

Dec 5, 2007

Christmas Wreath Day

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Jan  2008

No Meeting

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Feb 6, 2008

Plants for Birds & Butterflies

Diana Wallin, Rainier Garden Club

Mar 5, 2008

New Plants for Your Garden

Brian Tsugawa, Tsugawa Nursery

Apr 2, 2008

Native Plants of our Area

Scott Edwards, Watershed Garden Works

May 7, 2008

Following Spring Up the Hill

Marvin Kellar & Larry Rea

Jun 4, 2008

Annual Potluck & Awards

 

 

 

Rainier Garden Club dues are only $7.00 per year!

Guests are always welcome...

 

 

The club offers opportunities for members to learn practical horticulture and gardening from each other and from guest presenters at the club’s monthly meetings, as well as during several field trips during the year.

The club was organized originally in 1945, and is a member of the Pacific Region of National Garden Clubs, Inc., and the Pioneer District of the Oregon Federation of Garden Clubs.

Members maintain the flower beds at the “Welcome to Oregon” sign at the foot of the Lewis and Clark Bridge; present annual floral displays at the Rainier Public Library and the U. S. Post Office; make and distribute evergreen swags to seniors and others at Christmas; provide white flower arrangements for the annual Rainier High School awards ceremonies; and offer horticultural scholarships to graduating high school seniors.

The club has sponsored installation of a “Blue Star Memorial” to honor American servicemen and women, and a granite park bench in the City’s Riverfront Park.

The club finances its projects primarily from annual dues of $7.00 per person, and from the proceeds of its annual pre-Mother’s Day plant sale.

The club meets at 9:30 a.m. on the first Wednesday of each month, except January, at the Rainier United Methodist Church, First and C Streets.


The Rainier Garden Club (RGC) is a member of the Pioneer District of the Oregon Federation of Garden Clubs, and a member of the Pacific Region of National Garden Clubs, Inc. RGC was organized originally in 1945; disbanded in 1964, and reorganized in 1983. It has been in continuous operation since.

Links

Oregon State Federation of Garden Clubs

Columbia County Master Gardeners

Pacific Northwest Lily Society

Hardy Plant Society of Oregon

All Season Garden Center

Eden Arts Center

Tsugawa Nursery

Gotcha Koi Farm & Water Garden Center

Evergreen Terrace Gardens

Shooting Star Lavender Farm

Directory of Area Nurseries 

 

 

Learn about the

Pacific Northwest Lily Society

 

 

Committee

Chair/Alternate

Bird and Butterfly

Kathryn McGee

Blue Star Memorial & Patriotic Trees

Mandy Davis

Budget

Shirley Bartholomew

Community Service

Vona Williams

Days in the Park Parade

Lori Arnhold

Field Trips

Hallie Lahti

Financial Review

Vona Williams

Greeter-Roll Call

Cleo Morgan, Joan Hackathorn, Keitha Vincent

Historian

Mary Keith

Hospitality

Sally Yule

Librarian

Mary Keith

Monthly Plant Sale Table

Diana Wallin

Newsletter

Hank Bartholomew

Post Office Display

Phyllis Haas

Program Planning

Cleo Morgan, Keitha Vincent

Publicity

Sue Drummond

Scholarship

Kathy Rinck

Sunshine

Doris Riffle

Telephone

Shirley Cantrell

Ways and Means

Cleo Morgan, Keitha Vincent

Welcome to Oregon

Kathy Rinck

White Flowers

Kathy Rinck

Yearbook

Kathy Rinck

 

Cherries are a sweet but fleeting joy

Tuesday, July 04, 2006

The Oregonian

 

Cherries can be the heartbreaker of the fruit world -- sweet, beautiful, voluptuous even, yet here and gone in an instant. Unlike just about every other fruit, you really only find cherries when they're in season locally, so eat them while you can.

Look for: Firm fruit is the single best indicator of flavor. Cherries should be neither rock hard nor spongy. Unlike some other stone fruit, cherries won't continue to ripen once they're picked and they lose flavor as they soften. Colors vary from shiny dark red (sour cherries for pie and some early sweet varieties) to deep purple-black cultivars, with glistening, quartz-like skin.

All things being equal, the darker the hue, the better the flavor. Stems that are bright green indicate the freshest product, but a dark or wizened stem doesn't necessarily portend bad fruit. The skin of the best fruit will be clear, without a matte or sticky finish. If the cherry is soft, it will likely have insipid flavor.

Cherries are gauged by what is called "row size," a historical remnant from the time cherries were packed in boxes called lugs. The ripe cherry drupes (single-seed stone fruits are called drupes) were then (and are still) measured by the number it took to pack them side by side and fill one "rank" (row) in the lug. So, a 9-row cherry is large and a 12-row is small. Figure about 50 unpitted average cherries to the pound.

Keep your pets and yourself safe ─ use natural weed killers

Here are some recipes for all-natural weed killers.

Vinegar. This solution will kill broadleaf plants as well as grass plants so be careful where you spray it. Mix together 3 parts vinegar to one part dishwashing liquid. Spray the mixture in a narrow stream on the weed's leaves and the base of the plant. 

Boiling Water. Boiling water will kill any plant and seed it touches. Just pour it on the plant, being careful not to splash on any desirable plants. 

Alcohol Mix. 1 tablespoon rubbing alcohol with 1 liter of water. Spray the mixture on the weeds thoroughly but lightly. This will kill all plants, so be careful of where you spray it. For tougher weeds, you may need to increase the amount of alcohol you use.