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Our garden is the secret ingredient to my family’s well-being

2/24/2017

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Hi,
 
This might sound strange, but a garden changed my life.
 
My wife started a garden last year, and while I knew there were physical and mental benefits to the hobby, I never expected it to have such a wide positive impact on my entire family. Our diets have improved, we get plenty of exercise and sunshine from garden work, our collective stress is at an all-time low, and my kids are now actually excited about eating healthy. We’ve even inspired other neighbors to follow suit!
 
My hope is that I can inspire your audience, too. These are some great resources on gardening that I thought would look great here: http://www.sasklilysociety.org/societygarden-club-links.html.
 
10 Best Garden Crops for Beginners
 
Gardening with Kids: How It Affects Your Child’s Brain, Body and Soul
 
How to Get Your Children Excited About Gardening
 
The Guide to Garden Maintenance & Improvement
 
By Hook or By Crook: Gardening with Disabilities
 
How to Start Your Own Urban Garden
 
Growing Connections: Gardening with Seniors
 
The Ultimate Guide to Turning Your Home’s Yard into a Community Garden
 
I hope you’ll consider adding these to your site, but I also don’t want to be a bother. If you’re not interested in this kind of outreach, please shoot me a quick email letting me know.
 
Thanks in advance,
 
Luke Murray
http://councilofneighbors.org

 


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Some Beautiful Lilies to Share

8/25/2016

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Although the sender didn't know the names of his lilies, he wanted us to see the beautiful assortment in his yard.
Thanks, Richard for sharing!

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Our Provincial Flower is Being Threatened

2/24/2016

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This is a sad time for anyone who loves our provincial flower or lilies in general. 
Last year we confirmed the presence of the Red Lily Beetle in Emerald Park.  It is very likely that it is present in other locations of the province. 
There are no natural predators for this destructive insect.  Chemical control has very limited success.  Many areas of Canada have given up on planting lilium in their yards. 
We can’t give up in Saskatchewan, our provincial flower is helpless.  We have to fight to keep our floral emblem from falling to this enemy. 
Gardeners have few options for dealing with this pest so there is no hope of being able to control it in the wild without the help of many people and our government.  Biological control using natural lily beetle predators has shown the most promise.  Left unchecked the lily beetle devours leaves and damages the stem leaving little or nothing to provided nourishment for the following year.  If the bulb isn’t killed the first year it likely won’t survive a second year of attack.
South Saskatchewan Lily Society is hosting an information night with Dr. Ken Fry.  Dr. Fry is an entomologist at the University of Alberta and has prior experience as a research scientist with emphasis on biological control of insect pests. 
The meeting is scheduled for April 14th at 7:00 PM at St. Peter's Church, 100 Argyle Street, Regina. Please use the hall entrance on the south side of the church.
Everyone is welcome and encouraged to attend and to bring a friend.  No admission is being charged
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Our resources are limited; we are looking at joining forces with all societies and organizations interested in protecting our provincial emblem and all lilium. 
 Any assistance and suggestions on how to deal with this unwanted visitor are welcome. 




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Student Uses SSLS Website for School Project

4/27/2014

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This is a comment we received from a teacher. We have now added this link to our website:

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A girl I'm helping after school found your page http://www.sasklilysociety.org/societygarden-club-links.html while researching on a living organism of her choice for her biology project and I just had to tell you! She wanted to share another page that she really loved:

"A Botanist's Guide to the African Violet"
http://mjjsales.com/botanist-guide-to-african-violet.html

Would you mind adding this page she found to your site with all of your other helpful resources? I think it would really go a long way in boosting her self-confidence as she's working on building her research skills:)

Thanks, we'd love to hear from you!
 Student Services



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SOS - Looking for a Lily called Katja

3/6/2014

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Thank you for the latest newsletter, which I thoroughly enjoyed reading this evening. Everyone I know can relate to the editor sitting in a chair, covered with a blanket, clutching a hot drink of something, trying to stay warm.  Just heard the latest Environment Canada prediction for March, April and May:  colder than normal.  Yipee.  Does this mean we'll all be covered in icicles until July?????  I sincerely hope not.  The thought makes me want to add a little "something" to my tea, especially since we just came home from Winnipeg this afternoon in yet another storm with white-out conditions every time a vehicle passed on the other side of the road. 

Also,I am trying to replace a lily. It was hybridized by John and Irene Wallace of Beaverlodge, Alberta, and is called "Katja".  Have you, or anyone that you know, ever heard of it, or more importantly, do you know anyone that grows it?  I would dearly love to replace it, at almost any cost.  If you can help me, please let me know. 

If anyone knows of this lily or how to acquire one, please email me directly at l.drebnisky@hotmail.com

 Here's hoping for some warmth, and SOON!!

 Best Wishes, 


Lori
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Merry Christmas

12/24/2013

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As another year is quickly fading into memory, and we celebrate the season of good wishes, all the members of the South Saskatchewan Lily Society wish everyone a joyous Christmas and all the best in 2014.

We have also been allowed to share a poem written by member Violet Lochore, who gave each of the lily members one at their Christmas potluck held earlier in the month.



The Candle

Watching the strength of a candle
This induces inner peace, one can handle.
Most of our worries begin to ease,
Oh, treasure and enjoy that peace.


How amazing is a baby's power,
Who will insist to use it at any hour.
Observing the flame, it wavers a bit,
As the baby grows to be a "kid".


Miracles of God keeps life versatile,
Children know what to do. Smile.
The candle keeps burning steady and bright,
Producing the everlasting light.


Watching our family growing up,
Bringing their children to see mom and pop.
The candle's flame is still burning strong,
Trying to build a brotherly bond.


Moving more slower as time goes by,
Old age, what about the twinkle in the eye?
The candle's flame never quavered,
It is like God's love, it never wavers.








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Halloween Pumpkin Hermits

11/1/2013

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Now that Halloween is over and the Jack-o-Lantern has worn out his welcome, the question is what do you do with all that left over pumpkin.
Well a lily society member graciously offered to share her awesome cookie recipe in answer to this question.




Halloween Pumpkin Hermit Cookies

¾ cup shortening
1 ¼ cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1 cup pumpkin puree  
1 tsp. vanilla
2 cups flour
1 tsp. baking powder
½ tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. cinnamon
½ tsp. nutmeg
½ tsp. allspice
½ tsp. cloves (use about 1/8 of a tsp. can be a bit overpowering otherwise)
½ tsp. salt
1 cup raisins (plumped)
walnuts and dates to taste (about 1/2 cup of each)

Cream shortening and brown sugar together. Add eggs and cream well. Add the pumpkin puree and vanilla.
In a separate bowl combine all the dry ingredients together. Add to the shortening mixture and mix until fully combined.
Add the raisins nuts and dates.
Bake at 375 degrees for about 10 - 12 minutes. Cool and try not to eat too many!!

Thanks Shirley T. for this great recipe!!

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Flower Displaying

7/17/2013

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PicturePicture taken at Lily Show 2013
With our Lily show fast approaching, I decided to ask the experts for some tips on how to display your lilies when entering a show This is what some of them had to tell me.
 
The following information is compliments of The Canadian Flower Arranger, The Garden Clubs of Ontario 1993, Canadian Cataloguing Publication Data, Creative Floral Designs , Carolyn R. Hawkins and Jeannine F. Fox and The Garden
Club of Georgia, Inc. Athens. 

A design is an arrangement of fresh and/or dried plant material and/or inorganic objects arranged to produce an artistic unit.
It evolves as the arranger integrates his or her own imagination and creativity with the principles and elements of design.

Line  forms the structural framework of all these designs and it is the visual path along which the eye is led from one the point of interest to another. As the primary foundation of all designs, it can convey interpretation, it suggest a mood or an idea, etc.
Line directions may be vertical, horizontal, diagonal and /or curved. Line may be composed of linear materials or created through the repetition of form, size, texture and colour in linear
directions.
 
Tip: 
In the traditional line design avoid the temptation to over fill the arrangement.
Take care that there is space between each element of plant material to show each to advantage.
In geometric designs every stem radiates or appears to radiate from a central area.
There should no strong surprises or contrast. Variation is soft and gradual.

In geometric designs you want line foliage to create the outline; plain smooth leaves to reinforce the
structure and round leaves for focus. A few sprays of flowers to support the round shape of the lilies. 
 
Tip: 
In the line design keep the materials simple and very clean. 
Take care with visual balance to create stability.
Use containers that are dark as the plant materials. Keep the dark colours low in the container.
Keep the center of interest approximately two-thirds of the way down from the tallest placement. Angling some plant material to hide the rim of the container and allow the plant material and the container to belong to each other and appear stable.

Do remember that the design an be seen from all sides.
You want the scale of the design to be appropriate to the space given for its placement.
Scale is the size relationship to all components.
 
** Remember these are not  rules just guidelines to get you going! **




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The Lily's Most Common Plant Disease

5/29/2013

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PictureWhat the heck is wrong with my lily?
With Spring finally here and our lily bulbs poking their heads up through the soil, it is now time to start watching for the most common disease of lilies Botrytis.

Botrytis 
is a fungal disease that affects the stems, leaves and in extreme cases, the flowers and buds of lilies and is spread by spores located on the undersides of the leaves, on the ground, and in old garden debris.
The spores are spread by wind and rain or water splashing up onto the lilies, and are encouraged by damp, wet and humid conditions, which we often see in June on our prairies.

Beginning as a small white or brown spot on a leaf or bud, the spot grows into a larger brown spot with a lighter center, until it engulfs the entire leaf and then the  stem and buds, if action is not taken. The damage can be held back or avoided by using preventative sprays of chemical or organic nature.

This disease is limited to the plant growth above ground, and does not carry over into the bulb from year to year. However if
the stems are completely affected and totally brown to the tip early in the summer, the bulbs do not increase in size. It will sprout and grow again the next year. but if Botrytis is experienced 3 years in a row, under extreme conditions where the stems are totally brown by mid summer, the following year the bulbs will not sprout, their quality seriously deteriorated due to the ongoing disease.

So lily growers be always wary of this deadly disease lurking!

"The modest Rose puts forth a thorn,
The humble sheep a threat'ning  horn:
While the Lily shall in love delight,
Nor a thorn nor a threat  stain her beauty bright."
by William Blake





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Cute Signage

4/23/2013

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The local Craik, SK newspaper the other day posted the following. 
A man was driving through town on April 2 and reported:  

“I saw this sign at the Florist Shop in Lumsden.”  
  It’s Spring ! !  We are so happy, we wet our plants!


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