July 14, 2009 Ken and Dan start to bring compost for Barbaras front garden.
Claudia(on left) gets a pruning lesson from Victor as he uses his sizzors to trim the old flower blooms off of his sedum.
Victors garden is really bloomin!
Deer fencing surrounds the Cornell Gardens.
Jane, takes a break from gardening and poses for the camera.
Margaret(foreground) and Susan tending their garden.
Margaret and Susan have large garden to maintain.
Margaret and Susan's knock out roses in bloom.
Tom with his head down and Pat weed Nancy's Butterfly garden as Nancy looks on.
Nancy smiles for the camera.
Dan, looks and checks plants for signs of insects.
Ken takes a brake fro feeding.
July21,2009 is time to edge the flower beds. The gas edger cuts a line that will be turned with a shovel to reveal a clean edge
John(red shirt) uses his shovel to turn the newly cut edge made by the edger. Ken uses his trowel to remove the turned edge.
Weeding and clean up reveals a clean edge composted,fertilized weed free, staked and labeled Dahlia bed..
Two large beds of Dahlias are ready to bloom for Cornells Open House.
Annual flower display is in full bloom.
Dr. Mark on left gets ready to take the Cornell Gardeners on a guided tour of the 60 acre lab, pointing out various on going presearch projects.
Millie runs to catch the guided tour...
Millie greets all of us.
May 24,2009.It is Dahlia time! Preperation for planting Dahlias starts with the layout of stakes and twine to support the dahlias. Vince on right assists Dan, while Norm on left gets help from Frida. Once the poles are secured and the twine is attached. Holes must be made with an ager next to each pole where the dahlia tuber will be planted.
Vince on the right at the far end of the bed, uses an electric drill with an ager to finish holes to plant dahlia tubers.
Jim on left and Judy get tubers ready fro planting. The tubers have been in a green house for the last 4 weeks and are starting to sprout.
It takes a lot of hands to get the tubers planted.
Norm on the right plants the last tuber in his line.
Wayne surveys some fig trees that he will remove. John,Jay and Pat would like one of the trees for their home gardens.
Removing the fig trees is no easy task. They grow like weeds, with a very large extended root system that must be cut to reduce the size of the root ball.
Dan guides Wayne as Wayne places the fig tree in the truck with a fork lift.
Sue waters the green roof. The Green Roof Shed will be officially recognized on June 16, 2009 with a old fashioned barbaque and dedication.
Ben( brings compost to Vic,Dan and Barbara.The compost will be used in all the flower beds.
Dan and Vic start spreading the compost.
May 19,2009.Once a decision is made to move a plant,because it has overgrown its spot, it should be pruned first. Jane starts to dig around the red twig dogwood,making the outline of a root ball. Dogwoods grow in a group, connected to one another, so transplanting is a big job.
Jane recruits,
Anita,Ken,Bonnie and me (taking the photo) to help her.
Tools that are needed include; lopers,shovels,pitch fork, and an ax. After we have removed 4 separte plants, we are now working on the mother red twig dogwood.
Ken uses the lopers to cut excessive roots.
The mother red twig dogwood gets moved to its new location in the butterfly garden. Red twig dogwoods have winter interest, small summer flowers and spread quickly.
Jane fills in the empty red twig dogwood hole with compost. A decision will be made as to what plant will be used to replace the red twig dogwood at a later date.
Dan, brings in a swallow tail butterfly, that he hatched in his lab, to show the group.
Close-up view.
In the distance, in the center of the photograph the living green roof shed can be seen.
Ilenes garden shown with the cryptomaria gone.
Newly plowed bed waits for the Dahlias to be planted.
May 5, 2009. John brought in a try of coleous that he started over the winter from seeds. Millie will separate the seedlings into separate flats that will used in the outside gardens. From the one tray Millie will make 8-10 flats. Vince brought in several potted Hydranga that he propagated over the winter. A raffle is held to see who gets to choose the varigated leaf hydranga. Seeds will be planted today, living roof panels will be weeded and inside work will be done.
Valarie brought in a bulletin board, Dan and Jim attach it to the wall.
John attaches boards to the wall that will hold a new magazine rack.
Jay on the right gives John a hand installing a new magazine rack.
April 25th, time to divide perennials and relocate plants and schrubs. Victor and Dan digging out a fountain grass that is too big for Victors garden. Grasses are very difficult to move.Two shovels were damaged trying to move this grass. Dr. Bridgen suggests we chip away at the grass little by little.
Dr. Bridgen starts digging out a Rodoendrum that will be moved.
Once dug out, the rododendrum is moved to a new home.It will take three people to place the plant in a new spot.
The rododendrum in it's new home. I t looks like it was always there.
Notice the large burned out crytomeria behind the bobcat. Three weeks ago there were strong winds and cold temperatures. The ground was frozen as were the roots of the crptomeria, which resulted in transpiration(the loss of water from the leaves) and the inability of the crytomeria's frozen roots to get water from the frozen ground combined with the high winds killed the crytomeria very quickly. There were several other people that experienced the same problemm at the same time. The crytomeria are suseptable to wind kill. This was the wrong place to plant the cryptomeria. Remember to put the right plant in the right place!
Dr. Bridgen takes the chain saw out and cuts down the crytomeria.
Jim on the right, points out a green piece of the cryptomeria that will be saved, as Dr. Bridgen cuts out the last burned out branch.
Jim and Ken inspect the stump for any other insect damage, as Dr. Bridgen takes a break. One little piece of the crptomeria will be saved.
Susan plants a new rododendrum and waters it in.
Dr. Bridgen and Barbara admire the newly renovated garden. There were many plants and shrubs moved and replanted. Each time a plant is moved/removed or divided it is noted in the the master garden plan.
Keeping track of each plant is very important,today, Dee makes the appropriate entries and details all the plant relocations.
We noticed this bird with a damaged wing in a garden bed. We were going to call animal rescue, when we were told the bird is called a Killdeer, and was pretending to have a broken wing because she was sitting on her nest..
April 15. 2009, determine what jobs need to be done before the meeting starts.Dr. Bridgen on right and John survey the gardens.
First they meet with Valarie, garden director, and Wayne grounds keeper to discuss the fate of the fig trees that over wintered in a hoop house. It is dtermined they are alive and can be moved to make room for a new research project, How and where to move them is the topic of conversation.
Next on the list, a red twig maple (foreground) has been pruned and ready to be removed from the herb garden to the ??? Spring is the time to move it as it is still dormant.
Barbara and John start to dig a hole to get ready for a new planting. A big part of gardening is knowing when,where and what should be moved.
Jan. is the time to plan your garden and ordering seeds early is a priority.Next when the seeds come they need to be planted to coinside with bloom time and last freeze to insure they will flourish in their gardens. The seeds will be started in the green house and then hardened off in a hoop house before they are planted in their specific garden.
Ken Morhing,president(on the left) looks on as Margaret,Pat and Nancy, compile a final list of seeds for clubs gardens.Dr. Mark waits for the list to send in the order via the internet.Valarie(garden director) reviews Elis list.
Below, is a List of Seeds/Plants that will be critiqued by all garden members.The list will then be finalized and ordered for Spring 2009.Ordering day will be no later than Valentines day to insure proporgation time,hardenindg off, and proper bloom times in the garden.
Bonnies Herb Garden;Ornamental Pepper with red, pointed pepper Stoplight seeds Annual plant Fennell seeds Annual plant Red Basil seeds Annual plant
Ellies Fragrence Garden;Heliotropium arborescens seeds Annual plant Brugmansia suaveolens Veg Cutting Annual plant Philadelphus coronarius shrub to order shrub Lily of the valley Divisions Herbaceous plan Clethra arborea shrub to order shrub Daphne Carol Mackie shrub to order shrub Daphne 'Aureo marginata' Aureo marginata' shrub to order shrub
Kens Bulb Garden;Cosmos sulphureus seeds Annual plant Sunflowers Zonal and perennials seeds Annual plant Angellica gigas seeds Annual plant Eryngium Herbaceous plant to order Herbaceous plan Echinops Herbaceous plant to order Herbaceous plan Orn. Grass (Cordyline autralis) Vesuvius Herbaceous plant to order Herbaceous plan Tagetes patula Yellow seeds Annual plant Purple basil seeds Annual plant Annual rudbeckia Prairie Sun seeds Annual plant Coleus (purple leaf) seeds Annual plant Plectranthus Available from Bridgen Annual plant
Nancys Garden;Move Red Osier Dogwood Tall shrub Crepe Mytle dark red shrub to order shrub Vitex shrub to order shrub Move Red Osier Dogwood Move existing shrub shrub Spirea will submit cv shrub to order shrub Skimmia (female) 3 plants shrub Tree peony shrub to order shrub Grape Hyacinths???? Bulb perennial Zinnias seeds Annual plant Asclepias seeds Annual plant Nasturtiums seeds Annual plant Aster delosperma Stardust? Herbaceous plant to order Herbaceous plan Abelia grandiflora Rose Creek shrub to order shrub Dill seeds Annual plant
Margaret Cottage garden;Ornamental Cabbage seeds Annual plant Ornamental Kale seeds Annual plant Magnolia stellata shrub to order shrub Double mock orange shrub to order shrub evergreen to be decided…… shrub to order shrub Junipers? shrub to order shrub Yellow moundy evergreen shrub shrub to order shrub Clematis jackmanii Herbaceous plant to order Herbaceous plan Oriental Poppy Red Herbaceous plant to order Herbaceous plan
April 6th,2009
Dahlias are being labeled and laid out on pro mix and put into a greenhouse. Early growth will be cut from their tubers and propagated to be used as border Dahlias.
Gardeners, Vic, on right,Pat,Dee,Ellie welcome Barbara (in the hood), back from Florida. Barbara has her shears and all gardeners get ready to clean-up their gardens.
Truck is used to take away garden debris to the compost pile.
Barbara on the left points to a damaged Lavundula, and asks Dr. Bridgen for his opinion on what should be done as Dee looks on.
Behind the Ilex, Dr. Bridgen talks with Barbara and Dee about the oversized Ilex bushes and suggests they be pruned to be in proportion with the other plants in the garden and to make room for new plants.
Barbara starts pruning the Lirope grasses.
Victor starts to clean-up his garden by pruning the fountain grasses.
Victor finishes his clean-up and goes to help Barbara with her garden.
Susan helps take garden debri to the compost pile.
Jane digs up crocus,puts them in the wheel abrrel and replants them to her garden.
New holes are prepared to receive crocus.
Valarie digs up soe tulips to be replanted in her garden..
Dr. Bridgen takes a break from pruning the Ilex bushes.
Victor and Dee take away the pruned Ilex.
The truck is so filled with garden debris, Vic has too wait for Wayne to take the debris to the compost pile.
Jay has to get in the truck to make room for the second load of pruned Ilex as Vic hands Jay the last of the pruned red leaf maple branches.
Under the window, notice the pruned Ilex bushes, cut about 12 inches above the ground. This will allow the new Ilex growth to be kept in proportion to the rest of the garden.
Siberrian iris is dug-up on March31, and will be divided and re planted. Notice the "Y" shape created on the top of the root system, this must be kept intact to insure spring flowering. If the root of the iris is separated from the "Y", it will not flower.
Dr. Bridgen examines a plant that has some kind of insect damage as Vic and John look on.
What is it?
Close-up of what is it? Keep tuned for the answer.
This was found on a red leaf cornus..What is it? Barbara Reitz identified the egg casing; Good photo id of the Carolina mantid egg cases found on the cornus in the riverbed garden. Since the cornus was pruned Tuesday, the branches with the egg cases are now inside the untrimmed cornus in the shrub garden on the other side of the entryway. Follow the link to see similar photograph of the above egg casing. http://bugguide.net/node/view/31193/bgimage
What is it?
Close-up of what is it?
March 10 th 2009 Meeting Margaret left looks at a orchard cutting.Marilyn is offically welcomed as a new member of Cornell Gardeners by John(treasure) who collects her dues and Jim vice president.
Dan is all smiles as he has a surprise for the group.
Dan presents the group with a framed collage of photographs detailing the groups activities from 2008. Susan, looks for her photograph.
Our group looks at Dans framed collage of photographs or are they looking at Dans HAT!!
Anita,Margaret and Eli check the sedum cuttings that will be used on the sheds green roof.
Bill, red jacket, looks on as Jim checks cuttings for signs of insects or fungus. Cuttings are checked and watered once a week. At the end of March the cuttings will be planted in a hoop house. The cuttings will be planted onto the roof panels and will take 5 weeks to develope their roots, before being placed on top of the shed.
A Close-up view of sedum cuttings in trays. Vince started four, 3 inch pots in Aug 2008 with hydranga cuttings that are just starting to bud. It is now March 10 2009. Way to go Vince!
Jim, asks the assistant lab director Lynn, if the hoop house, we are going to use for planting the green roof panels has been treated for weeds yet. Weed controll is always an issue for gardeners.
Bill on the right has a big laugh as Norm shows up with his coffee cake wearing a St. Patrics day Hat!!
Norm and his wife Frita smile for the camerman.(Jay)
Jim on left Vince and John get ready to talk about the days activiites. Dahlia tubers and, the green roof panels will be worked on as well as pruning in the garden. A one hour lecture on Plant Pathology will be presented to the group by Dr. Margaret T. McGrath, who does crop research at the lab.Quite a busy day is planned.
Dr. Margaret T. McGrath head of the Department of Plant Pathology at the Lab,speaks to the group about Plant Pathology and takes general questions related to genetics and plant disease.
After the talk, a coffee brake and a plant sale. Norm pics out some Lentil roses.
Norm with the hat and Tom open the dahlia tubers that have been in winter storage in a refrigorator at the lab. The task is to treat them for fungus, separate them, tag them and get them ready to be potted.
Frita starts with a piece of electric wire and attaches it to a piece of shade blind (which never rots) and is readily avilable. Next using a pencil Frida will write the name of the dahlia and attach it to the tuber, so when they are potted we will know the name,size and color of the dahlia.
Pat helps out making tags.
Millie on the right starts making tags for the tubers as well.
There are many many many tubers this year. Every year the tubers increase.
Cornell Gardeners meet and discuss their garden plans and wish lists for the new year..
Today Dec. 10th 2008 the 2009 club elections are being held. The offices are for a two year term..All Cornell Gardeners are gathered to vote for their new Club Officials.
Club positions include; president, vice president,secratary,treasurer,garden director,and comitee members at large.
Members await the offical voting results.
The voting is complete and the results are unamious. Ken Mohring president,vice president Jim Micheels,John Canzoneri treasurer,Ellie secratary,Valarie Foerster Garden Director,Members at large include;Bill Volcov,Vince D'Emilia and Jerry Cansaneri.
Jan 15th 2009.Ken Morhing,president (bottom left) chairs weekly meetings of Cornell Gardeners.Ideas are discussed and decesions are made on a weekly basis. A status report of all the decesions made is then compiled by Ken and the vice president Jim and e mailed to each garden member.Teaching and learning about gardening is the number one priorty of all our meetings.
Dr. Mark Bridgen (on left) Director of CORNELL UNIVERSITY'S LONG ISLAND HORTICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER (LIHRC), explains the answer to the weekly quiz question. What is the correct way to write the name of a specific plant? Elli got the correct answer and won the white mum in the foreground.
Dee on the right brings her grand daughter Grace to her first Cornell Gardeners meeting.
Fall/Winter activities. Susan And Margaret bring newly planted seeds to the mister in the greenhouse.The seeds will be watered and planted in the garden in the spring.
Grown from seed, plants are waiting for spring to be planted in the gardens.
Winter activity.
Margaret brings some cuttings of her indoor house plants to Dr. Bridgen who gives a talk about propagating and dividing indoor plants.
Jane on left Susan and Barbara pot up a new variety of a bulb from South America.
Vince, assists Dr.McGrath sort some of her research crop of winter squash. Squash will be judged for various qualities by Cornell Gardeners and others. Results will be published and shared with the public.
Fall activities include digging up dahlia tubers after the first frost.
Eli gets ready to remove a clump of dahlia tubers and put them on the trailer to be taken inside.
The last of the dahlia tubers are removed from the dahlia garden at left.
As the tubers are dug up, Jim and Norm make sure the tags for each dahlia are attached to the tubers, to insure proper plant identification.Each tuber is identified by name, size and color. Next the tubers are brought inside to be cleaned,dried and boxed for storage.
Jerry on the left and Vince are amazed at the size of the dahlia tubers. Some years the tubers are very good but the flowers are not so good. Other times the flowers are very good but the tubers are not as abundant.It is rare to have both good flowers and large tubers in the same year.
It will take many of us several days to sort the tubers and get them ready for winter storage.
Millie on the right,Remee and Frida work on tubers.Tubers are being dried,cleaned, labeled and boxed. For more information about dahlias, go to the links button on our home page, to see a power point presentation called Dahlias A-Z
Cleaned tubers are tagged and ready to be stored.
Jim Cornell Gardeners vice president inspects dahlia tubers and prepares them for winter storage.
Jim Michaels left (V.P.) and John(Treasurer) giving a presentation on how to sharpen your garden tools.Jim is using a man-made sharpening stone to sharpen a knife, Jim explains that using a 22 degree angel between the knife and the stone will ensure a sharp edge on most knives.
Jane looks on as Elizabeth uses a eye magnifer to see the inperfections on the blade of her cutting shears before she sharpens them.
Jim explains to the group that is necessary to take most tools apart inorder to sharpen the blade properly. Jim is going to take apart the lopers to sharpen them.
Jim sharpens elizabeths cutters after he takes them apart.
Valarie,garden director,Vic,primary gardener south bloom garden,Anita, Ken, president,Elizabeth and Jane primary gardeners for the herb garden look on as Jim ends his presentation.
Jan. is the time to check on the dahlia tubers and canna that are being over-wintered in the refrigerated walk-in box. The tempeture and humidity are monitored to reduce fungus.
Each box is inspected every two weeks for evidence of fungus and rot.
These dahlia tubers have had some fungus that was removed and will be treated with alcohol to kill the fungus.
The single Dahlia tuber has rot and fungus. It has been removed from the mother plant and will be checked to see if any part of it can be saved. When saving a dahlia tuber it is important to keep part of the crown or stem area to insure regrowth when re-planting in the spring.
Norm is cutting some rot from a dahlia tuber,notice a piece on the bottom right that has been removed.
July 14, 2009 Ken and Dan start to bring compost for Barbaras front garden.
Claudia(on left) gets a pruning lesson from Victor as he uses his sizzors to trim the old flower blooms off of his sedum. 
Victors garden is really bloomin!
Deer fencing surrounds the Cornell Gardens.
Jane, takes a break from gardening and poses for the camera. 
Margaret(foreground) and Susan tending their garden.
Margaret and Susan have large garden to maintain.
Margaret and Susan's knock out roses in bloom.
Tom with his head down and Pat weed Nancy's Butterfly garden as Nancy looks on.
Nancy smiles for the camera.
Dan, looks and checks plants for signs of insects.
Ken takes a brake fro feeding.
July21,2009 is time to edge the flower beds. The gas edger cuts a line that will be turned with a shovel to reveal a clean edge
John(red shirt) uses his shovel to turn the newly cut edge made by the edger. Ken uses his trowel to remove the turned edge.
Weeding and clean up reveals a clean edge composted,fertilized weed free, staked and labeled Dahlia bed..
Two large beds of Dahlias are ready to bloom for Cornells Open House.
Annual flower display is in full bloom.
Dr. Mark on left gets ready to take the Cornell Gardeners on a guided tour of the 60 acre lab, pointing out various on going presearch projects.
Millie runs to catch the guided tour...
Millie greets all of us.
May 24,2009.It is Dahlia time! Preperation for planting Dahlias starts with the layout of stakes and twine to support the dahlias. Vince on right assists Dan, while Norm on left gets help from Frida. Once the poles are secured and the twine is attached. Holes must be made with an ager next to each pole where the dahlia tuber will be planted. 
Vince on the right at the far end of the bed, uses an electric drill with an ager to finish holes to plant dahlia tubers.
Jim on left and Judy get tubers ready fro planting. The tubers have been in a green house for the last 4 weeks and are starting to sprout.
It takes a lot of hands to get the tubers planted.
Norm on the right plants the last tuber in his line.
Wayne surveys some fig trees that he will remove. John,Jay and Pat would like one of the trees for their home gardens. 
Removing the fig trees is no easy task. They grow like weeds, with a very large extended root system that must be cut to reduce the size of the root ball.
Dan guides Wayne as Wayne places the fig tree in the truck with a fork lift.
Sue waters the green roof. The Green Roof Shed will be officially recognized on June 16, 2009 with a old fashioned barbaque and dedication. 
Ben( brings compost to Vic,Dan and Barbara.The compost will be used in all the flower beds.
Dan and Vic start spreading the compost.
May 19,2009.Once a decision is made to move a plant,because it has overgrown its spot, it should be pruned first. Jane starts to dig around the red twig dogwood,making the outline of a root ball. Dogwoods grow in a group, connected to one another, so transplanting is a big job. 
Jane recruits, 
Tools that are needed include; lopers,shovels,pitch fork, and an ax. After we have removed 4 separte plants, we are now working on the mother red twig dogwood.
Ken uses the lopers to cut excessive roots.
The mother red twig dogwood gets moved to its new location in the butterfly garden. Red twig dogwoods have winter interest, small summer flowers and spread quickly. 
Jane fills in the empty red twig dogwood hole with compost. A decision will be made as to what plant will be used to replace the red twig dogwood at a later date.
Dan, brings in a swallow tail butterfly, that he hatched in his lab, to show the group.
Close-up view.
In the distance, in the center of the photograph the living green roof shed can be seen.
Ilenes garden shown with the cryptomaria gone.
Newly plowed bed waits for the Dahlias to be planted.
May 5, 2009. John brought in a try of coleous that he started over the winter from seeds. Millie will separate the seedlings into separate flats that will used in the outside gardens. From the one tray Millie will make 8-10 flats. Vince brought in several potted Hydranga that he propagated over the winter. A raffle is held to see who gets to choose the varigated leaf hydranga. Seeds will be planted today, living roof panels will be weeded and inside work will be done.
Valarie brought in a bulletin board, Dan and Jim attach it to the wall. 
John attaches boards to the wall that will hold a new magazine rack.
Jay on the right gives John a hand installing a new magazine rack. 
April 25th, time to divide perennials and relocate plants and schrubs. Victor and Dan digging out a fountain grass that is too big for Victors garden. Grasses are very difficult to move.Two shovels were damaged trying to move this grass. Dr. Bridgen suggests we chip away at the grass little by little.
Dr. Bridgen starts digging out a Rodoendrum that will be moved.
Once dug out, the rododendrum is moved to a new home.It will take three people to place the plant in a new spot. 
The rododendrum in it's new home. I t looks like it was always there.
Notice the large burned out crytomeria behind the bobcat. Three weeks ago there were strong winds and cold temperatures. The ground was frozen as were the roots of the crptomeria, which resulted in transpiration(the loss of water from the leaves) and the inability of the crytomeria's frozen roots to get water from the frozen ground combined with the high winds killed the crytomeria very quickly. There were several other people that experienced the same problemm at the same time. The crytomeria are suseptable to wind kill. This was the wrong place to plant the cryptomeria. Remember to put the right plant in the right place!
Dr. Bridgen takes the chain saw out and cuts down the crytomeria.
Jim on the right, points out a green piece of the cryptomeria that will be saved, as Dr. Bridgen cuts out the last burned out branch.
Jim and Ken inspect the stump for any other insect damage, as Dr. Bridgen takes a break. One little piece of the crptomeria will be saved.
Susan plants a new rododendrum and waters it in.
Dr. Bridgen and Barbara admire the newly renovated garden. There were many plants and shrubs moved and replanted. Each time a plant is moved/removed or divided it is noted in the the master garden plan. 
Keeping track of each plant is very important,today, Dee makes the appropriate entries and details all the plant relocations. 
We noticed this bird with a damaged wing in a garden bed. We were going to call animal rescue, when we were told the bird is called a Killdeer, and was pretending to have a broken wing because she was sitting on her nest.. 
April 15. 2009, determine what jobs need to be done before the meeting starts.Dr. Bridgen on right and John survey the gardens. 
First they meet with Valarie, garden director, and Wayne grounds keeper to discuss the fate of the fig trees that over wintered in a hoop house. It is dtermined they are alive and can be moved to make room for a new research project, How and where to move them is the topic of conversation.
Next on the list, a red twig maple (foreground) has been pruned and ready to be removed from the herb garden to the ??? Spring is the time to move it as it is still dormant.
Barbara and John start to dig a hole to get ready for a new planting. A big part of gardening is knowing when,where and what should be moved. 
Jan. is the time to plan your garden and ordering seeds early is a priority.Next when the seeds come they need to be planted to coinside with bloom time and last freeze to insure they will flourish in their gardens. The seeds will be started in the green house and then hardened off in a hoop house before they are planted in their specific garden. 
Ken Morhing,president(on the left) looks on as Margaret,Pat and Nancy, compile a final list of seeds for clubs gardens.Dr. Mark waits for the list to send in the order via the internet.Valarie(garden director) reviews Elis list.
April 6th,2009
Gardeners, Vic, on right,Pat,Dee,Ellie welcome Barbara (in the hood), back from Florida. Barbara has her shears and all gardeners get ready to clean-up their gardens.
Truck is used to take away garden debris to the compost pile.
Barbara on the left points to a damaged Lavundula, and asks Dr. Bridgen for his opinion on what should be done as Dee looks on.
Behind the Ilex, Dr. Bridgen talks with Barbara and Dee about the oversized Ilex bushes and suggests they be pruned to be in proportion with the other plants in the garden and to make room for new plants. 
Barbara starts pruning the Lirope grasses.
Victor starts to clean-up his garden by pruning the fountain grasses.
Victor finishes his clean-up and goes to help Barbara with her garden.
Susan helps take garden debri to the compost pile.
Jane digs up crocus,puts them in the wheel abrrel and replants them to her garden.
New holes are prepared to receive crocus.
Valarie digs up soe tulips to be replanted in her garden..
Dr. Bridgen takes a break from pruning the Ilex bushes.
Victor and Dee take away the pruned Ilex.
The truck is so filled with garden debris, Vic has too wait for Wayne to take the debris to the compost pile.
Jay has to get in the truck to make room for the second load of pruned Ilex as Vic hands Jay the last of the pruned red leaf maple branches.
Under the window, notice the pruned Ilex bushes, cut about 12 inches above the ground. This will allow the new Ilex growth to be kept in proportion to the rest of the garden.
Siberrian iris is dug-up on March31, and will be divided and re planted. Notice the "Y" shape created on the top of the root system, this must be kept intact to insure spring flowering. If the root of the iris is separated from the "Y", it will not flower.
Dr. Bridgen examines a plant that has some kind of insect damage as Vic and John look on.
What is it?
Close-up of what is it? Keep tuned for the answer.
This was found on a red leaf cornus..What is it? Barbara Reitz identified the egg casing; Good photo id of the Carolina mantid egg cases found on the cornus in the riverbed garden. Since the cornus was pruned Tuesday, the branches with the egg cases are now inside the untrimmed cornus in the shrub garden on the other side of the entryway. Follow the link to see similar photograph of the above egg casing. 
What is it? 
Close-up of what is it?
March 10 th 2009 Meeting
Dan is all smiles as he has a surprise for the group.
Anita,Margaret and Eli check the sedum cuttings that will be used on the sheds green roof. 
Bill, red jacket, looks on as Jim checks cuttings for signs of insects or fungus. Cuttings are checked and watered once a week. At the end of March the cuttings will be planted in a hoop house. The cuttings will be planted onto the roof panels and will take 5 weeks to develope their roots, before being placed on top of the shed. 
A Close-up view of sedum cuttings in trays. Vince started four, 3 inch pots in Aug 2008 with hydranga cuttings that are just starting to bud. It is now March 10 2009. Way to go Vince!
Jim, asks the assistant lab director Lynn, if the hoop house, we are going to use for planting the green roof panels has been treated for weeds yet. Weed controll is always an issue for gardeners.
Bill on the right has a big laugh as Norm shows up with his coffee cake wearing a St. Patrics day Hat!!
Norm and his wife Frita smile for the camerman.(Jay)
Jim on left Vince and John get ready to talk about the days activiites. Dahlia tubers and, the green roof panels will be worked on as well as pruning in the garden. A one hour lecture on Plant Pathology will be presented to the group by Dr. Margaret T. McGrath, who does crop research at the lab.Quite a busy day is planned.
Dr. Margaret T. McGrath head of the Department of Plant Pathology at the Lab,speaks to the group about Plant Pathology and takes general questions related to genetics and plant disease.
After the talk, a coffee brake and a plant sale. Norm pics out some Lentil roses. 
Norm with the hat and Tom open the dahlia tubers that have been in winter storage in a refrigorator at the lab. The task is to treat them for fungus, separate them, tag them and get them ready to be potted.
Frita starts with a piece of electric wire and attaches it to a piece of shade blind (which never rots) and is readily avilable. Next using a pencil Frida will write the name of the dahlia and attach it to the tuber, so when they are potted we will know the name,size and color of the dahlia.
Pat helps out making tags.
Millie on the right starts making tags for the tubers as well.
There are many many many tubers this year. Every year the tubers increase.
Today Dec. 10th 2008 the 2009 club elections are being held. The offices are for a two year term..All Cornell Gardeners are gathered to vote for their new Club Officials.
Members await the offical voting results.
The voting is complete and the results are unamious. Ken Mohring president,vice president Jim Micheels,John Canzoneri treasurer,Ellie secratary,Valarie Foerster Garden Director,Members at large include;Bill Volcov,Vince D'Emilia and Jerry Cansaneri.
Jan 15th 2009.Ken Morhing,president (bottom left) chairs weekly meetings of Cornell Gardeners.Ideas are discussed and decesions are made on a weekly basis. A status report of all the decesions made is then compiled by Ken and the vice president Jim and e mailed to each garden member.Teaching and learning about gardening is the number one priorty of all our meetings. 
Dr. Mark Bridgen (on left) Director of CORNELL UNIVERSITY'S LONG ISLAND HORTICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER (LIHRC), explains the answer to the weekly quiz question. What is the correct way to write the name of a specific plant? Elli got the correct answer and won the white mum in the foreground.
Dee on the right brings her grand daughter Grace to her first Cornell Gardeners meeting. 
Fall/Winter activities. Susan And Margaret bring newly planted seeds to the mister in the greenhouse.The seeds will be watered and planted in the garden in the spring.
Grown from seed, plants are waiting for spring to be planted in the gardens.
Winter activity.
Jane on left Susan and Barbara pot up a new variety of a bulb from South America.
Vince, assists Dr.McGrath sort some of her research crop of winter squash. Squash will be judged for various qualities by Cornell Gardeners and others. Results will be published and shared with the public.
Fall activities include digging up dahlia tubers after the first frost.
Eli gets ready to remove a clump of dahlia tubers and put them on the trailer to be taken inside. 
The last of the dahlia tubers are removed from the dahlia garden at left.
As the tubers are dug up, Jim and Norm make sure the tags for each dahlia are attached to the tubers, to insure proper plant identification.Each tuber is identified by name, size and color. Next the tubers are brought inside to be cleaned,dried and boxed for storage. 
Jerry on the left and Vince are amazed at the size of the dahlia tubers. Some years the tubers are very good but the flowers are not so good. Other times the flowers are very good but the tubers are not as abundant.It is rare to have both good flowers and large tubers in the same year.
It will take many of us several days to sort the tubers and get them ready for winter storage.
Millie on the right,Remee and Frida work on tubers.Tubers are being dried,cleaned, labeled and boxed. For more information about dahlias, go to the links button on our home page, to see a power point presentation called Dahlias A-Z 
Cleaned tubers are tagged and ready to be stored. 
Jim Cornell Gardeners vice president inspects dahlia tubers and prepares them for winter storage.
Jim Michaels left (V.P.) and John(Treasurer) giving a presentation on how to sharpen your garden tools.Jim is using a man-made sharpening stone to sharpen a knife, Jim explains that using a 22 degree angel between the knife and the stone will ensure a sharp edge on most knives.
Jane looks on as Elizabeth uses a eye magnifer to see the inperfections on the blade of her cutting shears before she sharpens them.
Jim explains to the group that is necessary to take most tools apart inorder to sharpen the blade properly. Jim is going to take apart the lopers to sharpen them.
Jim sharpens elizabeths cutters after he takes them apart.
Valarie,garden director,Vic,primary gardener south bloom garden,Anita, Ken, president,Elizabeth and Jane primary gardeners for the herb garden look on as Jim ends his presentation.
Jan. is the time to check on the dahlia tubers and canna that are being over-wintered in the refrigerated walk-in box. The tempeture and humidity are monitored to reduce fungus.
Each box is inspected every two weeks for evidence of fungus and rot.
These dahlia tubers have had some fungus that was removed and will be treated with alcohol to kill the fungus.
The single Dahlia tuber has rot and fungus. It has been removed from the mother plant and will be checked to see if any part of it can be saved. When saving a dahlia tuber it is important to keep part of the crown or stem area to insure regrowth when re-planting in the spring. 
Norm is cutting some rot from a dahlia tuber,notice a piece on the bottom right that has been removed.
