KeyWee's Blog

It's hard to believe that my adventures in Master Gardening class are almost half over ~ I am enjoying it SO much!  Today's topic was the one I looked forward to the most.  If anyone can bore someone into a complete stonecold coma, it's me and perennial-pratter.

The hand's down best part of this class was the dig-n-drop session in the university extension's flower gardens.  The instructor took us on a tour of the eight acres of perennials and he carried a small pitchfork.  Wherever we paused for a moment, he would dig plants and then just drop them on the ground and move on.  Guess who was the first person with their hand out?  Shy gets you nada.  I came away with trilliums, bath-pink dianthus, Churchill Downs iris, fall asters, and lychoris (surprise lilies).  What a haul!! 

For today's class, it was my turn to make the lunch.  Since we have 8,000 pounds of ground beef in the freezer, I made Italian Sloppy Joes for thirty people.  Served with a nice relish tray (yes, with jalapenos) I believe I made some friends out of the I-hate-to-cook crowd.  All during the morning session, I could see my classmates floating on a wave of simmering garlic.  By noon, they were MINE!!