The Harriston and District Horticultural Society held the February meeting in the auditorium on Monday Feb. 14. The new president Diane Ireland Kelly opened the meeting with “O Canada”.
After discussing the business we enjoyed the speaker Dr. Wm Van Sickle. He has been gardening for twenty –two years in Harriston.
We listened to some of his experiences of planting too early or too late.
Most of the plants he starts indoors and transplants to the garden when the weather gets warm.
If you plant your potatoes in different areas of your garden each year you can avoid the bugs. He grows sunflowers for the birds to feed on. Bill makes pickles, spaghetti sauce and other sauces from the vegetables.
After the meeting was adjourned, a lunch and social time was enjoyed.
