March 2022

March Board & Committee Meetings

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12
May

❖ Tuesday, March 8: Compost Crew, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Rose Haven (see note below)
❖ Wednesday, March 9: Finance Committee, 3 p.m. at Rose Haven
❖ Thursday, March 10: Board Meeting, 10 a.m. at Grace Mellman Library Community Room
❖ Thursday, March 17: Member Meeting, 10 a.m. to noon at Roberts Library on Pauba Rd.
❖ Wednesday, March 23: Rose Haven Committee, 10 a.m. to noon at Rose Haven

NOTE: The Compost Crew: (and anyone interested) will meet at Rose Haven every 2nd Tuesday of the month from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. You can pitch in and help or just stand by to learn and ask questions. The more people we have dropping off food scraps, the faster we can create more nutrient rich compost soil.

Jill Selders, March 2022

Soil Farm Update

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12
May

By Jill Selders

As the weather gets colder the cooking compost heats up with lots of organisms trying to keep warm by working hard. After Nardo and Monique turned the compost in C21 bin, the temperature rose from 80 to 146 overnight! Give those little bugs some oxygen and they pump up the work.

We need help on every level at the soil farm but we will need some training first. If you have not had the training, we do not want your scraps. Buckets of food scraps are fantastic if they are done properly by:
♦ Layering mulch, scraps, mulch, scraps
♦ Use the right scraps (See below)
♦ Don’t put in whole fruits and veggies but cut them at least in half
♦ You can also freeze food scraps (no need to layer) until you have time to bring them to the garden.

Also PLEASE REMOVE PRODUCE STICKERS — they belong in the trash.

The compost crew (and anyone interested) will meet at Rose Haven every 2nd Tuesday of the month From 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. You can pitch in and help, or just stand by to learn, and ask questions. The more people we have dropping off food scraps, the faster we can grow more nutrient rich compost soil.

The compost hub has been a great help in the recent plantings in the Peace and Friendship Garden; it will continue to be a benefit for Tree Of Life and in all areas of the garden as well as the community and the environment.

Our Pollinator Garden is off to a great start with the Back to Eden method of spreading mulch to amend the soil there. It will hold moisture in and encourage mycelium and microbes in the ground to loosen and feed the dirt there. The community volunteers plan to help finish the mulch covering project on March 5.

COMPOST SCRAPS – DO’S/DON’TS
♦ DO LIST – Vegetative scraps – Please remove stickers
♦ All parts of fruits and vegetables (no larger than 6″ long, 2″ wide)
♦ Avocado (All parts)
♦ Bread – (no butters or oils on it)
♦ Citrus
♦ Coffee Beans & Grounds (paper filters) no k-cups
♦ Egg shells (no yolks or whites)
♦ Flowers (cut to 6″ length)
♦ Pasta cooked/raw (no sauce)
♦ Plants (house, potted, in-ground)
♦ Cooked/uncooked rice (with no oils)
♦ Spoiled or moldy Items
♦ Tea bags (paper only)
♦ ** Onions & Garlic – small amounts okay
♦ House plants, garden plants cut to 6″

DON’T COMPOST LIST – non-vegetative scraps
♦ Bones
♦ Cheese, eggs
♦ Compostable paper products (glues & chemicals)
♦ Dairy
♦ Grease
♦ Leftovers (if cooked in oil or with animal products)
♦ Meat – cooked or uncooked
♦ Paper
♦ Pasta with Sauce
♦ Plate Scraps
♦ Produce Stickers

** Pine needles, Eucalyptus leaves – or tree parts. Note: These items can have a negative effect on microbes needed and make everything harder to break down. Grass clippings takes longer to break down, too.

March 2022

Three Upcoming Events

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12
May
Rebecca

Rebecca Weersing

YOUTH GROUP VOLUNTEERS
Saturday, March 5 from 9 a.m. to noon

Between 20 and 30 young people will be volunteering at Rose Haven. There will be mulching, weeding, planting, creating rock borders and a myriad of other garden tasks. Show up and share your gardening knowledge by listening to/answering questions and demonstrating skills as necessary. Text Rebecca at 951-265-9707 to volunteer with our young volunteers.

URBAN FOREST SUMMIT
March 16 at 5 p.m. NEW DATE!
Temecula City Hall (Conference Center)
41000 Main Street, Temecula

The City of Temecula, in partnership with Dudek, is hosting an Urban Forest Summit on March 16 from 5 p.m. to 7:30pm at Temecula City Hall inside the Conference Center. The Urban Forest Summit will provide community members a space to share their thoughts about the opportunities and challenges relating to Temecula’s urban forest. Register to attend CLICK HERE and scroll down the page.

The main goal of the Urban Forest Management Plan is to make sure every resident in the City lives in a neighborhood that is healthy, clean and safe. Achieving this, in part, depends on the City’s trees and their ability to help create and maintain a resilient City that will continue to thrive with new and changing environmental conditions and challenges.

COMPOSTING 101 CLASS
Friday, April 8 at 3 p.m.

Food2Soil staff will be offering Composting 101 classes at Rose Haven for anyone interested in learning more. Temecula on April 8, from 3-5 p.m. Anyone interested would need to register for this class and there will be a charge.

March 2022

March 2022 Program

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Date: Thursday, March 17, 2022
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Place: Temecula Library, Community Room, 30600 Pauba Rd., Temecula
Topic: Peace & Friendship Gardens
Presenter: Kathy Trudeau
Location: 

Temecula Library, Community Room, 30600 Pauba Road. Our member Kathy Trudeau will be updating us on the Peace and Friendship Garden that is evolving at Rose Haven. Kathy will give us some history about this worldwide project that has over 250,000 Peace poles installed around the world.

Our Society was lucky to adopt over 20 roses from Bob Martin’s garden from his widow Dona Martin. With a group of intrepid society members, those roses were transferred from Bob’s home in Escondido to Rose Haven which will now be part of the Peace and Friendship garden.

Bring your friends and neighbors to hear about this worldwide project and other Rose Haven activities.

February 2022

Rosey Educational Opportunities

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12
May

Cleaning and Sharpening Your Garden Tools

Orange County Rose Society, Thursday, February 3, 7 pm to 8 pm, online.

OCRS Master Rosarian Kathy Monge will be presenting a virtual primer on cleaning and sharpening your gardening tools, just in time to help you get through the pruning season! The program will be on-line using GoToMeeting. The log-in codes are included below Please join the meeting from your computer, tablet or smartphone by going to:

https://global.gotomeeting.com/360429069

You can also dial in using your phone (for supported devices, tap the one-touch number below to join instantly) United States: +1 (571) 317-3122 Access code: 360-429-069 – One-touch: tel:+15713173122,,360429069# New to GoToMeeting? Get the app now and be ready when your first meeting starts by going to: https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/360429069

Bugs: Destructives, Beneficials, and Benigns

Marin Rose Society, Tuesday, February 8, 7.30 pm to 8.30 pm – ZOOM meeting Topic

Speaker will be Joe Truskot, ARS Master Rosarian, and president of the Monterey Bay Rose Society. Joe has been growing roses in his garden in Salinas since 1993 with experience cultivating more than 300 different varieties and cultivars including hybrid teas, floribundas, miniatures, old garden and species roses, and several forms of climbing roses. He was Consulting Rosarian of the year for NCNH in 2016 and is a frequent lecturer at rose societies and garden clubs. As the host of “In the Garden” on KSQD Santa Cruz, a weekly garden show, he covers just about everything to do with plants. In this evening’s program, Joe will be sharing a new presentation which is a result of his experience as well as recent research. There should be something for every gardener and we look forward to “seeing” you all there.
Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87566809965 Meeting ID: 875 6680 9965 One tap mobile +16699006833,87566809965# US (San Jose) +13462487799,87566809965# US (Houston) Dial by your location +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC) +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) +1 929 205 6099 US (New York) Meeting ID: 875 6680 9965

California Native Garden Design

Online Workshop Saturday, March 5, 2022. Time: 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM

Hosted by Waterwise Community Center Chino Water Basin. Learn how to design your own California native plant garden paradise. About this event Gardens using California native plants can be gorgeous, easy to maintain, full of color and habitat for birds and pollinators, and often only require water once a month once established. Come learn why native gardens are a great choice and the basics of designing your own. Gardening with native plants does not mean you have to grow only native plants. Register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/california-native-garden-design-online-workshop-registration-225440056277?aff=ebdsoporgprofile

Power of Pollinators

Here is a link to the video recording of this excellent workshop on the Power of Pollinators to all members of the Temecula Valley Garden Club. If you missed the presentation on January 27th, you still have a chance to view it. Just click on the link below. It will take you to the presentation, but note there was a 1-minute false start at the beginning that you can forward through.

https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/k_GcQTKfk1hvZgcPcb_PbErXWtES1RbmVprsr5MFbFZhdXjFXvZyK9oNwIwzyVY.-h1rI9j4scSUMJVe Passcode: i9L+oUXm

American Rose Society Consulting Rosarian Classes

All are invited. The ARS will be having weekly rosarian classes in February starting with soil and water February 5. Please check schedule and registration requirements at https://www.rose.org/ and check the February calendar.
Also, ARS has an encore of their New Roses for 2022 webinar -Watch the free online course featuring the latest information about new rose introductions for 2022. View the webinar and watch others here: https://www.rose.org/webinars.

February 2022, Kathy Trudeau

Peace & Friendship Garden Update

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12
May

Phase 2 is underway with site and irrigation preparations. Eight Ch‑Ching yellow roses from the original Boos Courtyard were transplanted from their holding place in the Tree of Life by Monique W, Florence R, and Kathy T. Not easy work, but Monique made sure the task was completed!

We have 12 Peace Pole sponsors, and space for 12 more.This is the time to make your commitment. Combined with the Peace Planters and Friends of the Garden, we have raised just over $7,000.

A nice start against a total budget of $26,000. Members, friends, family and the business community are all welcome to participate. Thank you for your generosity.

peace and friendship garding digging
Bonnie Bell, February 2022

February Rose Haven Flora

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12
May

Bonnie Bell

Our California native plants are beginning to show off their vivid displays at the garden. One outstanding example is the Toyon shrub, covered right now with bright red-orange berries.

Toyon is one of the premier native evergreen shrubs, growing 12 to 15 feet tall. It has dark green leaves and clusters of creamy-white flowers from spring to summer which attract butterflies.

In fall, berries begin to form, and in winter the ripe berries are valued by many bird species including cedar waxwings, quail, towhees, robins and more.

Toyon is also known as Christmas berry, or California holly. It is very drought tolerant and with its deep roots it is used for erosion control and slope stabilization. Several can be found in the Waterwise Garden area and one is by the tool shed.

Interestingly, the common name Toyon comes from the Native American Ohlone people living in the San Francisco, Monterey Bay, and Salinas Valley areas who used parts of the shrub as medicine, food and also for ornaments.

February 2022, Monique Wright

Tree of Life

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12
May

by Monique Wright

Can you smell Spring in the air? Maybe not, especially if you make it to the garden at 7 am and the temperature is 34F. But this has not stopped me and the other Rose Haven Heritage Garden volunteers-( Florence Rafulowitz, Emma Wright, Anabelle Wright, Diane Gonzales, Nardo, Anabelle Wright, Jill, and her daughter Poem, Kathy Trudreau, Nancy Kaplan, Byron )-from planning and getting Tree Of Life ready to bloom in the Spring.

Great things are happening at the Tree of Life! We have been able to repair all the damaged planters and even replaced three of the very damaged barrel planters. We’ve also installed mesh fencing around some of the raised beds, in order to protect all of our delicious vegetables from any hungry rabbits.

Not only have we been able to repair and improve upon existing structures, but we are also currently building a new planter by the entrance to plant grapevines. Additionally, we’re weeding and prepping a new area for our new medicinal and culinary herb garden.

Lastly, in preparation for the new planting season, indoor seeding has now begun, along with work to test and amend the soil, and confirmation that all irrigation is fully prepared and ready to go this spring.