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1. Volume 14 No. 5 Se[tember – October 2012
September Meeting 2
October Meeting 2
Garden Club Notes 3
Ag Heritage Days 3
New Club Members 3
Photos 4
Garden Recipes 5
Inside this issue:
Foiling Jack Frost
When the air gets nippy
on fall nights, don’t give up on
your garden without trying to
protect your plants. After all,
you have put in a lot of work
over the summer and you
should try to get the maximum
amount of produce for your hard
work.
You can’t always count on
the NWS to give you an accurate
frost forecast for your local area.
For one thing, they only give frost
advisories or warnings if they con-
sider that there is an active grow-
ing season for your area. This
may or may not be the case.
The Headland
Newsletter of the Kewaunee Co. Garden Club
The garden club will award a semi-valuable prize to the first
club member that correctly identifies the above fungus. The
fungus is about 8 inches across. Send to: whingst@charter.net

2. Next the club members will have a
plant exchange, where they can offer plants
that they have available to share with the
other club members.
We will also have our annual tomato
tasting event. Here club members can bring
in any prize winning or unusual tomatoes to
share with each other.
Finally, there will be a Q & A session
where members can solicit information about
any gardening problems they may have had
during the growing season. In addition,
members can comment on any good or un-
usual gardening experiences they may have
had this past year.
When: September 25, 7:00 p.m.
Where: Kewaunee Senior Center, 320 Her-
rison St. This is located above the Kewaunee
fire station.
Program: The September program will be a
potpourri of activities starting with a report
on the activities at the both the Algoma and
Kewaunee community gardens. This will be
the club’s first opportunity to see the results
of the effort put into bringing the Algoma
community garden into reality.
For protecting your garden, learn to
look for signs of frost. A rule of thumb is
that if the daytime high temperature is in
the 60’s or above, there is little danger of
frost. However, if the temperature is at or
below 45 at 10:00 p.m., look for frost. How-
ever, a better gauge is to look at the dew
point temperature. Water begins to con-
dense from the air at the dew point tempera-
ture, which releases the heat of condensation
and keeps the temperature from dropping
lower. Therefore, if the dew point is in the
low 30’s or high 20’s, you might anticipate a
chance of frost. If you don’t have a weather
instrument that gives the dew point, you can
go to the Weather Bug site online at www.
weatherbug.com and check the Algoma loca-
tion, which will give you a good reading for
the lakeshore. Other weather conditions
that will give you a likelihood of frost are-
clear skies and very low wind.
The ground remains warmer than the
air as night comes on. You can take advan-
tage of the soil’s warmth by placing covers
over plants in the evening. Just about any
thing you have hanging around about the
house or garage will work. This includes old
sheets, plastic tarps, and overturned card-
board boxes. Or you can buy lightweight
floating row covers of spun polyester that
will increase the temperature up to 5 degrees
F. However, thin clear plastic sheets are not
very effective.
When: October 23. 7:00 p.m.
Where: Kewaunee Senior Center, 320 Her-
rison St. This is located above the Kewaunee
fire station.
Program: Club member Tom Zenner will
present a program on hostas. Tom has been
growing hostas for a number of years and
will present information on both the culture
of growing hostas and the selection of veri-
ties. Every year a bewildering number of
new hosta varieties hit the market and we
say “what dose this mean to us as individu-
als”? Well, Tom will separate fact from fic-
tion in the world of hosta mania.
September Club Meeting
October Club Meeting
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3. ♦ The next Dana Farm work outing will be
on September 18. Members can start
around 4:00 or 5:00 p.m. The work is usu-
ally finished by 6:30 or 7:00 p.m.
♦ The Wisconsin Extension Peninsula Re-
search Station will be holding a Wine
Grape Field Day p.m. September 13 from
1:00 to 4:00 p.m. The Peninsula Research
Station is located about a mile north of
the Rt. 42 –57 spit on Rt. 42 north of
Sturgeon Bay.
♦ Looking Ahead: November meeting will
be what has become our annual wreath
making workshop. December will host
the club’s annual holiday dinner. The
holiday dinner will be coordinated by
Cheryl Eberle and will probably be in
Luxemburg.
♦ The garden club would like to improve the
way we present information about the
plants we have available at our spring
plant sale. If you have any ideas on how
to use photos or signage to help plant sale
customers make informed selections dur-
ing the sale, we will be working on this
problem at the next couple of club meet-
ings.
♦ If the weather remains dry this fall, re-
member to water your shrubs and small
trees before freeze up to help them make
it though the winter.
New garden club member:
Lynn Truckey
300 Steele St.
Algoma
487-3333
Lmtruckey@gmail.com
Ag Heritage Days September 22 and 23
Garden Club Notes
that would be suitable for the demo get them
to the booth.
We still need members to work at the
booth. If you haven’t already signed up to
work, call Barb Smith. You can sign up for r
either the morning or afternoon shift. How-
ever, any time during the day you can make
it would be helpful, ever for an hour or two,
especially if you have skills in making fairy
or miniature gardens.
The garden club will again have a booth at
the Ag Heritage Days on September 22 and
23. This will be held at the Kewaunee
County Fair Grounds in Luxemburg. Our
booth will be in the new exhibition building.
The hours are from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on
both Saturday and Sunday.
Setup time for the booth will be from
5:00 p.m. on Friday. As in the past, we will
need objects on display at the booth. If you
have any antique gardening or household
items, make arrangements to get them to the
booth. In addition, we would like to have
some greenery to display. This would in-
clude potted plants, container gardens, and
especially fairy gardens. Fairy or miniature
gardens are welcome because we will be hav-
ing a hands on demonstration on making
fairy gardens for the kids at the booth. That
said, if you have any containers or figures
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4. Algoma Community Garden
Hollyhock House

5. Fresh Tomato Pizza
Cornmeal, for the baking sheet
Flour for shaping
1 lb store-bought pizza dough
3/4 cup tomato or pizza sauce
1 lb large cherry tomatoes, halved or quar-
tered
1/2 small red onion, thinly sliced
4 oz. mozzarella, grated
Small basil leaves, for serving
1. Heat oven to 425 F. Dust a baking sheet
with cornmeal. On a lightly floured surface,
shape the dough into a 16 in. oval, circle or
rectangle and place on the prepared baking
sheet.
2. Spread the sauce over the dough. Top
with the tomatoes, onion and then the
cheese. Bake until crust is golden brown and
crisp, 20 to 25 minutes. Sprinkle with basil,
if desired.
Butternut Squash Pizza
1 small butternut squash, peeled, halved,
and sliced 1/8-inch thick
1 medium onion, halved and thinly sliced
2 Tbs. Extra virgin olive oil, plus more for
drizzling
1 Tbs. finely chopped fresh rosemary
1 16 oz. Pkg. Refrigerated pizza dough
1/2 cup fresh spinach leaves
1/4 cup shaved Parmesan cheese
1. Preheat oven to 400 F
2. Toss together squash, onion, oil, and rose-
mary in bowl. Spread in large baking dish,
and roast 30 minutes, or until tender
3. Increase oven temperature to 450 F. Di-
vide pizza dough into 2 pieces, and shape
each piece into 8-inch rounds on baking
sheet, and top with squash mixture. Bake 13
to 17 minutes, or until crust is crisp. Drizzle
pizzas with oil, scatter 1/4 cup spinach over
each and garnish each with 2 Tbs. shaved
Parmesan.
Garden Recipes
Kewaunee County Garden Club
Growing with Friends
Mission Statement:
It is the mission of the Kewaunee County Gar-
den Club to support the horticulture efforts of
the people and communities of the county
with volunteer work, education, and example.
Garden club Web Site:
www.kcgardenclub.org
Membership Information:
Single Membership ——————$10.00
Couple Membership —————–$15.00
Send to:
Donna Hella N4480 County ‘B’, Kewaunee
WI 54216