Updates

So we are officially in the month of February, and things are really starting to heat up... well for Spring Show anyways.

As of this afternoon, we will have our first pick-up from Rakers, of which we will be potting next week. We have a shipment of seeds from Ball, and one from WildType as well, that need sowing. Jason, I will let you decide on what gets sown from Ball.

Sarah is going to get 14,000 postcards ordered in the upcoming days, and will also be making posters to hang in the head house to advertise for the show. It would be good to have a set of postcards in the head house as well (ask Dan B. for the best location) so people can take them when they are at the orchid show on Feb. 26-27. Sarah, please be sure to also get people's t-shirt sizes at the club meeting. Make sure to also get key faculty members, Dan and Katie from the head house, as well as HOGS.

On our website, there is a PDF for both woody and herbaceous plants that tells the genus, species, cultivar, common name, size of pot, price, and the quantity in stock we have.

For the Lansing Home and Garden Show, as of the next officer meeting, Jackie will be placed in charge of organizing the staffing of that event. I will provide her with all of the necessary information. The design is also completed for this, and will be pretty simple to set up/tear down... hopefully. Jackie will also be in charge of the construction of this event, along with Joe, who is responsible for the movement of the heavy materials. Sara M., is there a specific plan for Joe to use for the potting bench going to Heartwood, or should he come up with his own?

At Wednesday's meeting, Joe can hopefully start working on the construction of the A-frames.

Last week, there were sign-up sheet passed around for people to join committees again, did all of the committee heads get theirs?

The second round of calls for donations will start next week, and the following week, we should have some dates set for pick ups. By Feb. 21, the call needs to be made for sod.

So far, everything seems to be being well watered. It appears that Jason's watering log sheet in C105 is doing an ample job. I was admittedly skeptical about a log at first, due to its failure in the past, but we have had quite the responsible crew this year, BRAVO team! Don't forget Jason and Jamey, that spring break is about a month away, and we will need things to be watered, as well as during PLANET.



Keep up the great work everyone! Make sure you send in your committee updates this week, even if it is just a one liner!

MZ