Overheard at the Garden Gate
SLGC
Attention Photographers and Instagrammers!
SLGC now has its own page to highlight members’ photographs of our garden triumphs and the wonders of nature that occur in our own backyards. If you would like to participate, please send your photo to the account administrator and Photography Chair Lee Jacobs for inclusion (leegjacobs@gmail.com). The account is intended to have a visual focus on the beauty around us and to share our achievements. To follow our club on Instagram, search for @shakerlakesgardenclub and please consider contributing!
Do You Know What This Is?
It’s about the size of a golf ball, papery thin, perfectly round, and hollow. (See below for the answer.)
A Recycling Opportunity
From 10/1-10/8, residents can recycle CD’s, video games, DVDs, Blu-ray discs, 3.5” and 5.25” floppy disks, zip, and jazz disks as well as media cases. Large blue recycling bins will be located inside the lobby of all four Heights Libraries: Coventry, University Heights, Lee Road, and Noble. The media collected will be recycled by GreenDisk.
Meeting at Shirley Meneice
Look who Cynthia ran into at the Shirley Meneice conference: Polly Swetland Jones, Ruth Eppig’s sister! Jennifer Hartford was an attendee, and Cynthia was a presenter at this year’s conference in Boston.
Are You on SLGC’s Photo Composite?
Is your photo included in the composite on the Members Only page of the website? Click here to check. If you don’t find yourself, send your photo to Dozie for inclusion.
Don’t forget to designate Shaker Lakes Garden Club as a recipient of donations from Amazon Smile for every purchase you make. It only takes a moment to do so. Call Archivist/Historian Suzy Hartford at 216/835-0363 if you want/need help doing so.
Do You Know What This Is?
Answer: “Oak apple galls” are leaves that have developed into a thin sphere because wasps have laid eggs inside of the leaf. Inside the gall is a tiny wasp larva. Most galls, especially on leaves, do not hurt the oak tree, and the wasps aren’t harmful to people either. In fact, like many insects, the wasps inside these galls are a beneficial source of food for our native wildlife, including many species of birds, as well as mammals such as opossums and raccoons. Galls have much to teach us about the complexity of the natural world around us, and demonstrate the importance of native tree species, such as oaks, for supporting biodiversity. (From Wikipedia)
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