<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META name="keywords" content="Silver City, New Mexico, NM, Silver City New Mexico, Gardening, Grant County Gardening, Silver City Gardening, Grant County"> <META name="description" content="Grant County, NM Gardens, Tips for desert mountain gardening."> <META name="robots" content="all, follow"> <STYLE TYPE="text/css"> <!--P {font-family: verdana, arial sans-serif;} h2 {color: red;} --> </STYLE> <TITLE>HiDOG Events</TITLE> <!-- Date: Saturday, August 19, 2006 1:43 PM --> </HEAD> <BODY background="images/paper01.jpg"> <a name="top">&nbsp;</a> <TABLE WIDTH=100% BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=1 CELLSPACING=1> <TR> <TD ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="images/SquashOvalSmall.jpg"></TD> <TD><H1>High Desert Organic Gardeners</H1><h3 ALIGN="CENTER">HiDOG of Silver City & Grant County New Mexico</h3><P ALIGN="CENTER"><A HREF="index.html">Return to HiDOG Home Page</A></P></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <TABLE WIDTH=70% BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=1 CELLSPACING=1 ALIGN="CENTER"> <TR> <TD><center><H2>Meetings and Events</H2></center><P>New gardeners, experienced gardeners and wanna-be gardeners - EVERYONE is welcome! Each meeting is based on an open forum discussion - listed below are the basic topics for each of the upcoming gatherings in 2008 so far planned.<BR><BR>BYOP&P (Bring Your Own Paper & Pen).<BR><BR>After the discussion, there will be a Q & A period for other gardening concerns and the sharing of ideas and solutions. </P></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <hr ALIGN="CENTER" width="70%"> <TABLE WIDTH=70% BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=1 CELLSPACING=1 ALIGN="CENTER"> <TR> <TD> <P>HiDOG Meeting: 3rd Wednesday of each month through October 2009. <P><FONT COLOR="RED" SIZE="4"><U>2009 Meeting Schedule</U></FONT> Every 3rd Wednesday at 6:00 PM February - October</P> <P>March 18 at 6:00  Spring Potluck   everyone welcome! Rebecca Summer will present a short talk on Worm Composting  following the meal.<br><br> April 4  HiDOG Earth Day booth volunteers meet (location and time TBD) to coordinate time and activities for April 25th.<br><br> April 15 at 6:00  Container Gardening in the Southwest High Desert.  A short presentation by Basira Nickel followed by open discussion and Q&A. Learn what types of containers and raised beds work best in our climate.<br><br> April 25  Earth Day in Penny Park.<br><br> May 20 at 6:00  Desert Vegetable Gardening 101.  A short presentation by Anaia Song followed by open discussion and Q&A. Learn about soil and compost, supplements and what types of vegetables are most successful and why.<br><br> June 17 at 6:00  Summer Potluck   everyone welcome! .  A short presentation on Bugs and Plant Diseases  presented by Regina Vinson of Les Jardiniers followed by Q&A and open discussion. Who s eating in your garden besides you?<br><br> June 28 from 10:00  2:00: Viva Verde HiDOG Garden Tour. More information to come.<br><br> July 15 at 6:00  Extending the Season - Cold Frames and Fall Planting.  A presentation on Cold Frames by (TBD) with Q&A. Discussion will follow on fall planting led by Anaia Song and Basira Nickel.<br><br> July 26  HiDOG 2nd Annual Veggie Garden Tour! More information to come.<br><br> August 19  Part 1: Putting Food By or What Do I Do with all these Veggies?  A short presentation by Basira Nickle and Anaia Song on freezing and drying your produce followed by open discussion and Q&A. <br><br> September 16 - Part 2: Putting Food By or What Do I Do with all these Veggies?  A short presentation by Basira Nickel on canning your produce followed by open discussion and Q&A.<br><br> October 21  Fall Potluck   Everyone welcome to celebrate the harvest at the last meeting of the year!<br><br> Learn from and teach others about growing food in the high desert, composting, soil building, organic methods of pest and disease control, gardening by the moon, seed saving and seed growing, herb gardens, square foot gardening and companion planting.<br><br> For more information:<br><br> Anaia Song 534-9201 / Basira Nickle 538-5034 <br> Website: www.hidog.info<br> Email: anaiasong@gilanet.com </P> <P><b>Address: 2106 N. Juniper.</b> <br><br> <b>Directions:</b> 180 to Juniper to 21st Avenue.  Go east (or right) and park on the block between Juniper and Yucca.  Walk through the alleyway to the 1st building with the lights on and the covered carport. </P> <!--<A HREF="Directions.html" TARGET="_blank" onClick="window.open(this.href, this.target, 'toolbar=0,scrollbars=1,location=0,statusbar=1,menubar=0,resizable=0,width=450,height=250'); return false">Directions</A>--> </P> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <hr ALIGN="CENTER" width="70%"> <center><A HREF="http://www.gilacommunity.net/viewforum.php?f=37&sid=51462b3cb522ef57ba2fa0409ca0a8b4" target="-blank">Make comments about meeting or events on the forum here.</A></center><BR><BR> <hr ALIGN="CENTER" width="70%"> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><A HREF="#top">Top of Page</A></P> <!-- Start of StatCounter Code --> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript"> var sc_project=1704764; var sc_invisible=1; var sc_partition=16; var sc_security="dfc3ebec"; var sc_text=2; </script> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript" src="http://www.statcounter.com/counter/counter.js"></script><noscript><a href="http://www.statcounter.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://c17.statcounter.com/counter.php?sc_project=1704764&java=0&security=dfc3ebec&invisible=0" alt="free hit counter code" border="0"></a> </noscript> <!-- End of StatCounter Code --> </BODY> </HTML>