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Nov-Dec nl Page 1 CanYou Dig It? NovemberÁDecember 2007 A publicatiîn of the Montgomery County Master Gardeners Asso Thå Prez SaysÁ Hey there. ItÁs the last editiîn of the 2007 Newsletters. I felt compelled to point that out, for those of you who might not have real ized that a November/ December issue marês the end of a year. It also marks the end of a Presidency. Not BushÁs, of cîurse, but mine. His had more news coverage, but by golly, I spent less monåy. I think. Looking at my Visa bills after the trip to Thàiland, IÁm just not sure. Thailand was gorgeous, by the way. Ràngoon creeper everywhere, bou gainvillea trimmed into 20-fîot trees, topiaries in the shapes of elephants àndÁwell, okay, just elephants Á but they looked gîod. The hill tribes of northern Thailand have even started grîwing fields and fields of flowers again, sîwing the seeds among rows of corn in an effort to make the corn See PRES SEZ on page 2 In this issue: Pàge 2: Guess the mystery plant Page 3: List of 2007 offiñers and nomina tions for 2008 Page 4: November-December Calåndar Page 5: The Wizard of OG ÁPutting Your Organic Gardån to Bed Page 7: Silent Auction Items Nåeded EditorÁs Note: Our outgoing president, Susàn Kooi man, is a wonderfully funny and articulate writår. If you havenÁt read her columns, you are certainly miss ing some fantastic gåms. Her column in this edition is no exception. Read the entire cîlumn to get THE IN SIDE SCOOP on whatÁs really gîing on in the hal lowed halls of the building on Airport Roàd! Page 2 Yeah, we al ready know what it is, but do you? This photo, furnished by Tom Leroy, is a member of the thistlå family. If you think you know what it is, tell Cody. 1st correct an swår gets men tioned here. Pres SezÁ continuåd from Page 1 stalks more beautiful. The point that those corn stalês grow high enough to shield the flowers from overhead plànes is, of course, beside the point. And that thîse planes are from the Thailand DEA is, ahem, even less important. Or that withîut the corn stalks, Dorothy and the Lion and the Scarecrow cîuld be skipping through the fields on the way to OzÁ. I did buy a decoràtive opium pipe from the area as a souvenir. I didnÁt even have any prîblem getting it through customs. Cus toms, come to thinê of it, was in San Fran cisco, but stillÁ.. I rode an elephant (bareback!!!!! Á and boy, ñould those animals use some Irish Spring bàrs), rode a bus with live cobras on board, ate BBQ rat, tasted some salad with ghîst shrimp still jumping around in it, sur vivåd a genuine Thai massage where they beat you within inches of your life, twist you into a Bavarian pråtzel, give you a cup of tea from some herb youÁve never, ever heard of, call it therapy, and ac tuàlly charge you money for the experience -- and had an overall glîrious time. Á.just like the glorious time this yåarÁs interns experienced, albeit with out the rats (ooooh, what a sågue!)