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I managed to fit in the February 12th Garden Club meeting into my schedule; the topic that day was Bonsai.  Although I love gardening, that is one aspect I never thought I would want to try.  The Presenter was Michael Devlin whose talk and show and tell kept us all engaged.  He brought in several different creations - one he had nurtured for 40 years.

He started out by stating that Bonsai should not be given as a gift to extremely busy people and I suppose that's a category I am in.

So here are a few tips I picked up.

1. You know a Bonsai needs to be repotted if you stick a chopstick in the soil and it has problem going down.
2. Repotting should be done every 2-3 years.  You will trim away a good portion of the root system.
3. The selection of potting is important.  Other materials needed are, stone, gravel, moss, clamps, wiring
4. You can train the tree by using clamps and wiring. This should be done in April -September.
5. During November-February fertilizer should not be used  since the plants need to rest.

So where can you find Bonsai locally? At The Phantom Gardener in Rhinebeck.  Mr. Devlin will also be doing a presentation there on October 19th.

The Old Dutch Village Garden Club is a great place for garden lovers and also a place to meet others from the community.  This is a place where visitors are always welcome and at the end of the meeting there are refreshments. The members take turns hosting this.

So, here is the rest of the schedule for the year. I hope you will find a topic that interests you.

March 12th 2009- Japanese Flower Arranging in today's home for today's occasions - Frances Szasz

April 9th 2009 -  Anniversary Luncheon.

May 14th 2009 -Flower arranging with cash and carry bouquet - Jim Vanvoorhies

May 22nd 2009 - Annual plant and bake sale

June 11th 2009 - Making A Terrarium- Irene DeMier

July 9th 2009 - Annual Picnic

September 10th 2009 - Growing Garlic

October 8th 2009 - Invasive Plants

November 12th 2009 - In-house arrangements and seed swap.

December 4th 2009 - Luncheon and installation of 2010 officers.

LOCATION: 126 Old Post Road , Red Hook, NY 12571

DATE: 2nd Thursday

TIME:  12:30

The garden Club is very involved with the community, the members help maintain the village parks and the annual plant and bake sale not only provides plants at a reasonable price for local gardeners but the money raised also helps support a yearly scholarship given to a Red Hook High School student.

 Jennifer Fivelsdal - Keller William Realty Team - 845-758-6842- jennifer@jfivehomes.com

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Red Hook High School

The Village of Red Hook, NY located in Northern Dutchess County currently has very few homes for sale. The Village of Red Hook is a quaint town center with grocery stores, retail shops, antique shops, pharmacies, restaurants and all the services you need within walking distance. Red Hook is home to Bard College with the Fischer Performing Arts Center and Montgomery Place, a wonderful historic site. Following are the statistics for the Village of Red Hook (Dutchess County) New York real estate provided by the Mid Hudson MLS system.

• Village of Red Hook Homes for Sale Active Listings = 7 Two of those listings were new in December.
• Accepted Offers = 3
• Pending Sales = 1 (under contract)

• Solds/Closings = 1 There was 1 closings in December.

20 Cambridge Drive closed for $225,000. This was a 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom home with approximately 1260 square feet. Talk about

affordable housing!

• Highest price listed = $375,000
• Lowest Price listed = $149,900
• Avg. Price listed = $303,000

• The average days on market in The Village of Red Hook for December was 147 days or about 5 months

First time home buyers can now find nice family homes for under as little as $149,000 and there is the first time home buyer credit available for $7,500. If you are thinking of buying a home now is a great time to look!

If you are looking for a full time home or a weekend home now is a great time to buy. Interest rates are the lowest they have been in many years and prices in Northern Dutchess County have come down in the past year.

Check out the Featured Listings on my web site and do an MLS search and look at all the great possibilities. Then, give me a call at 845-224-5238 and we can get started finding you the home of your dreams.

Disclaimer: The information provided herein is supplied by Diana Corcoran and is subject to change without notice. The "Rhinebeck/Red Hook Real Estate Blog by Diana" does not guarantee or is any way responsible for its accuracy, and provides said information without warranties of any kind, either express or implied. Entries on this blog represent the opinions and ideas of the author.

This is a very focused group with several objectives.

1. Yearly plant and bake sale fund-raiser

2. Yearly scholarship to a high school student

3. Maintenance and beautification of local parks .

The Old Dutch Village Garden Club meets in Red Hook NY every second Thursday of the month, dessert, coffee and tea is always provided, members take turn to see to this. For the edification of the members several topics are covered yearly. Below you will find the highlights.

February 14th Living with mature trees

March 1th Plant Propagation

May 8th Wild flowers

May 16th Annual Plant and Bake Sale

June 12th Plant Pests, and diseases and natural pesticides

September 11th Herbs and Edible Flowers

October 9th Floral Arrangements

November 13th Ferns

Visitors are welcomed, so if you are available between 12:30 and 2:30 PM please join this wonderful group, you will learn something new.

Location

126 Old Post Road, Red Hook, NY 12571