Monday, November 25, 2024

New Date and Location for December MRFC Holiday Party

2024 MRFC Holiday Potluck:

LocationPalma Sola Botanical Park, at the indoor Galleria area

DateSunday, December 8 

Schedule:

1:30-2:00: Setup

2:00: Meal

Fellow MRFC Members,

The Sunday MRFC Holiday Potluck at Palma Sola Botanical Park is a Go


Most MRFC members have seen the emails about the holiday potluck planning. With the Harlee Center in use for all of December, and Palma Sola Botanical Park unavailable on our usual meeting night due to its Winter Nights Under the Lights event, we decided to move the potluck to the afternoon of Sunday, December 8, with setup at 1:30 and meal at 2:00. But the good news is that Palma Sola can let us use its indoor Galleria area, which has exactly the facilities we need.


The expected turnout will be less than our usual holiday bashes, but we decided to go ahead. Our thanks go to all of those who sent RSVP’s. If you didn’t RSVP, it’s still OK to attend. Indeed, we will be delighted to see you. But please do RSVP in the future-- it’s very helpful for the event planners.

The MRFC will supply a turkey (tip of the hat to our chef, Dennis Gretton), water, and tea; attendees will bring their side dishes and, if they wish, beverages. Please remember to bring your own plates and utensils. 

RSVP to MRFCemail@gmail.com and include:

(a) The number of attendees you will bring, including yourself, and

(b) The side dish you will bring.

Current predictions are for nice weather, so we should be able to tour the fruit tree collection and see where the restoration task stands. And please remember to support our sister organization, Palma Sola Botanical Park. Executive Director Bev and her staff have been very helpful to us, even though they already have a full plate of events and hurricane recovery.


The MRFC Board



Wednesday, September 25, 2024

October Meeting and Yard Tours Cancelled

Fellow MRFC Members,

Due to Hurricane Milton, the Board has cancelled next Monday's club meeting, and the member yard tour scheduled for October 19 will be rescheduled to a future month.

No doubt many of our fruit trees will be blown over. For those that can be stood back up, correct resetting techniques can greatly improve their chances of recovery. This video by Jeff Wasielewski illustrates these techniques (the portion from minutes 20:30 through 33:00 concerns post-hurricane recovery). Jeff, along with Jonathan Crane and Carlos Balerdi, also explain resetting and other important post-hurricane recovery practices in this online article.

We hope that you and all our fellow Floridians will be safe, and will be able to manage whatever challenges this historic storm brings.

-- The MRFC Board of Directors