We will definitely have a show in Chicago. While our weather has been as weird as anyone’s, two members had blooms last Sunday, I had a number pop out today, Nancy Pilipuf had half a dozen miniatures out today, and…
Author: George Dorner, Illinois
Got into daffodils because deer ate my tulips. Was pushed into the ADS by Charles Wheatley. Was President of the ADS from 2009-2011. Enjoyed being co-chair of the 2009 ADS Convention with wife, Mary, and Jill Griese. Live in NW burbs of Chicago.
Short URLs for daff lists
In preparing our newsletter and for my own memory I created TinyURLs for the ADS lists of special classes, this after previously promising copies for everyone before realizing what a lot of paper that would take. You may use them…
Spring in Chicago – does it exist?
What to do with bulbs now?
I just got a call from a Master Gardener friend who dug many bulbs from unused property adjacent to his late last spring. He cleaned them and hung them in mesh bags in the basement, but he only got about…
Two Hobbies Cross Paths
I am a radio ham, W9ZSJ, and have dabbled in that hobby since I was 13. Very early this morning, Mary and I both awoke and couldn’t go back to sleep. I moved to my office/ham shack where there is…
Explaining color codes to newbies and others
Green Eyes Collage I am cleaning house on my hard drive and ran across this slide which I prepared last summer for a display on “green daffodils.” Subsequently, I have used it in daff presentations to show how daffodils with…