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10 • September 2016 • UPBEAT TIMES, INC. 6th Annual National


Heirloom Exposition September 6th, 7th, and 8th, 2016


Giant Pumpkin Contest, Poultry Contest, Fiddle Contest and a Kid’s Hall all three days this year!


25,000 + organic food


enthusiasts gather for


Heirloom varieties of produce and livestock


4000 +


pure-food, garden and farm related vendors.


350+


Over 100+ speakers


Come and walk the aisles at the “World’s Pure Food Fair!”, an event for pure food enthusiasts, the national press, home growers across the country, farmers, school groups and the general public. The Expo is now dubbed the “World’s Fair” of the heirloom industry!


This is a “non-profi t” event, and any funds above cost will be donated to school gardens and food programs.


Free Live


Music!


TheHeirloomExpo.com Sonoma County Fairgrounds


1350 Bennett Valley Rd, Santa Rosa, CA 95404


Contact Lisa C ~ Petaluma Seed Bank 707-773-1336


Tickets available online and at the door! 10 • September 2016 • UPBEAT TIMES, INC.


Admission for Adults: $15.00 – one day $30.00 – all 3 days Kids 17 and under FREE!


Gates are open 9 AM to 9 PM. (Vendor hall opens at 10 AM)


Santa Rosa, CA. ~ September is such a wonderful, anticipated month. Leaves are starting to turn red, yellow, orange and scatter about with nights and mornings becoming noticeably cooler. Sweet juicy apples are trans- formed into delicious pies and it’s time to make rich, dark apple butters and chopped-up chutneys for winter.


My Scarlet Meidliland rose is in full bloom and its bright fl owers ¬¬cover the green wall of leaves and lattice outside my kitchen window. It’s a recurrent rose which means it blooms in spring and then again in fall. Nice to have something


2016 FALL GUIDE #


1 The September Garden by Kimberly Childers • kimberlychilders@att.net


blooming out the kitchen window as you do your tasks?! It’s time to plant bulbs, those pre- cious, determined embryos of life. Always amazing to me how such elegantly beautiful blossoms, of- ten fragrant, emerge from crinkly


be ordered from bulb catalogues and purchased locally with the added benefi t of the nursery staff to answer all your questions. John Scheepers, wwwjohnscheepers. com and Vanengelen.com are two of my favorites and the internet of- fers a dizzying array of other choices as well. It’s important to have a few catalogs to actually see photos of the fl owers to help you with your selec- tions and ultimate design. Some favorites of mine include Allium Schuber- tii and Allium Siculum bulgaricum and Lilium leichtline. I’m going to try masses of soft col- ored Dutch iris and tall


covered dormant bulbs. Choices abound with daffodils, tulips, hya- cinths, crocus, anemone, lilies, al- lium and so much more. They can


willowy spires of Eremurus also known as Foxtail Lily. For me pe- rusing through these catalogues is


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Value Night Special! Monday & Wednesday Nights Only!


Two Hours of Bowling + Shoe Rental


No reservations, but you can check in early at 8p.m.


Bowling starts at 9:30. Price includes 2 hours of play and shoe rental.


Details at: www.doubledeckerlanes.com


$10 Each person!


Starts at 9:30 pm


300 Golf Course Dr. -Rohnert Park, CA 94928 707-585-0226


“If you’re going to be crazy, you have to get paid for it or else you’re going to be locked up.” ~ Hunter S. Thompson


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