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Wednesday, Feb. 27, 7:00 Presbyterian Church 367 So. Sanderson Way, FB Steps to Success For most of us the mistakes, failures, and poor planning take up at least half of our gardening energy. We are lucky to have Don Wallace present to us his “6 Steps to Success with Rhododendrons & Azaleas”. In this program he will be discussing placement, planting techniques, mulching, fertilizing, pruning and pinching, and irrigation. Don will show us successful gardens that illustrate his suggestions. Many of you know Don as he’s presented programs to us in the past, he’s judged our Show, and more noteworthy, he’s the owner of the Singing Tree Nursery up in McKinleyville. Besides being a master nurseryman Don’s a very skilled photographer and writes one of the best nursery newsletters. If you’ve not had the opportunity to see his newsletter just click here . It’s filled with very practical information that’s especially relevant to our coastal area as the McKinleyville area is virtually the same. His current issue features fragrant rhododendrons and includes many of the fragrant ones many of us know and enjoy. Don’t miss Don’s presentation next Wed., Feb 27. As a special treat he’ll have some of his newer hybrids which are just coming into the marketplace. February in Your Garden Since New Years your writer has had just over 1 1/2 inches of rain. It’s called winter but some people have been watering. Some are starting their fertilizing. Disposing of last year’s leaves is generally recommended since they are ideal places for the growth of pathogens. To be guard against growing these undesirable organisms it’s not a good idea to compost these leaves. Our Show is only a couple of months away now so it’s not too early to give some thought to several of the ideas Dennis McKiver explained in his grooming article in the Nov., 2012 issue of our newsletter. If you’ve lost it go to the Noyo Chapter website where there is a link for our newsletters. Save Some Trees? You can also see Dennis’ grooming article in the Winter Issue of the ARS Journal. If you’ve not yet viewed the ARS Journal online do so. It’s very easy. 1. Access the ARS Office website: www.arsoffice.org . 2. Click on “View” Journal American Rhododendron Society online edition. 3. If you already have a username and password, click on “login”. If you do not have a username and password, click on “Register Now” and follow instructions for obtaining them. Noyo Chapter Minutes Show Meeting January 23,2013 Several items were discussed, including publicity, distributing bottles to local inns, lighting in the tent, rules, ribbons, the Garden Club, and the raffle. •A motion was passed to have a special raffle to raise funds. The tickets will be sold up until the end of the Show for $10 and the prize will be an instant rhododendron garden installed in Mendocino Co. The garden will consist of 10 5-gallon plants. •It was agreed to buy 500 plants at $4.25 each from Log Cabin Nursery in Oregon. These plants will be sold at a reduced price to members before the Show. •Judging will start at 3:00 on Friday. •Assuming the Garden Club wants to exhibit floral arrangements they will be in the lath house so that they can be spread out more than last year. •It was agreed that it would save unneeded work to let people take their ribbons and entry cards at the end of the Show. General Meeting January 23, 2013 Two guests, Vickie Hautala and Judy Parker, were intoduced. No action was taken at the meeting. •Bea Aker reported that Barbara Smith had knee surgery. •Thanks to Shirley, Sue and Vickie who brought the refreshments. •Our membership renewals are currently at 58, down by about 5 from last year. •There was some discussion about the need to do something with the funds donated in memory of Eleanor Philp. •Don Selcer, from the Cal Chapter in Oakland, presented an interesting slideshow of his recent trip to China. •The raffle included several plants brought in by Dennis McKiver. Noyo News Noyo Chapter American Rhododendron Society February 2013 Remember, More rakin’, less achin’

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Wednesday, Feb. 27, 7:00Presbyterian Church367 So. Sanderson Way, FB

Steps to SuccessFor most of us the mistakes,

failures, and poor planning take up at least half of our gardening energy. We are lucky to have Don Wallace present to us his “6 Steps to Success with Rhododendrons & Azaleas”.

In this program he will be d i s c u s s i n g p l a c e m e n t , p l a n t i n g techniques, mulching, fertilizing, pruning and pinching, and irrigation. Don will show us successful gardens that illustrate his suggestions.

Many of you know Don as he’s presented programs to us in the past, he’s judged our Show, and more noteworthy, he’s the owner of the Singing Tree Nursery up in McKinleyville. Besides being a master nurseryman Don’s a very skilled photographer and writes one of the best nursery newsletters. If you’ve not had the opportunity to see his newsletter just click here. It’s filled with very practical information that’s especially relevant to our coastal area as the McKinleyville area is virtually the same.

His current issue features fragrant rhododendrons and includes many of the fragrant ones many of us know and enjoy.

Don’t miss Don’s presentation next Wed., Feb 27. As a special treat he’ll have some of his newer hybrids which are just coming into the marketplace.

February in Your GardenSince New Years your writer has had

just over 1 1/2 inches of rain. It’s called winter but some people have been watering. Some are starting their fertilizing. Disposing of last year’s leaves is generally recommended since they are ideal places for the growth of pathogens. To be guard against growing these undesirable organisms it’s not a good idea to compost these leaves.

Our Show is only a couple of months away now so it’s not too early to give some thought to several of the ideas Dennis McKiver explained in his grooming article in the Nov., 2012 issue of our newsletter. If you’ve lost it go to the Noyo Chapter website where there is a link for our newsletters.

Save Some Trees?You can also see Dennis’ grooming

article in the Winter Issue of the ARS Journal.

If you’ve not yet viewed the ARS Journal online do so. It’s very easy.

1. Access the ARS Office website: www.arsoffice.org.

2. Click on “View” Journal American Rhododendron Society online edition.

3. If you already have a username and password, click on “login”. If you do not have a username and password, click on “Register Now” and follow instructions for obtaining them.

Noyo Chapter MinutesShow Meeting January 23,2013

Several items were discussed, including publicity, distributing bottles to local inns, lighting in the tent, rules, ribbons, the Garden Club, and the raffle.•A motion was passed to have a special raffle to raise funds. The tickets will be sold up until the end of the Show for $10 and the prize will be an instant rhododendron garden installed in Mendocino Co. The garden will consist of 10 5-gallon plants. •It was agreed to buy 500 plants at $4.25 each from Log Cabin Nursery in Oregon. These plants will be sold at a reduced price to members before the Show.•Judging will start at 3:00 on Friday.•Assuming the Garden Club wants to exhibit floral arrangements they will be in the lath house so that they can be spread out more than last year.•It was agreed that it would save unneeded work to let people take their ribbons and entry cards at the end of the Show.

General MeetingJanuary 23, 2013

Two guests, Vickie Hautala and Judy Parker, were intoduced.

No action was taken at the meeting.•Bea Aker reported that Barbara Smith had knee surgery.•Thanks to Shirley, Sue and Vickie who brought the refreshments.•Our membership renewals a re currently at 58, down by about 5 from last year.•There was some discussion about the need to do something with the funds donated in memory of Eleanor Philp.•Don Selcer, from the Cal Chapter in Oakland, presented an interesting slideshow of his recent trip to China.•The raffle included several plants brought in by Dennis McKiver.

Noyo NewsNoyo ChapterAmerican Rhododendron SocietyFebruary 2013

Remember,More rakin’, less achin’

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Photo 101 Tips Are You Exposed?

Once again, do you know any gardeners who do not take pictures of their plants?

The purpose of this discussion is to explain the value of your digital histogram. If you already know about digital histograms you’ve already passed this photo hurdle.

From grand ‘gardenscapes’ to stamen close-ups we all have some images that are either too bright or too dark. Getting the exposure we want is easily within the reach of anyone with a digital camera. Please note that the emphasis is on the exposure “we want” and not on the “correct” exposure.

Exposure is influenced by several factors. There are three primary factors that help to determine exposure. They are how long the shutter is open, how large the opening of the lens is, and the sensitivity of the sensor.

Probably the easiest to understand is the shutter speed. The shutter speed refers to how long the shutter is open. The longer it’s open the more light it lets in. A shutter speed of 1/100 of a second will let in twice as much light as a shutter speed of 1/200 of a second, or four times as much as one of 1/400 of a second.

The aperture of a lens is how wide open it is. The “f/stop” indicates the aperture size. A low number means the lens is wide open and lets in lots of light. A high number means the lens opening is small, and lets in less light. The f/stops are normally indicated by the following numbers, f/2.0, f/2.8, f/4.0, f/5.6, f/8, f/11, 1/16, etc. Half as much light enters the lens as you progress up through these numbers. Conversely, as you open up the lens aperture each stop (by going to a

lower f/stop) twice as much light enters. For example, an f/8 lets twice as much light pass through the lens as one set at f/11, but only half as much light as one set at f/5.6.

Film cameras used ASA or DIN to indicate the film sensitivity to light. Digital cameras use an ISO value to indicate the sensitivity to light of the sensor. An ISO of 200 is twice as sensitive as ISO 100.

W h i l e a l l t h i s m i g h t s e e m complicated, it is not. Faster shutter speed means less light, smaller aperture (i.e., larger f number) means less light. and lower ISO number means less light sensitivity.

The small screen on the back of your camera is not accurate so how can you quickly check your exposure? Enter the invaluable histogram.

An image histogram is a graph that shows all the tones (from white to black) of a digital image. It shows how many and which tones are in an image. On the histogram the black tones are on the left and the white are on the right. Everything in between is a midtone shade of ‘grey’.

An easy misinterpretation is that the histogram shows where the various tones are in the image. It does not! In the histogram the very dark to black pixels shown on the left of the histogram could be any place in the actual image. They could be scattered about. Likewise, the light ones indicated at the right of the histograms might be in the very center of the actual image.

Below are three images of the same scene along with their histograms. Note that the one to the left is very underexposed. It’s histogram shows lots of very dark pixels to the left side (i.e. dark part) of the histogram. The image

on the right is overexposed and it’s histogram shows this with lots of pixels on the right (i.e. white part) of the histogram. The middle image is close to an exposure that most people would prefer. Note that the majority of it’s pixels are in the central portion of the histogram indicating that most of the image is not real dark or real light.

After taking an image take a quick look at the histogram. Does it have the kind of exposure you want for that particular image? Quickly you can see whether or not you need to get slightly more, or slightly less exposure.

When looking at the histogram if either the right or left side is cutting off pixels this means that there are either very dark or very light tones that the camera is not capable of recording. If so, then you need to make changes to get more, or less, exposure if you want detail in those very dark or very bright areas.

On your camera there are several settings. If you choose the automatic ones you do not get to make changes to the aperture and shutter speed. You must abandon the Auto setting and experiment with the manual, shutter speed, or aperture setting.

Remember, slower shutter speeds let in more light. Wider apertures let in more light. And since higher ISO numbers are more sensitive to light you then have more choices when changing the shutter speed or aperture.

Decide what kind of image you want, then after checking the image’s histogram decide what combination of shutter speed, aperture , and ISO works for you in that setting,

Happy shooting!

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Rhododendron ‘Noyo Dream’ — (degronianum ssp. yakushimanum x arboreum) 3’, -5oF?, E-EM, 4/4. This

delightful plant was hybridized by Bill Moyles in Oakland, CA, and was grown and named in Fort Bragg, CA. A wonderful plant for both foliage and flowers. Perfect habit and exquisite foliage carry this plant through the year. The bloom time in our area is usually mid January to mid March. The flower buds first show color as a rich rose-red, gradually becoming a lighter rose-pink for a beautiful, two toned effect. The fine foliage is typical of yakushimanum hybrids with light wooly indumentum on the underside of the leaf. A compact growing plant of exceptional beauty! A must for your garden! There is a beautiful large specimen shown below of this rhododendron growing in the front of the Guest House Museum in Fort Bragg.

Noyo Chapter Rhododendron of the Month: ‘Noyo Dream’(Submitted by Dennis McKiver)

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Noyo Chapter, ARS Officers & ChairpersonsPresident* Jim Celeri 964-7526 or 964-5055, [email protected]

Vice President* Joyce Gilbertson 962-0211, [email protected]

Secretary* Rosalie Stanley 367-0720, [email protected]

Treasurer* Sue Kleinbach 357-8474, [email protected]

Directors*: Sam Foresman, 1 yr 964-6399, [email protected]

Shirley Kelley, 1yr 937-1550, [email protected]

Dan Konigsberg, 2yr 964-7131, [email protected]

Dennis McKiver, 2yr 964-3636, [email protected]

Past President* Frank Celeri 367-1554, [email protected]

Show Chairmen Jim Celeri 964-7526, [email protected]

Frank Celeri 367-1554, [email protected]

Membership Terry Giomi 964-4435, [email protected]

Hospitality Shirley Kelley 937-1550, [email protected]

Plant Raffle Jim Celeri 964-7526

Wellness Bea Aker 884-1909, [email protected]

Editor Dick Jones 964-4353, [email protected]

*Board of Directors

Noyo ChapterAmerican Rhododendron SocietyP.O. Box 1068Fort Bragg, CA 95437-1068

Mark Your Calendars2012-2013 Meeting ScheduleMeetings typically are at the Presbyterian Church in Fort Bragg starting at 7:00 pm.Show Com. meetings are at 6:00 preceding each general meeting.

•Wednesday, February 27 Don Wallace, Singing Tree Nursery•Wednesday, March 27•Wednesday, April 24

•Fri., Sat., Sun., May 10 - 12

Noyo Show & Plant Sale

Saturday, May 18 Spring Potluck

April 20-21, 2013 Cal Chapter Show and SaleMay 1-5, 2013 ARS Convention, Olympia/Tacoma