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I don’t think we have ever had so many people glued to their Zoom screens for so long as we did when Allister Cooney of Netafim shared his decades of irrigation experience with us on the 16th.  Learning that drip irrigation is even more efficient than rainfall was an eye-opener and I ‘m sure will be changing many of our watering habits. Ditto  that flush valves are absolutely necessary, even for tree rings   Allister provided illustrations of best practice drip layouts, including the sizing of headers and the appropriate spacing of drippers in different situations.  The online irrigation calculator he mentioned is available here.  The catalog of Netafim products is here.  He also mentioned that if you know exactly what you want, local business like Smith Pipe & Supply or Aqua-Flo will order them for you.

If you happened to miss the talk, or want to refresh your memory, the video is available to chapter members.  Just ask.

 

 

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I know one thing we all have in (over) abundance these days is citrus.  Wendy Temple brought me some amazing lemon squares during our scion exchange, and I asked her to share the recipe.  You can find it in the Forum (under Using Fruit).

 

 

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The son of a candy maker, Dr. Eric Durtschi of Durci had an intense passion for all things chocolate from an early age and started developing dessert recipes with chocolate at 8 years old. He decided to pursue a profession in health and wellness, and as a chiropractor, he was frequently asked to offer diet and healthy living advice. During his research, he learned that cocoa (or cacao) was an amazing superfood in its unadulterated state. He began development of the world’s first brewed cocoa in 2007. His mission is simply to help chocolate lovers rediscover how wonderful chocolate can be.

Eric will be giving a brief introduction to chocolate, going over the history and origins of chocolate up through the current artisan chocolate world.

Members  will receive all Zoom links shortly.

 

 

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You’ve seen them and admired them at our Culver City events  Now learn grafting from them  in the comfort of your own home.

Experts Bruce Blavin,  Khaled Hassan and Glen Woodmansee will be showing us their dazzling knife work, beginning at 10 a.m.  Each in turn will be doing a demo of his  favorite grafts, with plenty of time to ask questions.  You will receive your Zoom links in your newsletter this week.

And check out Fang’s Amazing Scion Exchange app to lay in plenty of supplies for the event.  New scion wood keeps getting added so if you haven’t found what you wanted yet, try again.