MURDER SHE PLANTED

Trail Conditions: Groomed Tuesday. Hard packed and icy. Dusting of snow. Minimal diagonal track. Fair

Nancy

Tuesday, February 9,

  7:00 Master Gardeners Lecture: “Murder She Planted, Creating the Most Dangerous Garden in Town”

Nancy Santoriello of Santoriello Landscape Maintenance, Sturgeon Bay will help local gardeners explore the most common dangers we and our pets face in the garden. Nancy will expose atrocities committed by common criminal botanical families, glimpse into the offensive habits of uninvited garden visitors (not your neighbors), and fall prey to wicked bugs and parasites. We’ll take a stroll through the most dangerous garden in Door County, and come out the other end with the scars to prove that love hurts, but our love for gardening is stronger than the fear of nausea, diarrhea, tachycardia, hypotension or seizures… all in a day’s gardening. This program is free and open to the public.
Most people are unaware that many plants and/or plant parts are toxic, but that shouldn’t be surprising. Plants are rooted in place, so they cannot run or hide from predators. Instead, some plants produce poisons.
In his book Bringing Nature Home, Doug Tallamy explains, “Several hypotheses attempt to explain why plants make chemicals that they do not need to bloom and grow, but most plant ecologists agree that an important function is defenses against herbivores. Most secondary compounds are nasty things that make a leaf distasteful at least, and typically toxic to all animals that have not developed the enzymes needed to detoxify them.
“….. Dozens of common plants would make us quite sick if we were to eat them. Black cherry leaves, pokeweed leaves and deadly nightshade all fall into the “poisonous” category for people. The tannins in oak leaves would bind all the proteins we ingest, eventually starving us to death. Even many of the crops we do eat originally had toxic chemicals in their leaves before we removed them through plant-breeding programs that have been in progress for thousands of years.”
Nancy will share information that will help us protect ourselves, our children and our pets.
Saturday, February 6
 1:00-3:30 Ski For Free
The Crossroads Ski for Free program lends, free of charge, an array of ski and snowshoe equipment (much of it brand new!) in sizes to fit age 3 through large adult on Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays from 1:00-3:30. When trail conditions permit, go to the Crossroads Maintenance Building where our volunteers will fit you with equipment, share a few pointers and a trail map and send you out the trails. When you have finished, return the equipment and enjoy a cup of hot chocolate. This program is sponsored by Friends of Crossroads and Door County Silent Sports Alliance.
Sunday, February 7
 1:00-3:30 Ski For Free
The Crossroads Ski for Free program lends, free of charge, an array of ski and snowshoe equipment (much of it brand new!) in sizes to fit age 3 through large adult on Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays from 1:00-3:30. When trail conditions permit, go to the Crossroads Maintenance Building where our volunteers will fit you with equipment, share a few pointers and a trail map and send you out the trails. When you have finished, return the equipment and enjoy a cup of hot chocolate. This program is sponsored by Friends of Crossroads and Door County Silent Sports Alliance.
Monday, February 8
6:00-7:30  Community Event: Video Presentation and Mental Health Expert Panel
The Door County Mental Health Focus Group offers this free program. The video Inside Story  in which amazing characters reveal their mental health diagnoses and their paths to overcome them will start the program.  Following the presentation a panel made up of Barb Johnson-Giese, LCSW, Callie Krauel, LCSW, Colleen O’Rourke, MD, and Beth Ziolkowski, LPC-IT will discuss mental health issues. Free and open to the public
 
Tuesday, February 9,
 7:00 Master Gardeners Lecture: “Murder She Planted, Creating the Most Dangerous Garden in Town”,
Nancy Santoriello of Santoriello Landscape Maintenance, Sturgeon Bay will help local gardeners explore the most common dangers we and our pets face in the garden. Nancy will expose atrocities committed by common criminal botanical families, glimpse into the offensive habits of uninvited garden visitors (not your neighbors), and fall prey to wicked bugs and parasites. We’ll take a stroll through the most dangerous garden in Door County, and come out the other end with the scars to prove that love hurts, but our love for gardening is stronger than the fear of nausea, diarrhea, tachycardia, hypotension or seizures… all in a day’s gardening. This program is free and open to the public.

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