Deer are eating the roses, raccoons are rolling up the lawn, and gophers are doing unthinkable things beneath your garden beds. Before Googling exterminators,   Joan   Morris  will offer tips on getting along with your backyard visitors and steps to take to discourage them. It's all about balance and accepting that we have to share our spaces. 

Joan   Morris  has been a journalist for almost 42 years, beginning her career in a small town in New Mexico. She joined the then-Contra Costa Times in 1988, and has several assignments from the Death and Dying reporter to Home and Garden editor and now, Pets and Wildlife columnist. She lives in Brentwood with two sisters and her dog, Bailey, and is never bothered, annoyed or pestered by wildlife. That last part might not be completely accurate.  ~ Barbara Norkus

 Hello Pruning Enthusiasts! 

MDRS pruners are happy to report that the 2020 pruning of the Emerald Glen Rose Garden was completed today, Tuesday, January 14 at approximately 2:00 pm.

Yippee, we're done!   The second Prunathon date of Saturday, January 18, has been cancelled.

Please thank these hardworking people for giving their time and talents to keep our meeting room free at the Dublin Library:

Sandy Barclay, Debbie Barclay Wagner, Peggy Carlson, Deane Coleman, Lou Evans, Karen Jefferson, Tom Jefferson, Kathy Knabke, May & Tom Lee, Mark Mintz, Helen Moyot and her husband, Barbara Norkus, Sheryl Reed, and Jan Soderstrom.

With gratitude,

The Grateful Dead Header, Kathy Knabke