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Wednesday, July 12, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
LION KING: Sisters
Fire Hall was venue
for unique display
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Omodt spoke with a rep-
resentative from Cherrywood
Hand Dyed Fabric in
Minnesota and got the ball
rolling.
“I asked them what they
were doing the second week
in July, and they weren’t
booked,” Omodt told The
Nugget. “I knew then I had to
orchestrate it so Cherrywood
fabrics could add SOQS to
their traveling quilt exhibit
schedule.”
Cherrywood Hand Dyed
Fabric was created about 25
years ago by Dawn Hall, who
started dyeing fabric in her
basement and selling at quilt
shows with her aunt. With
the help of dedicated friends
and employees the popular-
ity of this unique fabric has
grown and changed over the
years.
Omodt contacted Jean
Wells, Stitchin’ Post owner
and fiber artist, and SOQS
Executive Director Jeanette
Pilak.
“Jeanette gave me the
green light for bringing the
exhibit to the SOQS, and
Jean said if I was going to
host the collection I would
need to dress up as a lion,”
Omodt said.
And one of Wells’ staff
members has a friend who
was a costume maker who
just happened to have a
costume from one of the
productions of the Lion
King.
Omodt’s next challenge
was to find an indoor area to
hang the exhibit.
“All of the 120 Lion
King quilts are indoor quilts
and not to be outside,”
explained Omodt. “I had to
find a big enough space to
display 120 feet or more of
quilts.”
Omodt realized that
the community hall at the
Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire
House would work.
“Thanks to Sisters Fire
Chief Roger Johnson, we
have the exhibit up in the
community hall hanging
on pop-up tent structures I
invented to hang the quilts
on,” said Omodt.
“The variety of quilts
are amazing; the creativity
is inspiring and the work-
manship is incredible. And
the show was so much bet-
ter than I thought it possi-
bly could be. The variation
of techniques in each quilt
stunned people,” he added.
Twenty of the quilts have
been chosen by Disney to be
displayed on Broadway for
the 20th anniversary of The
Lion King in 2018.
Start now to reap vegetables in fall
By Kym Pokorny
Correspondent
CORVALLIS – As we
settle in at the table of sum-
mer’s harvest, savvy garden-
ers pause long enough to con-
sider the coming season.
“Most folks are famil-
iar with and love summer
vegetables, but if you want
to maximize your food and
nutrition, then growing fall
crops is a great strategy,” said
Weston Miller, a horticulturist
with Oregon State University
Extension Service.
The window of opportu-
nity for planting those crops is
short — as daylight decreases,
it becomes harder and harder
to hit it right. So, begin now
to tuck seeds or transplants
into the soil.
“Yes, it is hot and it might
seem counterintuitive to plant
now, but if you want to har-
vest in fall, it’s got to be
now,” Miller said. “You just
have to take steps to mitigate
the heat.”
Plant in morning or eve-
ning and make sure to moni-
tor the soil closely so it
doesn’t dry out. Water daily,
twice if it’s especially hot.
Concentrate your efforts on
the top couple of inches of soil
where seeds are germinating
and the small root systems of
new plants are getting off to
a start.
If the weather turns
scorching hot, you may have
to resort to shade cloth or
Reemay, a very lightweight
fabric that allows light and
water through but helps keep
plants from burning. Some
crops like carrots, beets and
direct-seeded greens don’t
mind having the cloth placed
right on top; bigger crops like
broccoli and peppers might
appreciate having it propped
up on the same type of wire
or plastic hoops used to make
cloches or cold frames.
As you get ready to plant,
add about half-an-inch of
compost and some organic
fertilizer to the soil. Both
break down faster in the heat
of summer soil than in cooler
months and make nutrients
available quicker than usual,
Miller said. After planting,
use a water-soluble fertil-
izer like fish emulsion on the
transplants to get them well
established.
Whether to plant seeds or
transplants depends on the
crop and, to some extent,
how you’re going to use it.
Plants that do best directly
seeded include carrots, pars-
nips, beets, radish, mustard
and arugula. Many crops like
kale, chard and lettuce can
be sown heavily for “cut and
come again” greens. Cut the
greens above the crown of the
plant when the leaves reach 4
to 6 inches. You can get two
to three cuttings if you give
them plenty of water and
some fish emulsion after each
cutting.
All other crops can and
should be transplanted for
best success. Look for high-
quality plants that aren’t root-
bound, stunted or off-color.
Once you get the new
plants in the ground, weed
once a week for four weeks to
keep weeds from competing
for water and nutrients.
Miller recommends allo-
cating half of your garden
space for typical summer
crops like tomatoes, beans
and cucumbers and the other
half for cool season crops like
kale, scallions, carrots, beets
and lettuce. “That will give
you the most from your gar-
den,” he said.
For more information
on extended-season veg-
etable gardening, refer to
these Extension publications:
Fall and Winter Vegetable
Gardening in the Pacific
Northwest and Growing Your
Own.
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