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his has been quite an interestingspring. Cool season flowers havehung in there; worms and insectshave arrived early; and, wateringschedules are having to be
adjusted weekly? On years like this Ithink “Mother Nature” is just letting usknow she is still in control — she is justkeeping us in our place.
Cool season pansies and stocks are justnow on their way out. You can still plantthe hot weather color — just make surethat during especially high temperaturesto make a water well around each plantand hand water for the first month or so.
In high temperatures it’s a good idea to waternewly planted flowers at least twice a day. The tinyroot ball can’t hold much moisture and will requireextra water until they have roots out in the soil.
When planting in Bakersfield heat it is veryimportant not to break the root ball. Simply takethe plant out of the container and plant it “as is.”Keeping the root ball in place should help avoidshock and give that plant a chance to get reestab-
lished. I like to use Superthrive when Iplant to help root development.
Every time you see a butterfly or moth,they are laying eggs. About two weekslater you will start seeing the damagethese little critters do. There’s a lot ofgood sprays for worms — the key isspraying at least once a week for threeweeks to break the cycle.
Spider mites will also show up with theheat and are hard to see. Again, theirdamage is more apparent than they are.If you have questions on what’s going onin your garden, bring samples into Rob-bie’s Nursery in a plastic bag. We can
check out the sample and then advise you.With a plan of attack you can stand up to some of
what Mother Nature throws at you. Keep a special eye on the soil. Go out and dig
down and see how much moisture there is andwater accordingly. A nice deep soak in the earlymorning should be enough on an established yard.If it cools off again, then skip a day. I don’t remem-ber a year that I have used the OFF switch on my
clock more than this one. I do suspect that the heathas arrived now and my clock can take over.
Be sure to check your container plants and waterthem each morning. Also, if you have drips, checkto see the soil is wet all the way around — you mayneed to add moe drips if the soil is not gettingsoaked.
I’ve also noticed bumper crops of snails, slugsand mosquitoes. A good overall spraying of Mala-tion will help — followed up with snail bait. NewSlug Away liquid also works well and is organic. Ilike these treatments about dusk, when all thesepests are out. Put mosquito dunks in standingwater and mosquito fish in ponds or water pots.
Ok, Mother Nature, I can work with you! I knowyou are in control — I’m just hoping I can win acouple of battles. The garden has never been morebeautiful and what a glorious spring we have justhad!
Here’s to a great summer and those wonderfulBakersfield evenings out in the garden!
Bring it on, girl!Kathy Robinson is the owner of Robbie’s Nursery.
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BY OPAL MORLANDCommunity contributor
am a graduate. Oh, you may think thatI am talking about high school or col-lege but I am referring to my time as afoster youth. My time in the fostercare system lasted about three years. I
was afraid, ashamed, and never spokeabout it to others. I didn’t want to hearwhispers, be pitied, or tell others that myfamily was not functional.
I have decided to share my story becauseso many perceive foster kids as troublewith a capital T! Today, I am a successfulwife, mom, grandmother and hula teacher.Hula teaching is my love and I share it tohelp bring awareness to needy kids andfamilies.
I always wondered why God let this hap-pen to me — I mean, being a foster kid.Well, I now believe I was given a gift and Ihave been in training my entire life so thatI could help and inspire others. Not justfoster youth — but the foster parents in ourcommunity and anyone else interested inhelping kids.
You see, I have had a dream of being amom since I was seven years old. I alwaysknew that I would marry a wonderful manwith dark hair and blue eyes; of course, Ididn’t know he would be bald now! I amjust teasing because he is the first to laughwhen I joke about him.
Our children include biological and fos-ter/adopt children. I tell this because Iwant everyone to know that even though Idid not conceive some of my children, theyare all our kids. We love them equally and Iwant society, and most importantly, ourchildren themselves to know there is noshame in where they come from.
As a parent, I want them to be all that
they can be — andto follow theirdreams.
Most impor-tantly, I want ourchildren torespect and lovewho they are andwhat they can be.I want them to beable to sharewithout fear ofbeing condemnedor ridiculed oversomething theyhad no controlover.
I, as a fosterchild, was afraid the first day we were tak-en into custody. Nothing was explained tome and the fear of the unknown can makeyou go inside yourself. Next, I was fearfulthat kids in school would find out and Iwould not be accepted. But I was mostlyfearful because I was the eldest of threesiblings and I thought we were not going tobe together.
That is exactly what happened. When we were first taken into custody, I
didn’t know they put the boys in a separatearea. I was going crazy not knowing wheremy little brother was — and my sister wasin a different section because of her youngage. They did end up letting my sister staywith me because she would not quit crying— but I still did not know where our broth-er was. I finally found out recently, 40years later, that he was having an adven-ture because he was with boys and not withhis silly sisters!
Besides my family, one of my mostproud accomplishments is my hula class.
These are young men, women, kids andseniors helping to bring awareness to fos-ter kids and families. Together we are ateam helping others. It is such a joy for meto be able to teach my students the love ofhula dance and love of others. I am soblessed with students who want to giveback to our community. These past fiveyears we have danced for cancer, abusedchildren, the homeless shelter, made blan-kets for the Linus project, and brought joyto our seniors living in skilled living facili-ties.
One of my fondest memories was shar-ing hula with young women held in custodyat a Sheriffs detention center. We werevery moved and proud that we couldexpose these young women to somethingthey had never seen before. It was report-ed back to us that the Sheriff’s detentioncenter did not have any trouble with theseyoung people for weeks after. I believe weonly do what we know or have been shownto do. One of my own dancers told me afterthe performance that she was on the samepath and that when she joined us itchanged her life and lifestyle.
I am very proud to have made a differ-ence in her life.
Recently, my hula students came up withthe idea to host a summer luau to raisefunds for foster children. This event will beheld at the Kern County Museum on Satur-day, July 16, from 2 to 8 p.m. For informa-tion about the luau go to:www.JamminIslandHula.com. We areworking together with our community tohelp make life a little better for foster kids,adopted kids, kinship families and groupsthat support needy kids and families.
Our class is making a difference — and Iam very proud of how far we have come.
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Hula instructor, former foster child sharesspecial bond with at-risk children
Happy Fourthof July!
Beat the heat and support fosterchildren at this jammin’ summer luau
Snow Road strawberries —a sweet sign of summer!
Y O U R P H O T O S
Y O U R C E L E B R A T I O N S
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Opal Morland
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Jammin Island Hula dancers and other community members are sponsoring a summerluau on Saturday, July 16, at the Kern County Fair to help raise money for at-risk youth.
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BY OPAL MORLANDCommunity contributor
loha, friends! Please help supportneedy kids and families by joiningus for a fun-filled Summer LuauDay at the Kern County Museumon Saturday, July 16 from 2 to 8
p.m. Our community working together iswhat this day is all about. Jammin IslandHula dancers and other community mem-bers are working hard to raise funds for atrisk youth. You can help by sponsoring,being a vendor, a dance contestant — ormost importantly, an attendee for thisannual event.
Pre-sale tickets are $10 each and includesone dinner, hula dance competition, andentry into the Kern County Museum. We aretrying to sell 300 tickets to help pay for thefood, venue and other items before thisgreat Family Event! Please help us by pur-chasing early. The tickets will be $15 at thedoor day of the event.
For more information or to sponsor, be avendor, a dancer, or to buy tickets call: 319-2423. To register online go to: www.Jam-minIslandHula.com.
Mahalo!
AFROM USERNAME: KAREN C. DAVIS-SOLOMON
lthough the calendar is justnow recognizing it’s summer,the signs have been all aroundus. Children at play during theday and well into the evening
hours, little boys with their summershaved heads, music at the Market Place,and Snow Road strawberries are all signssummer is HERE!
I grew up eating local strawberriesfrom nearby Cerritos College down southand I’ve sampled Ontario berries as wellas strawberries bought at the Roadsidestands here in town which marketed San-ta Maria and Watsonville delights.
Last summer, I tried my first SnowRoad strawberries (the stand is near OldFarm Road) and waited not so patientlythe past year for them to ripen onceagain!
On a recent Saturday morning, I stoodwith eight others as we happily waited inline for fresh berries to be picked. Theyhad run out of the morning’s harvest andcouldn’t pick them fast enough to fill ourorders!
I usually purchase a half-flat or a flatand share with my neighbors, but I gladlyaccepted a three pack this day with apromise to return for more the followingweek! While waiting in line, we all spokeabout quality of our local strawberries.Someone mentioned that she thought
there was another stand out off PanamaLane. Another mentioned the impor-tance of her purchase for her daughter’sgraduation party later that afternoon.
We all agreed Snow Road strawberriesare the sweetest, juiciest strawberries wehave ever tasted! As each person receivedtheir order, they smiled and wished a“good day” to the rest of us — and we allseemed to have a little skip to our step aswe made our way to our vehicles.
I am sure I was not the only one whocouldn’t wait to get home before sam-pling a perfectly red, sweet, juicy SnowRoad strawberry!
Do you have have a favorite “sign”thatsignals summer is upon us? Tell us aboutit at: www.bakersfieldvoice.com.
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