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gardening
with Talmadge
Planning for the Spring III
Talmadge Fries is the owner of
The Cotton Gin Florist in Mil-
len, GA and very active in his
local garden club.
Planning for the spring garden
and using perennials to accent
is an easy way to have beautiful
plants year after year. With our
normal summer heat and some
times drought, the following
plant suggestions are good for a
dry area with lots of sun in your
garden or rock garden.
Yuccas come in green and
variegated green and white col
oring. The yuccas have a tall
bloom stalk with white blooms.
The Yucca is very tolerant of
drought. Yuccas are drought har
dy and deer resistant.
Sedum Mojave Jewels Sap
phire is among the toughest and
versatile plants in the late sum
mer garden. This unique Sedum
is a drought tolerant plant, which
has succulent like leaves in rich
shades of purple blue.
The more sun the plant gets, the
deeper the foliage color will be.
In late summer, green blooms
will appear and quickly change
to baby pink as the flower ages,
creating a cooling contrast
against the blueish purple leaves.
This plant makes a good ground
cover and border. The Sedum at
tracts pollinators and butterflies.
And an added bonus, the flowers
can be cut and used in arrange
ments.
Eryngium Big Blue or Blue
Thistle is a favorite of mine.
It is very eye catching and this
summer bloomer has heads of
steel blue prickly flowers over
a mound of slivery leaves. It’s
especially good for dried flower
arrangements and is an unusual
addition to any fresh flower ar
rangement. This versatile plant
fits well in as a border or in a
container. This unusual flower
attracts pollinators and is deer
resistant and loves full sun.
Cardoon or Globe Artichoke
is super out of the ordinary for
any garden. Normally you think
of an artichoke as an item in the
produce section of the grocery
store or in a dip. The Cardoon
is the perfect choice for anyone
who has a Ho-Hum Garden and
wants something different. This
is a Victorian Era favorite that
produces fat, thistle like flower
heads that resemble small arti
chokes. This striking ornamen
tal and edible plant is prized
for being pollinator friendly,
for having a grand presence in
the landscape of your garden (it
matures at 8 feet in height), and
for its unique form of cut flow
ers for fresh arrangements. The
Cardoon features soft, slivery
foliage that highlights the enor
mous height and stateliness of its
straight stems.
Prickly Pear Cactus is an old
timers plant the I remember my
grandmother having in her yard
the bright blooms that was on
it but beware even the blooms
have thorns that hurt. The cac
tus is a drought favorite, and its
surprising blooms add to any
garden.
When creating a rock or
drought garden, pick a location
that receives full sun and the soil
is well drained. Just because you
are creating a rock garden, does
not mean the plants don’t need
water, it just means that plants
don’t need as much. When pre
paring the garden, using natural
rocks or rocks from the garden
center is fine, I would recom
mend placing a protective weed
screen on the ground before
planting, for you can cut the
hole needed for your plant. The
ground screen will help keep
weeds out and help keep any
small rocks on top of the soil. A
rock garden is a good location to
place a garden accent or statue
for decoration or even a wind
chime on a shepherd’s pole.
As always, join your local gar
den club for a wealth of fellow
ship and information.
-TaNissha Major
Activities Director
Greetings from the residents and staff of PineView!
As sounds of birds were played for sensory stimulation the resi
dents engaged in arts and craft to honor National Bird Day. Small
tongue depressors were used to make a bird feeder. Each resident
grabbed as many as needed to complete their personalized bird
feeders. This activity was perfect for exercising everyone's fine
motor skills. Being able to place each stick closely together with
glue for adhesive was a concentrating task. To everyone's surprise
they completed the task gracefully. Some bird feeders were higher
than others, but each birdfeeder were perfectly made. We'll be
awaiting a sunshiny day to place the birdfeeders in the resident
window seals.
We reminisced over the month of January. This month's list was
full of winter festivities such as: PINEVIEW
sweaters, boots, scarfs, gathering
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Perdue suing over
new law that gives
Kemp fundraising
advantage
Republican gubernatorial candi
date David Perdue is challeng
ing a new state law that gives
incumbents an advantage in
fundraising.
The legislation, which the
Republican-controlled General
Assembly passed last March
virtually along party lines,
allows Georgia’s governor,
lieutenant governor, the general-
election nominees opposing
those two statewide incumbents
and the heads of the majority
and minority caucuses in the
legislature to create leadership
commit
tees that
can raise
unlimited
campaign
contribu
tions.
Perdue,
who is run
ning against
incumbent
Gov. Brian
Kemp, is
barred from
forming a
leadership
committee
on his behalf unless and until
he wins the GOP gubernatorial
primary in May.
A federal lawsuit Perdue filed
Thursday argues the U.S. Su
preme Court has never upheld a
law that imposes different con
tribution limits on candidates
seeking the same office.
“This unconstitutional law was
spearheaded by Brian Kemp
to protect himself and silence
those who seek to challenge
him. It reeks of cronyism and
corruption,” Perdue said.
“Only a 20-year career politi
cian like Kemp would create an
unfair advantage to line his own
campaign coffers for his own
self-preservation.”
The law’s supporters say it puts
incumbents on an even playing
field with their challengers by
allowing them to raise cam
paign funds
during Gen
eral Assembly
sessions, a
practice that
had been pro
hibited under
Georgia law.
The ability to
conduct fund
raising while
the legislature
is in session
has become
more impor
tant since the
primaries were
moved forward to May instead
of July.
Perdue’s lawsuit only focuses
on the governor’s leadership
committee. The suit seeks a
preliminary injunction to block
the legislation to give Perdue an
opportunity to make his case.
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SCES announces
November 2021 Students
of the Month
These students have shown “confidence” at SCES! Each student
receives a tshirt from Planters Electric and recognition in the
newspaper.
Pre-K
Pictured are Audra Whitworth, Landon Godbee, Serenity Brown, Maverick Deen,
Wylder Woodall, and Nari’ya Mack.
Kindergarten
Pictured are Graham Weaver, Lawson Stossmeister, Brantley Berry, Ja’Kobie Lee,
Finley Jones, Mariah Anderson, Aaron Ford, Elijah Bangs, Jacob Bacon, Christi-
anna Scott, and Bryce “BJ” Cooper.
First Grade
Pictured are Carter Wright, Josie Hobbs, Giana Frye, Reid Burke, Jorga Roberts,
Johnny Neal, Alex Morales-Lopez, Kaiden Jones, Caroline Bazemore, and Veloc
ity Bragg.
Second Grade
Pictured are Isabella Sheppard, Blakely Hodges, Joshua Reason, Sydney Stills,
Abrianna Thomas, Brantley Royal, Anthony Pinkney, Paisley Crosby, Casey
Smith, Emerson Cartwright, and Rhylen Zeigler (not pictured).
Third Grade
Pictured are Drayden Bland, Gage Harrison, Kaden Young, Lynnlee Bragg, Miya
Gibbons, Loyal Snead, Ray den Herrington, and Hunter Morris.
Fourth Grade
Pictured are Rashawn Thompson, Ayden Youngs, Lilly Seabert, Kinslee Forehand,
Max Kight, Bailey Bonaventura, Mayson Sheppard, Mia Fernandez, and Bella
Collins.
Fifth Grade
Pictured are London Nesbitt, Sa’Miah Cooper, Alana Roberson, Skylar Vander-
loop, Mallory Marchand, James Roberts, Drake Oliver, and Shontashia Robinson
(not pictured).