Yorkton and District Horticultural Society

The Yorkton and District

Horticultural Society

Wishes you and yours

A very Merry Christmas and

All the best of the holiday season!

See you in 2023!

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October 19,2022 Horticultural Meeting

28.9.2022 | 12:42

The next meeting of the

Yorkton and District Horticultural Society

Will be on

Wednesday, October 19 at 7PM

at the Godfrey Dean, Smith Street, Yorkton.

**please note the change in location

for this occasion, only**

THIS IS A ‘MEMBERS ONLY’ MEETING.

Special events and collecting memberships for the coming year.

For more information call Liz at 782-2830

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I thought I would grow a hotter pepper this year. I grew the Carolina Reaper which is the hottest pepper out there. A few people have tried the peppers and it is painfully hot. It is not for those who do not like highly spicey foods. Eat a small pepper section first as a trial, and do not rub eyes as the oil will remain on your fingers.

Pepper heat is measured in Scoville Heat Units
with the hottest peppers having the highest numbers

Scoville Heat Units (SHUs)	Pepper & Extract Varieties	Type	Heat Rating

2,000,000 – 2,200,000	Carolina Reaper	Super-Hot	10
1,500,000 – 2,000,000	Trinidad Scorpion, Common Pepper Spray	Super-Hot	9
855,000 – 1,463,000	Ghost Pepper (Bhut Jolokia)	Super-Hot	9
350,000 – 855,000	Habanero	Hot	6
2,500 – 5,000	Poblano, Chipotle Jalapeno	Mild	1
0-100	Sweet Bell Peppers, Sweet Banana, Pimento	Mild	1

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Horticultural Meeting Wednesday, September 21, 2022

31.8.2022 | 21:49

The Yorkton and District Horticultural Society

is having in-person meetings again!

Our first meeting of the season will be on

Wednesday, September 21, 6:30 PM,

and will be a field trip!

We will be learning, on site, about the

City of Yorkton composting project

at the Yorkton Landfill, north of the city.

Following the presentation there, we will have

a recap and a short meeting at the Godfrey Dean.

Everyone is welcome!

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Yorkton and District Horticultural Society 2022 Growin’ On!

12.8.2022 | 21:00

The YDHS had their first, live in-person Fruit, Flower and Vegetable Show on Wednesday, August 10 at the Parkland Mall, Yorkton. Yes, a brand new venue, and we were all eager to be there and see our gardening friends again!

It was a great show; we had well over 100 guests attend, and while they sipped coffee and nibbled on cookies, they were able to browse through the many displays ranging from containers, cut flowers, and flower arrangements. The number of fruits and vegetables was also good, considering the challenging spring that many of our gardeners experienced with hail, heat, and pounding rain.

We had guests of all ages, and it was a delight to see them all, especially the guests from the Nursing Home, members of the Flower Patch Flower Arranging Group. Wonderful to have you at the show!

We thank everyone for coming, we all enjoyed “talking gardening” with you! Thank you to the Parkland Mall for their great help in making our show a reality again, it is much appreciated! Thank you to Cole at Access for his coverage of the show, and to our friends at Yorkton This Week for all their ongoing support of our group. Thank you all!

And last but not least, thank you to the enthusiastic members of the Society who took part in the show. Your entries, your work at the tables, your lively conversation with our guests all made the event a success! As Michael Jordan said, “Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.” Those of you who took part and brought it all to life with your participation did indeed “make it happen”! Thank you all!