Library of the Chathams March 2022
Rutgers Master Gardeners’ Presentation—Starting Seeds Indoors: When and How
Enjoy watching your seedlings emerge and mature this spring. Rutgers Master Gardener, Grace Tshanakas will teach you everything you need to know about starting seeds indoors, including seed types, supplies needed, the planting process and carding for seedlings. Handouts will include a list of resources including Rutgers Fact Sheets. Please join us for a Zoom lecture on Wednesday, March 9 at 7 p.m. Registration is required by signing up on the library’s website at chathamlibrary.org. A Zoom link will be provided, and a passcode will be sent for you to join the meeting.
In conjunction with this program, you can borrow vegetable seeds from the Library. The Seed Library provides non-GMO heirloom seeds that you sign out. Then you plant your seeds, and when it is time to harvest your crop we ask that you save some of your seeds (using the proper techniques for the seeds you borrowed) and return them to the Library to share with others. For more information about the seed library, please go to the library’s website at chathamlibrary.org.
Book Talk on the Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post
Allison Pataki, author of The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post will speak about her recent book on Wednesday, March 9 at 7 p.m. via Zoom. The author will discuss how Marjorie began while working for her father gluing cereal boxes for the C. W. Post Company before the business turned into the General Foods empire and thus making her an heiress. She became the wealthiest woman in the United States before turning thirty and built palatial homes such as Mar-a-Largo. As a wife four times over, her life was filled with grandeur and beauty as well as shocking secrets and tumult. Please join us for a look into the fascinating life of this powerful woman.
This presentation is sponsored jointly by the libraries of Morris County, and a Zoom link will be provided on the library’s webpage.
Friends of the Library Book Sale
The Friends of the Library book sale will take place Saturday, March 12 from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Early entry will be from 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. with an admittance fee of $25. A bag sale will be held on Sunday, March 13 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and will continue Monday, March 14 through Thursday, March 17 from 10 am to 5 pm.
English as a Second Language
For those wanting to improve their English language skills, we are starting our next series of ESL classes. These free classes will be conducted online via Zoom by LEARN Associates and volunteer tutors for 8 weeks. Students will be divided into small groups by skill level. Registration is required. Sign up in person, by phone 973-635-0603, or online at chathamlibrary.org/esl-classes/. The next session starts the week of March 14.
Book Group—The Promise
Join librarian Mary Kennedy on Wednesday, March 30 at 1 p.m.for a meeting of the library’s book group to discuss The Promise by Damon Galgut. Everyone is welcome to attend, and you may pick up a copy of the book at the reference desk. The group will meet in person at the library. Those who cannot attend in person can join by Zoom by going to the library’s website at chathamlibrary.org.
