From cwormsbe at gmail.com  Mon Nov  3 15:34:07 2008
From: cwormsbe at gmail.com (candace wormsbecker)
Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 15:34:07 -0500
Subject: [Garden] End of Season Party - Ethel's, Wednesday 6pm
Message-ID: <f1270310811031234n5d8e1326o3f589f52b1f648f7@mail.gmail.com>

Hello Gardeners:

I went to the garden on Sunday and cleaned out the shed, and pulled a
few leeks.  I brought the rest of the seed home that was in the shed.
There are still lots of leeks there that can either be pulled by the
gardeners, donated to FNB, or overwintered for a spring treat?
Whatever people decide.

I didn't hear much interest in the potluck idea so instead I was
thinking we could all go out for an end of the year celebration.  We
can have some dinner, chat about the season, and talk about what we
might like to do next year if we are so inspired.  Maybe we could use
the $50 we got reimbursed for the compost to sponsor some of this
event, for those that need it or to pay for drinks??  What do people
think of using the money for this?

I am thinking of Ethel's on King St.  Ian and I will be there around
6pm join us if you would like.  If no tables are available we will
move over to the Barley Works (upstairs of the Heuther).

Candace

P.S. if you think you can make it let me know and I can try to book us
a table of the appropriate size.


From pbelej at sandvine.com  Mon Nov  3 15:40:54 2008
From: pbelej at sandvine.com (Peter Belej)
Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 15:40:54 -0500
Subject: [Garden] End of Season Party - Ethel's, Wednesday 6pm
In-Reply-To: <f1270310811031234n5d8e1326o3f589f52b1f648f7@mail.gmail.com>
References: <f1270310811031234n5d8e1326o3f589f52b1f648f7@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <490204FF0C10C0429FC328CADD550691B7C348@EXCHANGE-1.sandvine.com>

I'm in, but won't be able to stay terribly long, since I have volleyball
at 9:45 on Wednesday.

-----Original Message-----
From: garden-bounces at lists.wpirg.org
[mailto:garden-bounces at lists.wpirg.org] On Behalf Of candace wormsbecker
Sent: Monday, November 03, 2008 3:34 PM
To: garden at lists.wpirg.org
Subject: [Garden] End of Season Party - Ethel's, Wednesday 6pm

Hello Gardeners:

I went to the garden on Sunday and cleaned out the shed, and pulled a
few leeks.  I brought the rest of the seed home that was in the shed.
There are still lots of leeks there that can either be pulled by the
gardeners, donated to FNB, or overwintered for a spring treat?
Whatever people decide.

I didn't hear much interest in the potluck idea so instead I was
thinking we could all go out for an end of the year celebration.  We
can have some dinner, chat about the season, and talk about what we
might like to do next year if we are so inspired.  Maybe we could use
the $50 we got reimbursed for the compost to sponsor some of this
event, for those that need it or to pay for drinks??  What do people
think of using the money for this?

I am thinking of Ethel's on King St.  Ian and I will be there around
6pm join us if you would like.  If no tables are available we will
move over to the Barley Works (upstairs of the Heuther).

Candace

P.S. if you think you can make it let me know and I can try to book us
a table of the appropriate size.

_______________________________________________
Garden mailing list
Garden at lists.wpirg.org
http://lists.wpirg.org/mailman/listinfo/garden_lists.wpirg.org


From JKlomfass at gmx.de  Mon Nov  3 16:41:16 2008
From: JKlomfass at gmx.de (=?iso-8859-1?Q?=22Julia_Klomfa=DF=22?=)
Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2008 22:41:16 +0100
Subject: [Garden] End of Season Party - Ethel's, Wednesday 6pm
In-Reply-To: <490204FF0C10C0429FC328CADD550691B7C348@EXCHANGE-1.sandvine.com>
References: <f1270310811031234n5d8e1326o3f589f52b1f648f7@mail.gmail.com>
	<490204FF0C10C0429FC328CADD550691B7C348@EXCHANGE-1.sandvine.com>
Message-ID: <20081103214116.59180@gmx.net>

Seems to be a great opportunity to plan, so i am in as well.

see you wednesday

-------- Original-Nachricht --------
> Datum: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 15:40:54 -0500
> Von: "Peter Belej" <pbelej at sandvine.com>
> An: garden at lists.wpirg.org
> Betreff: Re: [Garden] End of Season Party - Ethel\'s, Wednesday 6pm

> I'm in, but won't be able to stay terribly long, since I have volleyball
> at 9:45 on Wednesday.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: garden-bounces at lists.wpirg.org
> [mailto:garden-bounces at lists.wpirg.org] On Behalf Of candace wormsbecker
> Sent: Monday, November 03, 2008 3:34 PM
> To: garden at lists.wpirg.org
> Subject: [Garden] End of Season Party - Ethel's, Wednesday 6pm
> 
> Hello Gardeners:
> 
> I went to the garden on Sunday and cleaned out the shed, and pulled a
> few leeks.  I brought the rest of the seed home that was in the shed.
> There are still lots of leeks there that can either be pulled by the
> gardeners, donated to FNB, or overwintered for a spring treat?
> Whatever people decide.
> 
> I didn't hear much interest in the potluck idea so instead I was
> thinking we could all go out for an end of the year celebration.  We
> can have some dinner, chat about the season, and talk about what we
> might like to do next year if we are so inspired.  Maybe we could use
> the $50 we got reimbursed for the compost to sponsor some of this
> event, for those that need it or to pay for drinks??  What do people
> think of using the money for this?
> 
> I am thinking of Ethel's on King St.  Ian and I will be there around
> 6pm join us if you would like.  If no tables are available we will
> move over to the Barley Works (upstairs of the Heuther).
> 
> Candace
> 
> P.S. if you think you can make it let me know and I can try to book us
> a table of the appropriate size.
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Garden mailing list
> Garden at lists.wpirg.org
> http://lists.wpirg.org/mailman/listinfo/garden_lists.wpirg.org
> 
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From alicia.mah at gmail.com  Mon Nov  3 19:14:04 2008
From: alicia.mah at gmail.com (Alicia Mah)
Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 19:14:04 -0500
Subject: [Garden] End of Season Party - Ethel's, Wednesday 6pm
In-Reply-To: <20081103214116.59180@gmx.net>
References: <f1270310811031234n5d8e1326o3f589f52b1f648f7@mail.gmail.com>
	<490204FF0C10C0429FC328CADD550691B7C348@EXCHANGE-1.sandvine.com>
	<20081103214116.59180@gmx.net>
Message-ID: <2ec448740811031614g20a7b98fv8c06e48a7831303b@mail.gmail.com>

Hi!

I will be back in Waterloo from Nov. 15 through 19. I would love to meet up
with all of you gardeners and take a look at the garden now that it is all
prepared for winter. Let me know if this is a possibility.

Cheers,
Alicia

On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 4:41 PM, "Julia Klomfa?" <JKlomfass at gmx.de> wrote:

> Seems to be a great opportunity to plan, so i am in as well.
>
> see you wednesday
>
> -------- Original-Nachricht --------
> > Datum: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 15:40:54 -0500
> > Von: "Peter Belej" <pbelej at sandvine.com>
> > An: garden at lists.wpirg.org
> > Betreff: Re: [Garden] End of Season Party - Ethel\'s, Wednesday 6pm
>
> > I'm in, but won't be able to stay terribly long, since I have volleyball
> > at 9:45 on Wednesday.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: garden-bounces at lists.wpirg.org
> > [mailto:garden-bounces at lists.wpirg.org] On Behalf Of candace wormsbecker
> > Sent: Monday, November 03, 2008 3:34 PM
> > To: garden at lists.wpirg.org
> > Subject: [Garden] End of Season Party - Ethel's, Wednesday 6pm
> >
> > Hello Gardeners:
> >
> > I went to the garden on Sunday and cleaned out the shed, and pulled a
> > few leeks.  I brought the rest of the seed home that was in the shed.
> > There are still lots of leeks there that can either be pulled by the
> > gardeners, donated to FNB, or overwintered for a spring treat?
> > Whatever people decide.
> >
> > I didn't hear much interest in the potluck idea so instead I was
> > thinking we could all go out for an end of the year celebration.  We
> > can have some dinner, chat about the season, and talk about what we
> > might like to do next year if we are so inspired.  Maybe we could use
> > the $50 we got reimbursed for the compost to sponsor some of this
> > event, for those that need it or to pay for drinks??  What do people
> > think of using the money for this?
> >
> > I am thinking of Ethel's on King St.  Ian and I will be there around
> > 6pm join us if you would like.  If no tables are available we will
> > move over to the Barley Works (upstairs of the Heuther).
> >
> > Candace
> >
> > P.S. if you think you can make it let me know and I can try to book us
> > a table of the appropriate size.
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Garden mailing list
> > Garden at lists.wpirg.org
> > http://lists.wpirg.org/mailman/listinfo/garden_lists.wpirg.org
> >
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> > Garden mailing list
> > Garden at lists.wpirg.org
> > http://lists.wpirg.org/mailman/listinfo/garden_lists.wpirg.org
>
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From chay_lene at hotmail.com  Tue Nov  4 13:00:42 2008
From: chay_lene at hotmail.com (Chaylene Grieve-Saunders)
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 13:00:42 -0500
Subject: [Garden] End of Season Party - Ethel's, Wednesday 6pm
In-Reply-To: <2ec448740811031614g20a7b98fv8c06e48a7831303b@mail.gmail.com>
References: <f1270310811031234n5d8e1326o3f589f52b1f648f7@mail.gmail.com>
	<490204FF0C10C0429FC328CADD550691B7C348@EXCHANGE-1.sandvine.com>
	<20081103214116.59180@gmx.net> 
	<2ec448740811031614g20a7b98fv8c06e48a7831303b@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <COL102-W3785C014D9E5FB53B63E71811C0@phx.gbl>


Sounds like a splendid evening to share :) I'll be there. However, I cannot promise at what exact time. 

In Kindness,

Chaylene GS

Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 19:14:04 -0500
From: alicia.mah at gmail.com
To: garden at lists.wpirg.org
Subject: Re: [Garden] End of Season Party - Ethel's, Wednesday 6pm

Hi!

I will be back in Waterloo from Nov. 15 through 19. I would love to meet up with all of you gardeners and take a look at the garden now that it is all prepared for winter. Let me know if this is a possibility.


Cheers,
Alicia

On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 4:41 PM, "Julia Klomfa?" <JKlomfass at gmx.de> wrote:

Seems to be a great opportunity to plan, so i am in as well.



see you wednesday



-------- Original-Nachricht --------

> Datum: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 15:40:54 -0500

> Von: "Peter Belej" <pbelej at sandvine.com>

> An: garden at lists.wpirg.org

> Betreff: Re: [Garden] End of Season Party - Ethel\'s, Wednesday 6pm



> I'm in, but won't be able to stay terribly long, since I have volleyball

> at 9:45 on Wednesday.

>

> -----Original Message-----

> From: garden-bounces at lists.wpirg.org

> [mailto:garden-bounces at lists.wpirg.org] On Behalf Of candace wormsbecker

> Sent: Monday, November 03, 2008 3:34 PM

> To: garden at lists.wpirg.org

> Subject: [Garden] End of Season Party - Ethel's, Wednesday 6pm

>

> Hello Gardeners:

>

> I went to the garden on Sunday and cleaned out the shed, and pulled a

> few leeks.  I brought the rest of the seed home that was in the shed.

> There are still lots of leeks there that can either be pulled by the

> gardeners, donated to FNB, or overwintered for a spring treat?

> Whatever people decide.

>

> I didn't hear much interest in the potluck idea so instead I was

> thinking we could all go out for an end of the year celebration.  We

> can have some dinner, chat about the season, and talk about what we

> might like to do next year if we are so inspired.  Maybe we could use

> the $50 we got reimbursed for the compost to sponsor some of this

> event, for those that need it or to pay for drinks??  What do people

> think of using the money for this?

>

> I am thinking of Ethel's on King St.  Ian and I will be there around

> 6pm join us if you would like.  If no tables are available we will

> move over to the Barley Works (upstairs of the Heuther).

>

> Candace

>

> P.S. if you think you can make it let me know and I can try to book us

> a table of the appropriate size.

>

> _______________________________________________

> Garden mailing list

> Garden at lists.wpirg.org

> http://lists.wpirg.org/mailman/listinfo/garden_lists.wpirg.org

>

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From candace at owr.ca  Mon Nov  3 16:21:28 2008
From: candace at owr.ca (Candace Wormsbecker)
Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 16:21:28 -0500
Subject: [Garden] FW: Thank You for Making the Empowered Neighbourhoods
	Forum a Success
Message-ID: <mailman.1.1225826514.5383.garden_lists.wpirg.org@lists.wpirg.org>

Hello Community Gardeners:

 

I was fortunate enough to see a very inspiring presentation from Jim Diers
from Seattle.  He has done some amazing work around community engagement and
has worked with the City of Seattle to create a Department of Neighbourhoods
and a Matching Grant Program to pay for the costs of Neighbourhood
development projects proposed and implemented by citizens of the
neighbourhoods in which the project will be located (please see
http://home.comcast.net/~jimdiers/bio.html ).  This event was sponsored by a
local group called nGage!    

 

"nGage! is devoted to building healthy, thriving, and safe neighbourhoods
through community engagement.  It's philosophy is based on three themes:

 

- your neighbourhood is the fundamental building block of community life;

- neighbours that talk and work with each other build the strongest
neighbourhoods; and,

- people who live in a neighbourhood are the ones who best know their local
needs."

 

To do this "nGage! is working to better connect neighbourhoods with
municipal governments, funding agencies, not-for-profit agencies, and local
businesses.  One of their ideas they are currently pursuing is the
development of a similar matching grant program to that of Seattle, where
the local governments and other funding agencies would match
dollar-for-dollar, money and in-kind contributions raised by a community".  

 

I am sending this out to the network since they are having a follow-up
meeting tomorrow night to start working on bringing some of the ideas from
Seattle to the Region of Waterloo.  One of the working groups they are going
to set up is on Community Gardens and it would be great to have
representation from those in the community that have experience with
community gardens to represent our interests, as well as pass along
information from this meeting to the rest of the network.  The Community
Garden Council is meeting this night and therefore will be unable to attend
so if others could attend and pass this information along it would be
appreciated.

 

I don't doubt this will be a great night, full of enthusiasm and fun!  Let's
try to keep community gardens an issue to work to explore with them.  With
the proposed Matching Grant opportunity, as well as interest in community
gardens, this could be just the perfect opportunity to get more money and
land set aside for community gardens!

 

Thanks in advance to all those that can make it!  I look forward to hearing
from you about the event.

 

Please see event details below..

 

Candace

________________________

 

Candace Wormsbecker

Community Garden Capacity Builder

 

Opportunities Waterloo Region

235  King St. E., Main Floor

Kitchener, ON

N2G 4N5

 

Tel: 519-883-2353 ext. 5984

Fax: 519-568-8587

 

"If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to it."
       - Jonathan Winters

  _____  

From: info at engageus.ca [mailto:info at engageus.ca] 
Sent: November-03-08 12:01 PM
To: CommunityForumRegistrants at nomail.org
Subject: Thank You for Making the Empowered Neighbourhoods Forum a Success

 

Thank you for having registered or participated at the recent community
forum Empowered Neighbourhoods: >From Theory to Practice. As you saw, there
was a huge amount of interest in this forum. Beyond sheer numbers, the
excitement from working together to improve our neighbourhoods was electric
- due in no small part to Jim Dier's infectious enthusiasm. Your own ideas
generated during the round-table discussions or for the Google competition
added to the sense that we are an innovative community brimming with
initiatives to help one another.

 

How do we channel this enthusiasm and energy to move from theory to
practice? As we announced at the forum, the next step is to be a part of the
follow-up meeting tomorrow evening. We have a few discussion topics that
arose from the forum. Based upon your interest in these discussion topics,
we will create action teams. nGage!'s job will be to facilitate the work of
these teams, whether it is to help with communications through our web site,
to help you connect with municipal staff or decision makers, or to show you
where to find the resources you need.

 

Our three initial topics are:

1.	Creation of Matching Funds for Community Investment

2.	Resident-driven Neighbourhood Planning

3.	Community Gardens

If you plan to be a part of our follow-up action meeting, please reply via
email indicating which topic interests you. If you would to suggest an
alternate idea for an action team, please let us know your topic.

 

As already announced, the meeting is on Tuesday, November 4 from 6 to 8 PM
at

The Queen Street Commons
43 Queen St South (between King and Charles)
Kitchener

 

Free parking is available at the City of Kitchener lot at Queen and Charles.
Refreshments will be provided.

 

For the meeting, we will be adopting the Open Space concept for managing
parallel sessions with many participants. You may find the Open Space
Overview document helpful.

We look forward to seeing you again tomorrow evening.


Thanks once again for your commitment to our community,

nGage! Planning Committee

 

Note: nGage! uses email broadcasts a few times a year to keep interested
parties informed about its work and outcomes. If you wish not to receive
further notices from nGage!, please reply via email and place the word
"unsubscribe" in the subject header. 

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From evan at wpirg.org  Tue Nov  4 14:46:43 2008
From: evan at wpirg.org (Evan Coole)
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 14:46:43 -0500
Subject: [Garden] End of Season Party - Ethel's, Wednesday 6pm
In-Reply-To: <COL102-W3785C014D9E5FB53B63E71811C0@phx.gbl>
References: <f1270310811031234n5d8e1326o3f589f52b1f648f7@mail.gmail.com>
	<490204FF0C10C0429FC328CADD550691B7C348@EXCHANGE-1.sandvine.com>
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	<COL102-W3785C014D9E5FB53B63E71811C0@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <a06240818c53656b19a9b@[129.97.194.55]>

Hello Gardeners,

Hope you have an awesome evening! Enjoy the beer and burritos ;)

I'm going to play the heavy and ask if y'all had 
given any thought to a meeting in Winter Term to 
bring in some students to the garden? I'll 
happily help set something up, I just wanted to 
see if anyone had any ideas about what dates and 
times might work early in Winter term.

Cheers,
Evan


>Sounds like a splendid evening to share :) I'll 
>be there. However, I cannot promise at what 
>exact time.
>
>In Kindness,
>
>Chaylene GS
>
>
>Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 19:14:04 -0500
>From: alicia.mah at gmail.com
>To: garden at lists.wpirg.org
>Subject: Re: [Garden] End of Season Party - Ethel's, Wednesday 6pm
>
>Hi!
>
>I will be back in Waterloo from Nov. 15 through 
>19. I would love to meet up with all of you 
>gardeners and take a look at the garden now that 
>it is all prepared for winter. Let me know if 
>this is a possibility.
>
>Cheers,
>Alicia
>
>On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 4:41 PM, "Julia Klomfa?" 
><<mailto:JKlomfass at gmx.de>JKlomfass at gmx.de> 
>wrote:
>
>Seems to be a great opportunity to plan, so i am in as well.
>
>see you wednesday
>
>-------- Original-Nachricht --------
>>  Datum: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 15:40:54 -0500
>>  Von: "Peter Belej" <<mailto:pbelej at sandvine.com>pbelej at sandvine.com>
>>  An: <mailto:garden at lists.wpirg.org>garden at lists.wpirg.org
>>  Betreff: Re: [Garden] End of Season Party - Ethel\'s, Wednesday 6pm
>
>
>>  I'm in, but won't be able to stay terribly long, since I have volleyball
>>  at 9:45 on Wednesday.
>>
>>  -----Original Message-----
>>  From: <mailto:garden-bounces at lists.wpirg.org>garden-bounces at lists.wpirg.org
>> 
>>[mailto:<mailto:garden-bounces at lists.wpirg.org>garden-bounces at lists.wpirg.org] 
>>On Behalf Of candace wormsbecker
>>  Sent: Monday, November 03, 2008 3:34 PM
>>  To: <mailto:garden at lists.wpirg.org>garden at lists.wpirg.org
>>  Subject: [Garden] End of Season Party - Ethel's, Wednesday 6pm
>>
>>  Hello Gardeners:
>>
>>  I went to the garden on Sunday and cleaned out the shed, and pulled a
>>  few leeks.  I brought the rest of the seed home that was in the shed.
>>  There are still lots of leeks there that can either be pulled by the
>>  gardeners, donated to FNB, or overwintered for a spring treat?
>>  Whatever people decide.
>>
>>  I didn't hear much interest in the potluck idea so instead I was
>>  thinking we could all go out for an end of the year celebration.  We
>>  can have some dinner, chat about the season, and talk about what we
>>  might like to do next year if we are so inspired.  Maybe we could use
>>  the $50 we got reimbursed for the compost to sponsor some of this
>>  event, for those that need it or to pay for drinks??  What do people
>>  think of using the money for this?
>>
>>  I am thinking of Ethel's on King St.  Ian and I will be there around
>>  6pm join us if you would like.  If no tables are available we will
>>  move over to the Barley Works (upstairs of the Heuther).
>>
>>  Candace
>>
>>  P.S. if you think you can make it let me know and I can try to book us
>>  a table of the appropriate size.
>>
>>  _______________________________________________
>>  Garden mailing list
>>  <mailto:Garden at lists.wpirg.org>Garden at lists.wpirg.org
>> 
>><http://lists.wpirg.org/mailman/listinfo/garden_lists.wpirg.org>http://lists.wpirg.org/mailman/listinfo/garden_lists.wpirg.org
>>
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From evan at wpirg.org  Tue Nov  4 16:44:10 2008
From: evan at wpirg.org (Evan Coole)
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 16:44:10 -0500
Subject: [Garden] Ralph Nader Lecture - Nov 13
Message-ID: <a06240802c5366ca96492@[129.97.194.55]>

Hello all,

Hopefully you've all heard by now but WPIRG is bringing in Ralph 
Nader next week for our 35th Anniversary Keynote speaker! Nader will 
be speaking Thursday, November 13 at 7:00pm in the Humanities Theatre.

We're hoping to use this event as an opportunity to showcase the work 
WPIRG has done historically and currently and are hoping that WPIRG 
action groups will have volunteers available to chat with event-goers 
about the fantastic work y'all are doing. If each group could find a 
volunteer or two to person a table before and after Nader speaks, 
that would be fantastic. It will be a great opportunity to reach out 
beyond the standard PIRG crowd and perhaps even get a few new 
volunteers for each group.

To sweeten the deal as it were, everyone who volunteers will get a 
guaranteed seat in the Humanities Theatre, which will most likely be 
scare on Thursday!

If everyone could work out who will be volunteering soon, that would 
be great as I'll need to get a list of the folks who have reserved 
seats to the theatre before next Thursday.

Hopefully see you all on Thursday!

Cheers,

Evan Coole
Your friendly neighbourhood WPIRG coordinator
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From chay_lene at hotmail.com  Tue Nov  4 17:44:56 2008
From: chay_lene at hotmail.com (Chaylene Grieve-Saunders)
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 17:44:56 -0500
Subject: [Garden] FW: Thank You for Making the Empowered
	Neighbourhoods	Forum a Success
In-Reply-To: <BAY0-MC6-F3KdwLjiuc000ef995@bay0-mc6-f3.bay0.hotmail.com>
References: <BAY0-MC6-F3KdwLjiuc000ef995@bay0-mc6-f3.bay0.hotmail.com>
Message-ID: <COL102-W174782B84AF606D7185C8C811C0@phx.gbl>


Hello Candace!
What time s the meeting at? I can try to be in two places at once P?
 
Kindly,
Chaylene GS



From: candace at owr.caTo: candace at owr.caDate: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 16:21:28 -0500Subject: [Garden] FW: Thank You for Making the Empowered Neighbourhoods Forum a Success







Hello Community Gardeners:
 
I was fortunate enough to see a very inspiring presentation from Jim Diers from Seattle.  He has done some amazing work around community engagement and has worked with the City of Seattle to create a Department of Neighbourhoods and a Matching Grant Program to pay for the costs of Neighbourhood development projects proposed and implemented by citizens of the neighbourhoods in which the project will be located (please see http://home.comcast.net/~jimdiers/bio.html ).  This event was sponsored by a local group called nGage!    
 
?nGage! is devoted to building healthy, thriving, and safe neighbourhoods through community engagement.  It?s philosophy is based on three themes:
 
- your neighbourhood is the fundamental building block of community life;
- neighbours that talk and work with each other build the strongest neighbourhoods; and,
- people who live in a neighbourhood are the ones who best know their local needs.?
 
To do this ?nGage! is working to better connect neighbourhoods with municipal governments, funding agencies, not-for-profit agencies, and local businesses.  One of their ideas they are currently pursuing is the development of a similar matching grant program to that of Seattle, where the local governments and other funding agencies would match dollar-for-dollar, money and in-kind contributions raised by a community?.  
 
I am sending this out to the network since they are having a follow-up meeting tomorrow night to start working on bringing some of the ideas from Seattle to the Region of Waterloo.  One of the working groups they are going to set up is on Community Gardens and it would be great to have representation from those in the community that have experience with community gardens to represent our interests, as well as pass along information from this meeting to the rest of the network.  The Community Garden Council is meeting this night and therefore will be unable to attend so if others could attend and pass this information along it would be appreciated.
 
I don?t doubt this will be a great night, full of enthusiasm and fun!  Let?s try to keep community gardens an issue to work to explore with them.  With the proposed Matching Grant opportunity, as well as interest in community gardens, this could be just the perfect opportunity to get more money and land set aside for community gardens!
 
Thanks in advance to all those that can make it!  I look forward to hearing from you about the event.
 
Please see event details below?.
 
Candace

________________________
 
Candace Wormsbecker
Community Garden Capacity Builder
 
Opportunities Waterloo Region
235  King St. E., Main Floor
Kitchener, ON
N2G 4N5
 
Tel: 519-883-2353 ext. 5984
Fax: 519-568-8587
 
"If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to it."       - Jonathan Winters




From: info at engageus.ca [mailto:info at engageus.ca] Sent: November-03-08 12:01 PMTo: CommunityForumRegistrants at nomail.orgSubject: Thank You for Making the Empowered Neighbourhoods Forum a Success
 

Thank you for having registered or participated at the recent community forum Empowered Neighbourhoods: >From Theory to Practice. As you saw, there was a huge amount of interest in this forum. Beyond sheer numbers, the excitement from working together to improve our neighbourhoods was electric - due in no small part to Jim Dier's infectious enthusiasm. Your own ideas generated during the round-table discussions or for the Google competition added to the sense that we are an innovative community brimming with initiatives to help one another.

 

How do we channel this enthusiasm and energy to move from theory to practice? As we announced at the forum, the next step is to be a part of the follow-up meeting tomorrow evening. We have a few discussion topics that arose from the forum. Based upon your interest in these discussion topics, we will create action teams. nGage!'s job will be to facilitate the work of these teams, whether it is to help with communications through our web site, to help you connect with municipal staff or decision makers, or to show you where to find the resources you need.

 

Our three initial topics are:


Creation of Matching Funds for Community Investment


Resident-driven Neighbourhood Planning


Community Gardens

If you plan to be a part of our follow-up action meeting, please reply via email indicating which topic interests you. If you would to suggest an alternate idea for an action team, please let us know your topic.

 

As already announced, the meeting is on Tuesday, November 4 from 6 to 8 PM at


The Queen Street Commons43 Queen St South (between King and Charles)Kitchener

 

Free parking is available at the City of Kitchener lot at Queen and Charles. Refreshments will be provided.

 

For the meeting, we will be adopting the Open Space concept for managing parallel sessions with many participants. You may find the Open Space Overview document helpful.

We look forward to seeing you again tomorrow evening.

Thanks once again for your commitment to our community,

nGage! Planning Committee

 

Note: nGage! uses email broadcasts a few times a year to keep interested parties informed about its work and outcomes. If you wish not to receive further notices from nGage!, please reply via email and place the word "unsubscribe" in the subject header. 
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From chay_lene at hotmail.com  Tue Nov  4 17:45:38 2008
From: chay_lene at hotmail.com (Chaylene Grieve-Saunders)
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 17:45:38 -0500
Subject: [Garden] FW: Thank You for Making the Empowered
	Neighbourhoods	Forum a Success
In-Reply-To: <BAY0-MC6-F3KdwLjiuc000ef995@bay0-mc6-f3.bay0.hotmail.com>
References: <BAY0-MC6-F3KdwLjiuc000ef995@bay0-mc6-f3.bay0.hotmail.com>
Message-ID: <COL102-W42F5B7092302D449376299811C0@phx.gbl>


Hello Candace!
What time s the follow up meeting at? I can try to be in two places at once P?
 
Kindly,
Chaylene GS




From: candace at owr.caTo: candace at owr.caDate: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 16:21:28 -0500Subject: [Garden] FW: Thank You for Making the Empowered Neighbourhoods Forum a Success







Hello Community Gardeners:
 
I was fortunate enough to see a very inspiring presentation from Jim Diers from Seattle.  He has done some amazing work around community engagement and has worked with the City of Seattle to create a Department of Neighbourhoods and a Matching Grant Program to pay for the costs of Neighbourhood development projects proposed and implemented by citizens of the neighbourhoods in which the project will be located (please see http://home.comcast.net/~jimdiers/bio.html ).  This event was sponsored by a local group called nGage!    
 
?nGage! is devoted to building healthy, thriving, and safe neighbourhoods through community engagement.  It?s philosophy is based on three themes:
 
- your neighbourhood is the fundamental building block of community life;
- neighbours that talk and work with each other build the strongest neighbourhoods; and,
- people who live in a neighbourhood are the ones who best know their local needs.?
 
To do this ?nGage! is working to better connect neighbourhoods with municipal governments, funding agencies, not-for-profit agencies, and local businesses.  One of their ideas they are currently pursuing is the development of a similar matching grant program to that of Seattle, where the local governments and other funding agencies would match dollar-for-dollar, money and in-kind contributions raised by a community?.  
 
I am sending this out to the network since they are having a follow-up meeting tomorrow night to start working on bringing some of the ideas from Seattle to the Region of Waterloo.  One of the working groups they are going to set up is on Community Gardens and it would be great to have representation from those in the community that have experience with community gardens to represent our interests, as well as pass along information from this meeting to the rest of the network.  The Community Garden Council is meeting this night and therefore will be unable to attend so if others could attend and pass this information along it would be appreciated.
 
I don?t doubt this will be a great night, full of enthusiasm and fun!  Let?s try to keep community gardens an issue to work to explore with them.  With the proposed Matching Grant opportunity, as well as interest in community gardens, this could be just the perfect opportunity to get more money and land set aside for community gardens!
 
Thanks in advance to all those that can make it!  I look forward to hearing from you about the event.
 
Please see event details below?.
 
Candace

________________________
 
Candace Wormsbecker
Community Garden Capacity Builder
 
Opportunities Waterloo Region
235  King St. E., Main Floor
Kitchener, ON
N2G 4N5
 
Tel: 519-883-2353 ext. 5984
Fax: 519-568-8587
 
"If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to it."       - Jonathan Winters




From: info at engageus.ca [mailto:info at engageus.ca] Sent: November-03-08 12:01 PMTo: CommunityForumRegistrants at nomail.orgSubject: Thank You for Making the Empowered Neighbourhoods Forum a Success
 

Thank you for having registered or participated at the recent community forum Empowered Neighbourhoods: >From Theory to Practice. As you saw, there was a huge amount of interest in this forum. Beyond sheer numbers, the excitement from working together to improve our neighbourhoods was electric - due in no small part to Jim Dier's infectious enthusiasm. Your own ideas generated during the round-table discussions or for the Google competition added to the sense that we are an innovative community brimming with initiatives to help one another.

 

How do we channel this enthusiasm and energy to move from theory to practice? As we announced at the forum, the next step is to be a part of the follow-up meeting tomorrow evening. We have a few discussion topics that arose from the forum. Based upon your interest in these discussion topics, we will create action teams. nGage!'s job will be to facilitate the work of these teams, whether it is to help with communications through our web site, to help you connect with municipal staff or decision makers, or to show you where to find the resources you need.

 

Our three initial topics are:


Creation of Matching Funds for Community Investment


Resident-driven Neighbourhood Planning


Community Gardens

If you plan to be a part of our follow-up action meeting, please reply via email indicating which topic interests you. If you would to suggest an alternate idea for an action team, please let us know your topic.

 

As already announced, the meeting is on Tuesday, November 4 from 6 to 8 PM at


The Queen Street Commons43 Queen St South (between King and Charles)Kitchener

 

Free parking is available at the City of Kitchener lot at Queen and Charles. Refreshments will be provided.

 

For the meeting, we will be adopting the Open Space concept for managing parallel sessions with many participants. You may find the Open Space Overview document helpful.

We look forward to seeing you again tomorrow evening.

Thanks once again for your commitment to our community,

nGage! Planning Committee

 

Note: nGage! uses email broadcasts a few times a year to keep interested parties informed about its work and outcomes. If you wish not to receive further notices from nGage!, please reply via email and place the word "unsubscribe" in the subject header. 
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From m.rosamond at gmail.com  Wed Nov  5 17:48:23 2008
From: m.rosamond at gmail.com (Madeline Rosamond)
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2008 17:48:23 -0500
Subject: [Garden] End of Season Party - Ethel's, Wednesday 6pm
In-Reply-To: <a06240818c53656b19a9b@129.97.194.55>
References: <f1270310811031234n5d8e1326o3f589f52b1f648f7@mail.gmail.com>
	<490204FF0C10C0429FC328CADD550691B7C348@EXCHANGE-1.sandvine.com>
	<20081103214116.59180@gmx.net>
	<2ec448740811031614g20a7b98fv8c06e48a7831303b@mail.gmail.com>
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I just got back from the garden but have night class in an hour. Doh!
I'll try to find you guys later tonight.
I say let's give the leeks to Food Not Bombs. There are probably about
20 or so left.
Cheers,
Maddy

On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 2:46 PM, Evan Coole <evan at wpirg.org> wrote:
> Hello Gardeners,
> Hope you have an awesome evening! Enjoy the beer and burritos ;)
> I'm going to play the heavy and ask if y'all had given any thought to a
> meeting in Winter Term to bring in some students to the garden? I'll happily
> help set something up, I just wanted to see if anyone had any ideas about
> what dates and times might work early in Winter term.
> Cheers,
> Evan
>
> Sounds like a splendid evening to share :) I'll be there. However, I cannot
> promise at what exact time.
>
> In Kindness,
>
> Chaylene GS
>
> ________________________________
>
> Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 19:14:04 -0500
> From: alicia.mah at gmail.com
> To: garden at lists.wpirg.org
> Subject: Re: [Garden] End of Season Party - Ethel's, Wednesday 6pm
>
> Hi!
>
> I will be back in Waterloo from Nov. 15 through 19. I would love to meet up
> with all of you gardeners and take a look at the garden now that it is all
> prepared for winter. Let me know if this is a possibility.
>
> Cheers,
> Alicia
>
> On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 4:41 PM, "Julia Klomfa?" <JKlomfass at gmx.de> wrote:
>
> Seems to be a great opportunity to plan, so i am in as well.
>
> see you wednesday
>
> -------- Original-Nachricht --------
>> Datum: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 15:40:54 -0500
>> Von: "Peter Belej" <pbelej at sandvine.com>
>> An: garden at lists.wpirg.org
>> Betreff: Re: [Garden] End of Season Party - Ethel\'s, Wednesday 6pm
>
>> I'm in, but won't be able to stay terribly long, since I have volleyball
>> at 9:45 on Wednesday.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: garden-bounces at lists.wpirg.org
>> [mailto:garden-bounces at lists.wpirg.org] On Behalf Of candace wormsbecker
>> Sent: Monday, November 03, 2008 3:34 PM
>> To: garden at lists.wpirg.org
>> Subject: [Garden] End of Season Party - Ethel's, Wednesday 6pm
>>
>> Hello Gardeners:
>>
>> I went to the garden on Sunday and cleaned out the shed, and pulled a
>> few leeks.  I brought the rest of the seed home that was in the shed.
>> There are still lots of leeks there that can either be pulled by the
>> gardeners, donated to FNB, or overwintered for a spring treat?
>> Whatever people decide.
>>
>> I didn't hear much interest in the potluck idea so instead I was
>> thinking we could all go out for an end of the year celebration.  We
>> can have some dinner, chat about the season, and talk about what we
>> might like to do next year if we are so inspired.  Maybe we could use
>> the $50 we got reimbursed for the compost to sponsor some of this
>> event, for those that need it or to pay for drinks??  What do people
>> think of using the money for this?
>>
>> I am thinking of Ethel's on King St.  Ian and I will be there around
>> 6pm join us if you would like.  If no tables are available we will
>> move over to the Barley Works (upstairs of the Heuther).
>>
>> Candace
>>
>> P.S. if you think you can make it let me know and I can try to book us
>> a table of the appropriate size.
>>
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From JKlomfass at gmx.de  Thu Nov  6 14:20:49 2008
From: JKlomfass at gmx.de (=?iso-8859-1?Q?=22Julia_Klomfa=DF=22?=)
Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2008 20:20:49 +0100
Subject: [Garden] come to fnb-cooking
In-Reply-To: <490204FF0C10C0429FC328CADD550691B7C348@EXCHANGE-1.sandvine.com>
References: <f1270310811031234n5d8e1326o3f589f52b1f648f7@mail.gmail.com>
	<490204FF0C10C0429FC328CADD550691B7C348@EXCHANGE-1.sandvine.com>
Message-ID: <20081106192049.234910@gmx.net>

hello,

i went to the garden today an took a bit of sage for my throat and a few leeks for food not bombs. that gave me the idea that you guys should come and eat with us. It means not only good food for you but also an opportunity to meet the fnb volunteers and maybe set some more connections for the future and of course you can taste the leeks you grew.
for those of you who do not know, we are every saturday in front of kitchener city hall, serving soup and rice 1.30 and 3 (for free and for everybody)

would be nice to see you there

julia

-------- Original-Nachricht --------
> Datum: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 15:40:54 -0500
> Von: "Peter Belej" <pbelej at sandvine.com>
> An: garden at lists.wpirg.org
> Betreff: Re: [Garden] End of Season Party - Ethel\'s, Wednesday 6pm

> I'm in, but won't be able to stay terribly long, since I have volleyball
> at 9:45 on Wednesday.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: garden-bounces at lists.wpirg.org
> [mailto:garden-bounces at lists.wpirg.org] On Behalf Of candace wormsbecker
> Sent: Monday, November 03, 2008 3:34 PM
> To: garden at lists.wpirg.org
> Subject: [Garden] End of Season Party - Ethel's, Wednesday 6pm
> 
> Hello Gardeners:
> 
> I went to the garden on Sunday and cleaned out the shed, and pulled a
> few leeks.  I brought the rest of the seed home that was in the shed.
> There are still lots of leeks there that can either be pulled by the
> gardeners, donated to FNB, or overwintered for a spring treat?
> Whatever people decide.
> 
> I didn't hear much interest in the potluck idea so instead I was
> thinking we could all go out for an end of the year celebration.  We
> can have some dinner, chat about the season, and talk about what we
> might like to do next year if we are so inspired.  Maybe we could use
> the $50 we got reimbursed for the compost to sponsor some of this
> event, for those that need it or to pay for drinks??  What do people
> think of using the money for this?
> 
> I am thinking of Ethel's on King St.  Ian and I will be there around
> 6pm join us if you would like.  If no tables are available we will
> move over to the Barley Works (upstairs of the Heuther).
> 
> Candace
> 
> P.S. if you think you can make it let me know and I can try to book us
> a table of the appropriate size.
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Garden mailing list
> Garden at lists.wpirg.org
> http://lists.wpirg.org/mailman/listinfo/garden_lists.wpirg.org
> 
> _______________________________________________
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> Garden at lists.wpirg.org
> http://lists.wpirg.org/mailman/listinfo/garden_lists.wpirg.org

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From jrochon at uwaterloo.ca  Thu Nov  6 15:23:14 2008
From: jrochon at uwaterloo.ca (J. Rochon)
Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:23:14 -0500
Subject: [Garden] come to fnb-cooking
In-Reply-To: <20081106192049.234910@gmx.net>
References: <f1270310811031234n5d8e1326o3f589f52b1f648f7@mail.gmail.com>	<490204FF0C10C0429FC328CADD550691B7C348@EXCHANGE-1.sandvine.com>
	<20081106192049.234910@gmx.net>
Message-ID: <49135232.6030103@uwaterloo.ca>

Julia,
          I am still feeling a bit sick, but should be better by Saturday.
> hello,
>
> i went to the garden today an took a bit of sage for my throat and a few leeks for food not bombs. that gave me the idea that you guys should come and eat with us. It means not only good food for you but also an opportunity to meet the fnb volunteers and maybe set some more connections for the future and of course you can taste the leeks you grew.
> for those of you who do not know, we are every saturday in front of kitchener city hall, serving soup and rice 1.30 and 3 (for free and for everybody)
>
> would be nice to see you there
>
> julia
>
> ---



From candace at owr.ca  Fri Nov  7 09:26:02 2008
From: candace at owr.ca (Candace Wormsbecker)
Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2008 09:26:02 -0500
Subject: [Garden] FW: Food System Roundtable Membership Application
Message-ID: <mailman.3.1226086470.5383.garden_lists.wpirg.org@lists.wpirg.org>

Please see below for those interested.

 

 

 

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                                       Food System Roundtable Launches     

                                       Website, Calls for Members          

                                                                           

                                                                           

 

[if the formatting of this message doesn't appear properly, please view the
attachment which contains the same information as in the body of this
message] (See attached file: Roundtable Website Launch, Call for
Members.pdf)

        Food System Roundtable Launches Website, Calls for Members

                                                           November 4, 2008

 

Waterloo, ON - The Waterloo Region Food System Roundtable is pleased to
announce the public launch of its new website and invites all those
interested in working towards a healthier food system in Waterloo Region to
register on the site and begin connecting with others who share their
interest.

 

At the same time, the Roundtable is seeking nominations to fill eight
vacancies in its membership.  The vacant positions are two-year terms,
beginning in 2009.  Nominations must be received by November 14, 2008.

 

The main purpose of the Roundtable is to encourage networking among the
various sectors and interests in our local food system and to continue to
identify and prioritize strategies to improve the food system's health.

The Roundtable was established in November 2007 at a public event at
Conestoga College in Waterloo, and has been meeting bi-monthly since.  A
full description of the Roundtable's history, mandate, and current
priorities is available on its website at www.wrfoodsystem.ca.

 

The new website has been designed to function as a place where people of
various backgrounds who share an interest in the food system can identify
themselves and their interests to each other and work to identify ways of
improving the food system's health.  The website contains a utility which
allows people to post profiles of themselves so that others can connect with
them.  It also contains a Discussion Forum, information on upcoming
food-related events in the region, and a repository for the latest research
and sources of information on the food system.

 

To nominate yourself or a friend to fill one of the eight vacancies on the
Roundtable, please send a short description of the person - along with a
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From evan at wpirg.org  Mon Nov 10 20:12:02 2008
From: evan at wpirg.org (Evan Coole)
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:12:02 -0500
Subject: [Garden] Nader on Thursday?
Message-ID: <a0624081ac53e8c1d68a1@[129.97.194.55]>

Hello Garden,

Was anyone planning on attending the Nader lecture on Thursday? If 
so, would you be able to represent the Garden at an info booth? 
There's a reserved seat in it for you ;)

Cheers,
Evan
-- 


From candace at owr.ca  Tue Nov 11 09:39:18 2008
From: candace at owr.ca (Candace Wormsbecker)
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 09:39:18 -0500
Subject: [Garden] Nader on Thursday?
In-Reply-To: <a0624081ac53e8c1d68a1@[129.97.194.55]>
Message-ID: <mailman.4.1226414364.5383.garden_lists.wpirg.org@lists.wpirg.org>


This will be a good opportunity to get more gardeners for next summer!  I
will be out of town unfortunately, otherwise I'd be there.

Anyone else able to attend to for us?

Candace

-----Original Message-----
From: garden-bounces at lists.wpirg.org [mailto:garden-bounces at lists.wpirg.org]
On Behalf Of Evan Coole
Sent: November-10-08 8:12 PM
To: garden at lists.wpirg.org
Subject: [Garden] Nader on Thursday?

Hello Garden,

Was anyone planning on attending the Nader lecture on Thursday? If 
so, would you be able to represent the Garden at an info booth? 
There's a reserved seat in it for you ;)

Cheers,
Evan
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From JKlomfass at gmx.de  Tue Nov 11 13:01:03 2008
From: JKlomfass at gmx.de (=?iso-8859-1?Q?=22Julia_Klomfa=DF=22?=)
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:01:03 +0100
Subject: [Garden] Nader on Thursday?
In-Reply-To: <20081111143927.18668gmx1@mx049.gmx.net>
References: <20081111143927.18668gmx1@mx049.gmx.net>
Message-ID: <20081111180103.22610@gmx.net>

if no one else can be there. i am anyway there at the food not bombs stand. but i really think that i am not the best representative.
there must be someone who would like to see nader anyway, or not.

see you around
julia

-------- Original-Nachricht --------
> Datum: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 09:39:18 -0500
> Von: "Candace Wormsbecker" <candace at owr.ca>
> An: garden at lists.wpirg.org
> Betreff: Re: [Garden] Nader on Thursday?

> 
> This will be a good opportunity to get more gardeners for next summer!  I
> will be out of town unfortunately, otherwise I'd be there.
> 
> Anyone else able to attend to for us?
> 
> Candace
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: garden-bounces at lists.wpirg.org
> [mailto:garden-bounces at lists.wpirg.org]
> On Behalf Of Evan Coole
> Sent: November-10-08 8:12 PM
> To: garden at lists.wpirg.org
> Subject: [Garden] Nader on Thursday?
> 
> Hello Garden,
> 
> Was anyone planning on attending the Nader lecture on Thursday? If 
> so, would you be able to represent the Garden at an info booth? 
> There's a reserved seat in it for you ;)
> 
> Cheers,
> Evan
> -- 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Garden mailing list
> Garden at lists.wpirg.org
> http://lists.wpirg.org/mailman/listinfo/garden_lists.wpirg.org
> 
> 
> 
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> Garden at lists.wpirg.org
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From JKlomfass at gmx.de  Tue Nov 11 13:01:02 2008
From: JKlomfass at gmx.de (=?iso-8859-1?Q?=22Julia_Klomfa=DF=22?=)
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:01:02 +0100
Subject: [Garden] Nader on Thursday?
In-Reply-To: <20081111143927.18668gmx1@mx049.gmx.net>
References: <20081111143927.18668gmx1@mx049.gmx.net>
Message-ID: <20081111180102.215620@gmx.net>

if no one else can be there. i am anyway there at the food not bombs stand. but i really think that i am not the best representative.
there must be someone who would like to see nader anyway, or not.

see you around
julia

-------- Original-Nachricht --------
> Datum: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 09:39:18 -0500
> Von: "Candace Wormsbecker" <candace at owr.ca>
> An: garden at lists.wpirg.org
> Betreff: Re: [Garden] Nader on Thursday?

> 
> This will be a good opportunity to get more gardeners for next summer!  I
> will be out of town unfortunately, otherwise I'd be there.
> 
> Anyone else able to attend to for us?
> 
> Candace
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: garden-bounces at lists.wpirg.org
> [mailto:garden-bounces at lists.wpirg.org]
> On Behalf Of Evan Coole
> Sent: November-10-08 8:12 PM
> To: garden at lists.wpirg.org
> Subject: [Garden] Nader on Thursday?
> 
> Hello Garden,
> 
> Was anyone planning on attending the Nader lecture on Thursday? If 
> so, would you be able to represent the Garden at an info booth? 
> There's a reserved seat in it for you ;)
> 
> Cheers,
> Evan
> -- 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Garden mailing list
> Garden at lists.wpirg.org
> http://lists.wpirg.org/mailman/listinfo/garden_lists.wpirg.org
> 
> 
> 
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From jrochon at uwaterloo.ca  Tue Nov 11 13:23:56 2008
From: jrochon at uwaterloo.ca (J. Rochon)
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 13:23:56 -0500
Subject: [Garden] Nader on Thursday?
In-Reply-To: <20081111180103.22610@gmx.net>
References: <20081111143927.18668gmx1@mx049.gmx.net>
	<20081111180103.22610@gmx.net>
Message-ID: <4919CDBC.1080105@uwaterloo.ca>

Gardeners,
                  I can be there.
> at the food not bombs stand. but i really think that i am not the best representative.
> there must be someone who would like to see nader anyway, or not.
>
> see you around
> julia
>
> -------- Original-Nachricht --------
>   
>> Datum: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 09:39:18 -0500
>> Von: "Candace Wormsbecker" <candace at owr.ca>
>> An: garden at lists.wpirg.org
>> Betreff: Re: [Garden] Nader on Thursday?
>>     
>
>   
>> This will be a good opportunity to get more gardeners for next summer!  I
>> will be out of town unfortunately, otherwise I'd be there.
>>
>> Anyone else able to attend to for us?
>>
>> Candace
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: garden-bounces at lists.wpirg.org
>> [mailto:garden-bounces at lists.wpirg.org]
>> On Behalf Of Evan Coole
>> Sent: November-10-08 8:12 PM
>> To: garden at lists.wpirg.org
>> Subject: [Garden] Nader on Thursday?
>>
>> Hello Garden,
>>
>> Was anyone planning on attending the Nader lecture on Thursday? If 
>> so, would you be able to represent the Garden at an info booth? 
>> There's a reserved seat in it for you ;)
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Evan
>> -- 
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Garden mailing list
>> Garden at lists.wpirg.org
>> http://lists.wpirg.org/mailman/listinfo/garden_lists.wpirg.org
>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Garden mailing list
>> Garden at lists.wpirg.org
>> http://lists.wpirg.org/mailman/listinfo/garden_lists.wpirg.org
>>     
>
>   



From jrochon at uwaterloo.ca  Tue Nov 11 14:21:45 2008
From: jrochon at uwaterloo.ca (J. Rochon)
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:21:45 -0500
Subject: [Garden] Nader on Thursday?
In-Reply-To: <20081111180102.215620@gmx.net>
References: <20081111143927.18668gmx1@mx049.gmx.net>
	<20081111180102.215620@gmx.net>
Message-ID: <4919DB49.1090107@uwaterloo.ca>

I'll go, it's just a matter of timing. I'm not what you would call a 
Nader fan, but I became interested in Nader after the first film. Since 
then  I have followed his activities. I think that most people 
mis-understand him, the last film makes that clear. Really, though I am 
more more interested in Jedi than Sith. Will there be Storm Troopers?


.






.




;.

.


:) For those who are confused. That's a pun on Ralph Nader/Darth Vader.


From evan at wpirg.org  Tue Nov 11 17:16:25 2008
From: evan at wpirg.org (Evan Coole)
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:16:25 -0500
Subject: [Garden] Nader on Thursday?
In-Reply-To: <4919CDBC.1080105@uwaterloo.ca>
References: <20081111143927.18668gmx1@mx049.gmx.net>
	<20081111180103.22610@gmx.net> <4919CDBC.1080105@uwaterloo.ca>
Message-ID: <a0624080dc53fb44ec7b6@[129.97.194.55]>

Hello Jason,

Fantastic! I've added your name to the reserved seating list. I'll 
have the Garden display board waiting for you, could you be there for 
6:15 to set up?

Someone else is more than welcome to join him :)

Evan




>Gardeners,
>                   I can be there.
>>  at the food not bombs stand. but i really think that i am not the 
>>best representative.
>>  there must be someone who would like to see nader anyway, or not.
>>
>>  see you around
>>  julia
>>
>>  -------- Original-Nachricht --------
>>  
>>>  Datum: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 09:39:18 -0500
>>>  Von: "Candace Wormsbecker" <candace at owr.ca>
>>>  An: garden at lists.wpirg.org
>>>  Betreff: Re: [Garden] Nader on Thursday?
>>>    
>>
>>  
>>>  This will be a good opportunity to get more gardeners for next summer!  I
>>>  will be out of town unfortunately, otherwise I'd be there.
>>>
>>>  Anyone else able to attend to for us?
>>>
>>>  Candace
>>>
>>>  -----Original Message-----
>>>  From: garden-bounces at lists.wpirg.org
>>>  [mailto:garden-bounces at lists.wpirg.org]
>>>  On Behalf Of Evan Coole
>>>  Sent: November-10-08 8:12 PM
>>>  To: garden at lists.wpirg.org
>>>  Subject: [Garden] Nader on Thursday?
>>>
>>>  Hello Garden,
>>>
>>>  Was anyone planning on attending the Nader lecture on Thursday? If
>>>  so, would you be able to represent the Garden at an info booth?
>>>  There's a reserved seat in it for you ;)
>>>
>>>  Cheers,
>>>  Evan
>>>  --
>>>
>>>  _______________________________________________
>>>  Garden mailing list
>>>  Garden at lists.wpirg.org
>>>  http://lists.wpirg.org/mailman/listinfo/garden_lists.wpirg.org
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>  Garden at lists.wpirg.org
>>>  http://lists.wpirg.org/mailman/listinfo/garden_lists.wpirg.org
>>>    
>>
>>  
>
>
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From paul_nijjar at yahoo.ca  Tue Nov 11 19:39:38 2008
From: paul_nijjar at yahoo.ca (Paul Nijjar)
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:39:38 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Garden] Nader on Thursday?
In-Reply-To: <a0624080dc53fb44ec7b6@[129.97.194.55]>
Message-ID: <190066.5329.qm@web57606.mail.re1.yahoo.com>




--- On Tue, 11/11/08, Evan Coole <evan at wpirg.org> wrote:


> 
> Someone else is more than welcome to join him :)

I was planning to attend the lecture regardless of whether I staffed a booth. But if you want me to staff the garden booth with Jason then I can do it. 

(And I guess if you want me to staff another booth such as IC I can consider that as well.) 

- Paul


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From alicia.mah at gmail.com  Wed Nov 12 11:01:02 2008
From: alicia.mah at gmail.com (Alicia Mah)
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 11:01:02 -0500
Subject: [Garden] End of Season Party - Ethel's, Wednesday 6pm
In-Reply-To: <a06240818c53656b19a9b@129.97.194.55>
References: <f1270310811031234n5d8e1326o3f589f52b1f648f7@mail.gmail.com>
	<490204FF0C10C0429FC328CADD550691B7C348@EXCHANGE-1.sandvine.com>
	<20081103214116.59180@gmx.net>
	<2ec448740811031614g20a7b98fv8c06e48a7831303b@mail.gmail.com>
	<COL102-W3785C014D9E5FB53B63E71811C0@phx.gbl>
	<a06240818c53656b19a9b@129.97.194.55>
Message-ID: <2ec448740811120801x453ea4d0r82f635be2865cdc0@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Evan and everybody else,

It looks like I will definitely be in the K-W area this winter term.
In terms of logistics for the start-of-term meeting though, everything
for me is still up in the air. At this point, personally, it looks
like earlier in the term might be better, but I would say go with
other people's schedule when planning this. If you plan a time and I
can be there, then great! Once I know more of my life scheduling
specifics, I can let the group know when I would be able to attend a
meeting in early January.

Regards,
Alicia

P.S. I am in the process of looking for a short-term (no longer than 6
months) contract job with a small to medium non-governmental
organization in the K-W (or Cambridge) area, if you know of one I
would really appreciate you passing this along to me. My specialties
are organizing/ administration, facilitating meetings and workshops,
and attempting to do both with a group of interesting community
gardeners :D I also have that Science degree that might come in handy
one day...

On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 2:46 PM, Evan Coole <evan at wpirg.org> wrote:
> Hello Gardeners,
> Hope you have an awesome evening! Enjoy the beer and burritos ;)
> I'm going to play the heavy and ask if y'all had given any thought to a
> meeting in Winter Term to bring in some students to the garden? I'll happily
> help set something up, I just wanted to see if anyone had any ideas about
> what dates and times might work early in Winter term.
> Cheers,
> Evan
>
> Sounds like a splendid evening to share :) I'll be there. However, I cannot
> promise at what exact time.
>
> In Kindness,
>
> Chaylene GS
>
> ________________________________
>
> Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 19:14:04 -0500
> From: alicia.mah at gmail.com
> To: garden at lists.wpirg.org
> Subject: Re: [Garden] End of Season Party - Ethel's, Wednesday 6pm
>
> Hi!
>
> I will be back in Waterloo from Nov. 15 through 19. I would love to meet up
> with all of you gardeners and take a look at the garden now that it is all
> prepared for winter. Let me know if this is a possibility.
>
> Cheers,
> Alicia
>
> On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 4:41 PM, "Julia Klomfa?" <JKlomfass at gmx.de> wrote:
>
> Seems to be a great opportunity to plan, so i am in as well.
>
> see you wednesday
>
> -------- Original-Nachricht --------
>> Datum: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 15:40:54 -0500
>> Von: "Peter Belej" <pbelej at sandvine.com>
>> An: garden at lists.wpirg.org
>> Betreff: Re: [Garden] End of Season Party - Ethel\'s, Wednesday 6pm
>
>> I'm in, but won't be able to stay terribly long, since I have volleyball
>> at 9:45 on Wednesday.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: garden-bounces at lists.wpirg.org
>> [mailto:garden-bounces at lists.wpirg.org] On Behalf Of candace wormsbecker
>> Sent: Monday, November 03, 2008 3:34 PM
>> To: garden at lists.wpirg.org
>> Subject: [Garden] End of Season Party - Ethel's, Wednesday 6pm
>>
>> Hello Gardeners:
>>
>> I went to the garden on Sunday and cleaned out the shed, and pulled a
>> few leeks.  I brought the rest of the seed home that was in the shed.
>> There are still lots of leeks there that can either be pulled by the
>> gardeners, donated to FNB, or overwintered for a spring treat?
>> Whatever people decide.
>>
>> I didn't hear much interest in the potluck idea so instead I was
>> thinking we could all go out for an end of the year celebration.  We
>> can have some dinner, chat about the season, and talk about what we
>> might like to do next year if we are so inspired.  Maybe we could use
>> the $50 we got reimbursed for the compost to sponsor some of this
>> event, for those that need it or to pay for drinks??  What do people
>> think of using the money for this?
>>
>> I am thinking of Ethel's on King St.  Ian and I will be there around
>> 6pm join us if you would like.  If no tables are available we will
>> move over to the Barley Works (upstairs of the Heuther).
>>
>> Candace
>>
>> P.S. if you think you can make it let me know and I can try to book us
>> a table of the appropriate size.
>>
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>
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From m.rosamond at gmail.com  Wed Nov 12 14:19:18 2008
From: m.rosamond at gmail.com (Madeline Rosamond)
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:19:18 -0500
Subject: [Garden] Another anti-local food article
Message-ID: <3eedf3f50811121119h51fa50f4rd4bbfaf002854cfa@mail.gmail.com>

It's a trend!
http://www.reason.com/news/show/129855.html


From cwormsbe at gmail.com  Wed Nov 12 15:20:26 2008
From: cwormsbe at gmail.com (candace wormsbecker)
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:20:26 -0500
Subject: [Garden] Another anti-local food article
In-Reply-To: <3eedf3f50811121119h51fa50f4rd4bbfaf002854cfa@mail.gmail.com>
References: <3eedf3f50811121119h51fa50f4rd4bbfaf002854cfa@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <f1270310811121220h21348359ga7921158b4ca10dd@mail.gmail.com>

Thanks for passing this along Maddy.

I don't know if my thoughts need to be added but I'll add them anyways;)

I think it comes back to reconnecting with the seasonality of foods.
Maybe the real question should be do we need to be eating fresh
tomatoes and lettuce in December?  Not that I'm a purist or anything
but you can provide for a pretty diverse diet locally without having
to import foods just by preserving food over the growing season.  Some
foods like bananas and coconuts, maybe these aren't really possible
locally, but substitution is still an option that people forget about.
 Just food for thought;)


On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 2:19 PM, Madeline Rosamond <m.rosamond at gmail.com> wrote:
> It's a trend!
> http://www.reason.com/news/show/129855.html
>
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From evan at wpirg.org  Wed Nov 12 16:19:49 2008
From: evan at wpirg.org (Evan Coole)
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:19:49 -0500
Subject: [Garden] Nader on Thursday?
In-Reply-To: <190066.5329.qm@web57606.mail.re1.yahoo.com>
References: <190066.5329.qm@web57606.mail.re1.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <a06240808c540f4d3f8c1@[129.97.194.55]>

Hello Paul,

Since IC is inactive this term, it seems to make sense for you to do 
the Garden. I'll add you to the RSVP list for a guaranteed seat. If 
you could be at Hagey Hall for 6:15, that would be fantastic.

Cheers,
Evan


>--- On Tue, 11/11/08, Evan Coole <evan at wpirg.org> wrote:
>
>
>>
>>  Someone else is more than welcome to join him :)
>
>I was planning to attend the lecture regardless of whether I staffed 
>a booth. But if you want me to staff the garden booth with Jason 
>then I can do it.
>
>(And I guess if you want me to staff another booth such as IC I can 
>consider that as well.)
>
>- Paul
>
>
>       __________________________________________________________________
>Get the name you've always wanted @ymail.com or @rocketmail.com! Go 
>to http://ca.promos.yahoo.com/jacko/
>
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From alicia.mah at gmail.com  Thu Nov 13 00:15:09 2008
From: alicia.mah at gmail.com (Alicia Mah)
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:15:09 -0500
Subject: [Garden] Canadian Organic Growers Events
Message-ID: <2ec448740811122115h73cab325u8d435a34036052fc@mail.gmail.com>

fyi. i will be looking to carpool to this if possible...

Canadian Organic Growers Events

Shared Learnings: The Transition Experience

Saturday, November 15, 1:00 - 5:00pm

Trinity United Church, 21 Arthur Street, North, Elmira

Come meet experienced certified organic producers as they share their
experience with the transition process from what's involved with the
paper work and inspections to the problems and successes they have
had. Break-out groups will include: small scale produce; large-scale
produce; livestock; dairy; field crops; berries and orchards.



A tradeshow area will be set-up where you can meet certifiers and
local organizations working to advance the organic field and develop a
bio-regionally sustainable food system.

Keynote address by Organic Council of Ontario on Understanding the
National Regulations



Free. Refreshments served.

Pre-register by November 12 to denise_vella at rogers.com with your area
of interest (dairy, field crops, produce, livestock, berry/ orchard
fruit)


From jrochon at uwaterloo.ca  Thu Nov 13 10:34:42 2008
From: jrochon at uwaterloo.ca (J. Rochon)
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 10:34:42 -0500
Subject: [Garden] Nader on Thursday?
In-Reply-To: <a0624081ac53e8c1d68a1@[129.97.194.55]>
References: <a0624081ac53e8c1d68a1@[129.97.194.55]>
Message-ID: <491C4912.9070500@uwaterloo.ca>

Evan,
         I can be 'there' for 6:15. Wher is 'there', Hagey Hall front door?


From evan at wpirg.org  Thu Nov 13 12:02:40 2008
From: evan at wpirg.org (Evan Coole)
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 12:02:40 -0500
Subject: [Garden] Nader on Thursday?
In-Reply-To: <491C4912.9070500@uwaterloo.ca>
References: <a0624081ac53e8c1d68a1@[129.97.194.55]>
	<491C4912.9070500@uwaterloo.ca>
Message-ID: <a06240800c5420e2afd12@[129.97.194.55]>

Yup!
-- 


From paul_nijjar at yahoo.ca  Thu Nov 20 14:14:04 2008
From: paul_nijjar at yahoo.ca (Paul Nijjar)
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:14:04 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Garden] Garden Summary 2008
Message-ID: <819065.50587.qm@web57610.mail.re1.yahoo.com>

Well, given that it is snowing I guess gardening season is over. I
threw together a summary of the garden this year. Here is the draft. I
will take comments into account and post a final version to the WPIRG
website next week. 

- Paul

2008 Summary
============

The overriding theme of the 2008 gardening season was rain. In stark
contrast to 2007, we watered the garden fewer than five times all
season.

Unfortunately, many of our garden Sundays and Wednesdays were washed
out, so it was difficult to sustain a steady volunteer base.
Nonetheless, a core group of 5-10 people came out when the weather was
pleasant enough to work, and on some sunny afternoons fifteen people
joined us.

Crops
-----

All of the plants in the onion family did well this year. The garlic
we planted in the fall of 2007 did phenomenally well, and some
volunteer garlic that had died out in the hot summer bounced back.
Garlic scapes proved to be a tender and delicious treat.

Our leeks also proved to be a big success. We planted two beds of
them, and watching them grow from spindly frail plant strands to thick
delicious vegetables was rewarding. We did not harvest all of the
leeks we planted, but as they winter well the gardeners of 2009 will
be able to enjoy the surplus harvest.

This year we successfully planted some unusual crops. Three
artichoke plants thrived, and one of them unexpectedly produced some
artichokes for us to enjoy. In anticipation of future harvests we
planted some asparagus plants which survived and will hopefully yield
harvest in future years. We planted raspberries which produced a few
fruits, and the strawberry plants we transplanted did surprisingly
well, producing berries well into October.

Our eggplants were attacked by flea beetles early in the season. We
lost faith in them, but they showed us a thing or two by bouncing back
and producing some fruit. Although not as exuberant as last year, our
peppers and tomatoes did reasonably well (although the tomatoes were
afflicted by a blight). This year we planted more sweet peppers than
hot ones, which was probably a wise decision.

Squash and watermelon got off to a slow start, but they also ended up
thriving.  Our watermelons did not ripen until the very end of the
season, however.

For some reason our beets and chard struggled this year.

We planted a row of nasturtiums as a decoy plant for flea beetles. This
strategy did not quite work, but our nasturtiums grew hale and hearty, and
provided delicious flowers and spicy leaves for salads.

Because the season was reasonably cool this year, we had reasonable
success planting lettuces. We also planted a later crop of lettuce and
radish that was slow but did okay.

One pleasant surprise was that our potatoes did significantly better
than last year. This may be because we rototilled the potato beds
fairly deeply, and we mounded extra soil on top of the beds for the
potatoes. At least one of the potato plants produced big red potatoes
that any grocery store would be proud of. Given the high clay content
of our soil this was a good accomplishment.

We once again had several volunteer crops: the aforementioned garlic,
several tomato plants and quite a bit of fennel.

Soil and Other Infrastructure
-----------------------------

We added a truckful of compost to the garden this year, which helped
quite a few crops. We had plans to add sand to the beds to offset the
incredible clay content, but unfortunately there was a mix-up with the
supplier, and this did not happen.

Several people donated carpet, which along with a load of woodchips we
used to reinforce the garden paths.  We made arrangements with Food
Services to get compost (and lots of plastic buckets!) for our
composter. We successfully made a few deliveries, and would like to
establish a more regular collection schedule in the future.

Disease and Pests
-----------------

Bindweed continued to taunt us this year, although thanks to diligent
weeding we managed to keep it more-or-less under control. We had some
discussion of whether we should be throwing bindweed into the compost
for fear that it just spreads the weed, but we did not implement any
consistent practices here. We did keep most of the blighted tomato
plants out of our compost, however.

Our tomatoes did get blight this year. Suspiciously, the blight
started in the same bed in which our celery and cabbages suffered from
rot last year.

Although our squashes did fairly well, they were afflicted with both striped
cucumber beetles and ugly grey squash bugs.

Perhaps the most frustrating mammalian pest this year were the
groundhogs, which decimated our peas, beans, lettuce and brassicas.
Putting fences around individual beds did help a bit, but we lost
several crops. We almost managed to get a fence put up this year; but
stalled when it came to verifying post locations with the Region of
Waterloo. Hopefully the gardeners of 2009 will succeed in finishing
the fencing project to keep critters away.

In addition to groundhogs mice ate some of our peppers and radishes,
and we have suspicions that the deer again visited us to nibble on our
pepper plants.

Maddy Rosamond prepared a photographic catalogue of weeds and pests for the
garden this year. It is available on Facebook [WHERE?].




      __________________________________________________________________
Instant Messaging, free SMS, sharing photos and more... Try the new Yahoo! Canada Messenger at http://ca.beta.messenger.yahoo.com/


From jrochon at uwaterloo.ca  Fri Nov 21 14:18:01 2008
From: jrochon at uwaterloo.ca (J. Rochon)
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:18:01 -0500
Subject: [Garden] Garden Summary 2008
In-Reply-To: <819065.50587.qm@web57610.mail.re1.yahoo.com>
References: <819065.50587.qm@web57610.mail.re1.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <49270969.9030708@uwaterloo.ca>

Paul,
         Thank you. This is an excellent summary.
> Well, given that it is snowing I guess gardening season is over. I
> threw together a summary of the garden this year. Here is the draft. I
> will take comments into account and post a final version to the WPIRG
> website next week. 
>
> - Paul
>
> 2008 Summary
> ============
>
> The overriding theme of the 2008 gardening season was rain. In stark
> contrast to 2007, we watered the garden fewer than five times all
> season.
>
> Unfortunately, many of our garden Sundays and Wednesdays were washed
> out, so it was difficult to sustain a steady volunteer base.
> Nonetheless, a core group of 5-10 people came out when the weather was
> pleasant enough to work, and on some sunny afternoons fifteen people
> joined us.
>
> Crops
> -----
>
> All of the plants in the onion family did well this year. The garlic
> we planted in the fall of 2007 did phenomenally well, and some
> volunteer garlic that had died out in the hot summer bounced back.
> Garlic scapes proved to be a tender and delicious treat.
>
> Our leeks also proved to be a big success. We planted two beds of
> them, and watching them grow from spindly frail plant strands to thick
> delicious vegetables was rewarding. We did not harvest all of the
> leeks we planted, but as they winter well the gardeners of 2009 will
> be able to enjoy the surplus harvest.
>
> This year we successfully planted some unusual crops. Three
> artichoke plants thrived, and one of them unexpectedly produced some
> artichokes for us to enjoy. In anticipation of future harvests we
> planted some asparagus plants which survived and will hopefully yield
> harvest in future years. We planted raspberries which produced a few
> fruits, and the strawberry plants we transplanted did surprisingly
> well, producing berries well into October.
>
> Our eggplants were attacked by flea beetles early in the season. We
> lost faith in them, but they showed us a thing or two by bouncing back
> and producing some fruit. Although not as exuberant as last year, our
> peppers and tomatoes did reasonably well (although the tomatoes were
> afflicted by a blight). This year we planted more sweet peppers than
> hot ones, which was probably a wise decision.
>
> Squash and watermelon got off to a slow start, but they also ended up
> thriving.  Our watermelons did not ripen until the very end of the
> season, however.
>
> For some reason our beets and chard struggled this year.
>
> We planted a row of nasturtiums as a decoy plant for flea beetles. This
> strategy did not quite work, but our nasturtiums grew hale and hearty, and
> provided delicious flowers and spicy leaves for salads.
>
> Because the season was reasonably cool this year, we had reasonable
> success planting lettuces. We also planted a later crop of lettuce and
> radish that was slow but did okay.
>
> One pleasant surprise was that our potatoes did significantly better
> than last year. This may be because we rototilled the potato beds
> fairly deeply, and we mounded extra soil on top of the beds for the
> potatoes. At least one of the potato plants produced big red potatoes
> that any grocery store would be proud of. Given the high clay content
> of our soil this was a good accomplishment.
>
> We once again had several volunteer crops: the aforementioned garlic,
> several tomato plants and quite a bit of fennel.
>
> Soil and Other Infrastructure
> -----------------------------
>
> We added a truckful of compost to the garden this year, which helped
> quite a few crops. We had plans to add sand to the beds to offset the
> incredible clay content, but unfortunately there was a mix-up with the
> supplier, and this did not happen.
>
> Several people donated carpet, which along with a load of woodchips we
> used to reinforce the garden paths.  We made arrangements with Food
> Services to get compost (and lots of plastic buckets!) for our
> composter. We successfully made a few deliveries, and would like to
> establish a more regular collection schedule in the future.
>
> Disease and Pests
> -----------------
>
> Bindweed continued to taunt us this year, although thanks to diligent
> weeding we managed to keep it more-or-less under control. We had some
> discussion of whether we should be throwing bindweed into the compost
> for fear that it just spreads the weed, but we did not implement any
> consistent practices here. We did keep most of the blighted tomato
> plants out of our compost, however.
>
> Our tomatoes did get blight this year. Suspiciously, the blight
> started in the same bed in which our celery and cabbages suffered from
> rot last year.
>
> Although our squashes did fairly well, they were afflicted with both striped
> cucumber beetles and ugly grey squash bugs.
>
> Perhaps the most frustrating mammalian pest this year were the
> groundhogs, which decimated our peas, beans, lettuce and brassicas.
> Putting fences around individual beds did help a bit, but we lost
> several crops. We almost managed to get a fence put up this year; but
> stalled when it came to verifying post locations with the Region of
> Waterloo. Hopefully the gardeners of 2009 will succeed in finishing
> the fencing project to keep critters away.
>
> In addition to groundhogs mice ate some of our peppers and radishes,
> and we have suspicions that the deer again visited us to nibble on our
> pepper plants.
>
> Maddy Rosamond prepared a photographic catalogue of weeds and pests for the
> garden this year. It is available on Facebook [WHERE?].
>
>
>
>
>       __________________________________________________________________
> Instant Messaging, free SMS, sharing photos and more... Try the new Yahoo! Canada Messenger at http://ca.beta.messenger.yahoo.com/
>
> _______________________________________________
> Garden mailing list
> Garden at lists.wpirg.org
> http://lists.wpirg.org/mailman/listinfo/garden_lists.wpirg.org
>   



From evan at wpirg.org  Mon Nov 24 14:09:19 2008
From: evan at wpirg.org (Evan Coole)
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:09:19 -0500
Subject: [Garden] Funds for Volunteer Appreciation
Message-ID: <a06240809c550a4ed516e@[129.97.194.55]>

Hello all,

As exams are getting dangerously close, I just wanted to remind y'all 
that WPIRG offers $40 per term per initiative for some sort of 
volunteer appreciation. We'll probably also be having a general 
volunteer appreciation event as well, but if you'd like to subsidize 
a action group or project committee get-together, coffee and baked 
good extravaganza or most other fun, fun activities that you think 
would be a good send off to the term.

Being a non-profit bureaucrat, I couldn't let this email go without 
filling you in on the details on how to claim this expense, which are 
to be found below (sorry for the lengthy wordiness of the procedure 
blurb, but ambiguity is no one's friend). The forms themselves are 
available in the office.

I also wanted to personally offer my appreciation and gratitude for 
all the work you all have put in this term. Some exciting stuff is 
stirring up at WPIRG and it's all because of you folks! Thanks so 
much for another amazing term.

Warm regards on a cold, snowy day,
Evan Coole
Programming and Volunteer Support Coordinator

--

Procedure and Timeline for Claiming Food Expenses


1. Group decision: The decision to spend money on food must be made 
by consensus at an action group or project committee meeting. To 
ensure adequate time to advertise the event to members and receive 
staff approval, this should be done at a meeting 2-3 weeks in advance 
of the date of the event. In the meeting, the group should discuss a 
budget, how the event can be accommodating of all members (eg. Some 
members may have religious or other aversions to establishments 
serving alcohol, keeping in mind dietary restrictions, etc.) and how 
the event will be promoted to the group's membership.


2. Staff Approval: Once the decision has been made, a group member 
can fill out the Food Expense Form and submit it to Raj and Evan. 
They will review the form and bring up concerns if there are any. If 
there are no concerns, or the concerns have been addressed, they will 
approve the expenses and the event may go ahead. To allow time for 
approval and to address concerns, make sure to submit the form well 
in advance of the event (2 weeks in advance is ideal).


3. Promotion: To ensure that all group members have an opportunity to 
attend, promotion to the group should be done in advance of the 
event. This can be as simple as an email to the listserve with the 
event details. Promotion should be done 5-10 days before the event 
occurs.


4. Claiming Expenses: In order to be reimbursed, all receipts must be 
submitted to Raj. This should be done within 2 weeks after the event 
occurs. In addition to the receipts, please include a page with a 
short description of the expenses with your name and the date they 
were incurred.

Example:

Food Not Bombs Volunteer Appreciation - April 23rd, 2007
Dale Q. Volunteer

Cookies and muffins: $25

Coffee: $10

Tea: $5

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From jrochon at uwaterloo.ca  Mon Nov 24 15:59:52 2008
From: jrochon at uwaterloo.ca (J. Rochon)
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:59:52 -0500
Subject: [Garden] Funds for Volunteer Appreciation
In-Reply-To: <a06240809c550a4ed516e@[129.97.194.55]>
References: <a06240809c550a4ed516e@[129.97.194.55]>
Message-ID: <492B15C8.6040901@uwaterloo.ca>

Evan,
>
>  submitted to Raj.*
> *
I thought that she was gone until the next term. I presume that you 
receive expenses in her absence.



From evan at wpirg.org  Mon Nov 24 16:22:33 2008
From: evan at wpirg.org (Evan Coole)
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:22:33 -0500
Subject: [Garden] Funds for Volunteer Appreciation
In-Reply-To: <492B15C8.6040901@uwaterloo.ca>
References: <a06240809c550a4ed516e@[129.97.194.55]>
	<492B15C8.6040901@uwaterloo.ca>
Message-ID: <a0624081dc550cb795a23@[129.97.194.55]>

Yup! I copied and pasted that from a doc, thus the pseudo typo.

Evan


>Evan,
>>
>>   submitted to Raj.*
>>  *
>I thought that she was gone until the next term. I presume that you
>receive expenses in her absence.
>
>
>_______________________________________________
>Garden mailing list
>Garden at lists.wpirg.org
>http://lists.wpirg.org/mailman/listinfo/garden_lists.wpirg.org


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From m.rosamond at gmail.com  Wed Nov 26 22:27:41 2008
From: m.rosamond at gmail.com (Madeline Rosamond)
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 22:27:41 -0500
Subject: [Garden] Potluck next week!
Message-ID: <3eedf3f50811261927h57999396oeab2846816d75263@mail.gmail.com>

Hi, Gardeners and/or gardenites:
I would like to have a potluck for y'all one week from today (that's
Wednesday, Dec. 3) at my place (details below). I'm hoping a bunch of
you can make it and we can talk soil and pests and legendary squash
and other good things!

Please let me know if you're coming and if you're bringing a
side/dessert/main. I have one vegetarian roommate and one
gluten-and-lactose-sensitive one, and accommodating their needs (and
those of several garden vegetarians) would be appreciated.

Who: you, hopefully (although to be honest I'm not sure we'd ALL fit
in my living room)
What: see above
Where: 28 Elgin St, Apt #8. It's a non-secured entry building so just
come on up to the second floor of the front building. (Google maps is
acting up on me but I trust you can google this if necessary.)
When: Wednesday, December 3, 6:30 PM
Why: I was sad to hear nobody got off their butt and organized a
potluck last time around, so I figured I should put my money where my
mouth is.

Note: I am too lazy to make this Christmas/holiday themed, but we do
have some lights that my less lazy roommies put up.

Hope to see you there!
Cheers,
Maddy


From alicia.mah at gmail.com  Thu Nov 27 14:42:24 2008
From: alicia.mah at gmail.com (Alicia Mah)
Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 14:42:24 -0500
Subject: [Garden] Potluck next week!
In-Reply-To: <3eedf3f50811261927h57999396oeab2846816d75263@mail.gmail.com>
References: <3eedf3f50811261927h57999396oeab2846816d75263@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <2ec448740811271142v64fdc087pab6b3a175a224cbe@mail.gmail.com>

ill be there with bells on!

On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 10:27 PM, Madeline Rosamond
<m.rosamond at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, Gardeners and/or gardenites:
> I would like to have a potluck for y'all one week from today (that's
> Wednesday, Dec. 3) at my place (details below). I'm hoping a bunch of
> you can make it and we can talk soil and pests and legendary squash
> and other good things!
>
> Please let me know if you're coming and if you're bringing a
> side/dessert/main. I have one vegetarian roommate and one
> gluten-and-lactose-sensitive one, and accommodating their needs (and
> those of several garden vegetarians) would be appreciated.
>
> Who: you, hopefully (although to be honest I'm not sure we'd ALL fit
> in my living room)
> What: see above
> Where: 28 Elgin St, Apt #8. It's a non-secured entry building so just
> come on up to the second floor of the front building. (Google maps is
> acting up on me but I trust you can google this if necessary.)
> When: Wednesday, December 3, 6:30 PM
> Why: I was sad to hear nobody got off their butt and organized a
> potluck last time around, so I figured I should put my money where my
> mouth is.
>
> Note: I am too lazy to make this Christmas/holiday themed, but we do
> have some lights that my less lazy roommies put up.
>
> Hope to see you there!
> Cheers,
> Maddy
>
> _______________________________________________
> Garden mailing list
> Garden at lists.wpirg.org
> http://lists.wpirg.org/mailman/listinfo/garden_lists.wpirg.org
>


From evan at wpirg.org  Thu Nov 27 14:51:39 2008
From: evan at wpirg.org (Evan Coole)
Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 14:51:39 -0500
Subject: [Garden] Potluck next week!
In-Reply-To: <3eedf3f50811261927h57999396oeab2846816d75263@mail.gmail.com>
References: <3eedf3f50811261927h57999396oeab2846816d75263@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <a06240802c554aa7ed348@[129.97.194.55]>

Hello,

Just wanted to remind you that WPIRG will subsidize a portion of 
expenses for this if the Garden so wishes. Every action group gets 
$40 to spend as they wish on volunteer appreciation stuff :)

Evan



>Hi, Gardeners and/or gardenites:
>I would like to have a potluck for y'all one week from today (that's
>Wednesday, Dec. 3) at my place (details below). I'm hoping a bunch of
>you can make it and we can talk soil and pests and legendary squash
>and other good things!
>
>Please let me know if you're coming and if you're bringing a
>side/dessert/main. I have one vegetarian roommate and one
>gluten-and-lactose-sensitive one, and accommodating their needs (and
>those of several garden vegetarians) would be appreciated.
>
>Who: you, hopefully (although to be honest I'm not sure we'd ALL fit
>in my living room)
>What: see above
>Where: 28 Elgin St, Apt #8. It's a non-secured entry building so just
>come on up to the second floor of the front building. (Google maps is
>acting up on me but I trust you can google this if necessary.)
>When: Wednesday, December 3, 6:30 PM
>Why: I was sad to hear nobody got off their butt and organized a
>potluck last time around, so I figured I should put my money where my
>mouth is.
>
>Note: I am too lazy to make this Christmas/holiday themed, but we do
>have some lights that my less lazy roommies put up.
>
>Hope to see you there!
>Cheers,
>Maddy
>
>_______________________________________________
>Garden mailing list
>Garden at lists.wpirg.org
>http://lists.wpirg.org/mailman/listinfo/garden_lists.wpirg.org


-- 


From candace at owr.ca  Fri Nov 28 14:15:45 2008
From: candace at owr.ca (Candace Wormsbecker)
Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2008 14:15:45 -0500
Subject: [Garden] Community Garden Visioning Brunch Tomorrow
Message-ID: <mailman.5.1227899753.5383.garden_lists.wpirg.org@lists.wpirg.org>

Hello Gardeners,

 

I just wanted to remind you all of the following event happening tomorrow
morning.  Please come if you can.  There are lots of exciting things
happening locally and now is our time to think about where we will go from
here!

 

    Exploring the Possibilities:

 Community Garden Get Together

 

FREE BRUNCH!

 

Now that we have all put our gardens to rest for another year we can start
reflecting on all the happenings of the season.  On behalf of the Region of
Waterloo Community Garden Council, we would like to extend an invitation to
a morning of exploration.  

 

This morning will be an opportunity to share experiences from your garden,
learn more about exciting community gardens in other cities, and allow us to
start thinking how we could bring these ideas to the Region of Waterloo.
This will also be a chance to follow-up from the focus groups that were held
in the spring.  

 

In the Region of Waterloo we had two new gardens start up in 2008.  We also
heard from many garden representatives they were able to fill all their
plots for the first time in a long time.  Yet more gardens have been able to
attract diverse members of their community to their gardens, and many have
had success at finding donations for their gardens.  We also heard some
people state how the gardens helped decrease crime in their neighbourhood.
Regionally, there is a suggestion of policies that will help to provide more
support to the community gardens.  

 

Seattle has hundred's of people waiting for plots, gardens with windmills,
fountains, totem poles, and raised beds made of cob!  They have engaged
local artists, musicians, environmental groups, and neighbours into their
gardens with great success.  

 

Locally, we have gardens that have incorporated labyrinths, peace poles, cob
ovens, children's plots, communal herb and flower gardens, and school
education into their gardens.  What great ideas!  

 

Please come out, invite and meet others, and share all your great stories
and ideas!  Let's share what we have been able to do, explore new
possibilities, and build upon the great things we already have going.  

 

Let's get inspired and spread the excitement about community gardens!   

 

Date:  Saturday, November 29, 2008

Time:  11am-1pm

Location:  Forest Hill United Church - 121 Westmount Road East, Kitchener

 

________________________

 

Candace Wormsbecker

Community Garden Capacity Builder

 

Opportunities Waterloo Region

235  King St. E., Main Floor

Kitchener, ON

N2G 4N5

 

Tel: 519-883-2353 ext. 5984

Fax: 519-568-8587

 

"If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to it."
       - Jonathan Winters

 

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