[Garden] Garden Digest, Vol 37, Issue 31
Zainab Moghal
zainab_moghal at yahoo.ca
Wed Apr 29 13:09:03 EDT 2009
Hi everyone,
I can also venture to the garden this evening, around 6:30pm, after returning home and feeding the family. I won't be able to come tomorrow night.
In response to the discussion below, I also agree that we should 'mix-it' up a bit, which nights to meet at the garden. Perhaps alternate every week, between Tues, Wed and Thursdays. Not to mention Sunday meetings.
Perhaps Alicia and I can look to Ian's 'to do list' and if it isn't posted on the shed yet, let people know by tomorrow what we've accomplished.
Thanks, Zainab
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Today's Topics:
1. One meeting this Wednesday, another on Thursday (Alicia Mah)
2. Beginning of term business (Evan Coole)
3. Re: asparagus, shovels (J. Rochon)
4. Re: One meeting this Wednesday, another on Thursday
(Carmi Hammoud)
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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:22:14 -0400
From: Alicia Mah <alicia.mah at gmail.com>
Subject: [Garden] One meeting this Wednesday, another on Thursday
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Hi Gardeners,
I'm planning on going to the garden this Wednesday around 5pm. I tend to
stay for at least a couple of hours so please do come out and join me if you
want, I welcome the company :D.
Also, soil testing is being done next week Tuesday (May 5) at 1pm at Larry
Lamb's lab on UW campus (EV2 1029B and/or EV2 1033). Email me privately if
you think you can come out - many hands make light work. The testing should
take a couple of hours.
Cheers,
Alicia
On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 9:20 AM, Ian Wormsbecker
<iwormsbecker at sandvine.com>wrote:
> I think it is good that you spoke up Paul. Scheduling is almost
> impossible to please everyone. Very few people actually signed up for
> the doodle thing. There were twice as many people who attended on
> thursday than used the doodle site. Further, there are people at the
> garden who do not use the mailing list as their internet access is
> limited, or they are not experts in the ways of email and such. Alas, we
> can't please everyone :(
>
> That said, I strongly encourage whoever wants to meet on Wednesday to
> show up on Wednesday. Those in attendance can then decide if they want
> to continue meeting on Wednesdays. At the meeting last Thursday, we all
> agreed to meet again this coming Thursday, so I think we should stick to
> at least that decision. I personally will be there on Thursday. However,
> I cannot make any Thursdays thereafter, so perhaps I will try to spark
> up another evening of the week.
>
> I think it is very important for people to realize that we can meet more
> than one night a week. There is lots of interest this year, so I
> honestly see no reason why we don't have two nights a week, and one day
> on the weekend. In reality, it will still not be regular enough to keep
> the weeds at bay :(
>
>
> Here is a shortenned form of a task list for the next few weeks. These
> items can all be done by anyone at any time, even if you decide to pop
> by during lunch or coffee breaks :)
>
> - Turn over beds. Get the weeds growing so we can pull the first round
> prior to planting
> - Clean our the stuff from under the rows of trees. Both sides of the
> garden have old dead growth that should be cleaned up, old pallets that
> we can probably throw out, etc...
> - Remove and/or fix all fencing. Most of it is falling over or in a
> state that rodents can easily crawl under
> - Plan where to put seedlings / direct seeded vegetables
> - At the least, minimize the size of the paths. or, remove them
> completely (I am an advocate of one path through the middle only)
> - prune trees
> - prune gooseberry bushes
> - Decide where to plant pole beans and such and create latticework that
> will not fall over half way through season :)
> - Create good permanent markers for beds. Something that won't wear off
> with the weather to label what is planted in each bed.
> - Decide if the strawberries have encroached too much on the herb bed,
> thin / move them as needed
> - I think the shed is clean and organized, but that might be a task.
> Someone had a great idea about how to organize the gloves
> - Deal with wasps in shed
> - clean all tools, hoses. Take home and wash gloves that need washing
> - Decide what to do with the bags of fertilizery type stuff in the shed
> - Make a sign for the compost bin showing which bin to put fresh
> compostables in
> - Perhaps touch up the paint on the garden sign. Another one at the
> other end of the garden might be nice
> - Shortly we should have compost I think, so lots of hauling will ensue
>
>
>
> That should get us going for the next couple of weeks. Perhaps we can
> put this on a wiki somewhere (I assume wpirg has one we could possibly
> use?) so that people can add to it as we go. Also, I will print it off
> and hang it up in the shed. When a task is complete, we can cross it off
> the list. When we see a new task that needs to be done, we can add it
> in. Or, we can continue using the log book. I think we do need a master
> list of 'things to be done' though
>
> Anyway, that is my book for the day.
>
>
> Ian.
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: garden-bounces at lists.wpirg.org
> > [mailto:garden-bounces at lists.wpirg.org] On Behalf Of Paul Nijjar
> > Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 11:25 PM
> > To: garden at lists.wpirg.org
> > Subject: Re: [Garden] asparagus, shovels
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --- On Mon, 4/27/09, Ian Wormsbecker
> > <iwormsbecker at sandvine.com> wrote:
> >
> > > This coming thursday at the garden around 6pm
> >
> > I'm pretty sure I am going to regret piping up but I worry
> > that this meeting time is heavily biased by those who were at
> > last Thursday's meeting.
> >
> > According to the doodle site Alicia put up (
> > http://doodle.com/3t4en7wqigy9crqw ) the winner appears to be
> > Wednesday at 6:30pm.
> >
> > I personally am willing to show up Thursday, but that does
> > not mean there should not be a meeting Wednesday.
> >
> > One concern I do have (whether we have one meetup or two) is
> > what to do at the garden over the next few weeks. Maybe there
> > is some work involving woodchips (whether laying them down or
> > raking them up, but preferably not both in the same spot).
> >
> > It might be worth recording past plantings on maps. If we're
> > going to rip out some of the paths then maybe we don't want
> > to finalize the map for this year, but we could get started.
> >
> > There are a few weeds to murder, but there won't be many yet.
> >
> > What else is there to do?
> >
> > - Paul
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:19:51 -0400
From: Evan Coole <evan at wpirg.org>
Subject: [Garden] Beginning of term business
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Hi folks,
WPIRG's beginning of term volunteer meeting is coming up and the
garden will need a representative to try to win some new members!
It's happening at 5:00pm, Thursday, May 7 in the Multi-purpose Room
of the Student Life Centre. Alicia can be there until 5:30pm but will
have to leave. Would anyone be free to be there to give a brief talk
on the garden and be around for a little while to mingle with new
WPIRGers?
Cheers,
Evan
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Message: 3
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 09:20:03 -0400
From: "J. Rochon" <jrochon at uwaterloo.ca>
Subject: Re: [Garden] asparagus, shovels
To: garden at lists.wpirg.org
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Ian,
I agree, we can meet any night we like. Wednesday's happen to
work for me, but people can meet when they like. I suggest that new
people make an initial effort to show up on days when more experienced
members show up, at least for the first while. As for the returning
members, please make an effort to greet new members. Last year we got
the impression that new people where not being given any guidance.
Great list, but I expect that we should not be pruning the trees. Does
anyone know, how to prune a gooseberry bush?
There are non-toxic wasp drowning traps that can be fond in the garden
centre. I keep looking for them. The wasps seem to have seen through my
paper bag ruse.
>
> Here is a shortenned form of a task list for the next few weeks. These
> items can all be done by anyone at any time, even if you decide to pop
> by during lunch or coffee breaks :)
>
> - Turn over beds. Get the weeds growing so we can pull the first round
> prior to planting
> - Clean our the stuff from under the rows of trees. Both sides of the
> garden have old dead growth that should be cleaned up, old pallets that
> we can probably throw out, etc...
> - Remove and/or fix all fencing. Most of it is falling over or in a
> state that rodents can easily crawl under
> - Plan where to put seedlings / direct seeded vegetables
> - At the least, minimize the size of the paths. or, remove them
> completely (I am an advocate of one path through the middle only)
> - prune trees
> - prune gooseberry bushes
> - Decide where to plant pole beans and such and create latticework that
> will not fall over half way through season :)
> - Create good permanent markers for beds. Something that won't wear off
> with the weather to label what is planted in each bed.
> - Decide if the strawberries have encroached too much on the herb bed,
> thin / move them as needed
> - I think the shed is clean and organized, but that might be a task.
> Someone had a great idea about how to organize the gloves
> - Deal with wasps in shed
> - clean all tools, hoses. Take home and wash gloves that need washing
> - Decide what to do with the bags of fertilizery type stuff in the shed
> - Make a sign for the compost bin showing which bin to put fresh
> compostables in
> - Perhaps touch up the paint on the garden sign. Another one at the
> other end of the garden might be nice
> - Shortly we should have compost I think, so lots of hauling will ensue
>
>
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Message: 4
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 10:18:40 -0400
From: "Carmi Hammoud" <chammoud3515 at sympatico.ca>
Subject: Re: [Garden] One meeting this Wednesday, another on Thursday
To: <garden at lists.wpirg.org>
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Hi Alicia,
I may be able to come this afternoon (It's today, right?).
I would really like to meet the members, as I missed last week's meeting. Where is the garden located?
Thanks,
Carmi
----- Original Message -----
From: Alicia Mah
To: garden at lists.wpirg.org
Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 1:22 PM
Subject: [Garden] One meeting this Wednesday, another on Thursday
Hi Gardeners,
I'm planning on going to the garden this Wednesday around 5pm. I tend to stay for at least a couple of hours so please do come out and join me if you want, I welcome the company :D.
Also, soil testing is being done next week Tuesday (May 5) at 1pm at Larry Lamb's lab on UW campus (EV2 1029B and/or EV2 1033). Email me privately if you think you can come out - many hands make light work. The testing should take a couple of hours.
Cheers,
Alicia
On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 9:20 AM, Ian Wormsbecker <iwormsbecker at sandvine.com> wrote:
I think it is good that you spoke up Paul. Scheduling is almost
impossible to please everyone. Very few people actually signed up for
the doodle thing. There were twice as many people who attended on
thursday than used the doodle site. Further, there are people at the
garden who do not use the mailing list as their internet access is
limited, or they are not experts in the ways of email and such. Alas, we
can't please everyone :(
That said, I strongly encourage whoever wants to meet on Wednesday to
show up on Wednesday. Those in attendance can then decide if they want
to continue meeting on Wednesdays. At the meeting last Thursday, we all
agreed to meet again this coming Thursday, so I think we should stick to
at least that decision. I personally will be there on Thursday. However,
I cannot make any Thursdays thereafter, so perhaps I will try to spark
up another evening of the week.
I think it is very important for people to realize that we can meet more
than one night a week. There is lots of interest this year, so I
honestly see no reason why we don't have two nights a week, and one day
on the weekend. In reality, it will still not be regular enough to keep
the weeds at bay :(
Here is a shortenned form of a task list for the next few weeks. These
items can all be done by anyone at any time, even if you decide to pop
by during lunch or coffee breaks :)
- Turn over beds. Get the weeds growing so we can pull the first round
prior to planting
- Clean our the stuff from under the rows of trees. Both sides of the
garden have old dead growth that should be cleaned up, old pallets that
we can probably throw out, etc...
- Remove and/or fix all fencing. Most of it is falling over or in a
state that rodents can easily crawl under
- Plan where to put seedlings / direct seeded vegetables
- At the least, minimize the size of the paths. or, remove them
completely (I am an advocate of one path through the middle only)
- prune trees
- prune gooseberry bushes
- Decide where to plant pole beans and such and create latticework that
will not fall over half way through season :)
- Create good permanent markers for beds. Something that won't wear off
with the weather to label what is planted in each bed.
- Decide if the strawberries have encroached too much on the herb bed,
thin / move them as needed
- I think the shed is clean and organized, but that might be a task.
Someone had a great idea about how to organize the gloves
- Deal with wasps in shed
- clean all tools, hoses. Take home and wash gloves that need washing
- Decide what to do with the bags of fertilizery type stuff in the shed
- Make a sign for the compost bin showing which bin to put fresh
compostables in
- Perhaps touch up the paint on the garden sign. Another one at the
other end of the garden might be nice
- Shortly we should have compost I think, so lots of hauling will ensue
That should get us going for the next couple of weeks. Perhaps we can
put this on a wiki somewhere (I assume wpirg has one we could possibly
use?) so that people can add to it as we go. Also, I will print it off
and hang it up in the shed. When a task is complete, we can cross it off
the list. When we see a new task that needs to be done, we can add it
in. Or, we can continue using the log book. I think we do need a master
list of 'things to be done' though
Anyway, that is my book for the day.
Ian.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: garden-bounces at lists.wpirg.org
> [mailto:garden-bounces at lists.wpirg.org] On Behalf Of Paul Nijjar
> Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 11:25 PM
> To: garden at lists.wpirg.org
> Subject: Re: [Garden] asparagus, shovels
>
>
>
>
>
> --- On Mon, 4/27/09, Ian Wormsbecker
> <iwormsbecker at sandvine.com> wrote:
>
> > This coming thursday at the garden around 6pm
>
> I'm pretty sure I am going to regret piping up but I worry
> that this meeting time is heavily biased by those who were at
> last Thursday's meeting.
>
> According to the doodle site Alicia put up (
> http://doodle.com/3t4en7wqigy9crqw ) the winner appears to be
> Wednesday at 6:30pm.
>
> I personally am willing to show up Thursday, but that does
> not mean there should not be a meeting Wednesday.
>
> One concern I do have (whether we have one meetup or two) is
> what to do at the garden over the next few weeks. Maybe there
> is some work involving woodchips (whether laying them down or
> raking them up, but preferably not both in the same spot).
>
> It might be worth recording past plantings on maps. If we're
> going to rip out some of the paths then maybe we don't want
> to finalize the map for this year, but we could get started.
>
> There are a few weeds to murder, but there won't be many yet.
>
> What else is there to do?
>
> - Paul
>
>
>
>
>
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