[Garden] One meeting this Wednesday, another on Thursday

Thu Apr 30 16:49:08 EDT 2009

Hi Carmi,

Here's a map link just in case: http://tinyurl.com/cqlp6d

-Michael

On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 2:39 PM, Alicia Mah <alicia.mah at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Carmi,
>
> it's off of westmount, north of columbia. find the garden page at
> wpirg.org - i believe there is a map there.
>
> cheers,
> Alicia
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 10:18 AM, Carmi Hammoud <chammoud3515 at sympatico.ca
> > wrote:
>
>>  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 <alicia.mah at gmail.com>
>> *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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