From frozenleaf at gmail.com  Sat Aug  1 09:31:04 2009
From: frozenleaf at gmail.com (Jennifer Hood)
Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2009 09:31:04 -0400
Subject: [Garden] Opportunity to Create a Model Community Garden!
In-Reply-To: <4a71b891.1c02be0a.3706.ffffcf5fSMTPIN_ADDED@mx.google.com>
References: <490204FF0C10C0429FC328CADD5506910104EC69@EXCHANGE-1.sandvine.com>
	<4a71b891.1c02be0a.3706.ffffcf5fSMTPIN_ADDED@mx.google.com>
Message-ID: <814c2a6f0908010631wfcb6d52y869eef22ff59bc6c@mail.gmail.com>

It might be an interesting to have the planning experience, sure.

On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 11:13 AM, Candace Wormsbecker <candace at owr.ca>wrote:

>  Nope I haven?t submitted the UW Garden.   The idea is the students would
> provide the design we would just have be able to commit at least 3 gardeners
> to attend on the day of (October 3rd).  What do people think, wanna
> participate?
>
>
>
> Candace
>
>
>
>
>  ------------------------------
>
> *From:* Peter Belej [mailto:pbelej at sandvine.com]
> *Sent:* July-30-09 9:52 AM
> *To:* Candace Wormsbecker
> *Subject:* RE: [Garden] Opportunity to Create a Model Community Garden!
>
>
>
> Have you submitted our Community Garden to the list already?  Or, is it
> that we have to actually create some sort of design and submit that?
>
>
>  ------------------------------
>
> *From:* garden-bounces at lists.wpirg.org [mailto:
> garden-bounces at lists.wpirg.org] *On Behalf Of *Candace Wormsbecker
> *Sent:* Thursday, July 30, 2009 9:33 AM
> *To:* garden at lists.wpirg.org
> *Subject:* [Garden] Opportunity to Create a Model Community Garden!
>
>
>
>
>
> *Opportunity to Design Your Dream Garden!*
>
> * *
>
> *Community Garden Council Teams up with UW School of Planning*
>
> * *
>
> **
>
> * *
>
>
>
> Would you like the chance to have your garden redesigned and made more
> accessible to your community?
>
>
>
> On *Saturday October 3rd, 2009*, the University Of Waterloo School Of
> Planning will team up with Waterloo Region Public Health, the Community
> Garden Council of Waterloo Region and Opportunities Waterloo Region to hold
> a day-long design charrette (a collaborative session where a group of
> designers create a model featuring design solutions based on the needs of
> the participants) for some of our existing community gardens and potential
> new community gardens.
>
>
>
> Undergraduate students from the School of Planning will be presented with
> some of the challenges that face community gardens everyday. The students
> will then plan a new design for the garden which allows it to be fully
> accessible to people with diverse cultural backgrounds, as well as levels of
> physical ability. Ideally we would like to redesign a garden from each city
> (Kitchener, Waterloo and Cambridge) as well as one from a township in the
> region.
>
>
>
> This is an opportunity for your garden to get the makeover of your dreams!
> Unfortunately, due to time and budget constraints, there is only space
> available for four gardens to be evaluated and designed during the
> charrette, so if you are interested in submitting your garden?s name for
> consideration, please do so as soon as possible.
>
>
>
> Submissions can be made to Candace Wormsbecker at candace at owr.ca or by
> phone at 519-883-2353 ext. 5984 before August 10th.
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Garden mailing list
> Garden at lists.wpirg.org
> http://lists.wpirg.org/mailman/listinfo/garden_lists.wpirg.org
>
>


-- 
Jennifer Hood
PhD Student
Department of Biology
University of Waterloo
519-888-4567 x36439
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From paul_nijjar at yahoo.ca  Sat Aug  1 19:53:35 2009
From: paul_nijjar at yahoo.ca (Paul Nijjar)
Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2009 19:53:35 -0400
Subject: [Garden] Gardening Sunday
Message-ID: <20090801235335.GD19803@66bf-pauln2.theworkingcentre.org>


The rainy weather has meant that gardening has been sporadic over the
last few weeks. I am happy to see that some people have been coming
out. August is traditionally a pretty quiet month at the garden,
because the term is over and people are moving. However, if you are
around I would encourage you to come out. The garden is lush right
now. There are lots of basil plants and zucchini and greens; some of
the broccoli and cauliflower and cabbage has indeed been coming back;
we will soon be overwhelmed by green beans, and even the corn is still
going strong. 

Some of the bigger projects we can work on include finishing the fence
(I think we are in somewhat of a materials shortage, but I hope we
will resolve that soon), and staking tomatoes if it is not too late to
do so. There are also regular tasks like weeding, thinning, watering
and binding the celery as if they were veal calves. 

It looks like the weather could be sketchy tomorrow, but if it is not
raining or oppressively cloudy I hope to be there in the afternoon
around 4pm. 

If it is raining or if it has just rained, then we can probably do
some stuff but we shouldn't weed; touching wet plants is a great way
to spread disease. 

In addition to Sundays at 4pm, people have been meeting Wednesdays
between 5:30pm-6:00pm, and Thursday between 5:30pm-6:00pm. (I am not
sure whether I will continue Thursdays for much longer -- turnout has
been okay some weeks and nonexistent on others -- but I plan to go
next week, weather permitting.) 

- Paul

- Paul


From tomkayaker7 at hotmail.com  Wed Aug  5 19:33:51 2009
From: tomkayaker7 at hotmail.com (Tom Kelly)
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 19:33:51 -0400
Subject: [Garden] Opportunity to Create a Model Community Garden!
In-Reply-To: <814c2a6f0908010631wfcb6d52y869eef22ff59bc6c@mail.gmail.com>
References: <490204FF0C10C0429FC328CADD5506910104EC69@EXCHANGE-1.sandvine.com>
	<4a71b891.1c02be0a.3706.ffffcf5fSMTPIN_ADDED@mx.google.com> 
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Hey I would love to come out for this, although I am a little unsure what exactly what it is. What I get out of it is that the kids in planning will look at the design of out current community garden and re-design it to make it more user friendly.

Anyways I would just like to hear what a group of planners have to say about community gardens.

TK

(519) 883 0285




Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2009 09:31:04 -0400
From: frozenleaf at gmail.com
To: garden at lists.wpirg.org
Subject: Re: [Garden] Opportunity to Create a Model Community Garden!

It might be an interesting to have the planning experience, sure.

On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 11:13 AM, Candace Wormsbecker <candace at owr.ca> wrote:




















Nope I haven?t submitted the UW
Garden.   The idea is the students would provide the design we would
just have be able to commit at least 3 gardeners to attend on the day of
(October 3rd).  What do people think, wanna participate?


 


Candace


 


 










From:
Peter Belej [mailto:pbelej at sandvine.com] 

Sent: July-30-09 9:52 AM

To: Candace Wormsbecker

Subject: RE: [Garden] Opportunity
to Create a Model
 Community Garden!




 


Have you submitted our Community Garden to the list already?  Or, is
it that we have to actually create some sort of design and submit that?


 










From:
garden-bounces at lists.wpirg.org
[mailto:garden-bounces at lists.wpirg.org]
On Behalf Of Candace Wormsbecker

Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2009 9:33
AM

To: garden at lists.wpirg.org

Subject: [Garden] Opportunity to
Create a Model Community Garden!




 


 





Opportunity to Design Your Dream Garden!


 

Community Garden Council Teams up with UW School of Planning


 




 

 

Would
you like the chance to have your garden redesigned and made more accessible to
your community?

 


On
Saturday October 3rd, 2009,
the University Of Waterloo School Of Planning will team up with Waterloo Region
Public Health, the Community Garden Council of Waterloo Region and
Opportunities Waterloo Region to hold a day-long design charrette (a collaborative
session where a group of designers create a model featuring design solutions
based on the needs of the participants) for some of our existing
community gardens and potential new community gardens.

 


Undergraduate
students from the School
 of Planning will be presented
with some of the challenges that face community gardens everyday. The students
will then plan a new design for the garden which allows it to be fully
accessible to people with diverse cultural backgrounds, as well as levels of
physical ability. Ideally we would like to redesign a garden from each city (Kitchener, Waterloo and Cambridge) as well as one
from a township in the region.

 


This
is an opportunity for your garden to get the makeover of your dreams!
Unfortunately, due to time and budget constraints, there is only space
available for four gardens to be evaluated and designed during the charrette,
so if you are interested in submitting your garden?s name for
consideration, please do so as soon as possible.  

 


Submissions
can be made to Candace Wormsbecker at candace at owr.ca
or by phone at 519-883-2353 ext. 5984 before August 10th.

 







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Garden at lists.wpirg.org

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PhD Student
Department of Biology
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From paul_nijjar at yahoo.ca  Fri Aug  7 12:53:40 2009
From: paul_nijjar at yahoo.ca (Paul Nijjar)
Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2009 12:53:40 -0400
Subject: [Garden] FnB/Sunday
Message-ID: <20090807165340.GB28874@66bf-pauln2.theworkingcentre.org>

If anybody from Food Not Bombs is heading to the garden for this week,
the following vegetables are ready:
  - Turnips (there are lots of these)
  - Chard
  - Basil and other herbs

The following vegetables are in season, but when I stopped by
yesterday they seemed picked out. If there are ripe vegetables on
these plant feel free to take them. Otherwise there should be more
next week:
  - Zucchini
  - String beans

Somebody obviously put in some work between Sunday and Thursday (much
of the trench was filled in on where we put in fence on Sunday) but
they did not leave a note in the log. 

As for Sunday: it's pretty unlikely I will be there. Candace and Ian
are also out of town. So if any regulars are planning to come out then
it would be nice to tell us what time they will be by so any newbies
know when they can drop by. 

- Paul


From jrochon at uwaterloo.ca  Thu Aug 13 09:59:41 2009
From: jrochon at uwaterloo.ca (J. Rochon)
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 09:59:41 -0400
Subject: [Garden] Wednesday
Message-ID: <4A841C4D.2060509@uwaterloo.ca>

Gardeners,
                  I showed up at the garden after work yesterday, looked 
about and did a little work with the hoe. The garden looks great, we 
need to start harvesting before our lovely fresh veggies turn into 
bitter old veggies. I have a few observations.
-Cabbage can be harvested twice. I have done this. Cut the head off near 
the base, cultivate under the leaves, and new mini heads will form.
-The carrots were never thinned, but are looking ready.
-The beets, basil, turnips, chard, to name a few are ready to go. The 
garlic and onions are already dying back.
-The mid-season corn that I planted in the shadier section was a 
complete waste. We know for next year.
-The pole beans were not thinned, and are too thirsty. Some plants will 
bear no beans.
-The corn looks great. Harvest before the deer harvest. If no one 
objects, I'd like just one ear of corn to experiment with seed saving.
-The black plastic seems to be a great success.
-The flowers are blooming at both ends of the garden.
-The wheat was a dead loss. Stubborn and unbowed I intend to plant a 
*much smaller* section of winter wheat in September.
-Are we up for fall plantings?
-Are we interested in a fall picnic?
-Is anyone interested in cover crops? I can put in a few dollars for 
fall rye.
-The fence looks great.
                                                      -Jason

-- 
-----------------------
Jason Rochon
Campus Tech 
(519) 888-4567 X33518



From m.rosamond at gmail.com  Thu Aug 13 11:27:55 2009
From: m.rosamond at gmail.com (Madeline Rosamond)
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 11:27:55 -0400
Subject: [Garden] Wednesday
In-Reply-To: <4A841C4D.2060509@uwaterloo.ca>
References: <4A841C4D.2060509@uwaterloo.ca>
Message-ID: <3eedf3f50908130827s68d0125fx779c38058b9dcb5e@mail.gmail.com>

I did so thin the carrots (last week). Just sayin'.

Please, some kind person, take lots of zucchini. I am full up at my
house and there are copious amounts. Unfortunately the groundhog (or
whatever) is hollowing out squash and watermelon at a ridiculous pace.
Does anyone know if blood meal or something would work??

Cheers,
Maddy

On 8/13/09, J. Rochon <jrochon at uwaterloo.ca> wrote:
> Gardeners,
>                 I showed up at the garden after work yesterday, looked about
> and did a little work with the hoe. The garden looks great, we need to start
> harvesting before our lovely fresh veggies turn into bitter old veggies. I
> have a few observations.
> -Cabbage can be harvested twice. I have done this. Cut the head off near the
> base, cultivate under the leaves, and new mini heads will form.
> -The carrots were never thinned, but are looking ready.
> -The beets, basil, turnips, chard, to name a few are ready to go. The garlic
> and onions are already dying back.
> -The mid-season corn that I planted in the shadier section was a complete
> waste. We know for next year.
> -The pole beans were not thinned, and are too thirsty. Some plants will bear
> no beans.
> -The corn looks great. Harvest before the deer harvest. If no one objects,
> I'd like just one ear of corn to experiment with seed saving.
> -The black plastic seems to be a great success.
> -The flowers are blooming at both ends of the garden.
> -The wheat was a dead loss. Stubborn and unbowed I intend to plant a *much
> smaller* section of winter wheat in September.
> -Are we up for fall plantings?
> -Are we interested in a fall picnic?
> -Is anyone interested in cover crops? I can put in a few dollars for fall
> rye.
> -The fence looks great.
>                                                     -Jason
>
> --
> -----------------------
> Jason Rochon
> Campus Tech (519) 888-4567 X33518
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Garden mailing list
> Garden at lists.wpirg.org
> http://lists.wpirg.org/mailman/listinfo/garden_lists.wpirg.org
>


-- 
Maddy Rosamond
PhD Student
Dept. Earth & Environmental Sciences
University of Waterloo
519-888-4567 ex 38674
m.rosamond at gmail.com


From angela.mcneill at rogers.com  Thu Aug 13 12:08:46 2009
From: angela.mcneill at rogers.com (Angela McNeill)
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 12:08:46 -0400
Subject: [Garden] Wednesday
References: <4A841C4D.2060509@uwaterloo.ca>
	<3eedf3f50908130827s68d0125fx779c38058b9dcb5e@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <E8D9B00AB6CA447C8F32CA7CA45718DC@BILBO>

I will go to the garden tonight and do some harvesting and bring blood meal. 
I have some organic blood meal and will spread it around the squash.

Angela


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Madeline Rosamond" <m.rosamond at gmail.com>
To: <jrochon at uwaterloo.ca>; <garden at lists.wpirg.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 11:27 AM
Subject: Re: [Garden] Wednesday


>I did so thin the carrots (last week). Just sayin'.
>
> Please, some kind person, take lots of zucchini. I am full up at my
> house and there are copious amounts. Unfortunately the groundhog (or
> whatever) is hollowing out squash and watermelon at a ridiculous pace.
> Does anyone know if blood meal or something would work??
>
> Cheers,
> Maddy
>
> On 8/13/09, J. Rochon <jrochon at uwaterloo.ca> wrote:
>> Gardeners,
>>                 I showed up at the garden after work yesterday, looked 
>> about
>> and did a little work with the hoe. The garden looks great, we need to 
>> start
>> harvesting before our lovely fresh veggies turn into bitter old veggies. 
>> I
>> have a few observations.
>> -Cabbage can be harvested twice. I have done this. Cut the head off near 
>> the
>> base, cultivate under the leaves, and new mini heads will form.
>> -The carrots were never thinned, but are looking ready.
>> -The beets, basil, turnips, chard, to name a few are ready to go. The 
>> garlic
>> and onions are already dying back.
>> -The mid-season corn that I planted in the shadier section was a complete
>> waste. We know for next year.
>> -The pole beans were not thinned, and are too thirsty. Some plants will 
>> bear
>> no beans.
>> -The corn looks great. Harvest before the deer harvest. If no one 
>> objects,
>> I'd like just one ear of corn to experiment with seed saving.
>> -The black plastic seems to be a great success.
>> -The flowers are blooming at both ends of the garden.
>> -The wheat was a dead loss. Stubborn and unbowed I intend to plant a 
>> *much
>> smaller* section of winter wheat in September.
>> -Are we up for fall plantings?
>> -Are we interested in a fall picnic?
>> -Is anyone interested in cover crops? I can put in a few dollars for fall
>> rye.
>> -The fence looks great.
>>                                                     -Jason
>>
>> --
>> -----------------------
>> Jason Rochon
>> Campus Tech (519) 888-4567 X33518
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Garden mailing list
>> Garden at lists.wpirg.org
>> http://lists.wpirg.org/mailman/listinfo/garden_lists.wpirg.org
>>
>
>
> -- 
> Maddy Rosamond
> PhD Student
> Dept. Earth & Environmental Sciences
> University of Waterloo
> 519-888-4567 ex 38674
> m.rosamond at gmail.com
>
> _______________________________________________
> Garden mailing list
> Garden at lists.wpirg.org
> http://lists.wpirg.org/mailman/listinfo/garden_lists.wpirg.org 



From jrochon at uwaterloo.ca  Thu Aug 13 13:19:00 2009
From: jrochon at uwaterloo.ca (J. Rochon)
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 13:19:00 -0400
Subject: [Garden] Groundhog day
Message-ID: <4A844B04.4050102@uwaterloo.ca>

Gardeners,
                 Here are a few suggestions for non-violent ground hog 
control.

Option #1 simply entails installing pinwheels or other devices around 
garden areas to frighten groundhogs away (groundhogs are timid, and the 
motion will bother them).

Option #2 Epsom salts can be sprinkled on the vegetation and fruits of 
your garden plants to render them foul-tasting to groundhogs. The good 
news about this strategy is that Epsom salts will also help some of your 
garden plants to grow better. But the bad news is that rain will wash 
off the Epsom salts, meaning that you will need to make repeated 
applications. Another strategy that suffers from the same drawback is 
discouraging groundhogs with foul-smelling agents such as ammonia. 
Ammonia-soaked rags can be strewn along the perimeter of your garden, 
forming a stinky barrier to repel groundhogs. But even ammonia's smell 
fades eventually and a re-application will be necessary.

Option #3 (the one we are trying) Fences such as chicken-wire fences can 
provide a more permanent solution to your groundhog pest problem. Be 
aware of two factors, however: groundhogs can climb *over* your fences, 
and groundhogs can tunnel *under* your fences. To discourage the former, 
make your fences 3'-4' high. To foil tunneling 
<http://muextension.missouri.edu/explore/agguides/wildlife/g09452.htm> 
attempts, the University of Missouri Extension advises:

"The buried portion of the fence should be bent at a 90-degree angle, 1 
foot below the surface, with the bottom of the fence pointing away from 
the garden. This design discourages burrowing if it is started at the 
fence line."

#4 Castor Oil


On the other hand, I'm told if you mix one ounce of castor oil with 10 
ounces of water you'll deter all kinds of pests. According to the 
castor-oil company in the U.S. the castor oil does not kill the pests, 
they simply do not like the smell of it and avoid the area. In one 
study, not only did the rodents stay away, but rabbits, squirrels, 
groundhogs, raccoons and skunks also stayed away. I have not tried this 
(the twenty foot square garden does not have groundhogs or enough soil 
depth for them to live here) so I can't offer any support to this product.

Read more: http://www.beginner-gardening.com/groundhogs.html#ixzz0O5HbfrR2

*Scent Deterrents:*

    * Make a small pouch out of a nylon stocking or an onion bag and
      place some dog hair in it. Attach this to a small stick and place
      in and around your garden. The groundhog will think a predator is
      near.
    * Sprinkle dry blood meal around target plants to trick the
      groundhog into thinking a predator is close by.

*Taste Deterrents:*

    * Plant garlic, onion and/or marigolds near the plants you would
      like to protect or sprinkle garlic and onion powder on those
      plants for a similar effect.
    * You can also sprinkle talcum powder on or near the plants as
      groundhogs dislike this taste.
    * Plant a patch of clover or alfalfa to lure them away from your
      desired plants.

And my favourite You can buy commercial repellents to keep groundhogs 
out of your garden, but a homemade one that works well is 1 tbs. hot 
sauce mixed into 1 gallon water. Spray the mixture directly onto the 
plants. You can also spray it along the perimeter of the garden. 
MMmmmm.... hot sauce.


-- 
-----------------------
Jason Rochon
Campus Tech 
(519) 888-4567 X33518

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From ddolson at sandvine.com  Thu Aug 13 15:08:28 2009
From: ddolson at sandvine.com (Dave Dolson)
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:08:28 -0400
Subject: [Garden] [BULK]   Groundhog day
In-Reply-To: <4A844B04.4050102@uwaterloo.ca>
References: <4A844B04.4050102@uwaterloo.ca>
Message-ID: <F489AB573A749146B33461ECE080913A0B2ED04F@EXCHANGE-1.sandvine.com>

I was wondering about the white squash-like objects (spaghetti squash?).
There is one out there today that the groundhog has not touched yet (I
know he/she likes them), but I don't know how to tell if this item is
ripe, or whether it needs to change colour. If you think this item is
ripe and you like to eat this item, please take it.
 
 


________________________________

	From: garden-bounces at lists.wpirg.org
[mailto:garden-bounces at lists.wpirg.org] On Behalf Of J. Rochon
	Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 1:19 PM
	To: garden at lists.wpirg.org
	Subject: [BULK] [Garden] Groundhog day
	Importance: Low
	
	
	Gardeners,
	                 Here are a few suggestions for non-violent
ground hog control.
	
	Option #1 simply entails installing pinwheels or other devices
around garden areas to frighten groundhogs away (groundhogs are timid,
and the motion will bother them).
	
	Option #2 Epsom salts can be sprinkled on the vegetation and
fruits of your garden plants to render them foul-tasting to groundhogs.
The good news about this strategy is that Epsom salts will also help
some of your garden plants to grow better. But the bad news is that rain
will wash off the Epsom salts, meaning that you will need to make
repeated applications. Another strategy that suffers from the same
drawback is discouraging groundhogs with foul-smelling agents such as
ammonia. Ammonia-soaked rags can be strewn along the perimeter of your
garden, forming a stinky barrier to repel groundhogs. But even ammonia's
smell fades eventually and a re-application will be necessary. 
	
	

	Option #3 (the one we are trying) Fences such as chicken-wire
fences can provide a more permanent solution to your groundhog pest
problem. Be aware of two factors, however: groundhogs can climb over
your fences, and groundhogs can tunnel under your fences. To discourage
the former, make your fences 3'-4' high. To foil tunneling
<http://muextension.missouri.edu/explore/agguides/wildlife/g09452.htm>
attempts, the University of Missouri Extension advises: 

	"The buried portion of the fence should be bent at a 90-degree
angle, 1 foot below the surface, with the bottom of the fence pointing
away from the garden. This design discourages burrowing if it is started
at the fence line."
	

	#4 Castor Oil


	On the other hand, I'm told if you mix one ounce of castor oil
with 10 ounces of water you'll deter all kinds of pests. According to
the castor-oil company in the U.S. the castor oil does not kill the
pests, they simply do not like the smell of it and avoid the area. In
one study, not only did the rodents stay away, but rabbits, squirrels,
groundhogs, raccoons and skunks also stayed away. I have not tried this
(the twenty foot square garden does not have groundhogs or enough soil
depth for them to live here) so I can't offer any support to this
product. 
	

	Read more:
http://www.beginner-gardening.com/groundhogs.html#ixzz0O5HbfrR2
	
	

	Scent Deterrents: 

	*	Make a small pouch out of a nylon stocking or an onion
bag and place some dog hair in it. Attach this to a small stick and
place in and around your garden. The groundhog will think a predator is
near. 
	*	Sprinkle dry blood meal around target plants to trick
the groundhog into thinking a predator is close by. 

	Taste Deterrents:

	*	Plant garlic, onion and/or marigolds near the plants you
would like to protect or sprinkle garlic and onion powder on those
plants for a similar effect. 
	*	You can also sprinkle talcum powder on or near the
plants as groundhogs dislike this taste. 
	*	Plant a patch of clover or alfalfa to lure them away
from your desired plants. 

	And my favourite You can buy commercial repellents to keep
groundhogs out of your garden, but a homemade one that works well is 1
tbs. hot sauce mixed into 1 gallon water. Spray the mixture directly
onto the plants. You can also spray it along the perimeter of the
garden. MMmmmm.... hot sauce.
	
	

	


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	Campus Tech 
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From paul_nijjar at yahoo.ca  Thu Aug 13 20:31:33 2009
From: paul_nijjar at yahoo.ca (Paul Nijjar)
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:31:33 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Garden] [BULK]   Groundhog day
In-Reply-To: <F489AB573A749146B33461ECE080913A0B2ED04F@EXCHANGE-1.sandvine.com>
Message-ID: <294573.75719.qm@web57607.mail.re1.yahoo.com>


--- On Thu, 8/13/09, Dave Dolson <ddolson at sandvine.com> wrote:

>  
> I was wondering about the white
> squash-like objects 
> (spaghetti squash?). There is one out there today that the
> groundhog has not 
> touched yet (I know he/she likes them), but I don't
> know how to tell if this 
> item is ripe, or whether it needs to change colour. If you
> think this item is 
> ripe and you like to eat this item, please take
> it.
> ?

They are not ripe yet, I think. 

Angela put some bone meal out today as a deterrent. If others want to try the other things Jason suggested, then they should go ahead -- but it is good to note what you did in the logbook and on the list so we don't get freaked out the next time we are at the garden. 


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From paul_nijjar at yahoo.ca  Thu Aug 13 20:36:18 2009
From: paul_nijjar at yahoo.ca (Paul Nijjar)
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:36:18 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Garden] Wednesday
In-Reply-To: <3eedf3f50908130827s68d0125fx779c38058b9dcb5e@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <830007.1377.qm@web57605.mail.re1.yahoo.com>



--- On Thu, 8/13/09, Madeline Rosamond <m.rosamond at gmail.com> wrote:


> Please, some kind person, take lots of zucchini. I am full
> up at my
> house and there are copious amounts. Unfortunately the
> groundhog (or
> whatever) is hollowing out squash and watermelon at a
> ridiculous pace.
> Does anyone know if blood meal or something would work??

FnB can take lots of zukes, as well as many of the other vegetables Jason was mentioning. I would probably go easier on the garlic, cauliflower and onion, and heavy on the turnips, zukes, basil, and beans. 

I will be coming by on Sunday. You should come by as well, or I will take more than my fair share of vegetables again. Then I will get even more fat. 

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From unaclavelia at yahoo.com  Fri Aug 14 13:14:42 2009
From: unaclavelia at yahoo.com (mari ortiz)
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 10:14:42 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Garden] Friday
In-Reply-To: <830007.1377.qm@web57605.mail.re1.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <475513.25572.qm@web33508.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Hi, is anyone going taday, Friday and at what time. ?I have free time and would like to go today, let me kow if there is a group today and the time and place. I placed Watermelons seeds and wanted to see how they were doing.Bye

--- On Thu, 8/13/09, Paul Nijjar <paul_nijjar at yahoo.ca> wrote:

From: Paul Nijjar <paul_nijjar at yahoo.ca>
Subject: Re: [Garden] Wednesday
To: garden at lists.wpirg.org
Received: Thursday, August 13, 2009, 5:36 PM



--- On Thu, 8/13/09, Madeline Rosamond <m.rosamond at gmail.com> wrote:


> Please, some kind person, take lots of zucchini. I am full
> up at my
> house and there are copious amounts. Unfortunately the
> groundhog (or
> whatever) is hollowing out squash and watermelon at a
> ridiculous pace.
> Does anyone know if blood meal or something would work??

FnB can take lots of zukes, as well as many of the other vegetables Jason was mentioning. I would probably go easier on the garlic, cauliflower and onion, and heavy on the turnips, zukes, basil, and beans. 

I will be coming by on Sunday. You should come by as well, or I will take more than my fair share of vegetables again. Then I will get even more fat. 

- Paul



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From britton.jenner at gmail.com  Fri Aug 14 14:00:34 2009
From: britton.jenner at gmail.com (Britton Jenner)
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:00:34 -0400
Subject: [Garden] Groundhog day
In-Reply-To: <4A844B04.4050102@uwaterloo.ca>
References: <4A844B04.4050102@uwaterloo.ca>
Message-ID: <eff70b4f0908141100h12a6774anb7c0d4751a8679a1@mail.gmail.com>

Hello all,
I'm not sure about a liquid hotsauce mixture, but I know sprinkling chile
powder, cayenne pepper can blind squirrels as the touch their face very
often.

Britton

On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 1:19 PM, J. Rochon <jrochon at uwaterloo.ca> wrote:

>  Gardeners,
>                  Here are a few suggestions for non-violent ground hog
> control.
>
> Option #1 simply entails installing pinwheels or other devices around
> garden areas to frighten groundhogs away (groundhogs are timid, and the
> motion will bother them).
>
> Option #2 Epsom salts can be sprinkled on the vegetation and fruits of your
> garden plants to render them foul-tasting to groundhogs. The good news about
> this strategy is that Epsom salts will also help some of your garden plants
> to grow better. But the bad news is that rain will wash off the Epsom salts,
> meaning that you will need to make repeated applications. Another strategy
> that suffers from the same drawback is discouraging groundhogs with
> foul-smelling agents such as ammonia. Ammonia-soaked rags can be strewn
> along the perimeter of your garden, forming a stinky barrier to repel
> groundhogs. But even ammonia's smell fades eventually and a re-application
> will be necessary.
>
> Option #3 (the one we are trying) Fences such as chicken-wire fences can
> provide a more permanent solution to your groundhog pest problem. Be aware
> of two factors, however: groundhogs can climb *over* your fences, and
> groundhogs can tunnel *under* your fences. To discourage the former, make
> your fences 3'-4' high. To foil tunneling<http://muextension.missouri.edu/explore/agguides/wildlife/g09452.htm>attempts, the University of Missouri Extension advises:
>
> "The buried portion of the fence should be bent at a 90-degree angle, 1
> foot below the surface, with the bottom of the fence pointing away from the
> garden. This design discourages burrowing if it is started at the fence
> line."
>
> #4 Castor Oil
>
> On the other hand, I?m told if you mix one ounce of castor oil with 10
> ounces of water you?ll deter all kinds of pests. According to the castor-oil
> company in the U.S. the castor oil does not kill the pests, they simply do
> not like the smell of it and avoid the area. In one study, not only did the
> rodents stay away, but rabbits, squirrels, groundhogs, raccoons and skunks
> also stayed away. I have not tried this (the twenty foot square garden does
> not have groundhogs or enough soil depth for them to live here) so I can?t
> offer any support to this product.
>
> Read more: http://www.beginner-gardening.com/groundhogs.html#ixzz0O5HbfrR2
>
> *Scent Deterrents:*
>
>    - Make a small pouch out of a nylon stocking or an onion bag and place
>    some dog hair in it. Attach this to a small stick and place in and around
>    your garden. The groundhog will think a predator is near.
>    - Sprinkle dry blood meal around target plants to trick the groundhog
>    into thinking a predator is close by.
>
> *Taste Deterrents:*
>
>    - Plant garlic, onion and/or marigolds near the plants you would like
>    to protect or sprinkle garlic and onion powder on those plants for a similar
>    effect.
>    - You can also sprinkle talcum powder on or near the plants as
>    groundhogs dislike this taste.
>    - Plant a patch of clover or alfalfa to lure them away from your
>    desired plants.
>
> And my favourite You can buy commercial repellents to keep groundhogs out
> of your garden, but a homemade one that works well is 1 tbs. hot sauce mixed
> into 1 gallon water. Spray the mixture directly onto the plants. You can
> also spray it along the perimeter of the garden. MMmmmm.... hot sauce.
>
>
> --
> -----------------------
> Jason Rochon
> Campus Tech
> (519) 888-4567 X33518
>
>
> _______________________________________________
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From paul_nijjar at yahoo.ca  Mon Aug 17 13:42:41 2009
From: paul_nijjar at yahoo.ca (Paul Nijjar)
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 13:42:41 -0400
Subject: [Garden] Zucchini donation
Message-ID: <20090817174241.GB19080@pirg.uwaterloo.ca>

There were a lot of zucchini on Sunday. I picked most of the big ones
(they were heavy!) and donated about eight of them to St. John's
Kitchen this morning. 

A bunch of the zucchini were nibbled by something (raccoons or
groundhogs). I took those home and ate them myself. The zucchini
plants are getting yellow, so I don't know how many more harvests we
will get. I am hoping that some water will revive the plants. 

In other sad news the raccoons have discovered our corn. It looks like
a bunch of our other stuff is also getting trampled on. 

In other mystifying news somebody has harvested a bunch of the onions,
several heads of garlic and several heads of cabbage. This happened
sometime between Thursday evening and Sunday afternoon. I think it's
totally cool for people associated with the garden or FnB to harvest
stuff, but if you do so please note down your harvest in the notebook
in the shed. I am moderately worried that in addition to raccoons and
rodents maybe the garden is infested with primates. (Speaking of
which, there are these beautiful shiny beetles on our basil. They are
probably up to no good, but on the other hand they are beautiful and
shiny.) 

I did some watering on Sunday. If we don't get rain then maybe it will
be appropriate to water some more on Wednesday. 

To those picking chard: it is better to pick off a few leaves from
each plant rather than slicing the whole plant at the base of the
stem. This lets you get more harvests per plant. Having said that we
have enough chard that it probably does not matter a huge amount.

- Paul


From ddolson at sandvine.com  Mon Aug 17 14:02:16 2009
From: ddolson at sandvine.com (Dave Dolson)
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 14:02:16 -0400
Subject: [Garden] [BULK]   Zucchini donation
In-Reply-To: <20090817174241.GB19080@pirg.uwaterloo.ca>
References: <20090817174241.GB19080@pirg.uwaterloo.ca>
Message-ID: <F489AB573A749146B33461ECE080913A0B41AFC7@EXCHANGE-1.sandvine.com>

The basil is quite large, and while it's healthy I suggest it is a good
time to make pesto for the winter.
We run it through the food processor and fill ice-cube trays with it.
I think I'll grab a couple of plants this week.

I'm guilty of not writing down what I've been taking. I didn't take
anything this weekend, but I've taken beans, squash, zucchini, turnip,
chard and one garlic over the past few weeks.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: garden-bounces at lists.wpirg.org 
> [mailto:garden-bounces at lists.wpirg.org] On Behalf Of Paul Nijjar
> Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 1:43 PM
> To: garden at lists.wpirg.org
> Subject: [BULK] [Garden] Zucchini donation
> Importance: Low
> 
> There were a lot of zucchini on Sunday. I picked most of the big ones
> (they were heavy!) and donated about eight of them to St. John's
> Kitchen this morning. 
> 
> A bunch of the zucchini were nibbled by something (raccoons or
> groundhogs). I took those home and ate them myself. The zucchini
> plants are getting yellow, so I don't know how many more harvests we
> will get. I am hoping that some water will revive the plants. 
> 
> In other sad news the raccoons have discovered our corn. It looks like
> a bunch of our other stuff is also getting trampled on. 
> 
> In other mystifying news somebody has harvested a bunch of the onions,
> several heads of garlic and several heads of cabbage. This happened
> sometime between Thursday evening and Sunday afternoon. I think it's
> totally cool for people associated with the garden or FnB to harvest
> stuff, but if you do so please note down your harvest in the notebook
> in the shed. I am moderately worried that in addition to raccoons and
> rodents maybe the garden is infested with primates. (Speaking of
> which, there are these beautiful shiny beetles on our basil. They are
> probably up to no good, but on the other hand they are beautiful and
> shiny.) 
> 
> I did some watering on Sunday. If we don't get rain then maybe it will
> be appropriate to water some more on Wednesday. 
> 
> To those picking chard: it is better to pick off a few leaves from
> each plant rather than slicing the whole plant at the base of the
> stem. This lets you get more harvests per plant. Having said that we
> have enough chard that it probably does not matter a huge amount.
> 
> - Paul
> 
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> 


From paul_nijjar at yahoo.ca  Mon Aug 17 15:10:55 2009
From: paul_nijjar at yahoo.ca (Paul Nijjar)
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:10:55 -0400
Subject: [Garden] [BULK]   Zucchini donation
In-Reply-To: <F489AB573A749146B33461ECE080913A0B41AFC7@EXCHANGE-1.sandvine.com>
References: <20090817174241.GB19080@pirg.uwaterloo.ca>
	<F489AB573A749146B33461ECE080913A0B41AFC7@EXCHANGE-1.sandvine.com>
Message-ID: <20090817191055.GC19080@pirg.uwaterloo.ca>

On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 02:02:16PM -0400, Dave Dolson wrote:
> The basil is quite large, and while it's healthy I suggest it is a good
> time to make pesto for the winter.
> We run it through the food processor and fill ice-cube trays with it.
> I think I'll grab a couple of plants this week.

I totally agree that it is pesto season and that we should harvest
liberally. 

Rather than taking entire plants I have been picking sprigs
(especially springs with flowers). The basil seems to be regrowing.
Maybe this is a bad idea? As with the chard, my hope was that we could
get multiple harvests per plant.


- Paul


From unaclavelia at yahoo.com  Mon Aug 17 21:35:02 2009
From: unaclavelia at yahoo.com (mari ortiz)
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:35:02 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Garden] need gardening schedule urgent
In-Reply-To: <20090817191055.GC19080@pirg.uwaterloo.ca>
Message-ID: <223864.22879.qm@web33505.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Hi gardeners,
I am wondering when the gardening times are, I have just become free and can devote time to gardening, can someone please let me know the usual days and times you meet so that I can drop in and help out. ?I can not find the times in the old e-mails, I must have deleted them. Bye

--- On Mon, 8/17/09, Paul Nijjar <paul_nijjar at yahoo.ca> wrote:

From: Paul Nijjar <paul_nijjar at yahoo.ca>
Subject: Re: [Garden] [BULK]   Zucchini donation
To: garden at lists.wpirg.org
Received: Monday, August 17, 2009, 12:10 PM

On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 02:02:16PM -0400, Dave Dolson wrote:
> The basil is quite large, and while it's healthy I suggest it is a good
> time to make pesto for the winter.
> We run it through the food processor and fill ice-cube trays with it.
> I think I'll grab a couple of plants this week.

I totally agree that it is pesto season and that we should harvest
liberally. 

Rather than taking entire plants I have been picking sprigs
(especially springs with flowers). The basil seems to be regrowing.
Maybe this is a bad idea? As with the chard, my hope was that we could
get multiple harvests per plant.


- Paul

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From paul_nijjar at yahoo.ca  Mon Aug 17 21:40:42 2009
From: paul_nijjar at yahoo.ca (Paul Nijjar)
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:40:42 -0400
Subject: [Garden] need gardening schedule urgent
In-Reply-To: <223864.22879.qm@web33505.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
References: <20090817191055.GC19080@pirg.uwaterloo.ca>
	<223864.22879.qm@web33505.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <20090818014042.GE19080@pirg.uwaterloo.ca>

On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 06:35:02PM -0700, mari ortiz wrote:
> Hi gardeners,
> 
> I am wondering when the gardening times are, I have just become free and can
> devote time to gardening, can someone please let me know the usual days and
> times you meet so that I can drop in and help out.  I can not find the times in
> the old e-mails, I must have deleted them. Bye

Wednesday evenings (6pm?)
Thursday evenings (around 6pm)
Sunday afternoons (around 4pm)

These times are pretty flexible. In particular I have been sloppy
about getting to the garden on time. But if nobody is around you can
harvest stuff or weed or water. 

- Paul



From unaclavelia at yahoo.com  Mon Aug 17 22:16:03 2009
From: unaclavelia at yahoo.com (mari ortiz)
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 19:16:03 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Garden] (no subject)
In-Reply-To: <20090818014042.GE19080@pirg.uwaterloo.ca>
Message-ID: <508992.51383.qm@web33503.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

THanks Paul.

--- On Mon, 8/17/09, Paul Nijjar <paul_nijjar at yahoo.ca> wrote:

From: Paul Nijjar <paul_nijjar at yahoo.ca>
Subject: Re: [Garden] need gardening schedule urgent
To: garden at lists.wpirg.org
Received: Monday, August 17, 2009, 6:40 PM

On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 06:35:02PM -0700, mari ortiz wrote:
> Hi gardeners,
> 
> I am wondering when the gardening times are, I have just become free and can
> devote time to gardening, can someone please let me know the usual days and
> times you meet so that I can drop in and help out.? I can not find the times in
> the old e-mails, I must have deleted them. Bye

Wednesday evenings (6pm?)
Thursday evenings (around 6pm)
Sunday afternoons (around 4pm)

These times are pretty flexible. In particular I have been sloppy
about getting to the garden on time. But if nobody is around you can
harvest stuff or weed or water. 

- Paul


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From candace at owr.ca  Wed Aug 19 16:27:34 2009
From: candace at owr.ca (Candace Wormsbecker)
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:27:34 -0400
Subject: [Garden] [BULK]   Groundhog day
In-Reply-To: <F489AB573A749146B33461ECE080913A0B2ED04F@EXCHANGE-1.sandvine.com>
Message-ID: <mailman.3.1250713665.5184.garden_lists.wpirg.org@lists.wpirg.org>

Yes the squash won't be ready till late September (if we can keep the
predators away!).  If we can hold on a little longer they will be fully
ripened and sweeter!

  _____  

From: garden-bounces at lists.wpirg.org [mailto:garden-bounces at lists.wpirg.org]
On Behalf Of Dave Dolson
Sent: August-13-09 3:08 PM
To: jrochon at uwaterloo.ca; garden at lists.wpirg.org
Subject: Re: [Garden] [BULK] Groundhog day


I was wondering about the white squash-like objects (spaghetti squash?).
There is one out there today that the groundhog has not touched yet (I know
he/she likes them), but I don't know how to tell if this item is ripe, or
whether it needs to change colour. If you think this item is ripe and you
like to eat this item, please take it.
 
 


  _____  

From: garden-bounces at lists.wpirg.org [mailto:garden-bounces at lists.wpirg.org]
On Behalf Of J. Rochon
Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 1:19 PM
To: garden at lists.wpirg.org
Subject: [BULK] [Garden] Groundhog day
Importance: Low


Gardeners,
                 Here are a few suggestions for non-violent ground hog
control.

Option #1 simply entails installing pinwheels or other devices around garden
areas to frighten groundhogs away (groundhogs are timid, and the motion will
bother them).

Option #2 Epsom salts can be sprinkled on the vegetation and fruits of your
garden plants to render them foul-tasting to groundhogs. The good news about
this strategy is that Epsom salts will also help some of your garden plants
to grow better. But the bad news is that rain will wash off the Epsom salts,
meaning that you will need to make repeated applications. Another strategy
that suffers from the same drawback is discouraging groundhogs with
foul-smelling agents such as ammonia. Ammonia-soaked rags can be strewn
along the perimeter of your garden, forming a stinky barrier to repel
groundhogs. But even ammonia's smell fades eventually and a re-application
will be necessary. 



Option #3 (the one we are trying) Fences such as chicken-wire fences can
provide a more permanent solution to your groundhog pest problem. Be aware
of two factors, however: groundhogs can climb over your fences, and
groundhogs can tunnel under your fences. To discourage the former, make your
fences 3'-4' high. To foil tunneling
<http://muextension.missouri.edu/explore/agguides/wildlife/g09452.htm>
attempts, the University of Missouri Extension advises: 

"The buried portion of the fence should be bent at a 90-degree angle, 1 foot
below the surface, with the bottom of the fence pointing away from the
garden. This design discourages burrowing if it is started at the fence
line."


#4 Castor Oil


On the other hand, I'm told if you mix one ounce of castor oil with 10
ounces of water you'll deter all kinds of pests. According to the castor-oil
company in the U.S. the castor oil does not kill the pests, they simply do
not like the smell of it and avoid the area. In one study, not only did the
rodents stay away, but rabbits, squirrels, groundhogs, raccoons and skunks
also stayed away. I have not tried this (the twenty foot square garden does
not have groundhogs or enough soil depth for them to live here) so I can't
offer any support to this product. 


Read more: http://www.beginner-gardening.com/groundhogs.html#ixzz0O5HbfrR2



Scent Deterrents: 

*	Make a small pouch out of a nylon stocking or an onion bag and place
some dog hair in it. Attach this to a small stick and place in and around
your garden. The groundhog will think a predator is near. 

*	Sprinkle dry blood meal around target plants to trick the groundhog
into thinking a predator is close by. 

Taste Deterrents:

*	Plant garlic, onion and/or marigolds near the plants you would like
to protect or sprinkle garlic and onion powder on those plants for a similar
effect. 

*	You can also sprinkle talcum powder on or near the plants as
groundhogs dislike this taste. 

*	Plant a patch of clover or alfalfa to lure them away from your
desired plants. 

And my favourite You can buy commercial repellents to keep groundhogs out of
your garden, but a homemade one that works well is 1 tbs. hot sauce mixed
into 1 gallon water. Spray the mixture directly onto the plants. You can
also spray it along the perimeter of the garden. MMmmmm.... hot sauce.






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Campus Tech 

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From candace at owr.ca  Mon Aug 24 10:48:35 2009
From: candace at owr.ca (Candace Wormsbecker)
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 10:48:35 -0400
Subject: [Garden] Community Garden Update August 2009
Message-ID: <mailman.4.1251125325.5184.garden_lists.wpirg.org@lists.wpirg.org>



Garden Update - August 2009 (please circulate) 

 

FREE Signage!

 

-          As was previously announced there is an opportunity for not just
a sign for your garden but a communication board (thanks to our generous
sponsor Together 4 Health)!  The exact design for these signs is still being
determined but there will be two styles (one mounted in the ground and one
for a fence or shed).  Not only will there be information for those possibly
interested in a plot but also space for communication between gardeners.  I
want to thank all those that took some time to fill out the survey that was
passed along.  Even if you did not participate in the survey but are still
interested in a sign for your garden there is still an opportunity.  Due to
the limitations of the survey design I was not able to access who expressed
interest in a sign.  If you want a sign for your garden, please contact me
(519-883-2353 ext. 5984 or  <mailto:candace at owr.ca> candace at owr.ca) by
August 31st to ensure you are included! 

 

Events

 

-          SAVE THE DATE!!  "Community Gardeners Make Your Garden Work
Better: Get the Supports You Need" workshop.  If your garden needs access to
resources such as readily available water, tools, or funds?  Join us for a
FREE workshop.  This workshop will provide you with expert, practical advice
on how to:

 

*         Get the tools you need to garden

*         Keep your right to garden

*         Organize to influence power

*         Join forces with others

 

Facilitator John Jackson a local activist, writer, and lecturer will be
complimented with success stories from fellow community gardeners.  Join us
as we continue to work toward building the Vision we created last year
Saturday, September 19, 2009,10am-2:30pm; light lunch provided.  Located at
the Cambridge Centre for the Arts - Toyota Room; 60 Dickson St., Cambridge.
Please RSVP by September 14th to Candace at 519-883-2353 ext. 5984 or
candace at owr.ca.  (Very exciting!  More details to come!)

 

-          Seed Saving Garden Tour. Saturday August 29, 10:00 am & 1:00 pm.
Bring a bundle of envelopes and join us on a seed saving walk through our
heritage flower and vegetable gardens. Learn about pollination and how to
save seeds for a wide variety of ornamentals and vegetables.  Take seed home
with you.  Located at Diversity Gardens, 1528 Notre Dame Drive, St. Agatha

 

Sponsorship

 

-          For Gardens in Kitchener only...

 

o        Festival of Neighbourhoods.  Kitchener residents are encouraged to
hold a community event in their neighbourhood; this event can then be
entered into a draw for several prizes (including a grand prize of a $10,000
capital improvement grant!) at the Festival of Neighbourhoods Finale on
Sunday, October 25, 2009.  Activities must be held between March 29 and
October 5, 2009. For more information visit:
http://www.kitchener.ca/award_prog/festival_neighbourhoods.html

Media

- A new twist to delivering fresh veggies: A Truck Farm -
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/30/the-truck-farm-the-cooles_n_247818.
html

- Gardens Given a Boost by the U.S. Federal Government.
<http://tefapalliance.org/blog/archives/489>
http://tefapalliance.org/blog/archives/489

Photo Contest

- Enter our "I Dig Your Photo!" contest and win!  How to enter: Log onto
Facebook and upload your photo to the group "Waterloo Region Community
Gardeners". Please name the photo "I Dig Your Photo Contest Entry", and
you're set! Or, send your photo entries to Candace at owr.ca. (But Facebook is
easier if you have it!).  What you can win:  1st Prize: A family 4-pack of
passes to the Waterloo Region's Children's Museum,

and your photo showcased in our next newsletter.  Runner-Up Prize: A $20
gift certificate to Zehrs Grocery. Closing Date for Entry: September 30,
2009.

Idea for InSpiratioN..

- The Ballard Community Garden in Seattle recently hosted an "Art in the
Garden" event.  The community enjoyed a wonderful walk through the garden
while listening to some awesome musicians and viewing amazing artworks all
for sale by local artists.  People could have a beer and brat on the patio
and dessert at their infamous bake sale which included a silent auction and
a "Bacchus Crown" tent, where you could make your own crown from flowers,
herbs and ribbons. There were also lots of activities for kids.  For more
information you can visit their website at
<http://www.ballardgardenparty.com/> www.ballardgardenparty.com. Here you
will find the artists and the musician line-up, pictures of last years event
and more! 

Garden Tips

 

-          Blossom End Rot of Tomatoes.  Blossom end rot is a common problem
on tomatoes. It causes dark, leathery, sunken blotches on the bottoms of
your beautiful, ripening tomato fruit. Blossom end rot is considered a
nutritional disorder, since it results from a lack of calcium in growing
fruits. Practically speaking, however, the cause is usually inadequate
irrigation. Soil moisture is essential for roots to absorb calcium. To avoid
blossom end rot:

 

o        Keep your tomato bed soil well limed so calcium will be present. 

o        Keep the plants well watered so calcium will be available. Also
avoid great fluctuations in soil moisture which seem to aggravate the
problem. 

o        Use an organic mulch around plants to help keep the soil evenly
moist. 

o        Avoid heavy pruning or overfertilizing with nitrogen; these
practices seem to make tomatoes more susceptible to blossom end rot. 

o        If you use black plastic mulch, make sure it has enough holes for
water to penetrate. Shape your beds with concave tops before covering with
plastic to avoid shedding all the water away from the plants 

 

-          Tips on Garden Theft & Vandalism..

 

o        Make friends with neighbours whose property borders the garden.
Give them vegetables for keeping an eye on the property

o        Harvest vegetables daily, plant less popular vegetables along the
perimeter to deter 'walk-by picking'.

o        Plant a little garden at the entrance and post a sign which reads
'If you need to take food, please take it from here'

o        For more tips go to our website at: www.community-gardens.ca
<http://www.community-gardens.ca/>  under "Starting and Managing a Community
Garden"

 

Happy Harvesting, Preserving, & Eating:-)

Candace

*Please forward any events, tips, articles, or announcements for future
Updates from the Garden.

______________________

 

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

 

"Life is too serious to be taken seriously. Give life the light touch and
smile as often as you can."

 

 

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From raj at wpirg.org  Mon Aug 24 15:27:10 2009
From: raj at wpirg.org (Raj Gill)
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:27:10 -0400
Subject: [Garden] dehydrator & canner
Message-ID: <p06230914c6b8997e8995@[129.97.194.58]>

Greetings all,

being the foody types that you are, thought you might know a thing or 
two about dehydrators...any recommendations if I were looking to 
purchase one?  Actually, WPIRG is considering purchasing a dehydrator 
as well as a canning pot so that we can all borrow them :)

thanks,
Raj



From pixie_da_first at hotmail.com  Mon Aug 24 16:02:13 2009
From: pixie_da_first at hotmail.com (Sylvia Chapman)
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:02:13 -0400
Subject: [Garden] dehydrator & canner
In-Reply-To: <p06230914c6b8997e8995@[129.97.194.58]>
References: <p06230914c6b8997e8995@[129.97.194.58]>
Message-ID: <BAY117-W117A93C2A7336F6D62A2F1DDF90@phx.gbl>


A friend of mine bought me a dehydrator from a yard sale a while back, which I haven't gotten from her yet. There's a chance I could check it out tomorrow, and let you know!

> Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:27:10 -0400
> To: garden at lists.wpirg.org
> From: raj at wpirg.org
> Subject: [Garden] dehydrator & canner
> 
> Greetings all,
> 
> being the foody types that you are, thought you might know a thing or 
> two about dehydrators...any recommendations if I were looking to 
> purchase one?  Actually, WPIRG is considering purchasing a dehydrator 
> as well as a canning pot so that we can all borrow them :)
> 
> thanks,
> Raj
> 
> 
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From cwormsbe at gmail.com  Tue Aug 25 09:05:58 2009
From: cwormsbe at gmail.com (candace wormsbecker)
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 09:05:58 -0400
Subject: [Garden] dehydrator & canner
In-Reply-To: <p06230914c6b8997e8995@129.97.194.58>
References: <p06230914c6b8997e8995@129.97.194.58>
Message-ID: <f1270310908250605o47e3b53bv22dc7c08e75250d0@mail.gmail.com>

I have a Presto pressure canner from Canadian tire that I am very happy
with.  I think it was just over $100 (it was a gift so I'm not quite sure).
A large canning pot and utensils can also be purchased at Canadian Tire
fairly cheaply (
http://www.canadiantire.ca/AST/browse/8/KitchenBath/KitchenStorage/CanisterSets/PRD~0422501P/7-jar%2BCanner.jsp
).

I don't own a dehydrator but I did do some research a while back and I
believe the Excalibur dehydrator was rated fairly high and is quite popular
- *http://www.everythingkitchens.com/article-food-dehydrators.html*<http://www.everythingkitchens.com/excalibur.html>.
I'm not sure where to buy it though?  Anyone else know?

Candace


On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 3:27 PM, Raj Gill <raj at wpirg.org> wrote:

> Greetings all,
>
> being the foody types that you are, thought you might know a thing or two
> about dehydrators...any recommendations if I were looking to purchase one?
>  Actually, WPIRG is considering purchasing a dehydrator as well as a canning
> pot so that we can all borrow them :)
>
> thanks,
> Raj
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Garden mailing list
> Garden at lists.wpirg.org
> http://lists.wpirg.org/mailman/listinfo/garden_lists.wpirg.org
>



-- 
Candace Wormsbecker
Community Garden Capacity Builder
Opportunities Waterloo Region
235 King St. E., Main Floor
Kitchener, ON
N2G 4N5

Tel: 519-883-2353 ext. 5982
Fax: 519-568-8587
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From jrochon at uwaterloo.ca  Tue Aug 25 13:40:44 2009
From: jrochon at uwaterloo.ca (J. Rochon)
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:40:44 -0400
Subject: [Garden] Recipes from our garden
Message-ID: <4A94221C.6010904@uwaterloo.ca>

Gardeners,
                I invite you all to contribute your own recipes 
involving foods that we grew.

Pistou, a.k.a. French pesto, traditional in Provence.
A handful of basil
4 cloves of Garlic (Ian is curing it)
Olive oil
Salt
You can mash the basil and garlic like a French peasant-cook or try your 
own version of will it blend. Add olive oil and salt to taste. 
Apparently this can keep up to a year in a cool place, but I don't think 
it will last that long.

Groundhog Surprise, in honour of our cute, fuzzy visitor.
Turnips with greens.
Potatoes
Garlic
Oil for frying, I use canola.
Salt
Curry powder
Sour cream

Check area for wolves, coyotes, foxes, bobcats, bears, large hawks, and 
owls and dogs before emerging from burrow. Cut off  the turnip greens. 
Dice the "taters and neeps" and boil them for fifteen minutes. While 
they cook, dig out your winter burrow, alternatively soak the leaves in 
salt water to kill bugs and loosen any dirt. Take the leaves out after 
ten minutes, make sure they are dirt and bug free. De-rib and mince the 
leaves, mature turnip leaves are tough, even for a groundhog. Mash and 
mince the garlic. Chop the onion coarsely, pieces should be smaller than 
a groundhog. Drain the potatoes and turnips and let them sit for about 
five minutes. The original recipe called for  1/4 cup of oil, I use 
about half that, heat the oil. The hotter the oil, the crisper the 
veggies. Do not start a fire, it will scare the groundhog. Put the 
potatoes and turnips in first, toss them a bit, then the minced leaves, 
then the onion. Bash it about like a surprised groundhog, then cover and 
turn the heat down to simmer for ten minutes. While you wait, nibble 
some raw veggies, mix the curry powder and sour cream. Toss in the 
minced garlic, mix and wait until the aroma has established itself, or 
you get tired of pretentious cooking directions, like a groundhog. Add 
the curry, turn off the heat and mix well. Serve right away. No 
groundhogs were harmed in this recipe, but the one in our garden may 
develop body-image issues.

                                        -Jason

-- 
-----------------------
Jason Rochon
Campus Tech 
(519) 888-4567 X33518



From ddolson at sandvine.com  Tue Aug 25 14:44:25 2009
From: ddolson at sandvine.com (Dave Dolson)
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:44:25 -0400
Subject: [Garden] [BULK]   Recipes from our garden
In-Reply-To: <4A94221C.6010904@uwaterloo.ca>
References: <4A94221C.6010904@uwaterloo.ca>
Message-ID: <F489AB573A749146B33461ECE080913A0B560EDA@EXCHANGE-1.sandvine.com>

I think a swiss chard recipe is called for. It makes a good side dish.
Use the same recipes for spinach.

Butter Chard
- several large chard leaves
- 2 tablespoons butter
- salt

Wash chard. Cut off blemishes. Remove stem if you want.
Heat a large skillet to medium-low heat.
Melt butter. Add chard, and quickly turn it over a few times until it
reduces in size to a dark colour (just a couple of minutes).  You'll
wonder where it all went. Salt to taste.
When you realize you didn't cook enough, repeat the process.


Indian variation: heat canola oil or peanut oil to high, and first add
cumin seeds and black mustard seeds until they hop around a bit (10s).
Add turmeric, salt and some curry powder and stir. Reduce heat and add
the chard.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: garden-bounces at lists.wpirg.org 
> [mailto:garden-bounces at lists.wpirg.org] On Behalf Of J. Rochon
> Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 1:41 PM
> To: garden at lists.wpirg.org
> Subject: [BULK] [Garden] Recipes from our garden
> Importance: Low
> 
> Gardeners,
>                 I invite you all to contribute your own recipes 
> involving foods that we grew.
> 
> Pistou, a.k.a. French pesto, traditional in Provence.
> A handful of basil
> 4 cloves of Garlic (Ian is curing it)
> Olive oil
> Salt
> You can mash the basil and garlic like a French peasant-cook 
> or try your 
> own version of will it blend. Add olive oil and salt to taste. 
> Apparently this can keep up to a year in a cool place, but I 
> don't think 
> it will last that long.
> 
> Groundhog Surprise, in honour of our cute, fuzzy visitor.
> Turnips with greens.
> Potatoes
> Garlic
> Oil for frying, I use canola.
> Salt
> Curry powder
> Sour cream
> 
> Check area for wolves, coyotes, foxes, bobcats, bears, large 
> hawks, and 
> owls and dogs before emerging from burrow. Cut off  the 
> turnip greens. 
> Dice the "taters and neeps" and boil them for fifteen minutes. While 
> they cook, dig out your winter burrow, alternatively soak the 
> leaves in 
> salt water to kill bugs and loosen any dirt. Take the leaves 
> out after 
> ten minutes, make sure they are dirt and bug free. De-rib and 
> mince the 
> leaves, mature turnip leaves are tough, even for a groundhog. 
> Mash and 
> mince the garlic. Chop the onion coarsely, pieces should be 
> smaller than 
> a groundhog. Drain the potatoes and turnips and let them sit 
> for about 
> five minutes. The original recipe called for  1/4 cup of oil, I use 
> about half that, heat the oil. The hotter the oil, the crisper the 
> veggies. Do not start a fire, it will scare the groundhog. Put the 
> potatoes and turnips in first, toss them a bit, then the 
> minced leaves, 
> then the onion. Bash it about like a surprised groundhog, 
> then cover and 
> turn the heat down to simmer for ten minutes. While you wait, nibble 
> some raw veggies, mix the curry powder and sour cream. Toss in the 
> minced garlic, mix and wait until the aroma has established 
> itself, or 
> you get tired of pretentious cooking directions, like a 
> groundhog. Add 
> the curry, turn off the heat and mix well. Serve right away. No 
> groundhogs were harmed in this recipe, but the one in our garden may 
> develop body-image issues.
> 
>                                         -Jason
> 
> -- 
> -----------------------
> Jason Rochon
> Campus Tech 
> (519) 888-4567 X33518
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Garden mailing list
> Garden at lists.wpirg.org
> http://lists.wpirg.org/mailman/listinfo/garden_lists.wpirg.org
> 


From evan at wpirg.org  Tue Aug 25 15:56:42 2009
From: evan at wpirg.org (Evan Coole)
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:56:42 -0400
Subject: [Garden] Fall term prep
Message-ID: <a06240813c6b9f1beb70c@[129.97.194.55]>

Hi everyone,

Before the Fall 09 term starts, there were a few things I wanted to 
get underway so we can be ready for a new group of action group 
members to get involved!

1. We'll be going through the usual drill for WPIRG's Volunteer 
Meeting. A member or two (or three even) will need to be present to 
represent the group in the form of a brief presentation and mingling 
with potential new members. Would anyone like to volunteer?

2. Each action group should set a date and time for a first meeting 
for their action groups to orient new members to the group and get a 
plan for the term underway . I'd recommend earlier rather than later 
as it's important to catch people before they get too bogged down in 
school work and other activities. I'm hoping to have meetings set up 
for sometime between September 22 and October 2. If you could start 
discussing potential dates, I can let you know when the office is 
free.

3. It's been awhile since the action group lists were cleared of 
inactive members, so I thought coming onto a fresh new term might be 
a good opportunity. I've compiled a list of people that have been 
recently active on the list. If you'd like to remain on the list and 
I didn't include your name, please let me know (alternatively if I've 
included your name and you don't want to stay on the list, let me 
know that too!).

Here's the list:

Candace Wormsbecker <candace at owr.ca>
SUORINENI AGNES <margretza at hotmail.com>
Paul Nijjar <paul_nijjar at yahoo.ca>
Jason Rochon <jrochon at uwaterloo.ca>
Jennifer Hood <frozenleaf at gmail.com>
Madeline Rosamond <m.rosamond at gmail.com>
Ian Wormsbecker <iwormsbecker at sandvine.com>
Kerry August <kerr.august at gmail.com>
Cheryl Walsh <mrscherylwalsh at hotmail.com>
Peter Belej <pbelej at sandvine.com>
Vero Diaz <vero.guillo at gmail.com>
Sylvia Chapman <pixie_da_first at hotmail.com>
Matthew Piggott <piggott.matthew at gmail.com>
Ashlea Hegedus-Viola <ashlea at nexicom.net>
Ludi S <MaiTiKro at canada.com>
Angela McNeill <angela.mcneill at rogers.com>
Sangtak Park <sangtak at engmail.uwaterloo.ca>
Tom Kelly <tomkayaker7 at hotmail.com>
Dave Dolson <ddolson at sandvine.com>
Mari Ortiz <unaclavelia at yahoo.com>
Wendy Michaud <wmichaud at sciborg.uwaterloo.ca>
Pearl Chang <searchforthetemplate at gmail.com>
Britton Jenner <britton.jenner at gmail.com>
Alicia Mah <alicia.mah at gmail.com>
Lynsi Henrickson <lynsi.henrickson at gmail.com>
Stephanie Lyons <s3lyons at scimail.uwaterloo.ca>
Nele Michiels <michnele at gmail.com>
Michael Aragona <michael.aragona at gmail.com>
Zainab Moghal <zainab_moghal at yahoo.ca>
Donna Dionne <donnadionne2003 at yahoo.com>


Cheers,
Evan
-- 


From candace at owr.ca  Wed Aug 26 10:41:40 2009
From: candace at owr.ca (Candace Wormsbecker)
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:41:40 -0400
Subject: [Garden] Fall term prep
In-Reply-To: <a06240813c6b9f1beb70c@[129.97.194.55]>
Message-ID: <mailman.5.1251297710.5184.garden_lists.wpirg.org@lists.wpirg.org>

When is this volunteer meeting?



-----Original Message-----
From: garden-bounces at lists.wpirg.org [mailto:garden-bounces at lists.wpirg.org]
On Behalf Of Evan Coole
Sent: August-25-09 3:57 PM
To: garden at lists.wpirg.org
Subject: [Garden] Fall term prep

Hi everyone,

Before the Fall 09 term starts, there were a few things I wanted to 
get underway so we can be ready for a new group of action group 
members to get involved!

1. We'll be going through the usual drill for WPIRG's Volunteer 
Meeting. A member or two (or three even) will need to be present to 
represent the group in the form of a brief presentation and mingling 
with potential new members. Would anyone like to volunteer?

2. Each action group should set a date and time for a first meeting 
for their action groups to orient new members to the group and get a 
plan for the term underway . I'd recommend earlier rather than later 
as it's important to catch people before they get too bogged down in 
school work and other activities. I'm hoping to have meetings set up 
for sometime between September 22 and October 2. If you could start 
discussing potential dates, I can let you know when the office is 
free.

3. It's been awhile since the action group lists were cleared of 
inactive members, so I thought coming onto a fresh new term might be 
a good opportunity. I've compiled a list of people that have been 
recently active on the list. If you'd like to remain on the list and 
I didn't include your name, please let me know (alternatively if I've 
included your name and you don't want to stay on the list, let me 
know that too!).

Here's the list:

Candace Wormsbecker <candace at owr.ca>
SUORINENI AGNES <margretza at hotmail.com>
Paul Nijjar <paul_nijjar at yahoo.ca>
Jason Rochon <jrochon at uwaterloo.ca>
Jennifer Hood <frozenleaf at gmail.com>
Madeline Rosamond <m.rosamond at gmail.com>
Ian Wormsbecker <iwormsbecker at sandvine.com>
Kerry August <kerr.august at gmail.com>
Cheryl Walsh <mrscherylwalsh at hotmail.com>
Peter Belej <pbelej at sandvine.com>
Vero Diaz <vero.guillo at gmail.com>
Sylvia Chapman <pixie_da_first at hotmail.com>
Matthew Piggott <piggott.matthew at gmail.com>
Ashlea Hegedus-Viola <ashlea at nexicom.net>
Ludi S <MaiTiKro at canada.com>
Angela McNeill <angela.mcneill at rogers.com>
Sangtak Park <sangtak at engmail.uwaterloo.ca>
Tom Kelly <tomkayaker7 at hotmail.com>
Dave Dolson <ddolson at sandvine.com>
Mari Ortiz <unaclavelia at yahoo.com>
Wendy Michaud <wmichaud at sciborg.uwaterloo.ca>
Pearl Chang <searchforthetemplate at gmail.com>
Britton Jenner <britton.jenner at gmail.com>
Alicia Mah <alicia.mah at gmail.com>
Lynsi Henrickson <lynsi.henrickson at gmail.com>
Stephanie Lyons <s3lyons at scimail.uwaterloo.ca>
Nele Michiels <michnele at gmail.com>
Michael Aragona <michael.aragona at gmail.com>
Zainab Moghal <zainab_moghal at yahoo.ca>
Donna Dionne <donnadionne2003 at yahoo.com>


Cheers,
Evan
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From raj at wpirg.org  Wed Aug 26 11:21:44 2009
From: raj at wpirg.org (Raj Gill)
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 11:21:44 -0400
Subject: [Garden] dehydrator & canner
In-Reply-To: <f1270310908250605o47e3b53bv22dc7c08e75250d0@mail.gmail.com>
References: <p06230914c6b8997e8995@129.97.194.58>
	<f1270310908250605o47e3b53bv22dc7c08e75250d0@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <p06230901c6bb01ebad86@[129.97.194.58]>

Thanks Candace.  What's the advantage of a pressure canner over a 
regular canning pot?  Also, regarding a dehydrator, this is all I 
found locally:

http://www.kitchenhelp.ca/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&page=shop.browse&category_id=8&Itemid=3&vmcchk=1

>I have a Presto pressure canner from Canadian tire that I am very 
>happy with.  I think it was just over $100 (it was a gift so I'm not 
>quite sure).  A large canning pot and utensils can also be purchased 
>at Canadian Tire fairly cheaply 
>(<http://www.canadiantire.ca/AST/browse/8/KitchenBath/KitchenStorage/CanisterSets/PRD~0422501P/7-jar%2BCanner.jsp>http://www.canadiantire.ca/AST/browse/8/KitchenBath/KitchenStorage/CanisterSets/PRD~0422501P/7-jar%2BCanner.jsp).
>
>I don't own a dehydrator but I did do some research a while back and 
>I believe the Excalibur dehydrator was rated fairly high and is 
>quite popular 
>- <http://www.everythingkitchens.com/excalibur.html>http://www.everythingkitchens.com/article-food-dehydrators.html. 
>I'm not sure where to buy it though?  Anyone else know?
>
>Candace
>
>On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 3:27 PM, Raj Gill 
><<mailto:raj at wpirg.org>raj at wpirg.org> wrote:
>
>Greetings all,
>
>being the foody types that you are, thought you might know a thing 
>or two about dehydrators...any recommendations if I were looking to 
>purchase one?  Actually, WPIRG is considering purchasing a 
>dehydrator as well as a canning pot so that we can all borrow them :)
>
>thanks,
>Raj
>
>
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><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
>
>
>
>
>--
>Candace Wormsbecker
>Community Garden Capacity Builder
>Opportunities Waterloo Region
>235 King St. E., Main Floor
>Kitchener, ON
>N2G 4N5
>
>Tel: 519-883-2353 ext. 5982
>Fax: 519-568-8587
>
>
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From unaclavelia at yahoo.com  Wed Aug 26 12:20:09 2009
From: unaclavelia at yahoo.com (mari ortiz)
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 09:20:09 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Garden] Re. Gardening
Message-ID: <606945.97601.qm@web33504.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Hi, if it doesn't rain tonight I am planning on going gardening. ?Once again can someone give tell me where the garden is located. What is the property called , is it by Columbia? Columbian and Wesmount? ?Early in May someone drew a map but I erased that e-mail by mistake. ?At least let me know where it is located rougly? ?Thanks.

-
-----Original Message-----
From: garden-bounces at lists.wpirg.org [mailto:garden-bounces at lists.wpirg.org]
On Behalf Of Evan Coole
Sent: August-25-09 3:57 PM
To: garden at lists.wpirg.org
Subject: [Garden] Fall term prep

Hi everyone,

Before the Fall 09 term starts, there were a few things I wanted to 
get underway so we can be ready for a new group of action group 
members to get involved!

1. We'll be going through the usual drill for WPIRG's Volunteer 
Meeting. A member or two (or three even) will need to be present to 
represent the group in the form of a brief presentation and mingling 
with potential new members. Would anyone like to volunteer?

2. Each action group should set a date and time for a first meeting 
for their action groups to orient new members to the group and get a 
plan for the term underway . I'd recommend earlier rather than later 
as it's important to catch people before they get too bogged down in 
school work and other activities. I'm hoping to have meetings set up 
for sometime between September 22 and October 2. If you could start 
discussing potential dates, I can let you know when the office is 
free.

3. It's been awhile since the action group lists were cleared of 
inactive members, so I thought coming onto a fresh new term might be 
a good opportunity. I've compiled a list of people that have been 
recently active on the list. If you'd like to remain on the list and 
I didn't include your name, please let me know (alternatively if I've 
included your name and you don't want to stay on the list, let me 
know that too!).

Here's the list:

Candace Wormsbecker <candace at owr.ca>
SUORINENI AGNES <margretza at hotmail.com>
Paul Nijjar <paul_nijjar at yahoo.ca>
Jason Rochon <jrochon at uwaterloo.ca>
Jennifer Hood <frozenleaf at gmail.com>
Madeline Rosamond <m.rosamond at gmail.com>
Ian Wormsbecker <iwormsbecker at sandvine.com>
Kerry August <kerr.august at gmail.com>
Cheryl Walsh <mrscherylwalsh at hotmail.com>
Peter Belej <pbelej at sandvine.com>
Vero Diaz <vero.guillo at gmail.com>
Sylvia Chapman <pixie_da_first at hotmail.com>
Matthew Piggott <piggott.matthew at gmail.com>
Ashlea Hegedus-Viola <ashlea at nexicom.net>
Ludi S <MaiTiKro at canada.com>
Angela McNeill <angela.mcneill at rogers.com>
Sangtak Park <sangtak at engmail.uwaterloo.ca>
Tom Kelly <tomkayaker7 at hotmail.com>
Dave Dolson <ddolson at sandvine.com>
Mari Ortiz <unaclavelia at yahoo.com>
Wendy Michaud <wmichaud at sciborg.uwaterloo.ca>
Pearl Chang <searchforthetemplate at gmail.com>
Britton Jenner <britton.jenner at gmail.com>
Alicia Mah <alicia.mah at gmail.com>
Lynsi Henrickson <lynsi.henrickson at gmail.com>
Stephanie Lyons <s3lyons at scimail.uwaterloo.ca>
Nele Michiels <michnele at gmail.com>
Michael Aragona <michael.aragona at gmail.com>
Zainab Moghal <zainab_moghal at yahoo.ca>
Donna Dionne <donnadionne2003 at yahoo.com>


Cheers,
Evan
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From paul_nijjar at yahoo.ca  Wed Aug 26 13:20:52 2009
From: paul_nijjar at yahoo.ca (Paul Nijjar)
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:20:52 -0400
Subject: [Garden] Re. Gardening
In-Reply-To: <606945.97601.qm@web33504.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
References: <606945.97601.qm@web33504.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <20090826172052.GB5085@pirg.uwaterloo.ca>

On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 09:20:09AM -0700, mari ortiz wrote:
> Hi, if it doesn't rain tonight I am planning on going gardening.  Once again
> can someone give tell me where the garden is located. What is the property
> called , is it by Columbia? Columbian and Wesmount?  Early in May someone drew
> a map but I erased that e-mail by mistake.  At least let me know where it is
> located rougly?  Thanks.

It is near Columbia and Westmount. 

There is a link to a Google Map on the garden webpage:
http://www.wpirg.org/garden 

Basically you go north on Westmount just past Columbia. There is a
little dirt road just beyond Columbia lake. There is then a lawn, and
behind that there are hedges. Our garden is behind the hedges. 

- Paul



From ddolson at sandvine.com  Wed Aug 26 13:44:50 2009
From: ddolson at sandvine.com (Dave Dolson)
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:44:50 -0400
Subject: [Garden] [BULK]  Re:  Re. Gardening
In-Reply-To: <20090826172052.GB5085@pirg.uwaterloo.ca>
References: <606945.97601.qm@web33504.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
	<20090826172052.GB5085@pirg.uwaterloo.ca>
Message-ID: <F489AB573A749146B33461ECE080913A0B56116B@EXCHANGE-1.sandvine.com>

Who administers the Community Garden web site?
The link to the University of Calgary Community Garden is broken.  Looks
like someone has broken/hijacked the http://www.uofc-garden.ca/  server.
It is displaying a page about generic drugs.

 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: garden-bounces at lists.wpirg.org 
> [mailto:garden-bounces at lists.wpirg.org] On Behalf Of Paul Nijjar
> Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 1:21 PM
> To: garden at lists.wpirg.org
> Subject: [BULK] Re: [Garden] Re. Gardening
> Importance: Low
> 
> On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 09:20:09AM -0700, mari ortiz wrote:
> > Hi, if it doesn't rain tonight I am planning on going 
> gardening.  Once again
> > can someone give tell me where the garden is located. What 
> is the property
> > called , is it by Columbia? Columbian and Wesmount?  Early 
> in May someone drew
> > a map but I erased that e-mail by mistake.  At least let me 
> know where it is
> > located rougly?  Thanks.
> 
> It is near Columbia and Westmount. 
> 
> There is a link to a Google Map on the garden webpage:
> http://www.wpirg.org/garden 
> 
> Basically you go north on Westmount just past Columbia. There is a
> little dirt road just beyond Columbia lake. There is then a lawn, and
> behind that there are hedges. Our garden is behind the hedges. 
> 
> - Paul
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Garden mailing list
> Garden at lists.wpirg.org
> http://lists.wpirg.org/mailman/listinfo/garden_lists.wpirg.org
> 


From jrochon at uwaterloo.ca  Wed Aug 26 14:08:21 2009
From: jrochon at uwaterloo.ca (J. Rochon)
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:08:21 -0400
Subject: [Garden] [BULK]  Re:  Re. Gardening
In-Reply-To: <F489AB573A749146B33461ECE080913A0B56116B@EXCHANGE-1.sandvine.com>
References: <606945.97601.qm@web33504.mail.mud.yahoo.com>	<20090826172052.GB5085@pirg.uwaterloo.ca>
	<F489AB573A749146B33461ECE080913A0B56116B@EXCHANGE-1.sandvine.com>
Message-ID: <4A957A15.1000401@uwaterloo.ca>

Dave,
       Thanks for the head's up. I have passed this on.
> Who administers the Community Garden web site?
> The link to the University of Calgary Community Garden is broken.  Looks
> like someone has broken/hijacked the http://www.uofc-garden.ca/  server.
> It is displaying a page about generic drugs.
>
>  



From candace at owr.ca  Wed Aug 26 15:44:09 2009
From: candace at owr.ca (Candace Wormsbecker)
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:44:09 -0400
Subject: [Garden] dehydrator & canner
In-Reply-To: <p06230901c6bb01ebad86@[129.97.194.58]>
Message-ID: <mailman.6.1251315858.5184.garden_lists.wpirg.org@lists.wpirg.org>

A pressure canner will allow you to do things in less than half the time, it
will also enable you to do foods that need higher temperatures to be able to
can safely (anything that doesn't have a low acidity - most vegetables,
beans, and meats).
 
 
From: garden-bounces at lists.wpirg.org [mailto:garden-bounces at lists.wpirg.org]
On Behalf Of Raj Gill
Sent: August-26-09 11:22 AM
To: garden at lists.wpirg.org
Subject: Re: [Garden] dehydrator & canner


Thanks Candace.  What's the advantage of a pressure canner over a regular
canning pot?  Also, regarding a dehydrator, this is all I found locally:

http://www.kitchenhelp.ca/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&page=shop.browse&c
ategory_id=8&Itemid=3&vmcchk=1


I have a Presto pressure canner from Canadian tire that I am very happy
with.  I think it was just over $100 (it was a gift so I'm not quite sure).
A large canning pot and utensils can also be purchased at Canadian Tire
fairly cheaply (
<http://www.canadiantire.ca/AST/browse/8/KitchenBath/KitchenStorage/Canister
Sets/PRD~0422501P/7-jar%2BCanner.jsp>
http://www.canadiantire.ca/AST/browse/8/KitchenBath/KitchenStorage/CanisterS
ets/PRD~0422501P/7-jar%2BCanner.jsp).

I don't own a dehydrator but I did do some research a while back and I
believe the Excalibur dehydrator was rated fairly high and is quite popular
-  <http://www.everythingkitchens.com/excalibur.html>
http://www.everythingkitchens.com/article-food-dehydrators.html.  I'm not
sure where to buy it though?  Anyone else know?

Candace


On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 3:27 PM, Raj Gill <raj at wpirg.org> wrote:


Greetings all,

being the foody types that you are, thought you might know a thing or two
about dehydrators...any recommendations if I were looking to purchase one?
Actually, WPIRG is considering purchasing a dehydrator as well as a canning
pot so that we can all borrow them :)

thanks,
Raj


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--
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Community Garden Capacity Builder
Opportunities Waterloo Region
235 King St. E., Main Floor
Kitchener, ON
N2G 4N5

Tel: 519-883-2353 ext. 5982
Fax: 519-568-8587



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From britton.jenner at gmail.com  Wed Aug 26 16:18:12 2009
From: britton.jenner at gmail.com (Britton Jenner)
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:18:12 -0400
Subject: [Garden] dehydrator & canner
In-Reply-To: <4a95909b.1f02be0a.061f.ffff8938SMTPIN_ADDED@mx.google.com>
References: <p06230901c6bb01ebad86@129.97.194.58>
	<4a95909b.1f02be0a.061f.ffff8938SMTPIN_ADDED@mx.google.com>
Message-ID: <eff70b4f0908261318m68f9e134j61754bdd66cd697e@mail.gmail.com>

Hello everyone, if the garden is looking to buy a dehydrator, they sell them
at the St. Jacob's farmer's market indoors at the kitchen utensil shop thing
in the main building (ie. the one with 2 floors). They run about 100$. Also,
I have a dehydrator from there that the garden could use.

Britton

On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 3:44 PM, Candace Wormsbecker <candace at owr.ca> wrote:

>  A pressure canner will allow you to do things in less than half the time,
> it will also enable you to do foods that need higher temperatures to be able
> to can safely (anything that doesn't have a low acidity - most vegetables,
> beans, and meats).
>
>
> *From:* garden-bounces at lists.wpirg.org [mailto:
> garden-bounces at lists.wpirg.org] *On Behalf Of *Raj Gill
> *Sent:* August-26-09 11:22 AM
> *To:* garden at lists.wpirg.org
> *Subject:* Re: [Garden] dehydrator & canner
>
>  Thanks Candace.  What's the advantage of a pressure canner over a regular
> canning pot?  Also, regarding a dehydrator, this is all I found locally:
>
> http://www.kitchenhelp.ca/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&page=s
> hop.browse&category_id=8&Itemid=3&vmcchk=1
>
> I have a Presto pressure canner from Canadian tire that I am very happy
> with.  I think it was just over $100 (it was a gift so I'm not quite sure).
> A large canning pot and utensils can also be purchased at Canadian Tire
> fairly cheaply (
> http://www.canadiantire.ca/AST/browse/8/KitchenBath/KitchenStorage/C
> anisterSets/PRD~0422501P/7-jar%2BCanner.jsp<http://www.canadiantire.ca/AST/browse/8/KitchenBath/KitchenStorage/CanisterSets/PRD%7E0422501P/7-jar%2BCanner.jsp>
> ).
>
> I don't own a dehydrator but I did do some research a while back and I
> believe the Excalibur dehydrator was rated fairly high and is quite popular
> - *http://www.everythingkitchens.com/article-food-dehydrators.html*<http://www.everythingkitchens.com/excalibur.html>.
> I'm not sure where to buy it though?  Anyone else know?
>
> Candace
>
> On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 3:27 PM, Raj Gill <raj at wpirg.org> wrote:
>
> Greetings all,
>
> being the foody types that you are, thought you might know a thing or two
> about dehydrators...any recommendations if I were looking to purchase one?
>  Actually, WPIRG is considering purchasing a dehydrator as well as a canning
> pot so that we can all borrow them :)
>
> thanks,
> Raj
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Garden mailing list
> Garden at lists.wpirg.org
> http://lists.wpirg.org/mailman/listinfo/garden_lists.wpirg.org
>
>
>
>
> --
> Candace Wormsbecker
> Community Garden Capacity Builder
> Opportunities Waterloo Region
> 235 King St. E., Main Floor
> Kitchener, ON
> N2G 4N5
>
> Tel: 519-883-2353 ext. 5982
> Fax: 519-568-8587
>
>
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> http://lists.wpirg.org/mailman/listinfo/garden_lists.wpirg.org
>
>
>
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From paul_nijjar at yahoo.ca  Wed Aug 26 16:29:27 2009
From: paul_nijjar at yahoo.ca (Paul Nijjar)
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:29:27 -0400
Subject: [Garden] Thursdays no go
Message-ID: <20090826202927.GC5085@pirg.uwaterloo.ca>

It is unlikely that I will be going to the garden for the next two
Thursdays. If others are going then please let the group know. 

Weather permitting, I am planning to be by on Sunday afternoon, but I
am not even going to try and suggest a time. Every time I suggest a
time I come in late only to discover that everybody else has come and
left without me. 

- Paul


From jrochon at uwaterloo.ca  Wed Aug 26 16:51:00 2009
From: jrochon at uwaterloo.ca (J. Rochon)
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:51:00 -0400
Subject: [Garden] Re. Gardening
In-Reply-To: <606945.97601.qm@web33504.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
References: <606945.97601.qm@web33504.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <4A95A034.7060605@uwaterloo.ca>

Mari,
           Drive up Westmount Rd from University, going towards 
Columbia. Go past Columbia, look to your right, you'll see a small dirt 
road after a hundred meters or so. The garden is at the end of the dirt 
road. I aim to be there from six thirty to seven thirty.
> Hi, if it doesn't rain tonight I am planning on going gardening.  Once 
> again can someone give tell me where the garden is located. What is 
> the property called , is it by Columbia? Columbian and Wesmount? 
>  Early in May someone drew a map but I erased that e-mail by mistake. 
>  At least let me know where it is located rougly?  Thanks.
>
> -
>


-- 
-----------------------
Jason Rochon
Campus Tech 
(519) 888-4567 X33518



From m.rosamond at gmail.com  Thu Aug 27 09:41:04 2009
From: m.rosamond at gmail.com (Madeline Rosamond)
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 09:41:04 -0400
Subject: [Garden] Thursday things to do
Message-ID: <3eedf3f50908270641j36dd566di91957a0d11eca548@mail.gmail.com>

Hi, all:
If anyone is going to the garden today (Thursday), can I request that
you finish staking the tomatoes? Angela, Candace and I got a good
chunk done but it would be great to get the rest off the ground before
the mice (or whatever) starts eating them all. You may have to hunt
around for good stakes (there are some in a pile in the garden) and
there's green binder twine in the shed.

Cheers,
Maddy

-- 
Maddy Rosamond
PhD Student
Dept. Earth & Environmental Sciences
University of Waterloo
519-888-4567 ex 38674
m.rosamond at gmail.com


From m.rosamond at gmail.com  Thu Aug 27 09:41:04 2009
From: m.rosamond at gmail.com (Madeline Rosamond)
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 09:41:04 -0400
Subject: [Garden] Thursday things to do
Message-ID: <3eedf3f50908270641j36dd566di91957a0d11eca548@mail.gmail.com>

Hi, all:
If anyone is going to the garden today (Thursday), can I request that
you finish staking the tomatoes? Angela, Candace and I got a good
chunk done but it would be great to get the rest off the ground before
the mice (or whatever) starts eating them all. You may have to hunt
around for good stakes (there are some in a pile in the garden) and
there's green binder twine in the shed.

Cheers,
Maddy

-- 
Maddy Rosamond
PhD Student
Dept. Earth & Environmental Sciences
University of Waterloo
519-888-4567 ex 38674
m.rosamond at gmail.com


From zainab_moghal at yahoo.ca  Thu Aug 27 13:30:52 2009
From: zainab_moghal at yahoo.ca (Zainab Moghal)
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:30:52 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Garden] Garden Digest, Vol 41, Issue 15
In-Reply-To: <mailman.15.1251388806.9623.garden_lists.wpirg.org@lists.wpirg.org>
Message-ID: <526942.32048.qm@web33507.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Hello everyone,

Thanks to all for parking in such  a beautiful garden this summer.? As Patrick, Zahra and I will be moving to uptown Waterloo this weekend we will no longer be next-door to the garden and thus won't be participating as much.

So enjoy your fall harvest and thanks for making it such a lovely space!

Zainab

--- On Thu, 8/27/09, garden-request at lists.wpirg.org <garden-request at lists.wpirg.org> wrote:

From: garden-request at lists.wpirg.org <garden-request at lists.wpirg.org>
Subject: Garden Digest, Vol 41, Issue 15
To: garden at lists.wpirg.org
Received: Thursday, August 27, 2009, 12:00 PM

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Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:18:12 -0400
From: Britton Jenner <britton.jenner at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Garden] dehydrator & canner
To: garden at lists.wpirg.org
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Hello everyone, if the garden is looking to buy a dehydrator, they sell them
at the St. Jacob's farmer's market indoors at the kitchen utensil shop thing
in the main building (ie. the one with 2 floors). They run about 100$. Also,
I have a dehydrator from there that the garden could use.

Britton

On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 3:44 PM, Candace Wormsbecker <candace at owr.ca> wrote:

>? A pressure canner will allow you to do things in less than half the time,
> it will also enable you to do foods that need higher temperatures to be able
> to can safely (anything that doesn't have a low acidity - most vegetables,
> beans, and meats).
>
>
> *From:* garden-bounces at lists.wpirg.org [mailto:
> garden-bounces at lists.wpirg.org] *On Behalf Of *Raj Gill
> *Sent:* August-26-09 11:22 AM
> *To:* garden at lists.wpirg.org
> *Subject:* Re: [Garden] dehydrator & canner
>
>? Thanks Candace.? What's the advantage of a pressure canner over a regular
> canning pot?? Also, regarding a dehydrator, this is all I found locally:
>
> http://www.kitchenhelp.ca/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&page=s
> hop.browse&category_id=8&Itemid=3&vmcchk=1
>
> I have a Presto pressure canner from Canadian tire that I am very happy
> with.? I think it was just over $100 (it was a gift so I'm not quite sure).
> A large canning pot and utensils can also be purchased at Canadian Tire
> fairly cheaply (
> http://www.canadiantire.ca/AST/browse/8/KitchenBath/KitchenStorage/C
> anisterSets/PRD~0422501P/7-jar%2BCanner.jsp<http://www.canadiantire.ca/AST/browse/8/KitchenBath/KitchenStorage/CanisterSets/PRD%7E0422501P/7-jar%2BCanner.jsp>
> ).
>
> I don't own a dehydrator but I did do some research a while back and I
> believe the Excalibur dehydrator was rated fairly high and is quite popular
> - *http://www.everythingkitchens.com/article-food-dehydrators.html*<http://www.everythingkitchens.com/excalibur.html>.
> I'm not sure where to buy it though?? Anyone else know?
>
> Candace
>
> On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 3:27 PM, Raj Gill <raj at wpirg.org> wrote:
>
> Greetings all,
>
> being the foody types that you are, thought you might know a thing or two
> about dehydrators...any recommendations if I were looking to purchase one?
>? Actually, WPIRG is considering purchasing a dehydrator as well as a canning
> pot so that we can all borrow them :)
>
> thanks,
> Raj
>
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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:29:27 -0400
From: Paul Nijjar <paul_nijjar at yahoo.ca>
Subject: [Garden] Thursdays no go
To: garden at lists.wpirg.org
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It is unlikely that I will be going to the garden for the next two
Thursdays. If others are going then please let the group know. 

Weather permitting, I am planning to be by on Sunday afternoon, but I
am not even going to try and suggest a time. Every time I suggest a
time I come in late only to discover that everybody else has come and
left without me. 

- Paul



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Message: 3
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:51:00 -0400
From: "J. Rochon" <jrochon at uwaterloo.ca>
Subject: Re: [Garden] Re. Gardening
To: garden at lists.wpirg.org
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Mari,
? ? ? ? ???Drive up Westmount Rd from University, going towards 
Columbia. Go past Columbia, look to your right, you'll see a small dirt 
road after a hundred meters or so. The garden is at the end of the dirt 
road. I aim to be there from six thirty to seven thirty.
> Hi, if it doesn't rain tonight I am planning on going gardening.? Once 
> again can someone give tell me where the garden is located. What is 
> the property called , is it by Columbia? Columbian and Wesmount? 
>? Early in May someone drew a map but I erased that e-mail by mistake. 
>? At least let me know where it is located rougly?? Thanks.
>
> -
>


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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 09:41:04 -0400
From: Madeline Rosamond <m.rosamond at gmail.com>
Subject: [Garden] Thursday things to do
To: garden at lists.wpirg.org
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Hi, all:
If anyone is going to the garden today (Thursday), can I request that
you finish staking the tomatoes? Angela, Candace and I got a good
chunk done but it would be great to get the rest off the ground before
the mice (or whatever) starts eating them all. You may have to hunt
around for good stakes (there are some in a pile in the garden) and
there's green binder twine in the shed.

Cheers,
Maddy

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Dept. Earth & Environmental Sciences
University of Waterloo
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Message: 5
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 09:41:04 -0400
From: Madeline Rosamond <m.rosamond at gmail.com>
Subject: [Garden] Thursday things to do
To: garden at lists.wpirg.org
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Hi, all:
If anyone is going to the garden today (Thursday), can I request that
you finish staking the tomatoes? Angela, Candace and I got a good
chunk done but it would be great to get the rest off the ground before
the mice (or whatever) starts eating them all. You may have to hunt
around for good stakes (there are some in a pile in the garden) and
there's green binder twine in the shed.

Cheers,
Maddy

-- 
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PhD Student
Dept. Earth & Environmental Sciences
University of Waterloo
519-888-4567 ex 38674
m.rosamond at gmail.com



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From evan at wpirg.org  Thu Aug 27 14:09:39 2009
From: evan at wpirg.org (Evan Coole)
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:09:39 -0400
Subject: [Garden] Fall term prep
Message-ID: <a0624080cc6bc7c11f46e@[129.97.194.55]>

Hi Candace,

The volunteer meeting is happening at 5:30pm, Monday, September 21st.

Cheers,
Evan



>When is this volunteer meeting?
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: garden-bounces at lists.wpirg.org [mailto:garden-bounces at lists.wpirg.org]
>On Behalf Of Evan Coole
>Sent: August-25-09 3:57 PM
>To: garden at lists.wpirg.org
>Subject: [Garden] Fall term prep
>
>Hi everyone,
>
>Before the Fall 09 term starts, there were a few things I wanted to
>get underway so we can be ready for a new group of action group
>members to get involved!
>
>1. We'll be going through the usual drill for WPIRG's Volunteer
>Meeting. A member or two (or three even) will need to be present to
>represent the group in the form of a brief presentation and mingling
>with potential new members. Would anyone like to volunteer?
>
>2. Each action group should set a date and time for a first meeting
>for their action groups to orient new members to the group and get a
>plan for the term underway . I'd recommend earlier rather than later
>as it's important to catch people before they get too bogged down in
>school work and other activities. I'm hoping to have meetings set up
>for sometime between September 22 and October 2. If you could start
>discussing potential dates, I can let you know when the office is
>free.
>
>3. It's been awhile since the action group lists were cleared of
>inactive members, so I thought coming onto a fresh new term might be
>a good opportunity. I've compiled a list of people that have been
>recently active on the list. If you'd like to remain on the list and
>I didn't include your name, please let me know (alternatively if I've
>included your name and you don't want to stay on the list, let me
>know that too!).
>
>Here's the list:
>
>Candace Wormsbecker <candace at owr.ca>
>SUORINENI AGNES <margretza at hotmail.com>
>Paul Nijjar <paul_nijjar at yahoo.ca>
>Jason Rochon <jrochon at uwaterloo.ca>
>Jennifer Hood <frozenleaf at gmail.com>
>Madeline Rosamond <m.rosamond at gmail.com>
>Ian Wormsbecker <iwormsbecker at sandvine.com>
>Kerry August <kerr.august at gmail.com>
>Cheryl Walsh <mrscherylwalsh at hotmail.com>
>Peter Belej <pbelej at sandvine.com>
>Vero Diaz <vero.guillo at gmail.com>
>Sylvia Chapman <pixie_da_first at hotmail.com>
>Matthew Piggott <piggott.matthew at gmail.com>
>Ashlea Hegedus-Viola <ashlea at nexicom.net>
>Ludi S <MaiTiKro at canada.com>
>Angela McNeill <angela.mcneill at rogers.com>
>Sangtak Park <sangtak at engmail.uwaterloo.ca>
>Tom Kelly <tomkayaker7 at hotmail.com>
>Dave Dolson <ddolson at sandvine.com>
>Mari Ortiz <unaclavelia at yahoo.com>
>Wendy Michaud <wmichaud at sciborg.uwaterloo.ca>
>Pearl Chang <searchforthetemplate at gmail.com>
>Britton Jenner <britton.jenner at gmail.com>
>Alicia Mah <alicia.mah at gmail.com>
>Lynsi Henrickson <lynsi.henrickson at gmail.com>
>Stephanie Lyons <s3lyons at scimail.uwaterloo.ca>
>Nele Michiels <michnele at gmail.com>
>Michael Aragona <michael.aragona at gmail.com>
>Zainab Moghal <zainab_moghal at yahoo.ca>
>Donna Dionne <donnadionne2003 at yahoo.com>
>
>
>Cheers,
>Evan
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From kerr.august at gmail.com  Fri Aug 28 00:02:15 2009
From: kerr.august at gmail.com (Kerry August)
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:02:15 -0400
Subject: [Garden] Recipes from our garden
In-Reply-To: <4A94221C.6010904@uwaterloo.ca>
References: <4A94221C.6010904@uwaterloo.ca>
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I have a recipe for groundhogs if anyone is interested.... :P
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From unaclavelia at yahoo.com  Fri Aug 28 00:26:53 2009
From: unaclavelia at yahoo.com (mari ortiz)
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 21:26:53 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Garden] Re. Gardening
In-Reply-To: <20090826172052.GB5085@pirg.uwaterloo.ca>
Message-ID: <752403.18249.qm@web33502.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Hi,?Thanks, I went there on Thursday and got there at 7 p.m. ?No one was there, I didn't bring my tools and was hoping someone had the key to the shed. ?Well why do the pumpkin plants look yellow. ?Many plants looked pale green. ?I took 2 tomatoes, someone had already picked the potatoes. ?I took some catnip, some mint, some basil, and a ?cabbage, three sticks of rhubarb. ?
Is there a group going next Wed? ?I would like to learn more gardening skills. ?Tomatoes still need sticks, ?half of the tomato plants had sticks. ?I just picked of some weeds since I did have any equipment I used a stone. ?Let me know when a group will meet but I don't think I can make it on Sunday. ?The two yellow squashes do look eaten a bit but it is still good to pick, don't know what kind of squash it is. ?Didn't see any onions or garlic plats, no wheat. ?When will the pumpkin plants starts growing pumpkins.?

--- On Wed, 8/26/09, Paul Nijjar <paul_nijjar at yahoo.ca> wrote:

From: Paul Nijjar <paul_nijjar at yahoo.ca>
Subject: Re: [Garden] Re. Gardening
To: garden at lists.wpirg.org
Received: Wednesday, August 26, 2009, 10:20 AM

On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 09:20:09AM -0700, mari ortiz wrote:
> Hi, if it doesn't rain tonight I am planning on going gardening.? Once again
> can someone give tell me where the garden is located. What is the property
> called , is it by Columbia? Columbian and Wesmount?? Early in May someone drew
> a map but I erased that e-mail by mistake.? At least let me know where it is
> located rougly?? Thanks.

It is near Columbia and Westmount. 

There is a link to a Google Map on the garden webpage:
http://www.wpirg.org/garden 

Basically you go north on Westmount just past Columbia. There is a
little dirt road just beyond Columbia lake. There is then a lawn, and
behind that there are hedges. Our garden is behind the hedges. 

- Paul


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From jrochon at uwaterloo.ca  Fri Aug 28 09:58:19 2009
From: jrochon at uwaterloo.ca (J. Rochon)
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 09:58:19 -0400
Subject: [Garden] The wood
Message-ID: <4A97E27B.1090107@uwaterloo.ca>

Gardeners,
                  The wood by the side of the shed is still there. Can 
we use/give it away in the next two weeks?

-- 
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(519) 888-4567 X33518



From candace at owr.ca  Fri Aug 28 10:02:28 2009
From: candace at owr.ca (Candace Wormsbecker)
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 10:02:28 -0400
Subject: [Garden] Re. Gardening
In-Reply-To: <752403.18249.qm@web33502.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <mailman.7.1251468158.5184.garden_lists.wpirg.org@lists.wpirg.org>

The shed is open all the time.  The lock just appears to be locked, just
pull on it and it should open.

 

I plan on being there on Wednesday and can show you around if you like.

 

Candace

 

  _____  

From: garden-bounces at lists.wpirg.org [mailto:garden-bounces at lists.wpirg.org]
On Behalf Of mari ortiz
Sent: August-28-09 12:27 AM
To: garden at lists.wpirg.org
Subject: Re: [Garden] Re. Gardening

 


Hi, 

Thanks, I went there on Thursday and got there at 7 p.m.  No one was there,
I didn't bring my tools and was hoping someone had the key to the shed.
Well why do the pumpkin plants look yellow.  Many plants looked pale green.
I took 2 tomatoes, someone had already picked the potatoes.  I took some
catnip, some mint, some basil, and a  cabbage, three sticks of rhubarb.  

 

Is there a group going next Wed?  I would like to learn more gardening
skills.  Tomatoes still need sticks,  half of the tomato plants had sticks.
I just picked of some weeds since I did have any equipment I used a stone.
Let me know when a group will meet but I don't think I can make it on
Sunday.  The two yellow squashes do look eaten a bit but it is still good to
pick, don't know what kind of squash it is.  Didn't see any onions or garlic
plats, no wheat.  When will the pumpkin plants starts growing pumpkins. 

--- On Wed, 8/26/09, Paul Nijjar <paul_nijjar at yahoo.ca> wrote:


From: Paul Nijjar <paul_nijjar at yahoo.ca>
Subject: Re: [Garden] Re. Gardening
To: garden at lists.wpirg.org
Received: Wednesday, August 26, 2009, 10:20 AM

On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 09:20:09AM -0700, mari ortiz wrote:
> Hi, if it doesn't rain tonight I am planning on going gardening.  Once
again
> can someone give tell me where the garden is located. What is the property
> called , is it by Columbia? Columbian and Wesmount?  Early in May someone
drew
> a map but I erased that e-mail by mistake.  At least let me know where it
is
> located rougly?  Thanks.

It is near Columbia and Westmount. 

There is a link to a Google Map on the garden webpage:
http://www.wpirg.org/garden 

Basically you go north on Westmount just past Columbia. There is a
little dirt road just beyond Columbia lake. There is then a lawn, and
behind that there are hedges. Our garden is behind the hedges. 

- Paul


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From unaclavelia at yahoo.com  Fri Aug 28 10:44:20 2009
From: unaclavelia at yahoo.com (mari ortiz)
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 07:44:20 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Garden] Re. Gardening
Message-ID: <808930.70581.qm@web33507.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Allright, what time will you be there on Wed.?

--- On Fri, 8/28/09, Candace Wormsbecker <candace at owr.ca> wrote:

From: Candace Wormsbecker <candace at owr.ca>
Subject: Re: [Garden] Re. Gardening
To: garden at lists.wpirg.org
Received: Friday, August 28, 2009, 7:02 AM




 
 


 

 

 







 



The shed is open all the time.? The lock
just appears to be locked, just pull on it and it should open. 

 ? 

I plan on being there on Wednesday and can
show you around if you like. 

 ? 

Candace 

 ? 









From:
garden-bounces at lists.wpirg.org [mailto:garden-bounces at lists.wpirg.org] On Behalf Of mari ortiz

Sent: August-28-09 12:27 AM

To: garden at lists.wpirg.org

Subject: Re: [Garden] Re.
Gardening 



 ? 


 
  
  Hi,? 
  
  Thanks, I went there on Thursday and got there at 7
  p.m. ?No one was there, I didn't bring my tools and was hoping someone
  had the key to the shed. ?Well why do the pumpkin plants look yellow.
  ?Many plants looked pale green. ?I took 2 tomatoes, someone had
  already picked the potatoes. ?I took some catnip, some mint, some basil,
  and a ?cabbage, three sticks of rhubarb. ? 
  
  
   ? 
  
  
  Is there a group going next Wed? ?I would like
  to learn more gardening skills. ?Tomatoes still need sticks, ?half
  of the tomato plants had sticks. ?I just picked of some weeds since I
  did have any equipment I used a stone. ?Let me know when a group will
  meet but I don't think I can make it on Sunday. ?The two yellow squashes
  do look eaten a bit but it is still good to pick, don't know what kind of
  squash it is. ?Didn't see any onions or garlic plats, no wheat.
  ?When will the pumpkin plants starts growing pumpkins.?

  

  --- On Wed, 8/26/09, Paul Nijjar < paul_nijjar at yahoo.ca >
  wrote: 
  

  From: Paul Nijjar < paul_nijjar at yahoo.ca >

  Subject: Re: [Garden] Re. Gardening

  To: garden at lists.wpirg.org

  Received: Wednesday, August 26, 2009, 10:20 AM 
  
  On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 09:20:09AM -0700, mari ortiz
  wrote:

  > Hi, if it doesn't rain tonight I am planning on going gardening.?
  Once again

  > can someone give tell me where the garden is located. What is the
  property

  > called , is it by Columbia ?
  Columbian and Wesmount?? Early in May someone drew

  > a map but I erased that e-mail by mistake.? At least let me know
  where it is

  > located rougly?? Thanks.

  

  It is near Columbia and
 Westmount . 

  

  There is a link to a Google Map on the garden webpage:

  http://www.wpirg.org/garden
  

  

  Basically you go north on Westmount just past
 Columbia . There is a

  little dirt road just beyond Columbia 
  lake. There is then a lawn, and

  behind that there are hedges. Our garden is behind the hedges. 

  

  - Paul

  

  

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From paul_nijjar at yahoo.ca  Fri Aug 28 11:29:55 2009
From: paul_nijjar at yahoo.ca (Paul Nijjar)
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 11:29:55 -0400
Subject: [Garden] The wood
In-Reply-To: <4A97E27B.1090107@uwaterloo.ca>
References: <4A97E27B.1090107@uwaterloo.ca>
Message-ID: <20090828152955.GA11663@pirg.uwaterloo.ca>

On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 09:58:19AM -0400, J. Rochon wrote:
> Gardeners,
>                  The wood by the side of the shed is still there. Can we 
> use/give it away in the next two weeks?

I gave some of it away. 

I don't know how to get rid of the rest. I guess we could try
Freecycle, but I doubt we will get rid of all of it. 

- Paul




From pbelej at sandvine.com  Fri Aug 28 11:48:06 2009
From: pbelej at sandvine.com (Peter Belej)
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 11:48:06 -0400
Subject: [Garden] The wood
In-Reply-To: <20090828152955.GA11663@pirg.uwaterloo.ca>
References: <4A97E27B.1090107@uwaterloo.ca>
	<20090828152955.GA11663@pirg.uwaterloo.ca>
Message-ID: <490204FF0C10C0429FC328CADD5506910104F204@EXCHANGE-1.sandvine.com>

How about Kijiji or whatever it's called?

-----Original Message-----
From: garden-bounces at lists.wpirg.org
[mailto:garden-bounces at lists.wpirg.org] On Behalf Of Paul Nijjar
Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 11:30 AM
To: jrochon at uwaterloo.ca; garden at lists.wpirg.org
Subject: Re: [Garden] The wood

On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 09:58:19AM -0400, J. Rochon wrote:
> Gardeners,
>                  The wood by the side of the shed is still there. Can
we 
> use/give it away in the next two weeks?

I gave some of it away. 

I don't know how to get rid of the rest. I guess we could try
Freecycle, but I doubt we will get rid of all of it. 

- Paul



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From m.rosamond at gmail.com  Fri Aug 28 12:05:01 2009
From: m.rosamond at gmail.com (Madeline Rosamond)
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:05:01 -0400
Subject: [Garden] The wood
In-Reply-To: <490204FF0C10C0429FC328CADD5506910104F204@EXCHANGE-1.sandvine.com>
References: <4A97E27B.1090107@uwaterloo.ca>
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	<490204FF0C10C0429FC328CADD5506910104F204@EXCHANGE-1.sandvine.com>
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Hi, all:
I'll volunteer to post this on Kijiji buuuut - I'm leaving for a
conference this weekend and will be back Sept 6 or so. So if the wood
is still around then, I'll do the posting. Sound good?
Cheers,
Maddy

On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 11:48 AM, Peter Belej<pbelej at sandvine.com> wrote:
> How about Kijiji or whatever it's called?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: garden-bounces at lists.wpirg.org
> [mailto:garden-bounces at lists.wpirg.org] On Behalf Of Paul Nijjar
> Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 11:30 AM
> To: jrochon at uwaterloo.ca; garden at lists.wpirg.org
> Subject: Re: [Garden] The wood
>
> On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 09:58:19AM -0400, J. Rochon wrote:
>> Gardeners,
>> ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?The wood by the side of the shed is still there. Can
> we
>> use/give it away in the next two weeks?
>
> I gave some of it away.
>
> I don't know how to get rid of the rest. I guess we could try
> Freecycle, but I doubt we will get rid of all of it.
>
> - Paul
>
>
>
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From candace at owr.ca  Fri Aug 28 12:21:42 2009
From: candace at owr.ca (Candace Wormsbecker)
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:21:42 -0400
Subject: [Garden] Re. Gardening
In-Reply-To: <808930.70581.qm@web33507.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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There are usually people there starting around 5:30 to around 7:30 or so.  I
can't say for sure usually I get there 6ish?

 

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From: garden-bounces at lists.wpirg.org [mailto:garden-bounces at lists.wpirg.org]
On Behalf Of mari ortiz
Sent: August-28-09 10:44 AM
To: garden at lists.wpirg.org
Subject: Re: [Garden] Re. Gardening

 


Allright, what time will you be there on Wed.?

--- On Fri, 8/28/09, Candace Wormsbecker <candace at owr.ca> wrote:


From: Candace Wormsbecker <candace at owr.ca>
Subject: Re: [Garden] Re. Gardening
To: garden at lists.wpirg.org
Received: Friday, August 28, 2009, 7:02 AM

The shed is open all the time.  The lock just appears to be locked, just
pull on it and it should open.

 

I plan on being there on Wednesday and can show you around if you like.

 

Candace

 

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From: garden-bounces at lists.wpirg.org [mailto:garden-bounces at lists.wpirg.org]
On Behalf Of mari ortiz
Sent: August-28-09 12:27 AM
To: garden at lists.wpirg.org
Subject: Re: [Garden] Re. Gardening

 


Hi, 

Thanks, I went there on Thursday and got there at 7 p.m.  No one was there,
I didn't bring my tools and was hoping someone had the key to the shed.
Well why do the pumpkin plants look yellow.  Many plants looked pale green.
I took 2 tomatoes, someone had already picked the potatoes.  I took some
catnip, some mint, some basil, and a  cabbage, three sticks of rhubarb.  

 

Is there a group going next Wed?  I would like to learn more gardening
skills.  Tomatoes still need sticks,  half of the tomato plants had sticks.
I just picked of some weeds since I did have any equipment I used a stone.
Let me know when a group will meet but I don't think I can make it on
Sunday.  The two yellow squashes do look eaten a bit but it is still good to
pick, don't know what kind of squash it is.  Didn't see any onions or garlic
plats, no wheat.  When will the pumpkin plants starts growing pumpkins. 

--- On Wed, 8/26/09, Paul Nijjar < paul_nijjar at yahoo.ca > wrote:


From: Paul Nijjar < paul_nijjar at yahoo.ca >
Subject: Re: [Garden] Re. Gardening
To: garden at lists.wpirg.org
Received: Wednesday, August 26, 2009, 10:20 AM

On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 09:20:09AM -0700, mari ortiz wrote:
> Hi, if it doesn't rain tonight I am planning on going gardening.  Once
again
> can someone give tell me where the garden is located. What is the property
> called , is it by Columbia ? Columbian and Wesmount?  Early in May someone
drew
> a map but I erased that e-mail by mistake.  At least let me know where it
is
> located rougly?  Thanks.

It is near Columbia and Westmount . 

There is a link to a Google Map on the garden webpage:
 <http://www.wpirg.org/garden> http://www.wpirg.org/garden 

Basically you go north on Westmount just past Columbia . There is a
little dirt road just beyond Columbia lake. There is then a lawn, and
behind that there are hedges. Our garden is behind the hedges. 

- Paul


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