From gcmichal at envmail.uwaterloo.ca  Sun Mar  1 10:16:42 2009
From: gcmichal at envmail.uwaterloo.ca (gcmichal at envmail.uwaterloo.ca)
Date: Sun, 01 Mar 2009 10:16:42 -0500
Subject: [Garden] Seeds ordered!
In-Reply-To: <49A82C1F.6040307@uwaterloo.ca>
References: <3eedf3f50902270821j1d799a86q51a3e1236f83404d@mail.gmail.com>
	<49A82C1F.6040307@uwaterloo.ca>
Message-ID: <20090301101642.10803dpj4cvybq3c@www.nexusmail.uwaterloo.ca>

I also have spring wheat.  I use it to grow pots of "cat grass".  That  
way it costs about one cent to grow a potful, instead of $2.50 if you  
buy commercial packets of "cat grass".  If any of you have a cat that  
would enjoy a pot of succulent young wheat to nibble on, let me know  
and I will plant a pot for you.

- Greg

Quoting "J. Rochon" <jrochon at uwaterloo.ca>:

> Madeline,
>                     I have spring wheat.
>
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From m.rosamond at gmail.com  Mon Mar  2 10:04:43 2009
From: m.rosamond at gmail.com (Madeline Rosamond)
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 10:04:43 -0500
Subject: [Garden] Seeds are in
Message-ID: <3eedf3f50903020704l11437216j8a5d87a4b86cf4d0@mail.gmail.com>

Hi, all:
The OGS seeds are in. I'll go pick 'em up today at Phillip St. and
they'll be safe in my office until we get around to putting them in
the WPIRG office. Greg (or whoever), if you have any other desires,
let me know and we can put in Order #2.
Alicia, a seed party is good to go!
Cheers,
Maddy


From JKlomfass at gmx.de  Mon Mar  2 10:22:14 2009
From: JKlomfass at gmx.de (=?iso-8859-1?Q?=22Julia_Klomfa=DF=22?=)
Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:22:14 +0100
Subject: [Garden] Food Awareness Day
In-Reply-To: <3eedf3f50903020704l11437216j8a5d87a4b86cf4d0@mail.gmail.com>
References: <3eedf3f50903020704l11437216j8a5d87a4b86cf4d0@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <20090302152214.211910@gmx.net>

Hey gardeners,

I just wanted to ask again whether you would be interested in having a stand, promoting community gardening and informing people about its greatness at a food awareness day mid-end of March at UW (hosted/organized by FnB)?
We have a meeting tomorrow, so then I could give you more detailed information but it would be good to hear a general yes or no just to be able to plan better.

greets

Julia

-------- Original-Nachricht --------
> Datum: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 10:04:43 -0500
> Von: Madeline Rosamond <m.rosamond at gmail.com>
> An: garden at lists.wpirg.org
> Betreff: [Garden] Seeds are in

> Hi, all:
> The OGS seeds are in. I'll go pick 'em up today at Phillip St. and
> they'll be safe in my office until we get around to putting them in
> the WPIRG office. Greg (or whoever), if you have any other desires,
> let me know and we can put in Order #2.
> Alicia, a seed party is good to go!
> Cheers,
> Maddy
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Garden mailing list
> Garden at lists.wpirg.org
> http://lists.wpirg.org/mailman/listinfo/garden_lists.wpirg.org

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From m.rosamond at gmail.com  Mon Mar  2 10:23:32 2009
From: m.rosamond at gmail.com (Madeline Rosamond)
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 10:23:32 -0500
Subject: [Garden] Food Awareness Day
In-Reply-To: <20090302152214.211910@gmx.net>
References: <3eedf3f50903020704l11437216j8a5d87a4b86cf4d0@mail.gmail.com>
	<20090302152214.211910@gmx.net>
Message-ID: <3eedf3f50903020723j358ba446i828c082c09a99b09@mail.gmail.com>

Yup, I'll volunteer to help out at the stand (perhaps Jason will too,
pretty please?)
Cheers,
Maddy

On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 10:22 AM, "Julia Klomfa?" <JKlomfass at gmx.de> wrote:
> Hey gardeners,
>
> I just wanted to ask again whether you would be interested in having a stand, promoting community gardening and informing people about its greatness at a food awareness day mid-end of March at UW (hosted/organized by FnB)?
> We have a meeting tomorrow, so then I could give you more detailed information but it would be good to hear a general yes or no just to be able to plan better.
>
> greets
>
> Julia
>
> -------- Original-Nachricht --------
>> Datum: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 10:04:43 -0500
>> Von: Madeline Rosamond <m.rosamond at gmail.com>
>> An: garden at lists.wpirg.org
>> Betreff: [Garden] Seeds are in
>
>> Hi, all:
>> The OGS seeds are in. I'll go pick 'em up today at Phillip St. and
>> they'll be safe in my office until we get around to putting them in
>> the WPIRG office. Greg (or whoever), if you have any other desires,
>> let me know and we can put in Order #2.
>> Alicia, a seed party is good to go!
>> Cheers,
>> Maddy
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Garden mailing list
>> Garden at lists.wpirg.org
>> http://lists.wpirg.org/mailman/listinfo/garden_lists.wpirg.org
>
> --
> "we'll eat your scrap, but we won't buy your crap" (freegan slogan)
>
> Computer Bild Tarifsieger! GMX FreeDSL - Telefonanschluss + DSL
> f?r nur 17,95 ?/mtl.!* http://dsl.gmx.de/?ac=OM.AD.PD003K11308T4569a
>
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From jrochon at uwaterloo.ca  Mon Mar  2 10:55:21 2009
From: jrochon at uwaterloo.ca (J. Rochon)
Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2009 10:55:21 -0500
Subject: [Garden] Food Awareness Day
In-Reply-To: <3eedf3f50903020723j358ba446i828c082c09a99b09@mail.gmail.com>
References: <3eedf3f50903020704l11437216j8a5d87a4b86cf4d0@mail.gmail.com>	<20090302152214.211910@gmx.net>
	<3eedf3f50903020723j358ba446i828c082c09a99b09@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <49AC0169.6030902@uwaterloo.ca>

Gardeners,
               I am interested, but need a firm date. I can't ask for a 
day off mid/end of March.
> Yup, I'll volunteer to help out at the stand (perhaps Jason will too,
> pretty please?)
> Cheers,
> Maddy
>
> O



From jrochon at uwaterloo.ca  Mon Mar  2 12:55:03 2009
From: jrochon at uwaterloo.ca (J. Rochon)
Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2009 12:55:03 -0500
Subject: [Garden] Seeds ordered!
In-Reply-To: <20090227181132.78775afnxca1gh0k@www.nexusmail.uwaterloo.ca>
References: <3eedf3f50902270821j1d799a86q51a3e1236f83404d@mail.gmail.com>
	<20090227181132.78775afnxca1gh0k@www.nexusmail.uwaterloo.ca>
Message-ID: <49AC1D77.6030805@uwaterloo.ca>

Greg,
         I have not put in any personal orders for this year. If you 
like, then we could compare notes and see if there's anywhere we can 
co-operate.


From alicia.mah at gmail.com  Mon Mar  2 16:40:24 2009
From: alicia.mah at gmail.com (Alicia Mah)
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 16:40:24 -0500
Subject: [Garden] Seeds ordered!
In-Reply-To: <49AC1D77.6030805@uwaterloo.ca>
References: <3eedf3f50902270821j1d799a86q51a3e1236f83404d@mail.gmail.com>
	<20090227181132.78775afnxca1gh0k@www.nexusmail.uwaterloo.ca>
	<49AC1D77.6030805@uwaterloo.ca>
Message-ID: <2ec448740903021340q432aed48n7801efc2e2805cf9@mail.gmail.com>

Hi gardeners,

I did not personally want to exclude anybody, and I apologize if this seems
the case. We have yet to decide upon which and how much seed to plant at the
planting party. I propose we meet beforehand to include everybody that would
want a say in this. Items on the agenda would be planning the planting party
(including who can arrange for the seedlings to be watered) as well as
planning for fencing. I would like to propose that the Simplicity Circle be
asked to help with the planting party when it comes to publicity.

Let's say the gardeners meet Monday March 9 at 6pm in the WPIRG office,
please indicate if this time does not work for you.

Cheers,
Alicia

On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 12:55 PM, J. Rochon <jrochon at uwaterloo.ca> wrote:

> Greg,
>        I have not put in any personal orders for this year. If you like,
> then we could compare notes and see if there's anywhere we can co-operate.
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Garden mailing list
> Garden at lists.wpirg.org
> http://lists.wpirg.org/mailman/listinfo/garden_lists.wpirg.org
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From evan at wpirg.org  Tue Mar  3 13:34:06 2009
From: evan at wpirg.org (Evan Coole)
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 13:34:06 -0500
Subject: [Garden] Seeds ordered!/March 9 Meeting
In-Reply-To: <2ec448740903021340q432aed48n7801efc2e2805cf9@mail.gmail.com>
References: <3eedf3f50902270821j1d799a86q51a3e1236f83404d@mail.gmail.com>
	<20090227181132.78775afnxca1gh0k@www.nexusmail.uwaterloo.ca>
	<49AC1D77.6030805@uwaterloo.ca>
	<2ec448740903021340q432aed48n7801efc2e2805cf9@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <a06240809c5d326070297@[129.97.194.55]>

Hi Garden,

The office is free at 6pm on March 9pm, let me know if you'd like me 
to book the time for the Garden :)

Evan




>Hi gardeners,
>
>I did not personally want to exclude anybody, and I apologize if 
>this seems the case. We have yet to decide upon which and how much 
>seed to plant at the planting party. I propose we meet beforehand to 
>include everybody that would want a say in this. Items on the agenda 
>would be planning the planting party (including who can arrange for 
>the seedlings to be watered) as well as planning for fencing. I 
>would like to propose that the Simplicity Circle be asked to help 
>with the planting party when it comes to publicity.
>
>Let's say the gardeners meet Monday March 9 at 6pm in the WPIRG 
>office, please indicate if this time does not work for you.
>
>Cheers,
>Alicia
>
>On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 12:55 PM, J. Rochon 
><<mailto:jrochon at uwaterloo.ca>jrochon at uwaterloo.ca> wrote:
>
>Greg,
>        I have not put in any personal orders for this year. If you 
>like, then we could compare notes and see if there's anywhere we can 
>co-operate.
>
>
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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
>
>
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From JKlomfass at gmx.de  Sun Mar  8 22:03:27 2009
From: JKlomfass at gmx.de (=?iso-8859-1?Q?=22Julia_Klomfa=DF=22?=)
Date: Mon, 09 Mar 2009 03:03:27 +0100
Subject: [Garden] Food awareness day
Message-ID: <20090309020327.223970@gmx.net>

Hi everyone!

So the food awareness day will be 27th of March, from 11am - 5pm in the multipurpose room in the SLC.

We invited a bunch of food related groups and are planing to get even more involvement.
the rough goals of the day are: 
- Raising awareness
- Encourage people to take action
- Challenging preconceptions 
- Feed our (new) friends  
- Have fun & making food fun

we thought about splitting the day into 3 topic timeslots:
-Food security 
-Waste
-Health 
+Lunch (soup serving!)
and during those times have debates, lectures, workshops have a nutritionist coming in for conculting or whatever else people come up with until then (you see the planning is not yet so far).
the whole day it should be possible though for groups to present themselves, have a stand, hand out leaflets or actively participate.

We have a meeting on Tuesday at noon (with lunch) in the WPIRG office (SLC) we invite people from each group to come in and discuss with us, bring up new ideas and help planning.
So if you have time and feel like you want to participate more please come. since its a busy time you can also tell us whether you would like to have some time reserved for anything like a presentation, workshop, watever or  if you will have stand to inform people about gardening (i think two people already responded positively to that)

sorry for the long email.
enjoy the rainy sunday afternoon (hopefully all warm and dry) and maybe see you tuesday.

Julia

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From cwormsbe at gmail.com  Mon Mar  9 10:21:39 2009
From: cwormsbe at gmail.com (candace wormsbecker)
Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 10:21:39 -0400
Subject: [Garden] Seeds are in
In-Reply-To: <3eedf3f50903020704l11437216j8a5d87a4b86cf4d0@mail.gmail.com>
References: <3eedf3f50903020704l11437216j8a5d87a4b86cf4d0@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <f1270310903090721h3ba896dble379d20e70758da1@mail.gmail.com>

Here is the poster Alicia for the planting party if you want to modify
it this one is from last year.

Did you also want me to send you all the files I have on record about
the garden to transfer to the WPIRG files? I can't remember who was
going to do this?

Best,
Candace



On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 11:04 AM, Madeline Rosamond <m.rosamond at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, all:
> The OGS seeds are in. I'll go pick 'em up today at Phillip St. and
> they'll be safe in my office until we get around to putting them in
> the WPIRG office. Greg (or whoever), if you have any other desires,
> let me know and we can put in Order #2.
> Alicia, a seed party is good to go!
> Cheers,
> Maddy
>
> _______________________________________________
> 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 cwormsbe at gmail.com  Mon Mar  9 10:28:40 2009
From: cwormsbe at gmail.com (candace wormsbecker)
Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 10:28:40 -0400
Subject: [Garden] Seeds ordered!
In-Reply-To: <2ec448740903021340q432aed48n7801efc2e2805cf9@mail.gmail.com>
References: <3eedf3f50902270821j1d799a86q51a3e1236f83404d@mail.gmail.com>
	<20090227181132.78775afnxca1gh0k@www.nexusmail.uwaterloo.ca>
	<49AC1D77.6030805@uwaterloo.ca>
	<2ec448740903021340q432aed48n7801efc2e2805cf9@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <f1270310903090728m26f8cee8k2d867618eb3e7abd@mail.gmail.com>

Is there going to be a meeting tonight then?


On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 5:40 PM, Alicia Mah <alicia.mah at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi gardeners,
>
> I did not personally want to exclude anybody, and I apologize if this seems
> the case. We have yet to decide upon which and how much seed to plant at the
> planting party. I propose we meet beforehand to include everybody that would
> want a say in this. Items on the agenda would be planning the planting party
> (including who can arrange for the seedlings to be watered) as well as
> planning for fencing. I would like to propose that the Simplicity Circle be
> asked to help with the planting party when it comes to publicity.
>
> Let's say the gardeners meet Monday March 9 at 6pm in the WPIRG office,
> please indicate if this time does not work for you.
>
> Cheers,
> Alicia
>
> On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 12:55 PM, J. Rochon <jrochon at uwaterloo.ca> wrote:
>>
>> Greg,
>> ? ? ? ?I have not put in any personal orders for this year. If you like,
>> then we could compare notes and see if there's anywhere we can co-operate.
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Garden mailing list
>> Garden at lists.wpirg.org
>> http://lists.wpirg.org/mailman/listinfo/garden_lists.wpirg.org
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Garden mailing list
> Garden at lists.wpirg.org
> http://lists.wpirg.org/mailman/listinfo/garden_lists.wpirg.org
>
>



-- 
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


From alicia.mah at gmail.com  Tue Mar 10 14:13:21 2009
From: alicia.mah at gmail.com (Alicia Mah)
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:13:21 -0400
Subject: [Garden] Planting party on April 1 okay? please respond by this
	Friday
Message-ID: <2ec448740903101113m52e881afi46c3eb9aa9766510@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Everyone,
What needs to be decided:

When to have the planting party? I will be making the poster to advertise it
to people and need to have consensus on the date. Please indicate whether or
not you can make it to:

6pm on Wednesday, April 1, 2009
SLC 2139, WPIRG office

The alternate date proposed would be: Monday March 30 at 6pm.

Please respond with your vote, I will be making the poster and need your
feedback by this Friday. Also, if somebody out there would like to help with
finding a place to put the seedlings one we've planted them, I would really
appreciate it.

Cheers,
Alicia

p.s. anybody can put things into the garden folder here at the wpirg office.
if you aren't on campus, feel free to send them to me and I can load them
on. If you are on campus, just walk into the office and ask one of the staff
members here how to do so.

On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 10:21 AM, candace wormsbecker <cwormsbe at gmail.com>wrote:

> Here is the poster Alicia for the planting party if you want to modify
> it this one is from last year.
>
> Did you also want me to send you all the files I have on record about
> the garden to transfer to the WPIRG files? I can't remember who was
> going to do this?
>
> Best,
> Candace
>
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 11:04 AM, Madeline Rosamond <m.rosamond at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hi, all:
> > The OGS seeds are in. I'll go pick 'em up today at Phillip St. and
> > they'll be safe in my office until we get around to putting them in
> > the WPIRG office. Greg (or whoever), if you have any other desires,
> > let me know and we can put in Order #2.
> > Alicia, a seed party is good to go!
> > Cheers,
> > Maddy
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > 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
>
> _______________________________________________
> Garden mailing list
> Garden at lists.wpirg.org
> http://lists.wpirg.org/mailman/listinfo/garden_lists.wpirg.org
>
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From jrochon at uwaterloo.ca  Tue Mar 10 16:20:04 2009
From: jrochon at uwaterloo.ca (J. Rochon)
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:20:04 -0400
Subject: [Garden] Friday March 27th
Message-ID: <49B6CB74.3020005@uwaterloo.ca>

Gardeners,
                  Right, I have the day off. What was it that I agreed 
to do?


From m.rosamond at gmail.com  Tue Mar 10 16:26:29 2009
From: m.rosamond at gmail.com (Madeline Rosamond)
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:26:29 -0400
Subject: [Garden] Planting party on April 1 okay? please respond by this
	Friday
In-Reply-To: <2ec448740903101113m52e881afi46c3eb9aa9766510@mail.gmail.com>
References: <2ec448740903101113m52e881afi46c3eb9aa9766510@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <3eedf3f50903101326y1f480e60y61de8f4db4c30bb4@mail.gmail.com>

Fine by me!

On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 2:13 PM, Alicia Mah <alicia.mah at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
> What needs to be decided:
> When to have the planting party? I will be making the poster to advertise it
> to people and need to have consensus on the date. Please indicate whether or
> not you can make it to:
> 6pm on Wednesday, April 1, 2009
> SLC 2139, WPIRG office
> The alternate date proposed would be: Monday March 30 at 6pm.
> Please respond with your vote, I will be making the poster and need your
> feedback by this Friday. Also, if somebody out there would like to help with
> finding a place to put the seedlings one we've planted them, I would really
> appreciate it.
> Cheers,
> Alicia
> p.s. anybody can put things into the garden folder here at the wpirg office.
> if you aren't on campus, feel free to send them to me and I can load them
> on. If you are on campus, just walk into the office and ask one of the staff
> members here how to do so.
> On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 10:21 AM, candace wormsbecker <cwormsbe at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Here is the poster Alicia for the planting party if you want to modify
>> it this one is from last year.
>>
>> Did you also want me to send you all the files I have on record about
>> the garden to transfer to the WPIRG files? I can't remember who was
>> going to do this?
>>
>> Best,
>> Candace
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 11:04 AM, Madeline Rosamond <m.rosamond at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Hi, all:
>> > The OGS seeds are in. I'll go pick 'em up today at Phillip St. and
>> > they'll be safe in my office until we get around to putting them in
>> > the WPIRG office. Greg (or whoever), if you have any other desires,
>> > let me know and we can put in Order #2.
>> > Alicia, a seed party is good to go!
>> > Cheers,
>> > Maddy
>> >
>> > _______________________________________________
>> > 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 cwormsbe at gmail.com  Tue Mar 10 16:32:25 2009
From: cwormsbe at gmail.com (candace wormsbecker)
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:32:25 -0400
Subject: [Garden] Planting party on April 1 okay? please respond by this
	Friday
In-Reply-To: <2ec448740903101113m52e881afi46c3eb9aa9766510@mail.gmail.com>
References: <2ec448740903101113m52e881afi46c3eb9aa9766510@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <f1270310903101332i18296e89ufaa120407374fe53@mail.gmail.com>

Either of those dates are fine by me.

I will offer to take a few trays of things home.

Candace



On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 2:13 PM, Alicia Mah <alicia.mah at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
> What needs to be decided:
> When to have the planting party? I will be making the poster to advertise it
> to people and need to have consensus on the date. Please indicate whether or
> not you can make it to:
> 6pm on Wednesday, April 1, 2009
> SLC 2139, WPIRG office
> The alternate date proposed would be: Monday March 30 at 6pm.
> Please respond with your vote, I will be making the poster and need your
> feedback by this Friday. Also, if somebody out there would like to help with
> finding a place to put the seedlings one we've planted them, I would really
> appreciate it.
> Cheers,
> Alicia
> p.s. anybody can put things into the garden folder here at the wpirg office.
> if you aren't on campus, feel free to send them to me and I can load them
> on. If you are on campus, just walk into the office and ask one of the staff
> members here how to do so.
> On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 10:21 AM, candace wormsbecker <cwormsbe at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Here is the poster Alicia for the planting party if you want to modify
>> it this one is from last year.
>>
>> Did you also want me to send you all the files I have on record about
>> the garden to transfer to the WPIRG files? I can't remember who was
>> going to do this?
>>
>> Best,
>> Candace
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 11:04 AM, Madeline Rosamond <m.rosamond at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Hi, all:
>> > The OGS seeds are in. I'll go pick 'em up today at Phillip St. and
>> > they'll be safe in my office until we get around to putting them in
>> > the WPIRG office. Greg (or whoever), if you have any other desires,
>> > let me know and we can put in Order #2.
>> > Alicia, a seed party is good to go!
>> > Cheers,
>> > Maddy
>> >
>> > _______________________________________________
>> > 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
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Garden mailing list
>> Garden at lists.wpirg.org
>> http://lists.wpirg.org/mailman/listinfo/garden_lists.wpirg.org
>>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Garden mailing list
> Garden at lists.wpirg.org
> http://lists.wpirg.org/mailman/listinfo/garden_lists.wpirg.org
>
>



-- 
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


From jrochon at uwaterloo.ca  Tue Mar 10 16:39:54 2009
From: jrochon at uwaterloo.ca (J. Rochon)
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:39:54 -0400
Subject: [Garden] Planting party on April 1 okay? please respond by this
 Friday
In-Reply-To: <3eedf3f50903101326y1f480e60y61de8f4db4c30bb4@mail.gmail.com>
References: <2ec448740903101113m52e881afi46c3eb9aa9766510@mail.gmail.com>
	<3eedf3f50903101326y1f480e60y61de8f4db4c30bb4@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <49B6D01A.6060204@uwaterloo.ca>

Gardeners,
               April 1st, really? No kidding? Okay.
> Fine by me!
>
> On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 2:13 PM, Alicia Mah <alicia.mah at gmail.com> wrote:
>   



From chay_lene at hotmail.com  Tue Mar 10 22:09:27 2009
From: chay_lene at hotmail.com (Chaylene Grieve-Saunders)
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 22:09:27 -0400
Subject: [Garden] Friday March 27th
In-Reply-To: <49B6CB74.3020005@uwaterloo.ca>
References: <49B6CB74.3020005@uwaterloo.ca>
Message-ID: <COL116-W496B667FE6A62A201C02C6819E0@phx.gbl>


Food Awareness Day! 11:00-5:00 in the SLC?
:)
 
> Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:20:04 -0400
> From: jrochon at uwaterloo.ca
> To: garden at lists.wpirg.org
> Subject: [Garden] Friday March 27th
> 
> Gardeners,
> Right, I have the day off. What was it that I agreed 
> to do?
> 
> _______________________________________________
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> Garden at lists.wpirg.org
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From alicia.mah at gmail.com  Wed Mar 11 17:05:13 2009
From: alicia.mah at gmail.com (Alicia Mah)
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 17:05:13 -0400
Subject: [Garden] Fwd: FAD Minutes :)
In-Reply-To: <COL116-W11FBA6537959A54E5FD99C819E0@phx.gbl>
References: <94E689529ECF40338B0BBAB28C139204@NEXUS.UWATERLOO.CA>
	<39217.50161.qm@web31401.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
	<COL116-W11FBA6537959A54E5FD99C819E0@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <2ec448740903111405p2ff50055lb754b94cb86983@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Gardeners,

Here are the minutes with regards to the Food Awareness Day meeting. This
should be an excellent opportunity to promote the garden. If you are on
campus that day I would encourage you to come out and contribute to the
discussion (as well as get free food!)

Cheers,
Alicia

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Chaylene Grieve-Saunders <chay_lene at hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 10:19 PM
Subject: FAD Minutes :)
To: fnb at lists.wpirg.org, alicia.mah at gmail.com, defriese at uwaterloo.ca


 Great meeting today folks! Thanks to everybody who came out, the creative
deliberation and the enthusiastic energy for the event. There will be
another meeting next Tuesday, at noon, in the WPIRG office. Come all, come
one :)

**

*Food Awareness Day Minutes*

Tuesday, March 10 12:00-2:00 in the WPIRG office

Next Meeting: *TUESDAY MARCH 17th at NOON*

*Participating Groups & Involvement*

UWSP (University of Waterloo Sustainability Projects) ? Ashley as
representative

-          Waste Management

? Display board for group

? Also display facts about waste on campus

? Organize ?waste display? of Food waste from SLC

-          Natural Landscapes

? Board on edible plants and NL projects

-          Board

-          Food Action Collective

? Interested in organizing to have local food/farmers for lunch serving

? Also interested in farmer?s worker rights/job security with
ever-increasing import market and corporate packaged food

*After discussion, Food Not Bombs would like for the Food Action Collective
to arrange for local farmers to donate their produce, and/or have it
purchased J Would the farmers you purchase the produce from like to attend
the serving?

Sustainable Foods

-          Working on a directory of sustainable stores (and groups?) in the
KW region. Including name, location, what sell, etc. Hopefully have this
ready to display

-          Hoping to do Rrroll Up The Rim Tim Hortons cups waste display.
Anybody interested in contributing to this can contact Sustainable Foods.
The more the merrier!

F-Tag

-          Doug will devise a board on GMO?s

-          General F-tag board will be set up

-          As well as ?make UW campus Fair Trade? petitions

Simplicity Circle

-          Skill building booth / info

Community Gardens

-          Booth specific to UW campus gardening

-          Promoting planting party for April 1 at 6:00

Groups still awaiting confirmation for participation and/or what type of
involvement

-          UWVeg

-          R3Design

-          ESS

*Day?s Events\*

*Panel Discussion*

n  Proposed idea to have a panel discussion on topic ?Complexity of making
Ethical Choices in the Food Market? ? geared particularly to a student
lifestyle and available options in the KW region.

n  Possible panellists to invite include the following

-          Anna ? Foodlink (Julia contact?)

-          Heather Majoury ? health (whose contacting?)

-          Patrick ? Fair Trade (Katie ask?)

-          Kelly ? poverty (whose askin??)

-          Moren ? environment (Julia contact)

-          Somebody from Food Action Committee potentially?

n  Start time at *2:30* until...

*?How Much Do You REALLY Know?? Questionnaire*

-          A fact sheet ? style not yet finite. Either True or False
questions and/or Fill in the Blank.

-          Idea is to have questionnaire that entices people to engage with
information provided at the event, to talk with booth hosts, and ask
questions to learn! (Printed on scrap paper, of course. And then recycled J)

-          Upon completion of questionnaire, whether all answers are right
or not, persons are allowed to take on item from the Freecycle booth.

-          Here we will have baked goodies, vegan cookbooks, random items,
FT chocolate, etc.

-          Any donations? We should start gathering.... maybe store them in
the WPIRG office?

-          All day

*Serving*

-          Want to begin serving at *1:00* until *2:20/30*

-          Need *volunteers* for cooking, set-up, serving, clean up, etc.
*Julia making a Doodle for this ? doodle master! Please sign up for what you
can. Cooking would begin at 11:00. Set up at 12:45... clean up.. whenever
finish soup?

-          Asked CGC if we could use their kitchen, we cannot for they are
too busy those days.

-          Somebody needs to approach the working centre OR another
legitimate kitchen to see if we can use their facilities ? takers?

-          Sarah ? is it allowed to happen in the MPR? will ask Scott
Pearson shortly, get back to you tonight about it

-          Produce ? ashley from uwsp will be contacted to see if she can be
in charge of obtaining the food. if transport is an issue, one of our
drivers might be able to pick it up. also, sustainable foods group (alice is
the contact) would be interested in obtaining foods. we should confirm this.


*Music*

-          Have invited a few artist friends to play music throughout day
and serving

-          Sarah foyo (musician) re: jam session

-          Will send out more finite info when confirmations abound

*Waste display: *

-          -is Ashley's Waste Management group in charge of doing fact
sheets/posters?

-          will alice take on the tim hortons cup display?

-          -how are we obtaining the waste on campus?

-          -I am giving scott pearson more info about the waste display just
in case it wasnt clear in our correspondence (better safe than sorry on
that)

*Itinerary*

11:00am               Set Up in the SLC. Cooking for serving begins. Maybe
music begins as well?

12:45pm               Set up for lunch serving

1:00pm                 Lunch serving begins! Hooray!

2:20ish                  Lunch MIGHT end ? who knows

2:30                        Panel discussion begins ?Complexity of making
ethical choices in the Food Market?

5:00                        Wrap it all up.

Missing anything?

*Advertising /promo-posters / board*

meeting *Wednesday* the 11th at *2:00 *and *Thursday* the 12th at *noon* to
complete the info board, and our promotional posters

-evan will do the advertising once we give him a poster?  does that include
the colleges, uw campus vision screens, sju also has a screen for promos,
poster run, etc?

- need to contact Warrior Weekends ? who can do this?

*Invitations*

*Sarah dear, you are contacting most of these individuals ? if you need a
bit of a load off, just ask!

-          FEDS food bank on campus

-          Food Services (ask about their food display board)

-          Reduction Committee (campus)

-          Food Advisory Board (campus)

-          Warrior Weekends

-          Foodlink

-          Contact ESS coffee shop

-          Women?s Centre (Ashley from FNB)

*Who do we need to contact still?

- -how will we articulate the big picture to all the action groups involved?



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From alicia.mah at gmail.com  Thu Mar 12 00:52:19 2009
From: alicia.mah at gmail.com (Alicia Mah)
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 00:52:19 -0400
Subject: [Garden] Planting Party Poster - Approval
Message-ID: <2ec448740903112152t671556efub719ddacf1eb71e2@mail.gmail.com>

Hello to all gardeners,
Please take a look at the poster attached. I've submitted it to Evan for
approval, the plan is to put it up around campus. Please respond with a
quick "yes the poster looks okay" or "we should change 'this'... " (I put
the April 1 date on the poster tentatively, you still have time to vote for
the other date if you so choose to do so...)

Thanks,
Alicia

P.S. Paul, could you potentially come later on in the evening (say around 7)
for the planting party? Would that be a fair compromise?

On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 10:21 AM, candace wormsbecker <cwormsbe at gmail.com>wrote:

> Here is the poster Alicia for the planting party if you want to modify
> it this one is from last year.
>
> Did you also want me to send you all the files I have on record about
> the garden to transfer to the WPIRG files? I can't remember who was
> going to do this?
>
> Best,
> Candace
>
>
>
>
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From paul_nijjar at yahoo.ca  Thu Mar 12 04:10:59 2009
From: paul_nijjar at yahoo.ca (Paul Nijjar)
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 01:10:59 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Garden] Planting Party Poster - Approval
In-Reply-To: <2ec448740903112152t671556efub719ddacf1eb71e2@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <875857.86257.qm@web57608.mail.re1.yahoo.com>





--- On Thu, 3/12/09, Alicia Mah <alicia.mah at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello to all gardeners,
> Please take a look at the poster attached. I've
> submitted it to Evan for
> approval, the plan is to put it up around campus. Please
> respond with a
> quick "yes the poster looks okay" or "we
> should change 'this'... " 

The bottom half of the poster is rather... left aligned. One way to
fix it might be to use more centering. Another way might be to stick a
few more graphics in the poster. 

Here's one possible layout:

"Community gardening is the answer for you" --> center this

"Come to our seed planting..." --> right align this paragraph 

Then you might stick pictures of cassava or bittermelon or 
other vegetables we might grow in the blank spaces. Even if you don't
stick in any other graphics I think this balances out the poster a
bit. 

I am also wondering whether the bullet points could be improved. You
already have "learn about gardening" in the "No experience but want to
learn?" bit (although maybe it is worth re-iterating -- maybe "learn
about organic gardening"?). Also, "get free vegetables" may turn off
the good-hearted souls who tend to be attracted to the garden. Here
are some other possible bullet points off the top of my head. Probably
three bullet points are a good number, but if you're looking for ideas
then you might consider some of the following: 

- Grow wholesome organic vegetables!
- Spend time outside for a change!
- Dig in the dirt! 
- Get your hands dirty!
- Support local agriculture!
- Develop your appreciation for misshapen carrots!
- Help compost UW's food waste!
- Take your frustration out on bindweed!
- Eat the (edible) weeds!
- Fresh peas! Fresh strawberries! Fresh tomatoes!
- Party with the earthworms!

etc. 

If you're not looking for ideas then that is fine too. I am just
picking nits on account of I am a lousy nitpicking nitpicker. 

> P.S. Paul, could you potentially come later on in the
> evening (say around 7)
> for the planting party? Would that be a fair compromise?

There's no need to compromise on my account. If I can drop by I will,
but unfortunately I can offer no guarantees. You should really be
cultivating all the lurkers lurking on the list, because they are the
ones who have easy access to campus, and they represent the vibrant
young seedlings of the revolution. 

- Paul



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From angela.mcneill at rogers.com  Thu Mar 12 08:38:57 2009
From: angela.mcneill at rogers.com (Angela McNeill)
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 08:38:57 -0400
Subject: [Garden] Planting party on April 1 okay? please respond by this
	Friday
References: <2ec448740903101113m52e881afi46c3eb9aa9766510@mail.gmail.com><3eedf3f50903101326y1f480e60y61de8f4db4c30bb4@mail.gmail.com>
	<49B6D01A.6060204@uwaterloo.ca>
Message-ID: <849EE1C018614768A8E3F057C6EA6F22@BILBO>

April 1st is okay for me ..... looking forward to meeting everyone.

Angela

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "J. Rochon" <jrochon at uwaterloo.ca>
To: <garden at lists.wpirg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 4:39 PM
Subject: Re: [Garden] Planting party on April 1 okay? please respond by this 
Friday


> Gardeners,
>               April 1st, really? No kidding? Okay.
>> Fine by me!
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 2:13 PM, Alicia Mah <alicia.mah at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Garden mailing list
> Garden at lists.wpirg.org
> http://lists.wpirg.org/mailman/listinfo/garden_lists.wpirg.org
> 




From shared.entanglement at gmail.com  Mon Mar 16 19:11:52 2009
From: shared.entanglement at gmail.com (Gus Gutoski)
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 19:11:52 -0400
Subject: [Garden] summer lease near the garden
Message-ID: <86b02e400903161611g3c052babweefa8f6e56aaad67@mail.gmail.com>

Want to live close to the garden with fellow gardeners this summer?  I
have a very nice room for rent in my house (4 month lease, May-Aug).
Details can be found at
http://kitchener.en.craigslist.ca/roo/1076155727.html

[Sorry for the spam, but I believe some people might actually be
interested.  Also, I believe gardener tenants are nicer than average
tenants. :)]

Gus


From alicia.mah at gmail.com  Tue Mar 17 04:50:02 2009
From: alicia.mah at gmail.com (Alicia Mah)
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 04:50:02 -0400
Subject: [Garden] Planting Party - Please sign up for a task!
Message-ID: <2ec448740903170150v1c2b780cl2da4cbf2f15f3b2f@mail.gmail.com>

Dear Gardeners,

Here are a list of things that have/should/could get done before our
planting party on April 1 at 6pm, and those tasks which are completed/ have
or have not been assigned. Fill your name in, or correct me if something has
already been taken care of.

Things that have already been done:
Making the poster - Alicia (attached to this email)
Ordering seeds - Candace/Maddy

Things that really should be taken care of:
Making and Distributing posters - Alicia - I will leave some at the office
if others on campus would like to swing by and pick some up to distribute to
their respective corners of campus.

Where to put seeds after planting? - Some to Candace, any others? do we have
enough other people who can take them to their homes? or, Can we put them on
campus, potentially in WPIRG office, or in greenhouses on campus? anybody
have any leads?

buying planting soil - who?

Deciding which seeds to plant - can be done at the planting party, however
just wanted to remind people that this was a concern brought up at the last
meeting, just randomly planting seeds might not be the best strategy?

Optional:
Buying party food (we have at least $40 to spend, potentially more with
collaboration from Simplicity Circle) - ?

Excited to see you all at the party :D

cheers,
Alicia

P.S. post-planting party considerations (i.e. for another day) might be:
to finalize the budget (so that we can get approval from WPIRG and start
spending the money!)
fencing?
turning the soil?
weed/pest control?

On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 4:10 AM, Paul Nijjar <paul_nijjar at yahoo.ca> wrote:

>
>
>
>
> --- On Thu, 3/12/09, Alicia Mah <alicia.mah at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hello to all gardeners,
> > Please take a look at the poster attached. I've
> > submitted it to Evan for
> > approval, the plan is to put it up around campus. Please
> > respond with a
> > quick "yes the poster looks okay" or "we
> > should change 'this'... "
>
> The bottom half of the poster is rather... left aligned. One way to
> fix it might be to use more centering. Another way might be to stick a
> few more graphics in the poster.
>
> Here's one possible layout:
>
> "Community gardening is the answer for you" --> center this
>
> "Come to our seed planting..." --> right align this paragraph
>
> Then you might stick pictures of cassava or bittermelon or
> other vegetables we might grow in the blank spaces. Even if you don't
> stick in any other graphics I think this balances out the poster a
> bit.
>
> I am also wondering whether the bullet points could be improved. You
> already have "learn about gardening" in the "No experience but want to
> learn?" bit (although maybe it is worth re-iterating -- maybe "learn
> about organic gardening"?). Also, "get free vegetables" may turn off
> the good-hearted souls who tend to be attracted to the garden. Here
> are some other possible bullet points off the top of my head. Probably
> three bullet points are a good number, but if you're looking for ideas
> then you might consider some of the following:
>
> - Grow wholesome organic vegetables!
> - Spend time outside for a change!
> - Dig in the dirt!
> - Get your hands dirty!
> - Support local agriculture!
> - Develop your appreciation for misshapen carrots!
> - Help compost UW's food waste!
> - Take your frustration out on bindweed!
> - Eat the (edible) weeds!
> - Fresh peas! Fresh strawberries! Fresh tomatoes!
> - Party with the earthworms!
>
> etc.
>
> If you're not looking for ideas then that is fine too. I am just
> picking nits on account of I am a lousy nitpicking nitpicker.
>
> > P.S. Paul, could you potentially come later on in the
> > evening (say around 7)
> > for the planting party? Would that be a fair compromise?
>
> There's no need to compromise on my account. If I can drop by I will,
> but unfortunately I can offer no guarantees. You should really be
> cultivating all the lurkers lurking on the list, because they are the
> ones who have easy access to campus, and they represent the vibrant
> young seedlings of the revolution.
>
> - Paul
>
>
>
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From alicia.mah at gmail.com  Tue Mar 17 04:52:35 2009
From: alicia.mah at gmail.com (Alicia Mah)
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 04:52:35 -0400
Subject: [Garden] Planting Party Poster - Approval
In-Reply-To: <875857.86257.qm@web57608.mail.re1.yahoo.com>
References: <2ec448740903112152t671556efub719ddacf1eb71e2@mail.gmail.com>
	<875857.86257.qm@web57608.mail.re1.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <2ec448740903170152v938c3eeuf0781c925a634c88@mail.gmail.com>

whoops, here is the final poster (pending WPIRG approval), attached. i'll
aim to have them printed and ready to be picked up at the office for
distribution by a week from now (on tuesday)

Alicia

On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 4:10 AM, Paul Nijjar <paul_nijjar at yahoo.ca> wrote:

>
>
>
>
> --- On Thu, 3/12/09, Alicia Mah <alicia.mah at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hello to all gardeners,
> > Please take a look at the poster attached. I've
> > submitted it to Evan for
> > approval, the plan is to put it up around campus. Please
> > respond with a
> > quick "yes the poster looks okay" or "we
> > should change 'this'... "
>
> The bottom half of the poster is rather... left aligned. One way to
> fix it might be to use more centering. Another way might be to stick a
> few more graphics in the poster.
>
> Here's one possible layout:
>
> "Community gardening is the answer for you" --> center this
>
> "Come to our seed planting..." --> right align this paragraph
>
> Then you might stick pictures of cassava or bittermelon or
> other vegetables we might grow in the blank spaces. Even if you don't
> stick in any other graphics I think this balances out the poster a
> bit.
>
> I am also wondering whether the bullet points could be improved. You
> already have "learn about gardening" in the "No experience but want to
> learn?" bit (although maybe it is worth re-iterating -- maybe "learn
> about organic gardening"?). Also, "get free vegetables" may turn off
> the good-hearted souls who tend to be attracted to the garden. Here
> are some other possible bullet points off the top of my head. Probably
> three bullet points are a good number, but if you're looking for ideas
> then you might consider some of the following:
>
> - Grow wholesome organic vegetables!
> - Spend time outside for a change!
> - Dig in the dirt!
> - Get your hands dirty!
> - Support local agriculture!
> - Develop your appreciation for misshapen carrots!
> - Help compost UW's food waste!
> - Take your frustration out on bindweed!
> - Eat the (edible) weeds!
> - Fresh peas! Fresh strawberries! Fresh tomatoes!
> - Party with the earthworms!
>
> etc.
>
> If you're not looking for ideas then that is fine too. I am just
> picking nits on account of I am a lousy nitpicking nitpicker.
>
> > P.S. Paul, could you potentially come later on in the
> > evening (say around 7)
> > for the planting party? Would that be a fair compromise?
>
> There's no need to compromise on my account. If I can drop by I will,
> but unfortunately I can offer no guarantees. You should really be
> cultivating all the lurkers lurking on the list, because they are the
> ones who have easy access to campus, and they represent the vibrant
> young seedlings of the revolution.
>
> - Paul
>
>
>
>      __________________________________________________________________
> Get a sneak peak at messages with a handy reading pane with All new Yahoo!
> Mail: http://ca.promos.yahoo.com/newmail/overview2/
>
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From m.rosamond at gmail.com  Tue Mar 17 09:40:02 2009
From: m.rosamond at gmail.com (Madeline Rosamond)
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 09:40:02 -0400
Subject: [Garden] Planting Party - Please sign up for a task!
In-Reply-To: <2ec448740903170150v1c2b780cl2da4cbf2f15f3b2f@mail.gmail.com>
References: <2ec448740903170150v1c2b780cl2da4cbf2f15f3b2f@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <3eedf3f50903170640p5fae8e78x834e145bd3b45ec0@mail.gmail.com>

Hi, all:
My roommate Steph said she emailed the list with some contact info for
the Biology greenhouses. Has anyone seen that email? I'll ask her to
send it to me, but I'm not necessarily volunteering to go talk to them
- busy!
I think the biology people would want to know how much space we need. Any ideas?
Cheers,
Maddy

2009/3/17 Alicia Mah <alicia.mah at gmail.com>:
> Dear Gardeners,
>
> Here are a list of things that have/should/could get done before our
> planting party on April 1 at 6pm, and those tasks which are completed/ have
> or have not been assigned. Fill your name in, or correct me if something has
> already been taken care of.
>
> Things that have already been done:
> Making the poster - Alicia (attached to this email)
> Ordering seeds - Candace/Maddy
>
> Things that really should be taken care of:
> Making and Distributing posters - Alicia - I will leave some at the office
> if others on campus would like to swing by and pick some up to distribute to
> their respective corners of campus.
>
> Where to put seeds after planting? - Some to Candace, any others? do we have
> enough other people who can take them to their homes? or, Can we put them on
> campus, potentially in WPIRG office, or in greenhouses on campus? anybody
> have any leads?
>
> buying planting soil - who?
>
> Deciding which seeds to plant - can be done at the planting party, however
> just wanted to remind people that this was a concern brought up at the last
> meeting, just randomly planting seeds might not be the best strategy?
>
> Optional:
> Buying party food (we have at least $40 to spend, potentially more with
> collaboration from Simplicity Circle) - ?
>
> Excited to see you all at the party :D
>
> cheers,
> Alicia
>
> P.S. post-planting party considerations (i.e. for another day) might be:
> to finalize the budget (so that we can get approval from WPIRG and start
> spending the money!)
> fencing?
> turning the soil?
> weed/pest control?
>
> On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 4:10 AM, Paul Nijjar <paul_nijjar at yahoo.ca> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --- On Thu, 3/12/09, Alicia Mah <alicia.mah at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Hello to all gardeners,
>> > Please take a look at the poster attached. I've
>> > submitted it to Evan for
>> > approval, the plan is to put it up around campus. Please
>> > respond with a
>> > quick "yes the poster looks okay" or "we
>> > should change 'this'... "
>>
>> The bottom half of the poster is rather... left aligned. One way to
>> fix it might be to use more centering. Another way might be to stick a
>> few more graphics in the poster.
>>
>> Here's one possible layout:
>>
>> "Community gardening is the answer for you" --> center this
>>
>> "Come to our seed planting..." --> right align this paragraph
>>
>> Then you might stick pictures of cassava or bittermelon or
>> other vegetables we might grow in the blank spaces. Even if you don't
>> stick in any other graphics I think this balances out the poster a
>> bit.
>>
>> I am also wondering whether the bullet points could be improved. You
>> already have "learn about gardening" in the "No experience but want to
>> learn?" bit (although maybe it is worth re-iterating -- maybe "learn
>> about organic gardening"?). Also, "get free vegetables" may turn off
>> the good-hearted souls who tend to be attracted to the garden. Here
>> are some other possible bullet points off the top of my head. Probably
>> three bullet points are a good number, but if you're looking for ideas
>> then you might consider some of the following:
>>
>> - Grow wholesome organic vegetables!
>> - Spend time outside for a change!
>> - Dig in the dirt!
>> - Get your hands dirty!
>> - Support local agriculture!
>> - Develop your appreciation for misshapen carrots!
>> - Help compost UW's food waste!
>> - Take your frustration out on bindweed!
>> - Eat the (edible) weeds!
>> - Fresh peas! Fresh strawberries! Fresh tomatoes!
>> - Party with the earthworms!
>>
>> etc.
>>
>> If you're not looking for ideas then that is fine too. I am just
>> picking nits on account of I am a lousy nitpicking nitpicker.
>>
>> > P.S. Paul, could you potentially come later on in the
>> > evening (say around 7)
>> > for the planting party? Would that be a fair compromise?
>>
>> There's no need to compromise on my account. If I can drop by I will,
>> but unfortunately I can offer no guarantees. You should really be
>> cultivating all the lurkers lurking on the list, because they are the
>> ones who have easy access to campus, and they represent the vibrant
>> young seedlings of the revolution.
>>
>> - Paul
>>
>>
>>
>> ? ? ?__________________________________________________________________
>> Get a sneak peak at messages with a handy reading pane with All new Yahoo!
>> Mail: http://ca.promos.yahoo.com/newmail/overview2/
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Garden mailing list
>> Garden at lists.wpirg.org
>> http://lists.wpirg.org/mailman/listinfo/garden_lists.wpirg.org
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Garden mailing list
> Garden at lists.wpirg.org
> http://lists.wpirg.org/mailman/listinfo/garden_lists.wpirg.org
>
>


From jrochon at uwaterloo.ca  Tue Mar 17 12:45:05 2009
From: jrochon at uwaterloo.ca (J. Rochon)
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:45:05 -0400
Subject: [Garden] Planting Party - Please sign up for a task!
In-Reply-To: <2ec448740903170150v1c2b780cl2da4cbf2f15f3b2f@mail.gmail.com>
References: <2ec448740903170150v1c2b780cl2da4cbf2f15f3b2f@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <49BFD391.5080207@uwaterloo.ca>

Alicia,
         You can drop posters off with me at the CampusTechshop. I'll 
use ask MathSoc and the TK desk for poster runs, and put up a few 
myself. As for plant care, I have approx two square feet of well-lit 
space, that I water regularly, no guarantees against feline predation. I 
can also toss in more seeds, but I honestly don't believe that we'll 
bigger numbers, just a little more variety.
>
> Things that really should be taken care of:
> Making and Distributing posters - Alicia - I will leave some at the 
> office if others on campus would like to swing by and pick some up to 
> distribute to their respective corners of campus.
>
> Where to put seeds after planting? - Some to Candace, any others? do 
> we have enough other people who can take them to their homes? or, Can 
> we put them on campus, potentially in WPIRG office, or in greenhouses 
> on campus? anybody have any leads?
>
> buying planting soil - who?
>
> Deciding which seeds to plant - can be done at the planting party, 
> however just wanted to remind people that this was a concern brought 
> up at the last meeting, just randomly planting seeds might not be the 
> best strategy?
>
> Optional:
> Buying party food (we have at least $40 to spend, potentially more 
> with collaboration from Simplicity Circle) - ?
>
> Excited to see you all at the party :D
>
> cheers,
> Alicia
>
> P.S. post-planting party considerations (i.e. for another day) might be:
> to finalize the budget (so that we can get approval from WPIRG and 
> start spending the money!)
> fencing?
> turning the soil?
> weed/pest control?



From alicia.mah at gmail.com  Tue Mar 17 14:05:12 2009
From: alicia.mah at gmail.com (Alicia Mah)
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:05:12 -0400
Subject: [Garden] Planting Party - Please sign up for a task!
In-Reply-To: <49BFD391.5080207@uwaterloo.ca>
References: <2ec448740903170150v1c2b780cl2da4cbf2f15f3b2f@mail.gmail.com>
	<49BFD391.5080207@uwaterloo.ca>
Message-ID: <2ec448740903171105h4496a3b6p793c3780c442cbf3@mail.gmail.com>

Hi everybody,
A few updates:

We have somebody from Simplicity Circle willing to order the food. Just say
the word and we can empower her to do the party food shopping on behalf of
the Garden as well - simply say 'yay' (or voice your concerns).

There is at least one other person coming to the planting party able to
contribute a personal place to grow the seedlings, although she will need to
be dropped off with them by car. (I'm guessing this might be a common
sentiment, so those of you with cars, probably a good idea to bring them on
April 1 :D)

Jason, the Food Awareness Day would like each group to submit two questions
(the answers should be found by reading the booth material) for a
questionnaire that would make the event more interactive.

Cheers,
Alicia

On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 12:45 PM, J. Rochon <jrochon at uwaterloo.ca> wrote:

> Alicia,
>        You can drop posters off with me at the CampusTechshop. I'll use ask
> MathSoc and the TK desk for poster runs, and put up a few myself. As for
> plant care, I have approx two square feet of well-lit space, that I water
> regularly, no guarantees against feline predation. I can also toss in more
> seeds, but I honestly don't believe that we'll bigger numbers, just a little
> more variety.
>
>>
>> Things that really should be taken care of:
>> Making and Distributing posters - Alicia - I will leave some at the office
>> if others on campus would like to swing by and pick some up to distribute to
>> their respective corners of campus.
>>
>> Where to put seeds after planting? - Some to Candace, any others? do we
>> have enough other people who can take them to their homes? or, Can we put
>> them on campus, potentially in WPIRG office, or in greenhouses on campus?
>> anybody have any leads?
>>
>> buying planting soil - who?
>>
>> Deciding which seeds to plant - can be done at the planting party, however
>> just wanted to remind people that this was a concern brought up at the last
>> meeting, just randomly planting seeds might not be the best strategy?
>>
>> Optional:
>> Buying party food (we have at least $40 to spend, potentially more with
>> collaboration from Simplicity Circle) - ?
>>
>> Excited to see you all at the party :D
>>
>> cheers,
>> Alicia
>>
>> P.S. post-planting party considerations (i.e. for another day) might be:
>> to finalize the budget (so that we can get approval from WPIRG and start
>> spending the money!)
>> fencing?
>> turning the soil?
>> weed/pest control?
>>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Garden mailing list
> Garden at lists.wpirg.org
> http://lists.wpirg.org/mailman/listinfo/garden_lists.wpirg.org
>
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From alicia.mah at gmail.com  Tue Mar 17 14:42:47 2009
From: alicia.mah at gmail.com (Alicia Mah)
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:42:47 -0400
Subject: [Garden] Fwd: food awreness day meetin' minutes
In-Reply-To: <COL116-W56B63FC7F7059C741DD1B881980@phx.gbl>
References: <COL116-W56B63FC7F7059C741DD1B881980@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <2ec448740903171142w75458c97vfe505b4951751777@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Jason,

Sorry I thought chaylene said she would send this out to the garden. here it is.

alicia


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Chaylene Grieve-Saunders <chay_lene at hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 1:55 PM
Subject: food awreness day meetin' minutes
To: alicia.mah at gmail.com, defriese at uwaterloo.ca, aytingb at gmail.com


update = )


Food Awareness Day Minutes

Tuesday, March 10 12:00-2:00 in the WPIRG office

Next Meeting: TUESDAY MARCH 17th at NOON

** need 2 questions from every group pertaining to information on
board for questionnaire. Pick two questions that reveal the most
important information that group wants event attendees to leave with J

Participating Groups & Involvement

UWSP (University of Waterloo Sustainability Projects) ? Ashley as representative

-????????? Waste Management

? Display board for group

? Also display facts about waste on campus ? most common waste on campus

? Organize ?waste display? of Food waste from SLC

*empty dumpster of waste

*in coordination with S.F. for tummies take-down

-????????? Natural Landscapes

? Board on edible plants and NL projects



-????????? Food Action Collective (Asha)

? Interested in organizing to have local food/farmers for lunch serving

? Also interested in farmer?s worker rights/job security with
ever-increasing import market and corporate packaged food

*Ashley will organize with FAC to get local food for serving ? anybody
who wants to come cook on Thursday, march 26th at 5:30 at the working
centre ? entrance on Charles St. Side.

*After discussion, Food Not Bombs would like for the Food Action
Collective to arrange for local farmers to donate their produce,
and/or have it purchased J Would the farmers you purchase the produce
from like to attend the serving?

Sustainable Foods (alice)

-????????? Working on a directory of sustainable stores (and groups?)
in the KW region. Including name, location, what sell, etc. Hopefully
have this ready to display

-????????? Hoping to do Rrroll Up The Rim Tim Hortons cups waste
display. Anybody interested in contributing to this can contact
Sustainable Foods. The more the merrier!

F-Tag

-????????? Doug will devise a board on GMO?s

-????????? General F-tag board will be set up

-????????? As well as ?make UW campus Fair Trade? petitions

Simplicity Circle (laurel & Alicia)

-????????? Skill building booth / info

Community Gardens

-????????? Booth specific to UW campus gardening

-????????? Promoting planting party for April 1 at 6:00 at WPIRG

Groups still awaiting confirmation for participation and/or what type
of involvement

UWVeg

-????????? Tons of boards on a ton of great things

UW Farmers Market (heather Kelly)

-????????? Through food services

-????????? Doing a booth on farmer market

-????????? HK said would get in touch with all food services managers etc



Day?s Events\

Panel Discussion

n? Proposed idea to have a panel discussion on topic ?Complexity of
making Ethical Choices in the Food Market? ? geared particularly to a
student lifestyle and available options in the KW region.

n? Possible panellists to invite include the following

-????????? Anna ? Foodlink (sarah contact?)

-????????? Patrick ? Fair Trade (Ashley WILL contact ? also ask about
Fair Trade chocolates)

-????????? Kelly ? poverty? chaylene askin??)

-????????? Somebody from Food Action Committee potentially?

-????????? Chaylene ask Sandra

-????????? Chaylene confirm with Matt et Erin

n? Start time at 2:30 until...

?How Much Do You REALLY Know?? Questionnaire

-????????? A fact sheet ? style not yet finite. Either True or False
questions and/or Fill in the Blank.

-????????? Idea is to have questionnaire that entices people to engage
with information provided at the event, to talk with booth hosts, and
ask questions to learn! (Printed on scrap paper, of course. And then
recycled J)

-????????? Upon completion of questionnaire, whether all answers are
right or not, persons are allowed to take on item from the Freecycle
booth.

-????????? Here we will have baked goodies, vegan cookbooks, random
items, FT chocolate, etc.

-????????? Any donations? We should start gathering.... maybe store
them in the WPIRG office?

-????????? All day

-

Serving

-????????? Want to begin serving at 1:00 until 2:20/30

-????????? Need volunteers for cooking, set-up, serving, clean up,
etc. *Julia making a Doodle for this ? doodle master! Please sign up
for what you can. Cooking would begin at 11:00. Set up at 12:45...
clean up.. whenever finish soup?

-????????? Asked CGC if we could use their kitchen, we cannot for they
are too busy those days.

-????????? Somebody needs to approach the working centre OR another
legitimate kitchen to see if we can use their facilities ? takers?

-????????? Sarah ? is it allowed to happen in the MPR? will ask Scott
Pearson shortly, get back to you tonight about it

-????????? Produce ? ashley from uwsp will be contacted to see if she
can be in charge of obtaining the food. if transport is an issue, one
of our drivers might be able to pick it up. also, sustainable foods
group (alice is the contact) would be interested in obtaining foods.
we should confirm this.

Music

-????????? Have invited a few artist friends to play music throughout
day and serving

-????????? Sarah foyo (musician) re: jam session

-????????? Will send out more finite info when confirmations abound

Waste display:

-????????? -is Ashley's Waste Management group in charge of doing fact
sheets/posters?

-????????? will alice take on the tim hortons cup display?

-????????? -how are we obtaining the waste on campus?

-????????? -I am giving scott pearson more info about the waste
display just in case it wasnt clear in our correspondence (better safe
than sorry on that)

Itinerary

11:00am?????????????? Set Up in the SLC. Cooking for serving begins.
Maybe music begins as well?

12:45pm?????????????? Set up for lunch serving

1:00pm???????????????? Lunch serving begins! Hooray!

2:20ish????????????????? Lunch MIGHT end ? who knows

2:30??????????????????????? Panel discussion begins ?Complexity of
making ethical choices in the Food Market?

5:00??????????????????????? Wrap it all up.

Missing anything?

Advertising /promo-posters / board

meeting Wednesday the 11th at 2:00 and Thursday the 12th at noon to
complete the info board, and our promotional posters

-evan will do the advertising once we give him a poster? ?does that
include the colleges, uw campus vision screens, sju also has a screen
for promos, poster run, etc?

- need to contact Warrior Weekends ? who can do this?

Posters

ES ? Ashley

CGC ? Chaylene

STJ, Renison, STP ? Sara

SLC ? done

Sciences - Alice

Invitations

*Sarah dear, you are contacting most of these individuals ? if you
need a bit of a load off, just ask!

-????????? FEDS food bank on campus

-????????? Food Services (ask about their food display board)

-????????? Reduction Committee (campus)

-????????? Food Advisory Board (campus)

-????????? Warrior Weekends

-????????? Foodlink

-????????? Contact ESS coffee shop

-????????? Women?s Centre (Ashley from FNB)



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From s3lyons at scimail.uwaterloo.ca  Thu Mar 12 22:14:22 2009
From: s3lyons at scimail.uwaterloo.ca (s3lyons at scimail.uwaterloo.ca)
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:14:22 -0400
Subject: [Garden] Possible place to keep seedlings
In-Reply-To: <3eedf3f50903101326y1f480e60y61de8f4db4c30bb4@mail.gmail.com>
References: <2ec448740903101113m52e881afi46c3eb9aa9766510@mail.gmail.com>
	<3eedf3f50903101326y1f480e60y61de8f4db4c30bb4@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <20090312221422.16204wrvwg13tgu8@www.nexusmail.uwaterloo.ca>

OK so here's the deal...I didn't want to take to much more on my plate  
cus I really am busy with the four committees I'm a director on...but  
I went and left a message for the supervisor of the greenhouse in the  
biology department.  She is willing to meet with me and talk about  
keeping the seedlings at the green house but that might mean we have  
to pay a fee.  Not sure what the space rental fee is though or if  
there is even one.  How much space do you think we are going to need?   
How long will we need the space?
OR...
is there someone else that would be willing to talk with the  
Greenhouse manager?  Please let me know and I will give you her  
contact info.

Thanks,
Stephanie

Quoting Madeline Rosamond <m.rosamond at gmail.com>:

> Fine by me!
>
> On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 2:13 PM, Alicia Mah <alicia.mah at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi Everyone,
>> What needs to be decided:
>> When to have the planting party? I will be making the poster to advertise it
>> to people and need to have consensus on the date. Please indicate whether or
>> not you can make it to:
>> 6pm on Wednesday, April 1, 2009
>> SLC 2139, WPIRG office
>> The alternate date proposed would be: Monday March 30 at 6pm.
>> Please respond with your vote, I will be making the poster and need your
>> feedback by this Friday. Also, if somebody out there would like to help with
>> finding a place to put the seedlings one we've planted them, I would really
>> appreciate it.
>> Cheers,
>> Alicia
>> p.s. anybody can put things into the garden folder here at the wpirg office.
>> if you aren't on campus, feel free to send them to me and I can load them
>> on. If you are on campus, just walk into the office and ask one of the staff
>> members here how to do so.
>> On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 10:21 AM, candace wormsbecker <cwormsbe at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Here is the poster Alicia for the planting party if you want to modify
>>> it this one is from last year.
>>>
>>> Did you also want me to send you all the files I have on record about
>>> the garden to transfer to the WPIRG files? I can't remember who was
>>> going to do this?
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Candace
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 11:04 AM, Madeline Rosamond <m.rosamond at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> > Hi, all:
>>> > The OGS seeds are in. I'll go pick 'em up today at Phillip St. and
>>> > they'll be safe in my office until we get around to putting them in
>>> > the WPIRG office. Greg (or whoever), if you have any other desires,
>>> > let me know and we can put in Order #2.
>>> > Alicia, a seed party is good to go!
>>> > Cheers,
>>> > Maddy
>>> >
>>> > _______________________________________________
>>> > 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
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>>
>>
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From s3lyons at scimail.uwaterloo.ca  Thu Mar 12 23:14:53 2009
From: s3lyons at scimail.uwaterloo.ca (s3lyons at scimail.uwaterloo.ca)
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 23:14:53 -0400
Subject: [Garden] Planting Party Poster - Approval
In-Reply-To: <2ec448740903112152t671556efub719ddacf1eb71e2@mail.gmail.com>
References: <2ec448740903112152t671556efub719ddacf1eb71e2@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <20090312231453.166322uecjbnjdtw@www.nexusmail.uwaterloo.ca>

Looks good Alicia



Quoting Alicia Mah <alicia.mah at gmail.com>:

> Hello to all gardeners,
> Please take a look at the poster attached. I've submitted it to Evan for
> approval, the plan is to put it up around campus. Please respond with a
> quick "yes the poster looks okay" or "we should change 'this'... " (I put
> the April 1 date on the poster tentatively, you still have time to vote for
> the other date if you so choose to do so...)
>
> Thanks,
> Alicia
>
> P.S. Paul, could you potentially come later on in the evening (say around 7)
> for the planting party? Would that be a fair compromise?
>
> On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 10:21 AM, candace wormsbecker  
> <cwormsbe at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Here is the poster Alicia for the planting party if you want to modify
>> it this one is from last year.
>>
>> Did you also want me to send you all the files I have on record about
>> the garden to transfer to the WPIRG files? I can't remember who was
>> going to do this?
>>
>> Best,
>> Candace
>>
>>
>>
>>
>






From s3lyons at scimail.uwaterloo.ca  Tue Mar 17 09:49:55 2009
From: s3lyons at scimail.uwaterloo.ca (s3lyons at scimail.uwaterloo.ca)
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 09:49:55 -0400
Subject: [Garden] Planting Party - Possible greenhouse usage
In-Reply-To: <2ec448740903170150v1c2b780cl2da4cbf2f15f3b2f@mail.gmail.com>
References: <2ec448740903170150v1c2b780cl2da4cbf2f15f3b2f@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <20090317094955.94703tuozlj29myo@www.nexusmail.uwaterloo.ca>

Hi gardeners....I sent a message out last week and haven't seen it  
distributed yet so I guess I'll give it another shot.

I don't have the time to run around and find somewhere to put the  
seeds as I am busy with my thesis and 4 committes that I sit on the  
board.  A while ago I suggested someone go and talk to the greenhouse  
managers on campus.  I'm guessing that no one has since we are still  
in the predicament of not having somewhere to put the plantings.   
Frustraited, I went and asked the biology greenhouse manager if  
someone has approached her yet.  We have the potential to be able to  
use the facility but she needs to know some v. important details.   
Could someone please volunteer to take communicating with the manager  
over as I don't have time nor do I know how much space we are going to  
need.  She is waiting for a reply and the clock is ticking befor we  
end up with planted pots and no where to put them.  Respond back to me  
(s3lyons at uwaterloo.ca) and I will give you the managers info.

Thanks,
Stephanie Lyons

Quoting Alicia Mah <alicia.mah at gmail.com>:

> Dear Gardeners,
>
> Here are a list of things that have/should/could get done before our
> planting party on April 1 at 6pm, and those tasks which are completed/ have
> or have not been assigned. Fill your name in, or correct me if something has
> already been taken care of.
>
> Things that have already been done:
> Making the poster - Alicia (attached to this email)
> Ordering seeds - Candace/Maddy
>
> Things that really should be taken care of:
> Making and Distributing posters - Alicia - I will leave some at the office
> if others on campus would like to swing by and pick some up to distribute to
> their respective corners of campus.
>
> Where to put seeds after planting? - Some to Candace, any others? do we have
> enough other people who can take them to their homes? or, Can we put them on
> campus, potentially in WPIRG office, or in greenhouses on campus? anybody
> have any leads?
>
> buying planting soil - who?
>
> Deciding which seeds to plant - can be done at the planting party, however
> just wanted to remind people that this was a concern brought up at the last
> meeting, just randomly planting seeds might not be the best strategy?
>
> Optional:
> Buying party food (we have at least $40 to spend, potentially more with
> collaboration from Simplicity Circle) - ?
>
> Excited to see you all at the party :D
>
> cheers,
> Alicia
>
> P.S. post-planting party considerations (i.e. for another day) might be:
> to finalize the budget (so that we can get approval from WPIRG and start
> spending the money!)
> fencing?
> turning the soil?
> weed/pest control?
>
> On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 4:10 AM, Paul Nijjar <paul_nijjar at yahoo.ca> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --- On Thu, 3/12/09, Alicia Mah <alicia.mah at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Hello to all gardeners,
>> > Please take a look at the poster attached. I've
>> > submitted it to Evan for
>> > approval, the plan is to put it up around campus. Please
>> > respond with a
>> > quick "yes the poster looks okay" or "we
>> > should change 'this'... "
>>
>> The bottom half of the poster is rather... left aligned. One way to
>> fix it might be to use more centering. Another way might be to stick a
>> few more graphics in the poster.
>>
>> Here's one possible layout:
>>
>> "Community gardening is the answer for you" --> center this
>>
>> "Come to our seed planting..." --> right align this paragraph
>>
>> Then you might stick pictures of cassava or bittermelon or
>> other vegetables we might grow in the blank spaces. Even if you don't
>> stick in any other graphics I think this balances out the poster a
>> bit.
>>
>> I am also wondering whether the bullet points could be improved. You
>> already have "learn about gardening" in the "No experience but want to
>> learn?" bit (although maybe it is worth re-iterating -- maybe "learn
>> about organic gardening"?). Also, "get free vegetables" may turn off
>> the good-hearted souls who tend to be attracted to the garden. Here
>> are some other possible bullet points off the top of my head. Probably
>> three bullet points are a good number, but if you're looking for ideas
>> then you might consider some of the following:
>>
>> - Grow wholesome organic vegetables!
>> - Spend time outside for a change!
>> - Dig in the dirt!
>> - Get your hands dirty!
>> - Support local agriculture!
>> - Develop your appreciation for misshapen carrots!
>> - Help compost UW's food waste!
>> - Take your frustration out on bindweed!
>> - Eat the (edible) weeds!
>> - Fresh peas! Fresh strawberries! Fresh tomatoes!
>> - Party with the earthworms!
>>
>> etc.
>>
>> If you're not looking for ideas then that is fine too. I am just
>> picking nits on account of I am a lousy nitpicking nitpicker.
>>
>> > P.S. Paul, could you potentially come later on in the
>> > evening (say around 7)
>> > for the planting party? Would that be a fair compromise?
>>
>> There's no need to compromise on my account. If I can drop by I will,
>> but unfortunately I can offer no guarantees. You should really be
>> cultivating all the lurkers lurking on the list, because they are the
>> ones who have easy access to campus, and they represent the vibrant
>> young seedlings of the revolution.
>>
>> - Paul
>>
>>
>>
>>      __________________________________________________________________
>> Get a sneak peak at messages with a handy reading pane with All new Yahoo!
>> Mail: http://ca.promos.yahoo.com/newmail/overview2/
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>>
>






From jrochon at uwaterloo.ca  Tue Mar 17 16:58:13 2009
From: jrochon at uwaterloo.ca (J. Rochon)
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:58:13 -0400
Subject: [Garden] They're baaa-aack, victory gardens
Message-ID: <49C00EE5.8060200@uwaterloo.ca>



  Digging their way out of recession

Feb 26th 2009 | LITTLE ROCK
 From /The Economist/ print edition


    Allotments by any other name


IN 1943 Eleanor Roosevelt encouraged a return to the ?victory gardens? 
that had become popular during the first world war, when the country 
faced food shortages. Mrs Roosevelt planted a garden at the White House; 
some 20m Americans followed her lead, and by the end of the war grew 40% 
of the nation?s vegetables.

Now a grassroots movement wants Barack Obama to plant another White 
House victory garden. The new secretary of agriculture, Tom Vilsack, 
announced recently that his department would create ?The People?s 
Garden? out of a paved area outside their building. And he won?t stop 
there. Mr Vilsack wants there to be a community garden at each of the 
department?s offices around the world.

Margaret Lloyd, a researcher on victory gardens at the University of 
California at Davis, finds many reasons for this new national trend. The 
recession is one; but people are also worried about food safety, want to 
eat more healthily, and are bothered about climate change. This may be a 
way to make a difference.

If Washington needs further inspiration it might examine the movement in 
Bill Clinton?s former stamping-ground. Although Arkansas is an 
agricultural state, urban gardening has not always been popular. But now 
victory gardens are springing up in backyards, school grounds and even 
on front lawns in posh neighbourhoods. Many gardeners are focusing on 
?heirloom? plants?rare varieties from earlier times that do not appeal 
to agribusiness.

Classes are being offered on canning vegetables and raising chickens. 
The Station, a new grocery store about to open in Little Rock, will sell 
primarily local foods. Heifer International, a non-profit group that 
hopes to fight world hunger and poverty through self-reliance and 
sustainability, will host a conference in the city later this year to 
encourage the use of local produce in school cafeterias.

The two-acre Dunbar Community Garden in Little Rock has served as a 
model for several years. More than 600 students a month have learned 
about gardening there. The students can take these lessons home and 
recreate them in their own back yards. The garden, attached to an 
elementary and middle school, allows inner-city students to taste 
fresh-grown fruit and vegetables, sometimes for the first time in their 
lives. Produce grown in the summer months is sold to local restaurants.

Perhaps the most positive aspect of the garden movement comes from 
ventures like the Backyard Garden Project, which helps inner-city 
families start gardens for self-sufficiency. Ms Lloyd says that the most 
important promoter of projects like those in Little Rock should be Mr 
Obama. ?It would be great to have a farmer-in-chief,? says Ms Lloyd. ?It 
would set in motion something we as Americans can do in these tough times.?




From alicia.mah at gmail.com  Tue Mar 17 20:41:02 2009
From: alicia.mah at gmail.com (Alicia Mah)
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:41:02 -0400
Subject: [Garden] Planting Party - Possible greenhouse usage
In-Reply-To: <20090317094955.94703tuozlj29myo@www.nexusmail.uwaterloo.ca>
References: <2ec448740903170150v1c2b780cl2da4cbf2f15f3b2f@mail.gmail.com>
	<20090317094955.94703tuozlj29myo@www.nexusmail.uwaterloo.ca>
Message-ID: <2ec448740903171741j4e7976cbw352b321aaaea2d75@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Gardeners!

I'm sorry that our group seems to be experiencing frustration right
now. I certainly didn't mean to cause any of this, and I apologize if
I have. Remember, gardening is supposed to be fun?

Approaching the Biology greenhouse manager, especially if it ends up
costing money, is, in my humble opinion, a decision that should be
decided upon by group consensus and somewhat carefully thought out.
Ideally I would envision this as something we would want to do
properly at the beginning so as to build upon the relationship in the
long term, and be able to use the greenhouse on an annual basis.

Decisions and information such as what kind of plants and how much
space they would take (information needed to negotiate greenhouse
space) are, by their nature, a group decision, one that it seems will
actually be made *at* the planting party itself, (unless we agree to
have another meeting before that). I have sensed that this group is
not used to having regular meetings to discuss things. As such, I am
guessing that what will happen is that people will once again opt to
take the plants to their individual homes. I am by no means saying
that this is the only option feasible, just the most likely one in
this particular instance.

It is my hope that you will invite your friends to the planting party,
and that the posters will work to recruit a few more people, so that
in the scenario that we take the plants to our individual homes, we
have enough to people to provide foster homes :)

Peace,
Alicia

On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 9:49 AM,  <s3lyons at scimail.uwaterloo.ca> wrote:
> Hi gardeners....I sent a message out last week and haven't seen it
> distributed yet so I guess I'll give it another shot.
>
> I don't have the time to run around and find somewhere to put the seeds as I
> am busy with my thesis and 4 committes that I sit on the board. ?A while ago
> I suggested someone go and talk to the greenhouse managers on campus. ?I'm
> guessing that no one has since we are still in the predicament of not having
> somewhere to put the plantings. ?Frustraited, I went and asked the biology
> greenhouse manager if someone has approached her yet. ?We have the potential
> to be able to use the facility but she needs to know some v. important
> details. ?Could someone please volunteer to take communicating with the
> manager over as I don't have time nor do I know how much space we are going
> to need. ?She is waiting for a reply and the clock is ticking befor we end
> up with planted pots and no where to put them. ?Respond back to me
> (s3lyons at uwaterloo.ca) and I will give you the managers info.
>
> Thanks,
> Stephanie Lyons
>
> Quoting Alicia Mah <alicia.mah at gmail.com>:
>
>> Dear Gardeners,
>>
>> Here are a list of things that have/should/could get done before our
>> planting party on April 1 at 6pm, and those tasks which are completed/
>> have
>> or have not been assigned. Fill your name in, or correct me if something
>> has
>> already been taken care of.
>>
>> Things that have already been done:
>> Making the poster - Alicia (attached to this email)
>> Ordering seeds - Candace/Maddy
>>
>> Things that really should be taken care of:
>> Making and Distributing posters - Alicia - I will leave some at the office
>> if others on campus would like to swing by and pick some up to distribute
>> to
>> their respective corners of campus.
>>
>> Where to put seeds after planting? - Some to Candace, any others? do we
>> have
>> enough other people who can take them to their homes? or, Can we put them
>> on
>> campus, potentially in WPIRG office, or in greenhouses on campus? anybody
>> have any leads?
>>
>> buying planting soil - who?
>>
>> Deciding which seeds to plant - can be done at the planting party, however
>> just wanted to remind people that this was a concern brought up at the
>> last
>> meeting, just randomly planting seeds might not be the best strategy?
>>
>> Optional:
>> Buying party food (we have at least $40 to spend, potentially more with
>> collaboration from Simplicity Circle) - ?
>>
>> Excited to see you all at the party :D
>>
>> cheers,
>> Alicia
>>
>> P.S. post-planting party considerations (i.e. for another day) might be:
>> to finalize the budget (so that we can get approval from WPIRG and start
>> spending the money!)
>> fencing?
>> turning the soil?
>> weed/pest control?
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 4:10 AM, Paul Nijjar <paul_nijjar at yahoo.ca> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --- On Thu, 3/12/09, Alicia Mah <alicia.mah at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> > Hello to all gardeners,
>>> > Please take a look at the poster attached. I've
>>> > submitted it to Evan for
>>> > approval, the plan is to put it up around campus. Please
>>> > respond with a
>>> > quick "yes the poster looks okay" or "we
>>> > should change 'this'... "
>>>
>>> The bottom half of the poster is rather... left aligned. One way to
>>> fix it might be to use more centering. Another way might be to stick a
>>> few more graphics in the poster.
>>>
>>> Here's one possible layout:
>>>
>>> "Community gardening is the answer for you" --> center this
>>>
>>> "Come to our seed planting..." --> right align this paragraph
>>>
>>> Then you might stick pictures of cassava or bittermelon or
>>> other vegetables we might grow in the blank spaces. Even if you don't
>>> stick in any other graphics I think this balances out the poster a
>>> bit.
>>>
>>> I am also wondering whether the bullet points could be improved. You
>>> already have "learn about gardening" in the "No experience but want to
>>> learn?" bit (although maybe it is worth re-iterating -- maybe "learn
>>> about organic gardening"?). Also, "get free vegetables" may turn off
>>> the good-hearted souls who tend to be attracted to the garden. Here
>>> are some other possible bullet points off the top of my head. Probably
>>> three bullet points are a good number, but if you're looking for ideas
>>> then you might consider some of the following:
>>>
>>> - Grow wholesome organic vegetables!
>>> - Spend time outside for a change!
>>> - Dig in the dirt!
>>> - Get your hands dirty!
>>> - Support local agriculture!
>>> - Develop your appreciation for misshapen carrots!
>>> - Help compost UW's food waste!
>>> - Take your frustration out on bindweed!
>>> - Eat the (edible) weeds!
>>> - Fresh peas! Fresh strawberries! Fresh tomatoes!
>>> - Party with the earthworms!
>>>
>>> etc.
>>>
>>> If you're not looking for ideas then that is fine too. I am just
>>> picking nits on account of I am a lousy nitpicking nitpicker.
>>>
>>> > P.S. Paul, could you potentially come later on in the
>>> > evening (say around 7)
>>> > for the planting party? Would that be a fair compromise?
>>>
>>> There's no need to compromise on my account. If I can drop by I will,
>>> but unfortunately I can offer no guarantees. You should really be
>>> cultivating all the lurkers lurking on the list, because they are the
>>> ones who have easy access to campus, and they represent the vibrant
>>> young seedlings of the revolution.
>>>
>>> - Paul
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ? ? __________________________________________________________________
>>> Get a sneak peak at messages with a handy reading pane with All new
>>> Yahoo!
>>> Mail: http://ca.promos.yahoo.com/newmail/overview2/
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Garden mailing list
>>> Garden at lists.wpirg.org
>>> http://lists.wpirg.org/mailman/listinfo/garden_lists.wpirg.org
>>>
>>
>
>
>
>
>
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From candace at owr.ca  Wed Mar 18 10:23:32 2009
From: candace at owr.ca (Candace Wormsbecker)
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 10:23:32 -0400
Subject: [Garden] Planting Party - Possible greenhouse usage
In-Reply-To: <20090317094955.94703tuozlj29myo@www.nexusmail.uwaterloo.ca>
Message-ID: <mailman.2.1237386224.5098.garden_lists.wpirg.org@lists.wpirg.org>

Thanks for looking into this Stephanie.  I was just wondering if we would
have to go there to water them or would they take care of the plants for us?
I think it is a great idea but we need to make sure if we put them there,
there will be someone able to take care of them daily.

I have grow lights I can use for some of the flats and extra lights I could
lend to someone else to tend the plants for the following 6 weeks if they
have space.  We shouldn't have that many trays; I think last year there were
maybe 10.

Best,
Candace
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-----Original Message-----
From: garden-bounces at lists.wpirg.org [mailto:garden-bounces at lists.wpirg.org]
On Behalf Of s3lyons at sciborg.uwaterloo.ca
Sent: March-17-09 9:50 AM
To: garden at lists.wpirg.org
Subject: Re: [Garden] Planting Party - Possible greenhouse usage

Hi gardeners....I sent a message out last week and haven't seen it  
distributed yet so I guess I'll give it another shot.

I don't have the time to run around and find somewhere to put the  
seeds as I am busy with my thesis and 4 committes that I sit on the  
board.  A while ago I suggested someone go and talk to the greenhouse  
managers on campus.  I'm guessing that no one has since we are still  
in the predicament of not having somewhere to put the plantings.   
Frustraited, I went and asked the biology greenhouse manager if  
someone has approached her yet.  We have the potential to be able to  
use the facility but she needs to know some v. important details.   
Could someone please volunteer to take communicating with the manager  
over as I don't have time nor do I know how much space we are going to  
need.  She is waiting for a reply and the clock is ticking befor we  
end up with planted pots and no where to put them.  Respond back to me  
(s3lyons at uwaterloo.ca) and I will give you the managers info.

Thanks,
Stephanie Lyons

Quoting Alicia Mah <alicia.mah at gmail.com>:

> Dear Gardeners,
>
> Here are a list of things that have/should/could get done before our
> planting party on April 1 at 6pm, and those tasks which are completed/
have
> or have not been assigned. Fill your name in, or correct me if something
has
> already been taken care of.
>
> Things that have already been done:
> Making the poster - Alicia (attached to this email)
> Ordering seeds - Candace/Maddy
>
> Things that really should be taken care of:
> Making and Distributing posters - Alicia - I will leave some at the office
> if others on campus would like to swing by and pick some up to distribute
to
> their respective corners of campus.
>
> Where to put seeds after planting? - Some to Candace, any others? do we
have
> enough other people who can take them to their homes? or, Can we put them
on
> campus, potentially in WPIRG office, or in greenhouses on campus? anybody
> have any leads?
>
> buying planting soil - who?
>
> Deciding which seeds to plant - can be done at the planting party, however
> just wanted to remind people that this was a concern brought up at the
last
> meeting, just randomly planting seeds might not be the best strategy?
>
> Optional:
> Buying party food (we have at least $40 to spend, potentially more with
> collaboration from Simplicity Circle) - ?
>
> Excited to see you all at the party :D
>
> cheers,
> Alicia
>
> P.S. post-planting party considerations (i.e. for another day) might be:
> to finalize the budget (so that we can get approval from WPIRG and start
> spending the money!)
> fencing?
> turning the soil?
> weed/pest control?
>
> On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 4:10 AM, Paul Nijjar <paul_nijjar at yahoo.ca> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --- On Thu, 3/12/09, Alicia Mah <alicia.mah at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Hello to all gardeners,
>> > Please take a look at the poster attached. I've
>> > submitted it to Evan for
>> > approval, the plan is to put it up around campus. Please
>> > respond with a
>> > quick "yes the poster looks okay" or "we
>> > should change 'this'... "
>>
>> The bottom half of the poster is rather... left aligned. One way to
>> fix it might be to use more centering. Another way might be to stick a
>> few more graphics in the poster.
>>
>> Here's one possible layout:
>>
>> "Community gardening is the answer for you" --> center this
>>
>> "Come to our seed planting..." --> right align this paragraph
>>
>> Then you might stick pictures of cassava or bittermelon or
>> other vegetables we might grow in the blank spaces. Even if you don't
>> stick in any other graphics I think this balances out the poster a
>> bit.
>>
>> I am also wondering whether the bullet points could be improved. You
>> already have "learn about gardening" in the "No experience but want to
>> learn?" bit (although maybe it is worth re-iterating -- maybe "learn
>> about organic gardening"?). Also, "get free vegetables" may turn off
>> the good-hearted souls who tend to be attracted to the garden. Here
>> are some other possible bullet points off the top of my head. Probably
>> three bullet points are a good number, but if you're looking for ideas
>> then you might consider some of the following:
>>
>> - Grow wholesome organic vegetables!
>> - Spend time outside for a change!
>> - Dig in the dirt!
>> - Get your hands dirty!
>> - Support local agriculture!
>> - Develop your appreciation for misshapen carrots!
>> - Help compost UW's food waste!
>> - Take your frustration out on bindweed!
>> - Eat the (edible) weeds!
>> - Fresh peas! Fresh strawberries! Fresh tomatoes!
>> - Party with the earthworms!
>>
>> etc.
>>
>> If you're not looking for ideas then that is fine too. I am just
>> picking nits on account of I am a lousy nitpicking nitpicker.
>>
>> > P.S. Paul, could you potentially come later on in the
>> > evening (say around 7)
>> > for the planting party? Would that be a fair compromise?
>>
>> There's no need to compromise on my account. If I can drop by I will,
>> but unfortunately I can offer no guarantees. You should really be
>> cultivating all the lurkers lurking on the list, because they are the
>> ones who have easy access to campus, and they represent the vibrant
>> young seedlings of the revolution.
>>
>> - Paul
>>
>>
>>
>>      __________________________________________________________________
>> Get a sneak peak at messages with a handy reading pane with All new
Yahoo!
>> Mail: http://ca.promos.yahoo.com/newmail/overview2/
>>
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>> Garden at lists.wpirg.org
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>>
>





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From candace at owr.ca  Thu Mar 19 15:41:32 2009
From: candace at owr.ca (Candace Wormsbecker)
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:41:32 -0400
Subject: [Garden] Community Garden Fest - May 2nd, 2009
Message-ID: <mailman.3.1237491970.5098.garden_lists.wpirg.org@lists.wpirg.org>

Dear Gardeners:

 

Please join us for.

 

COMMUNITY GARDEN FEST!

"GROWING TOGETHER"

Saturday, May 2, 2009

Unity Centre for Practical Christianity

(Beside Dare Foods)

2631 Kingsway Dr., Kitchener

10:00 am - 3:00 pm

Rain or Shine!

 

12 gardening workshops, 30+ Exhibitors, Live International Entertainment &
Food, & Children's Activities throughout the day!

 

Come here one of North America's Pre-eminent Community Builders, JIM DIERS,
speak in regards to Building Community in the Garden.

 

More information to come on our website:  

www.communitygardenfest.com <http://www.communitygardenfest.com/> 

 

Please forward this along. 

Volunteers needed.

 

________________________

 

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From jrochon at uwaterloo.ca  Fri Mar 20 09:32:21 2009
From: jrochon at uwaterloo.ca (J. Rochon)
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 09:32:21 -0400
Subject: [Garden] Gasp! The risks of gardening.
Message-ID: <49C39AE5.7080506@uwaterloo.ca>

Gardeners,
                 Be forewarned :) Behold the perils of the plot.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/5011927/Spring-gardening-is-a-dangerous-sport-claim-doctors.html


  Spring gardening is a dangerous sport, claim doctors


    Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the garden,
    doctors have warned that pruning, mowing and weeding can be as
    dangerous as competitive sports.

 

By Richard Alleyne
Last Updated: 10:13PM GMT 18 Mar 2009


Doctors say that throwing yourself into gardening ? without a warm up ? 
is as dangerous as a footballer returning to competition without 
training Photo: GETTY

Traditionally springtime has amateur horticulturists across the land 
itching to get back into their flower beds and rockeries after a long 
winter of inactivity.

However, doctors have warned that many gardeners overdo it and end up 
needing treatment for a host of injuries including gardeners' back, 
weeder's wrist and pruner's neck.

 


        Related Articles

    *


          How to avoid gardening injuries this spring
          <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/5011928/How-to-avoid-gardening-injuries-this-spring.html>


They say that throwing yourself into the hobby -- without a warm up -- 
is as dangerous as a footballer returning to competition without training.

And this time of year the number of people attending injury clinics with 
gardening related ailments is often higher than those for sports such as 
football or rugby.

The warning was issued by the British College of Osteopathic Medicine 
(BCOM) which said the garden may not always be the friendliest, or the 
healthiest place,

They said their clinics experience a surge in gardening-related 
injuries, strains and sprains at the onset and throughout the spring 
months, the most common types of which are lower back pain and strains 
to ligaments and joints.

Dr Ian Drysdale, College Principal, said, "Every year the BCOM clinics 
prepare themselves for these gardening related injuries, but the 
majority of them are totally preventable.

"What happens is that people forget themselves and go in all gung-ho 
after the relative hibernation of the winter months, forgetting that 
their bodies need, like the gardens, to be coaxed in gently and limbered 
up over a period of time.

"People don't associate gardening with danger which is the most 
dangerous thing of all."

He said that clinics saw incidents surge by a quarter in the spring 
months as well as at the end of the growing season in October.

"A Premiership footballer doesn't come off their summer holiday and go 
straight into a competitive match," he said.

"They train, they practise, they have training matches before they play 
properly. Gardeners should also ease into it so that they give 
themselves less trauma.

"Going straight into vigorous gardening is the same as an elite athlete 
going straight into competition from a break."

He said injuries ranged from blisters to slipped discs and affected 
every one from 30 to 60, although the elderly were particularly 
susceptible.

"At this time of year people have not done a lot of gardening or 
activity for a long time," he said. There is a sunny day and they throw 
themselves into it. They don't do it for 20 minutes, they dig the whole 
allotment in three hours or they mow the whole lawn.

"There is no warm up and they come down with an injury. They strain 
their back or in extreme cases a slip a disc."

----
I wonder if there's a treatment for my Warcraft Hibernation.


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From s3lyons at scimail.uwaterloo.ca  Fri Mar 20 10:20:22 2009
From: s3lyons at scimail.uwaterloo.ca (s3lyons at scimail.uwaterloo.ca)
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 10:20:22 -0400
Subject: [Garden]  Planting Party - confirmed use of biology greenhouse
In-Reply-To: <2ec448740903170150v1c2b780cl2da4cbf2f15f3b2f@mail.gmail.com>
References: <2ec448740903170150v1c2b780cl2da4cbf2f15f3b2f@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <20090320102022.10645feownrp6uos@www.nexusmail.uwaterloo.ca>

Hello fellow gardeners,

I have great news!  I just spoke with the manager of the Biology dept  
greenhouse and she is willing to let us use space FOR FREE!  The news  
doesn't stop there....she is going to provide us the flats and pots  
for planting and her staff will look after the watering until we are  
ready to plant in the garden.  We also can go and use the work bench  
in the greenhouse for our planting party.  It is important that the  
compost we plant the seedlings in is bought in the bags and is  
sterilized...there are labs experiments in the greenhouse and we need  
to make sure we are not brining in any pathogens.  The bench we are  
allowed to use holds up to 16 flats.  Saying all of this I would  
really appretiate cooperation with use of this facility...this is on a  
trial basis and we are really fortunate for this generous support.   
Non-researchers and non-biology people have never been allowed to use  
this space.

Can someone please email me and let me know what seed types will be  
planted.  I need to notify the manager.

Thanks,
Stephanie Lyons


Quoting Alicia Mah <alicia.mah at gmail.com>:

> Dear Gardeners,
>
> Here are a list of things that have/should/could get done before our
> planting party on April 1 at 6pm, and those tasks which are completed/ have
> or have not been assigned. Fill your name in, or correct me if something has
> already been taken care of.
>
> Things that have already been done:
> Making the poster - Alicia (attached to this email)
> Ordering seeds - Candace/Maddy
>
> Things that really should be taken care of:
> Making and Distributing posters - Alicia - I will leave some at the office
> if others on campus would like to swing by and pick some up to distribute to
> their respective corners of campus.
>
> Where to put seeds after planting? - Some to Candace, any others? do we have
> enough other people who can take them to their homes? or, Can we put them on
> campus, potentially in WPIRG office, or in greenhouses on campus? anybody
> have any leads?
>
> buying planting soil - who?
>
> Deciding which seeds to plant - can be done at the planting party, however
> just wanted to remind people that this was a concern brought up at the last
> meeting, just randomly planting seeds might not be the best strategy?
>
> Optional:
> Buying party food (we have at least $40 to spend, potentially more with
> collaboration from Simplicity Circle) - ?
>
> Excited to see you all at the party :D
>
> cheers,
> Alicia
>
> P.S. post-planting party considerations (i.e. for another day) might be:
> to finalize the budget (so that we can get approval from WPIRG and start
> spending the money!)
> fencing?
> turning the soil?
> weed/pest control?
>
> On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 4:10 AM, Paul Nijjar <paul_nijjar at yahoo.ca> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --- On Thu, 3/12/09, Alicia Mah <alicia.mah at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Hello to all gardeners,
>> > Please take a look at the poster attached. I've
>> > submitted it to Evan for
>> > approval, the plan is to put it up around campus. Please
>> > respond with a
>> > quick "yes the poster looks okay" or "we
>> > should change 'this'... "
>>
>> The bottom half of the poster is rather... left aligned. One way to
>> fix it might be to use more centering. Another way might be to stick a
>> few more graphics in the poster.
>>
>> Here's one possible layout:
>>
>> "Community gardening is the answer for you" --> center this
>>
>> "Come to our seed planting..." --> right align this paragraph
>>
>> Then you might stick pictures of cassava or bittermelon or
>> other vegetables we might grow in the blank spaces. Even if you don't
>> stick in any other graphics I think this balances out the poster a
>> bit.
>>
>> I am also wondering whether the bullet points could be improved. You
>> already have "learn about gardening" in the "No experience but want to
>> learn?" bit (although maybe it is worth re-iterating -- maybe "learn
>> about organic gardening"?). Also, "get free vegetables" may turn off
>> the good-hearted souls who tend to be attracted to the garden. Here
>> are some other possible bullet points off the top of my head. Probably
>> three bullet points are a good number, but if you're looking for ideas
>> then you might consider some of the following:
>>
>> - Grow wholesome organic vegetables!
>> - Spend time outside for a change!
>> - Dig in the dirt!
>> - Get your hands dirty!
>> - Support local agriculture!
>> - Develop your appreciation for misshapen carrots!
>> - Help compost UW's food waste!
>> - Take your frustration out on bindweed!
>> - Eat the (edible) weeds!
>> - Fresh peas! Fresh strawberries! Fresh tomatoes!
>> - Party with the earthworms!
>>
>> etc.
>>
>> If you're not looking for ideas then that is fine too. I am just
>> picking nits on account of I am a lousy nitpicking nitpicker.
>>
>> > P.S. Paul, could you potentially come later on in the
>> > evening (say around 7)
>> > for the planting party? Would that be a fair compromise?
>>
>> There's no need to compromise on my account. If I can drop by I will,
>> but unfortunately I can offer no guarantees. You should really be
>> cultivating all the lurkers lurking on the list, because they are the
>> ones who have easy access to campus, and they represent the vibrant
>> young seedlings of the revolution.
>>
>> - Paul
>>
>>
>>
>>      __________________________________________________________________
>> Get a sneak peak at messages with a handy reading pane with All new Yahoo!
>> Mail: http://ca.promos.yahoo.com/newmail/overview2/
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Garden mailing list
>> Garden at lists.wpirg.org
>> http://lists.wpirg.org/mailman/listinfo/garden_lists.wpirg.org
>>
>






From m.rosamond at gmail.com  Fri Mar 20 10:34:55 2009
From: m.rosamond at gmail.com (Madeline Rosamond)
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 10:34:55 -0400
Subject: [Garden] Planting Party - confirmed use of biology greenhouse
In-Reply-To: <20090320102022.10645feownrp6uos@www.nexusmail.uwaterloo.ca>
References: <2ec448740903170150v1c2b780cl2da4cbf2f15f3b2f@mail.gmail.com>
	<20090320102022.10645feownrp6uos@www.nexusmail.uwaterloo.ca>
Message-ID: <3eedf3f50903200734p751ef006y5444045e05549cd1@mail.gmail.com>

Hi, Steph:
Yay! That is super nice of her - I like your idea of making sure she
gets some veggies.
I've attached a list of the seeds that we have now and will be
planting early. I don't think we've really figured out how much of
what we'll be planting. Also, I think we have flats left over from
last year (Candace can confirm this?) so she might not need to provide
these.
Cheers,
Maddy

On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 10:20 AM,  <s3lyons at scimail.uwaterloo.ca> wrote:
> Hello fellow gardeners,
>
> I have great news! ?I just spoke with the manager of the Biology dept
> greenhouse and she is willing to let us use space FOR FREE! ?The news
> doesn't stop there....she is going to provide us the flats and pots for
> planting and her staff will look after the watering until we are ready to
> plant in the garden. ?We also can go and use the work bench in the
> greenhouse for our planting party. ?It is important that the compost we
> plant the seedlings in is bought in the bags and is sterilized...there are
> labs experiments in the greenhouse and we need to make sure we are not
> brining in any pathogens. ?The bench we are allowed to use holds up to 16
> flats. ?Saying all of this I would really appretiate cooperation with use of
> this facility...this is on a trial basis and we are really fortunate for
> this generous support. ?Non-researchers and non-biology people have never
> been allowed to use this space.
>
> Can someone please email me and let me know what seed types will be planted.
> ?I need to notify the manager.
>
> Thanks,
> Stephanie Lyons
>
>
> Quoting Alicia Mah <alicia.mah at gmail.com>:
>
>> Dear Gardeners,
>>
>> Here are a list of things that have/should/could get done before our
>> planting party on April 1 at 6pm, and those tasks which are completed/
>> have
>> or have not been assigned. Fill your name in, or correct me if something
>> has
>> already been taken care of.
>>
>> Things that have already been done:
>> Making the poster - Alicia (attached to this email)
>> Ordering seeds - Candace/Maddy
>>
>> Things that really should be taken care of:
>> Making and Distributing posters - Alicia - I will leave some at the office
>> if others on campus would like to swing by and pick some up to distribute
>> to
>> their respective corners of campus.
>>
>> Where to put seeds after planting? - Some to Candace, any others? do we
>> have
>> enough other people who can take them to their homes? or, Can we put them
>> on
>> campus, potentially in WPIRG office, or in greenhouses on campus? anybody
>> have any leads?
>>
>> buying planting soil - who?
>>
>> Deciding which seeds to plant - can be done at the planting party, however
>> just wanted to remind people that this was a concern brought up at the
>> last
>> meeting, just randomly planting seeds might not be the best strategy?
>>
>> Optional:
>> Buying party food (we have at least $40 to spend, potentially more with
>> collaboration from Simplicity Circle) - ?
>>
>> Excited to see you all at the party :D
>>
>> cheers,
>> Alicia
>>
>> P.S. post-planting party considerations (i.e. for another day) might be:
>> to finalize the budget (so that we can get approval from WPIRG and start
>> spending the money!)
>> fencing?
>> turning the soil?
>> weed/pest control?
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 4:10 AM, Paul Nijjar <paul_nijjar at yahoo.ca> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --- On Thu, 3/12/09, Alicia Mah <alicia.mah at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> > Hello to all gardeners,
>>> > Please take a look at the poster attached. I've
>>> > submitted it to Evan for
>>> > approval, the plan is to put it up around campus. Please
>>> > respond with a
>>> > quick "yes the poster looks okay" or "we
>>> > should change 'this'... "
>>>
>>> The bottom half of the poster is rather... left aligned. One way to
>>> fix it might be to use more centering. Another way might be to stick a
>>> few more graphics in the poster.
>>>
>>> Here's one possible layout:
>>>
>>> "Community gardening is the answer for you" --> center this
>>>
>>> "Come to our seed planting..." --> right align this paragraph
>>>
>>> Then you might stick pictures of cassava or bittermelon or
>>> other vegetables we might grow in the blank spaces. Even if you don't
>>> stick in any other graphics I think this balances out the poster a
>>> bit.
>>>
>>> I am also wondering whether the bullet points could be improved. You
>>> already have "learn about gardening" in the "No experience but want to
>>> learn?" bit (although maybe it is worth re-iterating -- maybe "learn
>>> about organic gardening"?). Also, "get free vegetables" may turn off
>>> the good-hearted souls who tend to be attracted to the garden. Here
>>> are some other possible bullet points off the top of my head. Probably
>>> three bullet points are a good number, but if you're looking for ideas
>>> then you might consider some of the following:
>>>
>>> - Grow wholesome organic vegetables!
>>> - Spend time outside for a change!
>>> - Dig in the dirt!
>>> - Get your hands dirty!
>>> - Support local agriculture!
>>> - Develop your appreciation for misshapen carrots!
>>> - Help compost UW's food waste!
>>> - Take your frustration out on bindweed!
>>> - Eat the (edible) weeds!
>>> - Fresh peas! Fresh strawberries! Fresh tomatoes!
>>> - Party with the earthworms!
>>>
>>> etc.
>>>
>>> If you're not looking for ideas then that is fine too. I am just
>>> picking nits on account of I am a lousy nitpicking nitpicker.
>>>
>>> > P.S. Paul, could you potentially come later on in the
>>> > evening (say around 7)
>>> > for the planting party? Would that be a fair compromise?
>>>
>>> There's no need to compromise on my account. If I can drop by I will,
>>> but unfortunately I can offer no guarantees. You should really be
>>> cultivating all the lurkers lurking on the list, because they are the
>>> ones who have easy access to campus, and they represent the vibrant
>>> young seedlings of the revolution.
>>>
>>> - Paul
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ? ? __________________________________________________________________
>>> Get a sneak peak at messages with a handy reading pane with All new
>>> Yahoo!
>>> Mail: http://ca.promos.yahoo.com/newmail/overview2/
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Garden mailing list
>>> Garden at lists.wpirg.org
>>> http://lists.wpirg.org/mailman/listinfo/garden_lists.wpirg.org
>>>
>>
>
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Garden mailing list
> Garden at lists.wpirg.org
> http://lists.wpirg.org/mailman/listinfo/garden_lists.wpirg.org
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From cwormsbe at gmail.com  Fri Mar 20 10:42:47 2009
From: cwormsbe at gmail.com (candace wormsbecker)
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 10:42:47 -0400
Subject: [Garden] Planting Party - confirmed use of biology greenhouse
In-Reply-To: <20090320102022.10645feownrp6uos@www.nexusmail.uwaterloo.ca>
References: <2ec448740903170150v1c2b780cl2da4cbf2f15f3b2f@mail.gmail.com>
	<20090320102022.10645feownrp6uos@www.nexusmail.uwaterloo.ca>
Message-ID: <f1270310903200742v32cbdb8cy62e09346a113e436@mail.gmail.com>

That is excellent Stephanie!  Good score:)  I don't have the seed
types at hand if no one else does I can look this weekend.

Candace


On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 10:20 AM,  <s3lyons at scimail.uwaterloo.ca> wrote:
> Hello fellow gardeners,
>
> I have great news! ?I just spoke with the manager of the Biology dept
> greenhouse and she is willing to let us use space FOR FREE! ?The news
> doesn't stop there....she is going to provide us the flats and pots for
> planting and her staff will look after the watering until we are ready to
> plant in the garden. ?We also can go and use the work bench in the
> greenhouse for our planting party. ?It is important that the compost we
> plant the seedlings in is bought in the bags and is sterilized...there are
> labs experiments in the greenhouse and we need to make sure we are not
> brining in any pathogens. ?The bench we are allowed to use holds up to 16
> flats. ?Saying all of this I would really appretiate cooperation with use of
> this facility...this is on a trial basis and we are really fortunate for
> this generous support. ?Non-researchers and non-biology people have never
> been allowed to use this space.
>
> Can someone please email me and let me know what seed types will be planted.
> ?I need to notify the manager.
>
> Thanks,
> Stephanie Lyons
>
>
> Quoting Alicia Mah <alicia.mah at gmail.com>:
>
>> Dear Gardeners,
>>
>> Here are a list of things that have/should/could get done before our
>> planting party on April 1 at 6pm, and those tasks which are completed/
>> have
>> or have not been assigned. Fill your name in, or correct me if something
>> has
>> already been taken care of.
>>
>> Things that have already been done:
>> Making the poster - Alicia (attached to this email)
>> Ordering seeds - Candace/Maddy
>>
>> Things that really should be taken care of:
>> Making and Distributing posters - Alicia - I will leave some at the office
>> if others on campus would like to swing by and pick some up to distribute
>> to
>> their respective corners of campus.
>>
>> Where to put seeds after planting? - Some to Candace, any others? do we
>> have
>> enough other people who can take them to their homes? or, Can we put them
>> on
>> campus, potentially in WPIRG office, or in greenhouses on campus? anybody
>> have any leads?
>>
>> buying planting soil - who?
>>
>> Deciding which seeds to plant - can be done at the planting party, however
>> just wanted to remind people that this was a concern brought up at the
>> last
>> meeting, just randomly planting seeds might not be the best strategy?
>>
>> Optional:
>> Buying party food (we have at least $40 to spend, potentially more with
>> collaboration from Simplicity Circle) - ?
>>
>> Excited to see you all at the party :D
>>
>> cheers,
>> Alicia
>>
>> P.S. post-planting party considerations (i.e. for another day) might be:
>> to finalize the budget (so that we can get approval from WPIRG and start
>> spending the money!)
>> fencing?
>> turning the soil?
>> weed/pest control?
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 4:10 AM, Paul Nijjar <paul_nijjar at yahoo.ca> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --- On Thu, 3/12/09, Alicia Mah <alicia.mah at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> > Hello to all gardeners,
>>> > Please take a look at the poster attached. I've
>>> > submitted it to Evan for
>>> > approval, the plan is to put it up around campus. Please
>>> > respond with a
>>> > quick "yes the poster looks okay" or "we
>>> > should change 'this'... "
>>>
>>> The bottom half of the poster is rather... left aligned. One way to
>>> fix it might be to use more centering. Another way might be to stick a
>>> few more graphics in the poster.
>>>
>>> Here's one possible layout:
>>>
>>> "Community gardening is the answer for you" --> center this
>>>
>>> "Come to our seed planting..." --> right align this paragraph
>>>
>>> Then you might stick pictures of cassava or bittermelon or
>>> other vegetables we might grow in the blank spaces. Even if you don't
>>> stick in any other graphics I think this balances out the poster a
>>> bit.
>>>
>>> I am also wondering whether the bullet points could be improved. You
>>> already have "learn about gardening" in the "No experience but want to
>>> learn?" bit (although maybe it is worth re-iterating -- maybe "learn
>>> about organic gardening"?). Also, "get free vegetables" may turn off
>>> the good-hearted souls who tend to be attracted to the garden. Here
>>> are some other possible bullet points off the top of my head. Probably
>>> three bullet points are a good number, but if you're looking for ideas
>>> then you might consider some of the following:
>>>
>>> - Grow wholesome organic vegetables!
>>> - Spend time outside for a change!
>>> - Dig in the dirt!
>>> - Get your hands dirty!
>>> - Support local agriculture!
>>> - Develop your appreciation for misshapen carrots!
>>> - Help compost UW's food waste!
>>> - Take your frustration out on bindweed!
>>> - Eat the (edible) weeds!
>>> - Fresh peas! Fresh strawberries! Fresh tomatoes!
>>> - Party with the earthworms!
>>>
>>> etc.
>>>
>>> If you're not looking for ideas then that is fine too. I am just
>>> picking nits on account of I am a lousy nitpicking nitpicker.
>>>
>>> > P.S. Paul, could you potentially come later on in the
>>> > evening (say around 7)
>>> > for the planting party? Would that be a fair compromise?
>>>
>>> There's no need to compromise on my account. If I can drop by I will,
>>> but unfortunately I can offer no guarantees. You should really be
>>> cultivating all the lurkers lurking on the list, because they are the
>>> ones who have easy access to campus, and they represent the vibrant
>>> young seedlings of the revolution.
>>>
>>> - Paul
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ? ? __________________________________________________________________
>>> Get a sneak peak at messages with a handy reading pane with All new
>>> Yahoo!
>>> Mail: http://ca.promos.yahoo.com/newmail/overview2/
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Garden mailing list
>>> Garden at lists.wpirg.org
>>> http://lists.wpirg.org/mailman/listinfo/garden_lists.wpirg.org
>>>
>>
>
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Garden mailing list
> Garden at lists.wpirg.org
> http://lists.wpirg.org/mailman/listinfo/garden_lists.wpirg.org
>



-- 
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


From evan at wpirg.org  Fri Mar 20 10:50:15 2009
From: evan at wpirg.org (Evan Coole)
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 10:50:15 -0400
Subject: [Garden] Planting Party - confirmed use of biology greenhouse
In-Reply-To: <20090320102022.10645feownrp6uos@www.nexusmail.uwaterloo.ca>
References: <2ec448740903170150v1c2b780cl2da4cbf2f15f3b2f@mail.gmail.com>
	<20090320102022.10645feownrp6uos@www.nexusmail.uwaterloo.ca>
Message-ID: <a06240802c5e95d82bd13@[129.97.194.55]>

That's fantastic news! Good show. Have any of the planting party 
posters already gone out?

Evan




>Hello fellow gardeners,
>
>I have great news!  I just spoke with the manager of the Biology 
>dept greenhouse and she is willing to let us use space FOR FREE! 
>The news doesn't stop there....she is going to provide us the flats 
>and pots for planting and her staff will look after the watering 
>until we are ready to plant in the garden.  We also can go and use 
>the work bench in the greenhouse for our planting party.  It is 
>important that the compost we plant the seedlings in is bought in 
>the bags and is sterilized...there are labs experiments in the 
>greenhouse and we need to make sure we are not brining in any 
>pathogens.  The bench we are allowed to use holds up to 16 flats. 
>Saying all of this I would really appretiate cooperation with use of 
>this facility...this is on a trial basis and we are really fortunate 
>for this generous support.  
>Non-researchers and non-biology people have never been allowed to 
>use this space.
>
>Can someone please email me and let me know what seed types will be 
>planted.  I need to notify the manager.
>
>Thanks,
>Stephanie Lyons
>
>
>Quoting Alicia Mah <alicia.mah at gmail.com>:
>
>>Dear Gardeners,
>>
>>Here are a list of things that have/should/could get done before our
>>planting party on April 1 at 6pm, and those tasks which are completed/ have
>>or have not been assigned. Fill your name in, or correct me if something has
>>already been taken care of.
>>
>>Things that have already been done:
>>Making the poster - Alicia (attached to this email)
>>Ordering seeds - Candace/Maddy
>>
>>Things that really should be taken care of:
>>Making and Distributing posters - Alicia - I will leave some at the office
>>if others on campus would like to swing by and pick some up to distribute to
>>their respective corners of campus.
>>
>>Where to put seeds after planting? - Some to Candace, any others? do we have
>>enough other people who can take them to their homes? or, Can we put them on
>>campus, potentially in WPIRG office, or in greenhouses on campus? anybody
>>have any leads?
>>
>>buying planting soil - who?
>>
>>Deciding which seeds to plant - can be done at the planting party, however
>>just wanted to remind people that this was a concern brought up at the last
>>meeting, just randomly planting seeds might not be the best strategy?
>>
>>Optional:
>>Buying party food (we have at least $40 to spend, potentially more with
>>collaboration from Simplicity Circle) - ?
>>
>>Excited to see you all at the party :D
>>
>>cheers,
>>Alicia
>>
>>P.S. post-planting party considerations (i.e. for another day) might be:
>>to finalize the budget (so that we can get approval from WPIRG and start
>>spending the money!)
>>fencing?
>>turning the soil?
>>weed/pest control?
>>
>>On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 4:10 AM, Paul Nijjar <paul_nijjar at yahoo.ca> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>--- On Thu, 3/12/09, Alicia Mah <alicia.mah at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>  Hello to all gardeners,
>>>>  Please take a look at the poster attached. I've
>>>>  submitted it to Evan for
>>>>  approval, the plan is to put it up around campus. Please
>>>>  respond with a
>>>>  quick "yes the poster looks okay" or "we
>>>>  should change 'this'... "
>>>
>>>The bottom half of the poster is rather... left aligned. One way to
>>>fix it might be to use more centering. Another way might be to stick a
>>>few more graphics in the poster.
>>>
>>>Here's one possible layout:
>>>
>>>"Community gardening is the answer for you" --> center this
>>>
>>>"Come to our seed planting..." --> right align this paragraph
>>>
>>>Then you might stick pictures of cassava or bittermelon or
>>>other vegetables we might grow in the blank spaces. Even if you don't
>>>stick in any other graphics I think this balances out the poster a
>>>bit.
>>>
>>>I am also wondering whether the bullet points could be improved. You
>>>already have "learn about gardening" in the "No experience but want to
>>>learn?" bit (although maybe it is worth re-iterating -- maybe "learn
>>>about organic gardening"?). Also, "get free vegetables" may turn off
>>>the good-hearted souls who tend to be attracted to the garden. Here
>>>are some other possible bullet points off the top of my head. Probably
>>>three bullet points are a good number, but if you're looking for ideas
>>>then you might consider some of the following:
>>>
>>>- Grow wholesome organic vegetables!
>>>- Spend time outside for a change!
>>>- Dig in the dirt!
>>>- Get your hands dirty!
>>>- Support local agriculture!
>>>- Develop your appreciation for misshapen carrots!
>>>- Help compost UW's food waste!
>>>- Take your frustration out on bindweed!
>>>- Eat the (edible) weeds!
>>>- Fresh peas! Fresh strawberries! Fresh tomatoes!
>>>- Party with the earthworms!
>>>
>>>etc.
>>>
>>>If you're not looking for ideas then that is fine too. I am just
>>>picking nits on account of I am a lousy nitpicking nitpicker.
>>>
>>>>  P.S. Paul, could you potentially come later on in the
>>>>  evening (say around 7)
>>>>  for the planting party? Would that be a fair compromise?
>>>
>>>There's no need to compromise on my account. If I can drop by I will,
>>>but unfortunately I can offer no guarantees. You should really be
>>>cultivating all the lurkers lurking on the list, because they are the
>>>ones who have easy access to campus, and they represent the vibrant
>>>young seedlings of the revolution.
>>>
>>>- Paul
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>      __________________________________________________________________
>>>Get a sneak peak at messages with a handy reading pane with All new Yahoo!
>>>Mail: http://ca.promos.yahoo.com/newmail/overview2/
>>>
>>>_______________________________________________
>>>Garden mailing list
>>>Garden at lists.wpirg.org
>>>http://lists.wpirg.org/mailman/listinfo/garden_lists.wpirg.org
>>>
>>
>
>
>
>
>
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>Garden at lists.wpirg.org
>http://lists.wpirg.org/mailman/listinfo/garden_lists.wpirg.org


-- 
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Celebrating 35 years of students making change

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From jrochon at uwaterloo.ca  Fri Mar 20 10:57:18 2009
From: jrochon at uwaterloo.ca (J. Rochon)
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 10:57:18 -0400
Subject: [Garden] Planting Party - confirmed use of biology greenhouse
In-Reply-To: <f1270310903200742v32cbdb8cy62e09346a113e436@mail.gmail.com>
References: <2ec448740903170150v1c2b780cl2da4cbf2f15f3b2f@mail.gmail.com>	<20090320102022.10645feownrp6uos@www.nexusmail.uwaterloo.ca>
	<f1270310903200742v32cbdb8cy62e09346a113e436@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <49C3AECE.1050205@uwaterloo.ca>

Stephanie,
                       Who is this mysterious benefactor? I'd like to 
buy her a thank you card.

>> Hello fellow gardeners,
>>
>> I have great news!  I just spoke with the manager of the Biology dept



From gcmichal at envmail.uwaterloo.ca  Fri Mar 20 11:59:58 2009
From: gcmichal at envmail.uwaterloo.ca (gcmichal at envmail.uwaterloo.ca)
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 11:59:58 -0400
Subject: [Garden] Planting Party - confirmed use of biology greenhouse
In-Reply-To: <3eedf3f50903200734p751ef006y5444045e05549cd1@mail.gmail.com>
References: <2ec448740903170150v1c2b780cl2da4cbf2f15f3b2f@mail.gmail.com>
	<20090320102022.10645feownrp6uos@www.nexusmail.uwaterloo.ca>
	<3eedf3f50903200734p751ef006y5444045e05549cd1@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <20090320115958.310239d75kjn49s0@www.nexusmail.uwaterloo.ca>

Don't bring in any possibly infected trays and pots - use what they  
provide.  I made a point of contacting   the greenhouse people last  
year and introducing myself and telling them a bit about the garden,  
also asked for a couple of favours - they are very helpful and  
friendly. Glad to see that this is continuing.

I started about 60 tomato plants of 11 varieties, as well as peppers 2  
weeks ago.  I thought the extra time would help.  They are now up and  
thriving.  I wouldn't mind discussing garden layout and a planting  
schedule if anyone is interested. I think things have tended to be  
rather hit and miss and we could probably double or triple  
productivity, as well as stretch out the harvest seasons,  with no  
extra effort. I particularly like spring greens (progression of head  
and leaf lettuce, radishes, spinach, green onions, Chinese greens,  
corn salad, arugula, cress, mustard greens, lambs quarters, good king  
henry and goosefoot...) I have seeds for some of these.

- Greg

Quoting Madeline Rosamond <m.rosamond at gmail.com>:

> Hi, Steph:
> Yay! That is super nice of her - I like your idea of making sure she
> gets some veggies.
> I've attached a list of the seeds that we have now and will be
> planting early. I don't think we've really figured out how much of
> what we'll be planting. Also, I think we have flats left over from
> last year (Candace can confirm this?) so she might not need to provide
> these.
> Cheers,
> Maddy
>
> On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 10:20 AM,  <s3lyons at scimail.uwaterloo.ca> wrote:
>> Hello fellow gardeners,
>>
>> I have great news! ?I just spoke with the manager of the Biology dept
>> greenhouse and she is willing to let us use space FOR FREE! ?The news
>> doesn't stop there....she is going to provide us the flats and pots for
>> planting and her staff will look after the watering until we are ready to
>> plant in the garden. ?We also can go and use the work bench in the
>> greenhouse for our planting party. ?It is important that the compost we
>> plant the seedlings in is bought in the bags and is sterilized...there are
>> labs experiments in the greenhouse and we need to make sure we are not
>> brining in any pathogens. ?The bench we are allowed to use holds up to 16
>> flats. ?Saying all of this I would really appretiate cooperation with use of
>> this facility...this is on a trial basis and we are really fortunate for
>> this generous support. ?Non-researchers and non-biology people have never
>> been allowed to use this space.
>>
>> Can someone please email me and let me know what seed types will be planted.
>> ?I need to notify the manager.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Stephanie Lyons
>>
>>
>> Quoting Alicia Mah <alicia.mah at gmail.com>:
>>
>>> Dear Gardeners,
>>>
>>> Here are a list of things that have/should/could get done before our
>>> planting party on April 1 at 6pm, and those tasks which are completed/
>>> have
>>> or have not been assigned. Fill your name in, or correct me if something
>>> has
>>> already been taken care of.
>>>
>>> Things that have already been done:
>>> Making the poster - Alicia (attached to this email)
>>> Ordering seeds - Candace/Maddy
>>>
>>> Things that really should be taken care of:
>>> Making and Distributing posters - Alicia - I will leave some at the office
>>> if others on campus would like to swing by and pick some up to distribute
>>> to
>>> their respective corners of campus.
>>>
>>> Where to put seeds after planting? - Some to Candace, any others? do we
>>> have
>>> enough other people who can take them to their homes? or, Can we put them
>>> on
>>> campus, potentially in WPIRG office, or in greenhouses on campus? anybody
>>> have any leads?
>>>
>>> buying planting soil - who?
>>>
>>> Deciding which seeds to plant - can be done at the planting party, however
>>> just wanted to remind people that this was a concern brought up at the
>>> last
>>> meeting, just randomly planting seeds might not be the best strategy?
>>>
>>> Optional:
>>> Buying party food (we have at least $40 to spend, potentially more with
>>> collaboration from Simplicity Circle) - ?
>>>
>>> Excited to see you all at the party :D
>>>
>>> cheers,
>>> Alicia
>>>
>>> P.S. post-planting party considerations (i.e. for another day) might be:
>>> to finalize the budget (so that we can get approval from WPIRG and start
>>> spending the money!)
>>> fencing?
>>> turning the soil?
>>> weed/pest control?
>>>
>>> On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 4:10 AM, Paul Nijjar <paul_nijjar at yahoo.ca> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --- On Thu, 3/12/09, Alicia Mah <alicia.mah at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> > Hello to all gardeners,
>>>> > Please take a look at the poster attached. I've
>>>> > submitted it to Evan for
>>>> > approval, the plan is to put it up around campus. Please
>>>> > respond with a
>>>> > quick "yes the poster looks okay" or "we
>>>> > should change 'this'... "
>>>>
>>>> The bottom half of the poster is rather... left aligned. One way to
>>>> fix it might be to use more centering. Another way might be to stick a
>>>> few more graphics in the poster.
>>>>
>>>> Here's one possible layout:
>>>>
>>>> "Community gardening is the answer for you" --> center this
>>>>
>>>> "Come to our seed planting..." --> right align this paragraph
>>>>
>>>> Then you might stick pictures of cassava or bittermelon or
>>>> other vegetables we might grow in the blank spaces. Even if you don't
>>>> stick in any other graphics I think this balances out the poster a
>>>> bit.
>>>>
>>>> I am also wondering whether the bullet points could be improved. You
>>>> already have "learn about gardening" in the "No experience but want to
>>>> learn?" bit (although maybe it is worth re-iterating -- maybe "learn
>>>> about organic gardening"?). Also, "get free vegetables" may turn off
>>>> the good-hearted souls who tend to be attracted to the garden. Here
>>>> are some other possible bullet points off the top of my head. Probably
>>>> three bullet points are a good number, but if you're looking for ideas
>>>> then you might consider some of the following:
>>>>
>>>> - Grow wholesome organic vegetables!
>>>> - Spend time outside for a change!
>>>> - Dig in the dirt!
>>>> - Get your hands dirty!
>>>> - Support local agriculture!
>>>> - Develop your appreciation for misshapen carrots!
>>>> - Help compost UW's food waste!
>>>> - Take your frustration out on bindweed!
>>>> - Eat the (edible) weeds!
>>>> - Fresh peas! Fresh strawberries! Fresh tomatoes!
>>>> - Party with the earthworms!
>>>>
>>>> etc.
>>>>
>>>> If you're not looking for ideas then that is fine too. I am just
>>>> picking nits on account of I am a lousy nitpicking nitpicker.
>>>>
>>>> > P.S. Paul, could you potentially come later on in the
>>>> > evening (say around 7)
>>>> > for the planting party? Would that be a fair compromise?
>>>>
>>>> There's no need to compromise on my account. If I can drop by I will,
>>>> but unfortunately I can offer no guarantees. You should really be
>>>> cultivating all the lurkers lurking on the list, because they are the
>>>> ones who have easy access to campus, and they represent the vibrant
>>>> young seedlings of the revolution.
>>>>
>>>> - Paul
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ? ? __________________________________________________________________
>>>> Get a sneak peak at messages with a handy reading pane with All new
>>>> Yahoo!
>>>> Mail: http://ca.promos.yahoo.com/newmail/overview2/
>>>>
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> Garden mailing list
>>>> Garden at lists.wpirg.org
>>>> http://lists.wpirg.org/mailman/listinfo/garden_lists.wpirg.org
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Garden mailing list
>> Garden at lists.wpirg.org
>> http://lists.wpirg.org/mailman/listinfo/garden_lists.wpirg.org
>>
>






From gcmichal at envmail.uwaterloo.ca  Fri Mar 20 12:02:49 2009
From: gcmichal at envmail.uwaterloo.ca (gcmichal at envmail.uwaterloo.ca)
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 12:02:49 -0400
Subject: [Garden] Community Garden Fest - May 2nd, 2009
In-Reply-To: <200903191946.n2JJkAVd028307@mailchk-m02.uwaterloo.ca>
References: <200903191946.n2JJkAVd028307@mailchk-m02.uwaterloo.ca>
Message-ID: <20090320120249.18716hpjiy26thwc@www.nexusmail.uwaterloo.ca>

Dear Candace,

There's a typo you need to correct:  "Come HERE one of..."
- Greg
Quoting Candace Wormsbecker <candace at owr.ca>:

> Dear Gardeners:
>
>
>
> Please join us for.
>
>
>
> COMMUNITY GARDEN FEST!
>
> "GROWING TOGETHER"
>
> Saturday, May 2, 2009
>
> Unity Centre for Practical Christianity
>
> (Beside Dare Foods)
>
> 2631 Kingsway Dr., Kitchener
>
> 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
>
> Rain or Shine!
>
>
>
> 12 gardening workshops, 30+ Exhibitors, Live International Entertainment &
> Food, & Children's Activities throughout the day!
>
>
>
> Come here one of North America's Pre-eminent Community Builders, JIM DIERS,
> speak in regards to Building Community in the Garden.
>
>
>
> More information to come on our website:
>
> www.communitygardenfest.com <http://www.communitygardenfest.com/>
>
>
>
> Please forward this along.
>
> Volunteers needed.
>
>
>
> ________________________
>
>
>
> 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
>
>
>
> "The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today".
>      ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt
>
>
>
>






From alicia.mah at gmail.com  Fri Mar 20 12:27:34 2009
From: alicia.mah at gmail.com (Alicia Mah)
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 12:27:34 -0400
Subject: [Garden] Planting Party - confirmed use of biology greenhouse
In-Reply-To: <a06240802c5e95d82bd13@129.97.194.55>
References: <2ec448740903170150v1c2b780cl2da4cbf2f15f3b2f@mail.gmail.com>
	<20090320102022.10645feownrp6uos@www.nexusmail.uwaterloo.ca>
	<a06240802c5e95d82bd13@129.97.194.55>
Message-ID: <2ec448740903200927p7355a653x38d3caabfb095886@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Evan and gardeners,

Some of the posters have gone out, but there are still many more
waiting to be picked up in the office and posted around campus. The
areas that we still need to cover are colleges, Environmental studies,
east campus hall, and perhaps a couple others. Science, Math, and Arts
should all be taken care of. (Many thanks to Jason and Herman for
their efforts :D)

Please, those of you on campus, do stop by the WPIRG office and take
the posters for whatever section of campus is most convenient for you.
I've left a folder near Evan's desk that says "Planting party" with
directions re: postering.

Cheers,
Alicia

On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 10:50 AM, Evan Coole <evan at wpirg.org> wrote:
> That's fantastic news! Good show. Have any of the planting party posters
> already gone out?
>
> Evan
>
>
>
>
>> Hello fellow gardeners,
>>
>> I have great news! ?I just spoke with the manager of the Biology dept
>> greenhouse and she is willing to let us use space FOR FREE! The news doesn't
>> stop there....she is going to provide us the flats and pots for planting and
>> her staff will look after the watering until we are ready to plant in the
>> garden. ?We also can go and use the work bench in the greenhouse for our
>> planting party. ?It is important that the compost we plant the seedlings in
>> is bought in the bags and is sterilized...there are labs experiments in the
>> greenhouse and we need to make sure we are not brining in any pathogens.
>> ?The bench we are allowed to use holds up to 16 flats. Saying all of this I
>> would really appretiate cooperation with use of this facility...this is on a
>> trial basis and we are really fortunate for this generous support.
>> ?Non-researchers and non-biology people have never been allowed to use this
>> space.
>>
>> Can someone please email me and let me know what seed types will be
>> planted. ?I need to notify the manager.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Stephanie Lyons
>>
>>
>> Quoting Alicia Mah <alicia.mah at gmail.com>:
>>
>>> Dear Gardeners,
>>>
>>> Here are a list of things that have/should/could get done before our
>>> planting party on April 1 at 6pm, and those tasks which are completed/
>>> have
>>> or have not been assigned. Fill your name in, or correct me if something
>>> has
>>> already been taken care of.
>>>
>>> Things that have already been done:
>>> Making the poster - Alicia (attached to this email)
>>> Ordering seeds - Candace/Maddy
>>>
>>> Things that really should be taken care of:
>>> Making and Distributing posters - Alicia - I will leave some at the
>>> office
>>> if others on campus would like to swing by and pick some up to distribute
>>> to
>>> their respective corners of campus.
>>>
>>> Where to put seeds after planting? - Some to Candace, any others? do we
>>> have
>>> enough other people who can take them to their homes? or, Can we put them
>>> on
>>> campus, potentially in WPIRG office, or in greenhouses on campus? anybody
>>> have any leads?
>>>
>>> buying planting soil - who?
>>>
>>> Deciding which seeds to plant - can be done at the planting party,
>>> however
>>> just wanted to remind people that this was a concern brought up at the
>>> last
>>> meeting, just randomly planting seeds might not be the best strategy?
>>>
>>> Optional:
>>> Buying party food (we have at least $40 to spend, potentially more with
>>> collaboration from Simplicity Circle) - ?
>>>
>>> Excited to see you all at the party :D
>>>
>>> cheers,
>>> Alicia
>>>
>>> P.S. post-planting party considerations (i.e. for another day) might be:
>>> to finalize the budget (so that we can get approval from WPIRG and start
>>> spending the money!)
>>> fencing?
>>> turning the soil?
>>> weed/pest control?
>>>
>>> On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 4:10 AM, Paul Nijjar <paul_nijjar at yahoo.ca>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --- On Thu, 3/12/09, Alicia Mah <alicia.mah at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> ?Hello to all gardeners,
>>>>> ?Please take a look at the poster attached. I've
>>>>> ?submitted it to Evan for
>>>>> ?approval, the plan is to put it up around campus. Please
>>>>> ?respond with a
>>>>> ?quick "yes the poster looks okay" or "we
>>>>> ?should change 'this'... "
>>>>
>>>> The bottom half of the poster is rather... left aligned. One way to
>>>> fix it might be to use more centering. Another way might be to stick a
>>>> few more graphics in the poster.
>>>>
>>>> Here's one possible layout:
>>>>
>>>> "Community gardening is the answer for you" --> center this
>>>>
>>>> "Come to our seed planting..." --> right align this paragraph
>>>>
>>>> Then you might stick pictures of cassava or bittermelon or
>>>> other vegetables we might grow in the blank spaces. Even if you don't
>>>> stick in any other graphics I think this balances out the poster a
>>>> bit.
>>>>
>>>> I am also wondering whether the bullet points could be improved. You
>>>> already have "learn about gardening" in the "No experience but want to
>>>> learn?" bit (although maybe it is worth re-iterating -- maybe "learn
>>>> about organic gardening"?). Also, "get free vegetables" may turn off
>>>> the good-hearted souls who tend to be attracted to the garden. Here
>>>> are some other possible bullet points off the top of my head. Probably
>>>> three bullet points are a good number, but if you're looking for ideas
>>>> then you might consider some of the following:
>>>>
>>>> - Grow wholesome organic vegetables!
>>>> - Spend time outside for a change!
>>>> - Dig in the dirt!
>>>> - Get your hands dirty!
>>>> - Support local agriculture!
>>>> - Develop your appreciation for misshapen carrots!
>>>> - Help compost UW's food waste!
>>>> - Take your frustration out on bindweed!
>>>> - Eat the (edible) weeds!
>>>> - Fresh peas! Fresh strawberries! Fresh tomatoes!
>>>> - Party with the earthworms!
>>>>
>>>> etc.
>>>>
>>>> If you're not looking for ideas then that is fine too. I am just
>>>> picking nits on account of I am a lousy nitpicking nitpicker.
>>>>
>>>>> ?P.S. Paul, could you potentially come later on in the
>>>>> ?evening (say around 7)
>>>>> ?for the planting party? Would that be a fair compromise?
>>>>
>>>> There's no need to compromise on my account. If I can drop by I will,
>>>> but unfortunately I can offer no guarantees. You should really be
>>>> cultivating all the lurkers lurking on the list, because they are the
>>>> ones who have easy access to campus, and they represent the vibrant
>>>> young seedlings of the revolution.
>>>>
>>>> - Paul
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ? ? __________________________________________________________________
>>>> Get a sneak peak at messages with a handy reading pane with All new
>>>> Yahoo!
>>>> Mail: http://ca.promos.yahoo.com/newmail/overview2/
>>>>
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> Garden mailing list
>>>> Garden at lists.wpirg.org
>>>> http://lists.wpirg.org/mailman/listinfo/garden_lists.wpirg.org
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Garden mailing list
>> Garden at lists.wpirg.org
>> http://lists.wpirg.org/mailman/listinfo/garden_lists.wpirg.org
>
>
> --
> Evan Coole
> Programming and Volunteer Support Coordinator
> Waterloo Public Interest Research Group
>
> Celebrating 35 years of students making change
>
> www.wpirg.org - SLC 2139 - 519 888 4882 - info at wpirg.org
>
> Check us out on Facebook:
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>
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From frozenleaf at gmail.com  Fri Mar 20 12:30:11 2009
From: frozenleaf at gmail.com (Jennifer Hood)
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 12:30:11 -0400
Subject: [Garden] Planting Party - confirmed use of biology greenhouse
In-Reply-To: <49C3AECE.1050205@uwaterloo.ca>
References: <2ec448740903170150v1c2b780cl2da4cbf2f15f3b2f@mail.gmail.com>
	<20090320102022.10645feownrp6uos@www.nexusmail.uwaterloo.ca>
	<f1270310903200742v32cbdb8cy62e09346a113e436@mail.gmail.com>
	<49C3AECE.1050205@uwaterloo.ca>
Message-ID: <814c2a6f0903200930u114aa86eu7236eae83f64268e@mail.gmail.com>

Thanks steph for all your work!

I'm new to the community gardeners, and I've been out of country for the
past month with little access to email. I just wanted to say I"m excited to
meet you all at the planting party when I get back, and that I've got a few
varieties heirloom tomoto seeds and seeds from previous seasons I can
contribute if we want.

Talk to you all soon!

Jen

On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 10:57 AM, J. Rochon <jrochon at uwaterloo.ca> wrote:

> Stephanie,
>                      Who is this mysterious benefactor? I'd like to buy her
> a thank you card.
>
>  Hello fellow gardeners,
>>>
>>> I have great news!  I just spoke with the manager of the Biology dept
>>>
>>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Garden mailing list
> Garden at lists.wpirg.org
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From frozenleaf at gmail.com  Fri Mar 20 12:31:31 2009
From: frozenleaf at gmail.com (Jennifer Hood)
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 12:31:31 -0400
Subject: [Garden] Planting Party - confirmed use of biology greenhouse
In-Reply-To: <814c2a6f0903200930u114aa86eu7236eae83f64268e@mail.gmail.com>
References: <2ec448740903170150v1c2b780cl2da4cbf2f15f3b2f@mail.gmail.com>
	<20090320102022.10645feownrp6uos@www.nexusmail.uwaterloo.ca>
	<f1270310903200742v32cbdb8cy62e09346a113e436@mail.gmail.com>
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	<814c2a6f0903200930u114aa86eu7236eae83f64268e@mail.gmail.com>
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IN addition, I've started about 2-3 flats of tomatos before my trip, if we
want to use those.

Thanks again!

On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 12:30 PM, Jennifer Hood <frozenleaf at gmail.com>wrote:

> Thanks steph for all your work!
>
> I'm new to the community gardeners, and I've been out of country for the
> past month with little access to email. I just wanted to say I"m excited to
> meet you all at the planting party when I get back, and that I've got a few
> varieties heirloom tomoto seeds and seeds from previous seasons I can
> contribute if we want.
>
> Talk to you all soon!
>
> Jen
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 10:57 AM, J. Rochon <jrochon at uwaterloo.ca> wrote:
>
>> Stephanie,
>>                      Who is this mysterious benefactor? I'd like to buy
>> her a thank you card.
>>
>>  Hello fellow gardeners,
>>>>
>>>> I have great news!  I just spoke with the manager of the Biology dept
>>>>
>>>
>>
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>
>
>
> --
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> PhD Student
> Department of Biology
> University of Waterloo
> 519-888-4567 x36439
>



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From s3lyons at scimail.uwaterloo.ca  Fri Mar 20 15:21:26 2009
From: s3lyons at scimail.uwaterloo.ca (s3lyons at scimail.uwaterloo.ca)
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:21:26 -0400
Subject: [Garden] Planting Party
In-Reply-To: <20090320115958.310239d75kjn49s0@www.nexusmail.uwaterloo.ca>
References: <2ec448740903170150v1c2b780cl2da4cbf2f15f3b2f@mail.gmail.com>
	<20090320102022.10645feownrp6uos@www.nexusmail.uwaterloo.ca>
	<3eedf3f50903200734p751ef006y5444045e05549cd1@mail.gmail.com>
	<20090320115958.310239d75kjn49s0@www.nexusmail.uwaterloo.ca>
Message-ID: <20090320152126.53422r3vru49sdkw@www.nexusmail.uwaterloo.ca>

Greg hit the issue right on...Lynn Hoyles (the Bio GH manager) does  
not want us to bring in our own trays and pots and requires that we  
use sterilized store bought compost to make sure that we don't bring  
in any outside diseases.  She is willing to do this as a trial run and  
at no expense so we need to follow her wishes....the few and simple  
ones that she has asked for.

So the posters are starting to be distributed but the location will  
not be provided.  Does this not seem odd?


Stephanie





From alicia.mah at gmail.com  Fri Mar 20 16:53:07 2009
From: alicia.mah at gmail.com (Alicia Mah)
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:53:07 -0400
Subject: [Garden] Planting Party
In-Reply-To: <20090320152126.53422r3vru49sdkw@www.nexusmail.uwaterloo.ca>
References: <2ec448740903170150v1c2b780cl2da4cbf2f15f3b2f@mail.gmail.com>
	<20090320102022.10645feownrp6uos@www.nexusmail.uwaterloo.ca>
	<3eedf3f50903200734p751ef006y5444045e05549cd1@mail.gmail.com>
	<20090320115958.310239d75kjn49s0@www.nexusmail.uwaterloo.ca>
	<20090320152126.53422r3vru49sdkw@www.nexusmail.uwaterloo.ca>
Message-ID: <2ec448740903201353y7bdf6583g69c5552c7c04e5ac@mail.gmail.com>

The location of the planting party is the WPIRG office, SLC 2139

On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 3:21 PM,  <s3lyons at scimail.uwaterloo.ca> wrote:
> Greg hit the issue right on...Lynn Hoyles (the Bio GH manager) does not want
> us to bring in our own trays and pots and requires that we use sterilized
> store bought compost to make sure that we don't bring in any outside
> diseases. ?She is willing to do this as a trial run and at no expense so we
> need to follow her wishes....the few and simple ones that she has asked for.
>
> So the posters are starting to be distributed but the location will not be
> provided. ?Does this not seem odd?
>
>
> Stephanie
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Garden mailing list
> Garden at lists.wpirg.org
> http://lists.wpirg.org/mailman/listinfo/garden_lists.wpirg.org
>


From paul_nijjar at yahoo.ca  Fri Mar 20 17:22:18 2009
From: paul_nijjar at yahoo.ca (Paul Nijjar)
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:22:18 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Garden] Planting Party
In-Reply-To: <2ec448740903201353y7bdf6583g69c5552c7c04e5ac@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <815604.21898.qm@web57610.mail.re1.yahoo.com>





--- On Fri, 3/20/09, Alicia Mah <alicia.mah at gmail.com> wrote:

> The location of the planting party is the WPIRG office, SLC
> 2139

Right, but maybe the concern is that we should be planting in the
greenhouse to prevent pathogen transmission?

If that is the case then maybe one way to proceed would be to have
people meet at the WPIRG office and then send occasional caravans to
the greenhouse to do the planting. 

I am not sure what the Bio greenhouses are. Is this the greenhouse
that is on South Campus?  (I apologise if this was mentioned and I
missed it.) 

If the greenhouses in question are the ones that are on North Campus
next to our garden plot then maybe things get trickier, but it still
could be doable to send caravans. Many new people will not know where
to go anyways, so guides would still come in handy. 

- Paul



      __________________________________________________________________
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From gcmichal at envmail.uwaterloo.ca  Fri Mar 20 18:07:05 2009
From: gcmichal at envmail.uwaterloo.ca (gcmichal at envmail.uwaterloo.ca)
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:07:05 -0400
Subject: [Garden] Planting Party
In-Reply-To: <20090320152126.53422r3vru49sdkw@www.nexusmail.uwaterloo.ca>
References: <2ec448740903170150v1c2b780cl2da4cbf2f15f3b2f@mail.gmail.com>
	<20090320102022.10645feownrp6uos@www.nexusmail.uwaterloo.ca>
	<3eedf3f50903200734p751ef006y5444045e05549cd1@mail.gmail.com>
	<20090320115958.310239d75kjn49s0@www.nexusmail.uwaterloo.ca>
	<20090320152126.53422r3vru49sdkw@www.nexusmail.uwaterloo.ca>
Message-ID: <20090320180705.11801c02mdq7ndlw@www.nexusmail.uwaterloo.ca>

Another possibility would be to confer with her about acceptable  
sterilization of pots brought in from elsewhere.  This year I filled a  
big bucket up with water and javex and soaked all my little trays and  
small tomato pots in it for a day before use.  I'm also only using  
commercial bagged soil. You can even surface-sterilize seeds  
originating from elsewhere if you are worried about surface-born  
pathogens.  A few minutes in dilute javex will do the trick without  
harming the viability of most seeds (guidelines are available.)

- Greg

Quoting s3lyons at sciborg.uwaterloo.ca:

> Greg hit the issue right on...Lynn Hoyles (the Bio GH manager) does  
> not want us to bring in our own trays and pots and requires that we  
> use sterilized store bought compost to make sure that we don't bring  
> in any outside diseases.  She is willing to do this as a trial run  
> and at no expense so we need to follow her wishes....the few and  
> simple ones that she has asked for.
>
> So the posters are starting to be distributed but the location will  
> not be provided.  Does this not seem odd?
>
>
> Stephanie
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Garden mailing list
> Garden at lists.wpirg.org
> http://lists.wpirg.org/mailman/listinfo/garden_lists.wpirg.org
>






From alicia.mah at gmail.com  Sat Mar 21 15:08:55 2009
From: alicia.mah at gmail.com (Alicia Mah)
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 15:08:55 -0400
Subject: [Garden] Planting Party
In-Reply-To: <815604.21898.qm@web57610.mail.re1.yahoo.com>
References: <2ec448740903201353y7bdf6583g69c5552c7c04e5ac@mail.gmail.com>
	<815604.21898.qm@web57610.mail.re1.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <2ec448740903211208o2c4d194if0a0b98063f0136f@mail.gmail.com>

For clarification (for all of us), the Biology greenhouses are the
ones that are attached to the Biology building, sort of in the middle
of campus. Stephanie, please double confirm that these are the ones
that you are talking about.

They are not the greenhouses next to the garden itself.

Alicia

On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 5:22 PM, Paul Nijjar <paul_nijjar at yahoo.ca> wrote:
>
>
>
>
> --- On Fri, 3/20/09, Alicia Mah <alicia.mah at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> The location of the planting party is the WPIRG office, SLC
>> 2139
>
> Right, but maybe the concern is that we should be planting in the
> greenhouse to prevent pathogen transmission?
>
> If that is the case then maybe one way to proceed would be to have
> people meet at the WPIRG office and then send occasional caravans to
> the greenhouse to do the planting.
>
> I am not sure what the Bio greenhouses are. Is this the greenhouse
> that is on South Campus? ?(I apologise if this was mentioned and I
> missed it.)
>
> If the greenhouses in question are the ones that are on North Campus
> next to our garden plot then maybe things get trickier, but it still
> could be doable to send caravans. Many new people will not know where
> to go anyways, so guides would still come in handy.
>
> - Paul
>
>
>
> ? ? ?__________________________________________________________________
> Instant Messaging, free SMS, sharing photos and more... Try the new Yahoo! Canada Messenger at http://ca.beta.messenger.yahoo.com/
>
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From s3lyons at scimail.uwaterloo.ca  Mon Mar 23 10:09:47 2009
From: s3lyons at scimail.uwaterloo.ca (s3lyons at scimail.uwaterloo.ca)
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 10:09:47 -0400
Subject: [Garden] Planting Party
In-Reply-To: <815604.21898.qm@web57610.mail.re1.yahoo.com>
References: <815604.21898.qm@web57610.mail.re1.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <20090323100947.22456gqerxhlzzks@www.nexusmail.uwaterloo.ca>

We have access to the greenhouse workspace to do the planting.  That  
way we don't have to be quite as concerned of spilling any soil etc.   
The manager really wants to minimize any potential external  
contaminations coming into the greenhouse...hense she is giving us  
pots and trays.  It might be easier to just meet at the WPIRG office  
meet with the new planters and give everyone a rundown on the garden  
and then walk over to the greenhouse to do the work.  The biology  
greenhouse is attached to the biology building...located in South  
Campus...it is the one you see adjacent to Needles Hall and Dana  
Porter Library.

I just received an email and found out that the greenhouse has  
cockroaches.  They will keep them away from our plants but there are  
no guarantees.  Saying this I hope we all recognize the importance of  
not bringing any plants to our homes after wards.

Steph

Quoting Paul Nijjar <paul_nijjar at yahoo.ca>:

> --- On Fri, 3/20/09, Alicia Mah <alicia.mah at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> The location of the planting party is the WPIRG office, SLC
>> 2139
>
> Right, but maybe the concern is that we should be planting in the
> greenhouse to prevent pathogen transmission?
>
> If that is the case then maybe one way to proceed would be to have
> people meet at the WPIRG office and then send occasional caravans to
> the greenhouse to do the planting.
>
> I am not sure what the Bio greenhouses are. Is this the greenhouse
> that is on South Campus?  (I apologise if this was mentioned and I
> missed it.)
>
> If the greenhouses in question are the ones that are on North Campus
> next to our garden plot then maybe things get trickier, but it still
> could be doable to send caravans. Many new people will not know where
> to go anyways, so guides would still come in handy.
>
> - Paul
>
>
>
>       __________________________________________________________________
> Instant Messaging, free SMS, sharing photos and more... Try the new  
> Yahoo! Canada Messenger at http://ca.beta.messenger.yahoo.com/
>
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>






From gcmichal at envmail.uwaterloo.ca  Mon Mar 23 14:40:55 2009
From: gcmichal at envmail.uwaterloo.ca (gcmichal at envmail.uwaterloo.ca)
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:40:55 -0400
Subject: [Garden] Planting Party
In-Reply-To: <20090323100947.22456gqerxhlzzks@www.nexusmail.uwaterloo.ca>
References: <815604.21898.qm@web57610.mail.re1.yahoo.com>
	<20090323100947.22456gqerxhlzzks@www.nexusmail.uwaterloo.ca>
Message-ID: <20090323144055.89472iiaaym8zljw@www.nexusmail.uwaterloo.ca>

Don't get alarmed about any cockroaches at the greenhouse.  They won't  
harm the plants - they prefer other grub.  And they won't hitchhike on  
any plants brought home. They are actually quite shy and peaceable  
creatures and scuttle off quickly at the sight of jabbering communal  
gardeners.

- Greg  Quoting s3lyons at sciborg.uwaterloo.ca:

> We have access to the greenhouse workspace to do the planting.  That  
> way we don't have to be quite as concerned of spilling any soil etc.  
>  The manager really wants to minimize any potential external  
> contaminations coming into the greenhouse...hense she is giving us  
> pots and trays.  It might be easier to just meet at the WPIRG office  
> meet with the new planters and give everyone a rundown on the garden  
> and then walk over to the greenhouse to do the work.  The biology  
> greenhouse is attached to the biology building...located in South  
> Campus...it is the one you see adjacent to Needles Hall and Dana  
> Porter Library.
>
> I just received an email and found out that the greenhouse has  
> cockroaches.  They will keep them away from our plants but there are  
> no guarantees.  Saying this I hope we all recognize the importance  
> of not bringing any plants to our homes after wards.
>
> Steph
>
> Quoting Paul Nijjar <paul_nijjar at yahoo.ca>:
>
>> --- On Fri, 3/20/09, Alicia Mah <alicia.mah at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> The location of the planting party is the WPIRG office, SLC
>>> 2139
>>
>> Right, but maybe the concern is that we should be planting in the
>> greenhouse to prevent pathogen transmission?
>>
>> If that is the case then maybe one way to proceed would be to have
>> people meet at the WPIRG office and then send occasional caravans to
>> the greenhouse to do the planting.
>>
>> I am not sure what the Bio greenhouses are. Is this the greenhouse
>> that is on South Campus?  (I apologise if this was mentioned and I
>> missed it.)
>>
>> If the greenhouses in question are the ones that are on North Campus
>> next to our garden plot then maybe things get trickier, but it still
>> could be doable to send caravans. Many new people will not know where
>> to go anyways, so guides would still come in handy.
>>
>> - Paul
>>
>>
>>
>>      __________________________________________________________________
>> Instant Messaging, free SMS, sharing photos and more... Try the new  
>> Yahoo! Canada Messenger at http://ca.beta.messenger.yahoo.com/
>>
>> _______________________________________________
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>> Garden at lists.wpirg.org
>> http://lists.wpirg.org/mailman/listinfo/garden_lists.wpirg.org
>>
>
>
>
>
>
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From evan at wpirg.org  Mon Mar 23 14:50:41 2009
From: evan at wpirg.org (Evan Coole)
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:50:41 -0400
Subject: [Garden] End of Term Items
Message-ID: <a06240800c5ed82d14f17@[129.97.194.55]>

Hi everyone,

At the risk of sounding like a broken record, I just wanted to 
mention a few things pertinent to the time of term:

1. Receipts: Get them in and we'll reimburse you for action group expenses.

2. Money for socials: Each action group gets $40 funding for a social 
event. If your group would like to take advantage of this, please get 
in touch and I'll fill you in on the process.

3. End of term write up: This is an idea for an informal report of 
sorts. WPIRG is trying to become better at tracking our activities 
and this includes keeping track of the amazing work our volunteers do 
every term. The goal is practical as well in that we hope that future 
members of action groups will be able to look back and get ideas and 
perspective on their group's activities. At your meetings this week, 
if you could consider getting a volunteer or two to put together a 
brief summary of your action group for this term's activities, that 
would be fantastic. Get in touch if you'd like more info.

I also wanted to remind everyone that our AGM is coming up at 5pm, 
April 2 in MC 4021. We'll be electing 5 new board members, changing a 
bylaw, presenting annual and financial reports and holding a social 
after. I'd encourage everyone to attend :)

Cheers,
Evan
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From alicia.mah at gmail.com  Mon Mar 23 17:11:51 2009
From: alicia.mah at gmail.com (Alicia Mah)
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:11:51 -0400
Subject: [Garden] Planting Party
In-Reply-To: <20090323100947.22456gqerxhlzzks@www.nexusmail.uwaterloo.ca>
References: <815604.21898.qm@web57610.mail.re1.yahoo.com>
	<20090323100947.22456gqerxhlzzks@www.nexusmail.uwaterloo.ca>
Message-ID: <2ec448740903231411he245c6t47874fa0e77fbb8a@mail.gmail.com>

Hey everybody,

That sounds great, except I'm guessing that we won't be wanting to
bring our party food to the Biology greenhouses.

That being said, and since all the simplicity circlers will need to
leave before 7pm, I suggest an agenda that goes something like this:

5:30 Simplicity Circle hosts its' end of term meeting in the office,
with food, and gardeners are invited to partake of the food if they
can make this time.
6:00 People meet up in the WPIRG office
6:10 People head over to the greenhouses, leaving a sign with clear
directions as to how to get to the Biology greenhouses

When planting is done, gardeners can decide to go eat $40 worth of
food if they choose to do so, submitting receipts to WPIRG.

Alicia

On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 10:09 AM,  <s3lyons at scimail.uwaterloo.ca> wrote:
> We have access to the greenhouse workspace to do the planting. ?That way we
> don't have to be quite as concerned of spilling any soil etc. ?The manager
> really wants to minimize any potential external contaminations coming into
> the greenhouse...hense she is giving us pots and trays. ?It might be easier
> to just meet at the WPIRG office meet with the new planters and give
> everyone a rundown on the garden and then walk over to the greenhouse to do
> the work. ?The biology greenhouse is attached to the biology
> building...located in South Campus...it is the one you see adjacent to
> Needles Hall and Dana Porter Library.
>
> I just received an email and found out that the greenhouse has cockroaches.
> ?They will keep them away from our plants but there are no guarantees.
> ?Saying this I hope we all recognize the importance of not bringing any
> plants to our homes after wards.
>
> Steph
>
> Quoting Paul Nijjar <paul_nijjar at yahoo.ca>:
>
>> --- On Fri, 3/20/09, Alicia Mah <alicia.mah at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> The location of the planting party is the WPIRG office, SLC
>>> 2139
>>
>> Right, but maybe the concern is that we should be planting in the
>> greenhouse to prevent pathogen transmission?
>>
>> If that is the case then maybe one way to proceed would be to have
>> people meet at the WPIRG office and then send occasional caravans to
>> the greenhouse to do the planting.
>>
>> I am not sure what the Bio greenhouses are. Is this the greenhouse
>> that is on South Campus? ?(I apologise if this was mentioned and I
>> missed it.)
>>
>> If the greenhouses in question are the ones that are on North Campus
>> next to our garden plot then maybe things get trickier, but it still
>> could be doable to send caravans. Many new people will not know where
>> to go anyways, so guides would still come in handy.
>>
>> - Paul
>>
>>
>>
>> ? ? ?__________________________________________________________________
>> Instant Messaging, free SMS, sharing photos and more... Try the new Yahoo!
>> Canada Messenger at http://ca.beta.messenger.yahoo.com/
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Garden mailing list
>> Garden at lists.wpirg.org
>> http://lists.wpirg.org/mailman/listinfo/garden_lists.wpirg.org
>>
>
>
>
>
>
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From candace at owr.ca  Tue Mar 24 08:43:19 2009
From: candace at owr.ca (Candace Wormsbecker)
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 08:43:19 -0400
Subject: [Garden] Planting Party
In-Reply-To: <2ec448740903231411he245c6t47874fa0e77fbb8a@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <mailman.4.1237898609.5098.garden_lists.wpirg.org@lists.wpirg.org>

Sounds good to me:)  Looking forward to it!
Thanks Alicia.

________________________
 
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Opportunities Waterloo Region
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Kitchener, ON
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-----Original Message-----
From: garden-bounces at lists.wpirg.org [mailto:garden-bounces at lists.wpirg.org]
On Behalf Of Alicia Mah
Sent: March-23-09 5:12 PM
To: garden at lists.wpirg.org
Subject: Re: [Garden] Planting Party

Hey everybody,

That sounds great, except I'm guessing that we won't be wanting to
bring our party food to the Biology greenhouses.

That being said, and since all the simplicity circlers will need to
leave before 7pm, I suggest an agenda that goes something like this:

5:30 Simplicity Circle hosts its' end of term meeting in the office,
with food, and gardeners are invited to partake of the food if they
can make this time.
6:00 People meet up in the WPIRG office
6:10 People head over to the greenhouses, leaving a sign with clear
directions as to how to get to the Biology greenhouses

When planting is done, gardeners can decide to go eat $40 worth of
food if they choose to do so, submitting receipts to WPIRG.

Alicia

On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 10:09 AM,  <s3lyons at scimail.uwaterloo.ca> wrote:
> We have access to the greenhouse workspace to do the planting. ?That way
we
> don't have to be quite as concerned of spilling any soil etc. ?The manager
> really wants to minimize any potential external contaminations coming into
> the greenhouse...hense she is giving us pots and trays. ?It might be
easier
> to just meet at the WPIRG office meet with the new planters and give
> everyone a rundown on the garden and then walk over to the greenhouse to
do
> the work. ?The biology greenhouse is attached to the biology
> building...located in South Campus...it is the one you see adjacent to
> Needles Hall and Dana Porter Library.
>
> I just received an email and found out that the greenhouse has
cockroaches.
> ?They will keep them away from our plants but there are no guarantees.
> ?Saying this I hope we all recognize the importance of not bringing any
> plants to our homes after wards.
>
> Steph
>
> Quoting Paul Nijjar <paul_nijjar at yahoo.ca>:
>
>> --- On Fri, 3/20/09, Alicia Mah <alicia.mah at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> The location of the planting party is the WPIRG office, SLC
>>> 2139
>>
>> Right, but maybe the concern is that we should be planting in the
>> greenhouse to prevent pathogen transmission?
>>
>> If that is the case then maybe one way to proceed would be to have
>> people meet at the WPIRG office and then send occasional caravans to
>> the greenhouse to do the planting.
>>
>> I am not sure what the Bio greenhouses are. Is this the greenhouse
>> that is on South Campus? ?(I apologise if this was mentioned and I
>> missed it.)
>>
>> If the greenhouses in question are the ones that are on North Campus
>> next to our garden plot then maybe things get trickier, but it still
>> could be doable to send caravans. Many new people will not know where
>> to go anyways, so guides would still come in handy.
>>
>> - Paul
>>
>>
>>
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From evan at wpirg.org  Fri Mar 27 12:04:45 2009
From: evan at wpirg.org (Evan Coole)
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 12:04:45 -0400
Subject: [Garden] Planting Party
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References: <815604.21898.qm@web57610.mail.re1.yahoo.com>
	<20090323100947.22456gqerxhlzzks@www.nexusmail.uwaterloo.ca>
	<2ec448740903231411he245c6t47874fa0e77fbb8a@mail.gmail.com>
	<2ec448740903251524m2404d26epb2fb8bede8a78761@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <a06240804c5f2a91788ac@[129.97.194.55]>

Alicia and all,

In order to access the funding for a social, you need to make a group 
decisions at a meeting as to how it's spent and then fill out a form. 
If you want to proceed with this, let me know and I'll get you set up 
with the forms and go over the procedure.

Cheers,
Evan



>does this social/ planting party schedule sound good for people?
>
>Alicia
>
>
>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>From: Alicia Mah <alicia.mah at gmail.com>
>Date: Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 5:11 PM
>Subject: Re: [Garden] Planting Party
>To: garden at lists.wpirg.org
>
>
>Hey everybody,
>
>That sounds great, except I'm guessing that we won't be wanting to
>bring our party food to the Biology greenhouses.
>
>That being said, and since all the simplicity circlers will need to
>leave before 7pm, I suggest an agenda that goes something like this:
>
>5:30 Simplicity Circle hosts its' end of term meeting in the office,
>with food, and gardeners are invited to partake of the food if they
>can make this time.
>6:00 People meet up in the WPIRG office
>6:10 People head over to the greenhouses, leaving a sign with clear
>directions as to how to get to the Biology greenhouses
>
>When planting is done, gardeners can decide to go eat $40 worth of
>food if they choose to do so, submitting receipts to WPIRG.
>
>Alicia
>
>On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 10:09 AM,  <s3lyons at scimail.uwaterloo.ca> wrote:
>>  We have access to the greenhouse workspace to do the planting.  That way we
>>  don't have to be quite as concerned of spilling any soil etc.  The manager
>>  really wants to minimize any potential external contaminations coming into
>>  the greenhouse...hense she is giving us pots and trays.  It might be easier
>>  to just meet at the WPIRG office meet with the new planters and give
>>  everyone a rundown on the garden and then walk over to the greenhouse to do
>>  the work.  The biology greenhouse is attached to the biology
>>  building...located in South Campus...it is the one you see adjacent to
>>  Needles Hall and Dana Porter Library.
>>
>>  I just received an email and found out that the greenhouse has cockroaches.
>>   They will keep them away from our plants but there are no guarantees.
>>   Saying this I hope we all recognize the importance of not bringing any
>>  plants to our homes after wards.
>>
>>  Steph
>>
>>  Quoting Paul Nijjar <paul_nijjar at yahoo.ca>:
>>
>>>  --- On Fri, 3/20/09, Alicia Mah <alicia.mah at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>  The location of the planting party is the WPIRG office, SLC
>>>>  2139
>>>
>>>  Right, but maybe the concern is that we should be planting in the
>>>  greenhouse to prevent pathogen transmission?
>>>
>>>  If that is the case then maybe one way to proceed would be to have
>>>  people meet at the WPIRG office and then send occasional caravans to
>>>  the greenhouse to do the planting.
>>>
>>>  I am not sure what the Bio greenhouses are. Is this the greenhouse
>>>  that is on South Campus?  (I apologise if this was mentioned and I
>>>  missed it.)
>>>
>>>  If the greenhouses in question are the ones that are on North Campus
>>>  next to our garden plot then maybe things get trickier, but it still
>>>  could be doable to send caravans. Many new people will not know where
>>>  to go anyways, so guides would still come in handy.
>>>
>>>  - Paul
>>>
>>>
>>>
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From shared.entanglement at gmail.com  Fri Mar 27 12:44:39 2009
From: shared.entanglement at gmail.com (Gus Gutoski)
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 12:44:39 -0400
Subject: [Garden] Ultimate Frisbee league
In-Reply-To: <5560c14e0903270921i6478d928m984fc3e906c1c89@mail.gmail.com>
References: <5560c14e0903270921i6478d928m984fc3e906c1c89@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <86b02e400903270944y179230dfncf57f608bf176ced@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Everyone,

We are looking for people interested in playing informal ultimate
frisbee this summer. ?The idea is that we will get a list of people
that are interested in playing and every week we will send out an
e-mail to the 'ultimate frisbee' list and see who can make it. ?If we
get enough we will have a game, if not we will pass for that week or
try for a different day of the week.

Anyway, please reply to Greta ( james.greta at gmail.com ) if you are
interested and she will add your name to the e-mail list.

Location: ?We will play north of Columbia lake (entrance from
Westmount) in a field next to the community gardens. ?I will send more
details on how to get there later.

Time: We will aim to set up most games on weekdays in the evenings.

Game: Ultimate obviously, but we can vary it up a bit if people get bored.


From m.rosamond at gmail.com  Tue Mar 31 23:42:51 2009
From: m.rosamond at gmail.com (Madeline Rosamond)
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 23:42:51 -0400
Subject: [Garden] Planting party reminder - Wed April 1
Message-ID: <3eedf3f50903312042w377aad9cyb2c61390db4b4bc5@mail.gmail.com>

Hi, all:
No, it's not an April Fools joke, it's the UW Community Garden Planting Party!
Where: WPIRG office (2nd floor of SLC)
When: 6:00, or 5:30 if you want to hang out with the Simplicity Circle
people and eat their food.
Apparently we'll decide after if we want to use our $40 worth of free food.
I'll bring the new seeds, Candace is bringing the old ones, we'll go
down to the biology greenhouses to plant, and all will be fun.

Also, did anyone volunteer to go buy (and later get reimbursed)
sterile potting soil? If not, I nicely (I hope) asked Candace if she
could do that tomorrow.

Hope to see y'all there!
Cheers,
Maddy