[Garden] Garden Digest, Vol 38, Issue 1
Zainab Moghal
zainab_moghal at yahoo.ca
Sat May 2 09:03:53 EDT 2009
Hi everyone,
I just wanted to confirm if people are going to be at the garden tomorrow afternoon, its supposed to be nice. 3:30pm onwards?
Thanks, Zainab
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1. Re: Beginning of term business (Evan Coole)
2. Re: paths (s3lyons at scimail.uwaterloo.ca)
3. Re: Jane's Walk ending at the Garden? (Madeline Rosamond)
4. Veggies are growing! (Ian Wormsbecker)
5. Re: Veggies are growing! (J. Rochon)
6. Re: Veggies are growing! (Paul Nijjar)
7. Re: Veggies are growing! (Ian Wormsbecker)
8. Re: Veggies are growing! (Sylvia Chapman)
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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:03:45 -0400
From: Evan Coole <evan at wpirg.org>
Subject: Re: [Garden] Beginning of term business
To: paul_nijjar at yahoo.ca, garden at lists.wpirg.org
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Hi Paul,
Unless I missed an email, it looks like you're our lucky spokesperson!
I think you know the drill (five minute talk near
the beginning and mingling with new volunteers
after the presentations) so if others are
interested, can you coordinate with them?
Cheers,
Evan
> > WPIRG's beginning of term volunteer meeting is coming
>> up and the garden will need a representative to try to win
>> some new members!
>>
>> It's happening at 5:00pm, Thursday, May 7 in the
>> Multi-purpose Room of the Student Life Centre. Alicia can be
>> there until 5:30pm but will have to leave. Would anyone be
>> free to be there to give a brief talk on the garden and be
>> around for a little while to mingle with new WPIRGers?
>
>Did you get somebody else to volunteer for this? If not, then I can
>volunteer -- but like the Pied Piper I will lure your little radicals
>to the garden after the meeting.
>
>- Paul
>
>
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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:09:24 -0400
From: s3lyons at scimail.uwaterloo.ca
Subject: Re: [Garden] paths
To: garden at lists.wpirg.org
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I forget where I seen this but I recall a method used to reduce weeds
in a garden is to put a layer of newspaper down. The roots of the
weeds cant get through it and over time it will degrade. So if we
rake up the woodchips and lay down some newspaper we can put the
woodchips over top of the newspaper and see if it works. Cheap, easy
and hopefully works!
Stephanie Lyons
Quoting Paul Nijjar <paul_nijjar at yahoo.ca>:
>
>
>
>
>> Therefore, I recommend:
>>
>> 1. Stop adding wood chips to paths. Even get rid of them.
>> Rake it all over to a couple of storage piles and save it
>> for later when the bindweed is gone.
>
> I see the merit of this strategy, but I am not clear as to where these
> storage piles should be (especially since we have another huge pile of
> woodchips sitting on the parking lot). What can we do with these
> woodchips? Jason was saying that we need to get rid of them soon.
>
> Given the bindweed do we ever feel that we are going to
> have woodchips in the garden?
>
>
>> 2. Get rid of some of the short paths that run along the
>> widths of the plots. That would reduce the area wasted on
>> paths and increase the area that is actually gardened, and
>> solve a portion of the bindweed problem at the same time. It
>> would still leave all parts of the plots close to a path.
>
> If we combine plots in this way then I think we should have a clear
> physical way to split the long beds into sections. One of the problems
> we are running into with the long narrow plot (aka plot A) is that the
> only way we keep track of what crops are where is institutional
> memory. I hope that a map will help this somewhat, but physical
> separations will still help.
>
> - Paul
>
>
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Message: 3
Date: Fri, 1 May 2009 09:08:31 -0400
From: Madeline Rosamond <m.rosamond at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Garden] Jane's Walk ending at the Garden?
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I'll be there at 3:30 Sunday (unless it's absolutely pouring rain). I
wanna garden but it keeps raining!
Cheers,
Maddy
On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 4:55 PM, Britton Jenner
<britton.jenner at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey Alicia and gardeners,? the walk sounds like a of of fun, so I'll be
> attending.? However, I'm new to the garden, so I won't be able to expound
> upon the history of the garden so much.? If someone could send me a fact
> sheet I'd be willing to memorize it though, otherwise we'll need someone
> more knowledgeable.
>
> peace,
>
> Britton
>
> On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 2:51 PM, Alicia Mah <alicia.mah at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Ashlea and Gardeners,
>>
>> Is anybody at the garden for sure this Sunday around 3:30? If you are, let
>> Ashlea know.
>>
>> cheers,
>> Alicia
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 8:54 PM, ashlea <ashlea at nexicom.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Alicia,
>>> (It's Ashlea, from UWSP; helped with Food Awareness Day, etc.)
>>>
>>> I'm coordinating a 'Natural Heritage' walk for Sunday at 3:30pm as part
>>> of the Jane (Jacob's) walks in KW. ?The idea of a Jane's Walk is to get
>>> people outside; exploring their neighborhoods, streets, parks, and
>>> communities; telling personal stories and sharing culture and history (see
>>> www.janeswalk.net/participating_cities/waterloo ). ? I am planning a route
>>> from Waterloo Park up along Laurel Creek and stopping at the Dorney Gardens
>>> on campus and continuing up to Columbia Lake. ?Some talking points include
>>> native flora and invasive a species, the natural history of waterloo park
>>> and UW (as agricultural lands, etc.), plus some fun stories. ?I was hoping
>>> the walk could end around the Community Garden so people could have the
>>> opportunity to learn more about that too. ?It would be great if I could
>>> either gather some information from you or someone to share about the
>>> garden, or even if someone was able to attend the walk. ?Let me know your
>>> thoughts on this if you can!
>>>
>>> Thanks, and hope to hear from you,
>>> ? -Ashlea
>>
>>
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Message: 4
Date: Fri, 1 May 2009 09:40:04 -0400
From: "Ian Wormsbecker" <iwormsbecker at sandvine.com>
Subject: [Garden] Veggies are growing!
To: <garden at lists.wpirg.org>
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As most of you probably saw, it was pouring rain last night :)
Britton and I were at the garden for about four minutes (until 6:15,
then we packed it in). We noted that a bunch of the spinach and lettuce
that was planted is coming up :)
Also, the compost has arrived :)
Ian
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Message: 5
Date: Fri, 01 May 2009 09:58:42 -0400
From: "J. Rochon" <jrochon at uwaterloo.ca>
Subject: Re: [Garden] Veggies are growing!
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Gardeners,
Hooray for compost, now we just have to pay for it :)
Where was the compost dumped? Has the wood chip pile been moved?
> As most of you probably saw, it was pouring rain last night :)
>
> Britton and I were at the garden for about four minutes (until 6:15,
> then we packed it in). We noted that a bunch of the spinach and lettuce
> that was planted is coming up :)
>
> Also, the compost has arrived :)
>
>
>
> Ian
>
>
>
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Message: 6
Date: Fri, 1 May 2009 08:22:45 -0700 (PDT)
From: Paul Nijjar <paul_nijjar at yahoo.ca>
Subject: Re: [Garden] Veggies are growing!
To: garden at lists.wpirg.org
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--- On Fri, 5/1/09, Ian Wormsbecker <iwormsbecker at sandvine.com> wrote:
> As most of you probably saw, it was pouring rain last night
> :)
Alas. I am a fair-weather friend to the garden.
> Also, the compost has arrived :)
Is the usual plan to shovel compost first, and then rototill it all
together later?
This might be a good time to pull the leeks from last year. They were
intended as a spring treat, not as a permanent fixture.
- Paul
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Message: 7
Date: Fri, 1 May 2009 11:27:50 -0400
From: "Ian Wormsbecker" <iwormsbecker at sandvine.com>
Subject: Re: [Garden] Veggies are growing!
To: <garden at lists.wpirg.org>
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I don't think we need to rototill at all. Candace and I were easily able
to turn about 1 foot of soil over in the bed near the compost heap. I
think doing this for all the beds is sufficient, and saves us effort in
trying to hunt down a tiller.
It sounds like some people will be out later in the day on Sunday, so I
will try to be there then as well. Let the hauling begin!
Ian
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:garden-bounces at lists.wpirg.org] On Behalf Of Paul Nijjar
> Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 11:23 AM
> To: garden at lists.wpirg.org
> Subject: Re: [Garden] Veggies are growing!
>
>
>
>
>
> --- On Fri, 5/1/09, Ian Wormsbecker <iwormsbecker at sandvine.com> wrote:
>
> > As most of you probably saw, it was pouring rain last night
> > :)
>
> Alas. I am a fair-weather friend to the garden.
>
> > Also, the compost has arrived :)
>
> Is the usual plan to shovel compost first, and then rototill
> it all together later?
>
> This might be a good time to pull the leeks from last year.
> They were intended as a spring treat, not as a permanent fixture.
>
> - Paul
>
>
>
>
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Message: 8
Date: Fri, 1 May 2009 11:31:29 -0400
From: Sylvia Chapman <pixie_da_first at hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Garden] Veggies are growing!
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I could make it out today, if anyone else is up for it...??
> Date: Fri, 1 May 2009 11:27:50 -0400
> From: iwormsbecker at sandvine.com
> To: garden at lists.wpirg.org
> Subject: Re: [Garden] Veggies are growing!
>
> I don't think we need to rototill at all. Candace and I were easily able
> to turn about 1 foot of soil over in the bed near the compost heap. I
> think doing this for all the beds is sufficient, and saves us effort in
> trying to hunt down a tiller.
>
> It sounds like some people will be out later in the day on Sunday, so I
> will try to be there then as well. Let the hauling begin!
>
> Ian
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: garden-bounces at lists.wpirg.org
> > [mailto:garden-bounces at lists.wpirg.org] On Behalf Of Paul Nijjar
> > Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 11:23 AM
> > To: garden at lists.wpirg.org
> > Subject: Re: [Garden] Veggies are growing!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --- On Fri, 5/1/09, Ian Wormsbecker <iwormsbecker at sandvine.com> wrote:
> >
> > > As most of you probably saw, it was pouring rain last night
> > > :)
> >
> > Alas. I am a fair-weather friend to the garden.
> >
> > > Also, the compost has arrived :)
> >
> > Is the usual plan to shovel compost first, and then rototill
> > it all together later?
> >
> > This might be a good time to pull the leeks from last year.
> > They were intended as a spring treat, not as a permanent fixture.
> >
> > - Paul
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > __________________________________________________________________
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