| | | Interbay P-Patch Newsletter | Wednesday, April 18th 2012
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Greetings! ~
This week in the garden.... |
ATTN: New Gardeners and Reminder To Old Gardeners!
By Becky Blakcstock
If you are the last to leave the garden, please make sure that everything is locked up. That includes the kitchen, the tool shed, the greenhouse, & the wheelbarrow shed. Please do this even if you weren't the one that opened them. Last Saturday afternoon, everything was left open. And don't forget to spin the locks!
Becky! |
We're Digging Up Dahlia Tubers!
By Donna Kalka
We will be dividing tubers this Wednesday, April 18th (5 pm to dusk) and Saturday April 21 (from 10 am to 2 pm).
Volunteers are encouraged to contact donna.kalka@gmail.com.
If you have dahlia's growing in your garden and want to contribute extra tubers to the sale, by all means, let us help you dig them up. Please do not leave unmarked dahlia tubers on the free table for us. We want to know what we are selling.
Thanks! |
Hear The Buzz This Saturday
By Donna Kalka
Assistant Beekeeper and Leadership Team member, Jennifer Carlson has a proposal to Expand the Beehive Compound and will be giving at short presentation onsite at the garden this Saturday, April 21 at 11 am. Meet her in the plaza.
Here is your opportunity to view the design plan, ask questions and comment on the proposal. Garden plot 045 and a pathway in the Bee Hive Heights block will be affected if the project is approved by Leadership Team.
Can't attend the presentation and still want to comment? No problem. Send Jennifer your comments by emailing havenillustrated@comcast.net by May 21. A decision will be made at the May 26 Leadership Team meeting. Don't feel like emailing? Talk to one of your Leadership Team representatives. Contact information can be found in the 2012 Interbay P-Patch handbook. |
Composting at Interbay
By Susan Casey
Composting at Interbay -- Workshop on Saturday, April 21, 11-noon at the garden
Want to know all about how to make hot compost? How to enrich your soil with other alternative composting techniques. Come to the workshop. As preparation, read the 2012 Handbook pages 11 - 12 for tips on hot composting.
For more information, contact Susan Casey, scompost@q.com |
Ballard Food Bank, Area Restaurants, and Sozo Partner.
By Deb Rock
The Ballard Food Bank and area restaurants are embarking on a new partnership with Sozo!
What is Sozo?
Sozo is a local producer of award winning artisan crafted wines served in area restaurants. For every bottle of wine sold, 5-10 meals are funded for our neighbors in need through the Ballard Food Bank! These Ballard, Queen Anne, and Magnolia businesses are participating in this exciting endeavor. Visit them, enjoy wine, and give to your community!
Aster Coffee Lounge The Bal Mar Bastille Cafe & Bar Crow Restaurant and Bar The High-Life How To Cook A Wolf Laredos Mondello Queen Margherita Pizza Ray's Boathouse Staple and Fancy Ten Mercer Volterra Restaurant Zaw Pizza
For more information, contact Deb Rock at interbayfoodbank@hotmail.com |
2012 - 2013 Interbay P-Patch Budget Brainstorm Results
By Donna Kalka
Earlier this year, Leadership Team coordinators Jude Berman and Donna Kalka asked Leadership Team members to submit budget request items with the intent of enhancing the gardening experience at Interbay P-Patch. No restrictions were put on the collective brainstorm. All ideas would be considered for 2012 and 2013 implementation.
The response was impressive:
~ a sturdier picnic table to ensure safe dining at the Salmon Bake fundraisers
~ better quality hoses
~ tools: spade fork, short D handle shovel, long blade machete, loppers
~ pennant flags, poles, & new A-boards for drawing attention to revenue generating activities
~ grape arbor repair or rebuild
~ compost bins repair, rebuild or replacement
~ bee hive compound expansion
~ replacement of the rotting wood platform beneath port-o-potty
~ a new gas grill for Food Bank Gardening and Friday night potlucks, July 4th picnic, ~ Chef-in-the Garden back-up
At the Gardeners Gathering on March 17, Leadership Team ratified the 2012 budget with the following caveats:
~ sustainability to be considered for all project requests - for example, our current greenhouse was used and donated
~ further discussion is needed on the compost bins before a decision is made
~ design plans must be submitted and approved by City of Seattle staff for large-scale built structures
Your elected Leadership Team is the decision-making body for project proposals and budget expenditures. Gardener input is welcome and essential to good decision-making. Here are some ways you can participate in the decision-making process:
1) Attend a proposed project presentation - Read your Interbay P-Patch newsletter
2) Come to a Leadership Team Meeting: May 26, July 14, Sept 8 in the garden at 12:30 pm
3) Engage in a dialog with your representatives via mail, face-to-face or phone
Jude and Donna also encourage you to send your project ideas and budget proposals to your Treasurer,Becky Blackstock at becky.blackstock@comcast.net who will bring them to the attention of Leadership Team for consideration.
Thank you.! |
Soup's On! Join Us for Saturday Soup Lunches in the Garden~
From now to May 12th Soup Lunches are coordinated by Pappy's Bench. Join us each Saturday at noon in the garden. Even Volunteer to get those hours accumulated early!
The best way to communicate your interest in volunteering for a task is to do one of the following...
1) Contact the Pappy's Bench Hospitality Area Leader
Mollie Wirtz molliewirtz@gmail.com or call 206-200-3241 and leave a message.
3) Enter your name on the Soup sign-up sheet in the tool shed next to the white board and sign up for your preferred date(s).
4) Tell someone from Leadership Team in person. (Check your handbook for photo identification).
Make sure to enter your volunteer hours in the red binder in the tool shed. Block Leader assignments will change May 19.
-- Bon Appétit and happy gardening.
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Superfluity Plant and Rummage Sale
By Evelyn Crichton
More than ten kinds of tomatoes, including Sun Gold, Fourth of July, and Ferline, and three kinds of summer squash will be for sale at the annual Superfluity Plant and Rummage Sale. Also in the plant department will be perennials, small shrubs, and annual fuchsia and geranium starts. Great stuff at great prices will be in the collectibles, books, children's housewares, linen and electronics departments.
There is a department with wonderful homemade bakery goods and frozen soups.
Proceeds benefit several local charities including Hunger Outreach, University Churches Emergency Fund ( housing assistance and utility help) , and New Beginnings.
University Congregational United Church of Christ, 4515 16th Ave. NE, Seattle. Parking is available in the church lots on 15th NE and 16th NE.
Preview Sale: Thursday, April 19, 7-9pm ($5, Thursday only, open to all)
Regular Sale, Friday, April 20, 9:30 am=6:00 pm (no charge)
Saturday, April 21, 9:30 am-1:00 pm (no charge)
For more information call Evelyn at 206 283 3866.
Thank you
I hope to see you there. Evelyn Crichton, Interbay gardener. Call 206 283 3866 for more information. |
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And a reminder to email all items to interbayppatchgarden@gmail.com or simply reply to the last newsletter you received.
And don't forget to visit our blog at Interbay P-Patch Garden Blog
Happy Gardening!
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