| | | Interbay P-Patch Newsletter | Tuesday, April 10th 2012
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Greetings! ~
This week in the garden.... |
Thank You!
By Cathy Van Dyke
Many thanks to Jim and Becky Blackstock and Stan Burgess for their hard work in framing, mixing, pouring and finishing the new slab under the porta potty... on a RAINY and COLD Saturday! Thanks too, to Ray Schutte for moving it back onto the pad! It will be appreciated by all for years to come! |
2012 Food Bank Gardening Season Kick-Off Party!
By Deb Rock
It's that time of year again!
Please join us at Interbay P-Patch, 2451 15th Avenue West on Tuesday, April 17th, at 5:30 p.m. as we celebrate the start of the 2012 Food Bank Gardening season at Interbay P-Patch. It's time to pull the burlap off the beds and let the sunshine in! After a little weeding, a little planting and the traditional first kale harvest, we'll ladle out some hot soup and fire up the friendship after a long, wet winter!
The economy continues to recover, but there are still plenty of people who need food assistance in Seattle. Without us and others like us, they would have no access to fresh, organic produce. Every year, Interbay P-Patch donates more than 5,000 pounds of delicious veggies that are greatly appreciated by the clients of Ballard Food Bank, Mary's Place and St. Martin's on Westlake. Well over half of that produce is grown in the food bank beds by our fabulous team of volunteers!
D you wish to volunteer? Contact Deb Rock at interbayfoodbank@hotmail.com |
Interbay Beekeeping Work Party
By Regina Anderson & Jennifer Carlson
Saturday, April 14th
10:00am-12:00pm
Interbay P-patch parking lot
It's time to prepare for our bees at the p-patch!
Please join Regina Anderson and Jennifer Carlson at our spring work party cleaning our beekeeping equipment. We will scrape wax, sort equipment that needs repair, and sign out pieces that need to be repainted. If you have latex paint to donate, please bring it and store in the tool shed next to the bee stuff. This is a great time to ask bee questions and learn more about the beekeeping compound!
See you there! |
We're Digging Up Dahlia Tubers!
By Donna Kalka
This Whiteboard Wednesday, gardeners Denise Read and Donna Kalka will be digging up dahlia tubers in preparation for the annual Interbay P-Patch Dahlia Sale. Join us at 5 pm if you want to play in the dirt. We will be dividing tubers Wednesday April 18 (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! |
The Chipper Needs A Tune-Up!!
By Susan Casey
**PLEASE** Do not use until the unit has been cleaned and tuned up.
The shredder needs a spring tune-up before it can be used this season. If you have any engine experience, please volunteer to take this on asap.
Contact Susan Casey, scompost@q.com |
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 |
Magnolia Umpqua Bank Contest Winner Is....
By Susan Casey
Magnolia Manor Park P-Patch has won the Magnolia Umpqua Bank community award of $10,000 to build tool shed at the P-Patch at Manor Park. Thanks to all Interbay gardeners to voted for the project in March.
For more information, contact Susan Casey, scompost@q.com |
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. |
| | Next Week's Newsletter Deadline-
Please submit any newsletter item to me by Tuesday, April 17th, 7:00pm for Wednesday's release.
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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