Thanks for hosting our March planning meeting, Misha! We had a successful planning session and covered a lot of topics!
1) Seeds! Emily is starting seeds for the garden this year. I'll be picking up some more stuff from the Land Trust this week for her to plant, and Libby offered use of her basement as we transition the seedlings from Emily's to the garden for hardening off.
2) Compost and Cleanup! Please look for an email from me with a Doodle poll, so we can schedule our compost delivery and cleanup day for April. We'll plan to get the delivery in the grassy section near the herb garden, and hopefully Libby will be able to meet the truck for us this year.
3) Planning! We had a chance to look at the garden and rough out a site map for various things, including five blueberry bushes from Ashley and Eva. Thanks Janis, for taking the lead on this. Also, we talked about potatoes for next year - Libby will be asking her dad, a seasoned potato grower, for some tips. We had some thoughts about the 'Back 40', but I don't think there were any solid resolutions. We floated sunflowers as an idea; also lots of smothering to control the poison ivy. I'm going to work on a weekly chore checklist to post in the tool shed and mail it out to the group for review. Hopefully we'll be able to stay on top of all our various projects that need maintenance throughout the season.
4) Water! I'm going to get in touch with our landlord to keep her up to date on what our plan is for this year, and hopefully resolve our water issue from last year. Ashley is purchasing a water flow meter, which will measure our water usage this summer. She's also going to get in touch with Alex to find out why the rain barrel was off its perch... hopefully it just got emptied out in case of a winter freeze.
Did I miss anything?
27 March 2012
08 February 2012
Minutes from January 2012
Hi everyone,
Just thought I'd post up a quick review of the minutes from our planning session on 1/29.
1) Watering: Ashley will email Suzy to square away the watering bill from last year. NHLT funds are available to help with this. In the meantime, we'll plan to do a rainbarrel hookup for the Spring and not use the water on the property. Misha will ask if we can use water from the neighboring property in case we run into a severe dry spell this summer.
2) Meetings/Workdays: We will plan to have monthly workdays for community-building and projects. Harvesting, weeding, and weekly maintenance will take place on Mondays (generally), but we should plan for folks will come as they are able during the day/week. We should leave an ongoing list of tasks to be completed on the whiteboard in order to keep communication flowing during the week.
3) Compost: We will try to get a compost delivery this spring, as soon as possible, to fill out the beds. Misha will ask the neighbors if we can use their property as the delivery site, so that we don't need to have it dumped in the commercial driveway/parking area. Kanani will contact the NHLT and work on coordinating the compost delivery.
4) Budget: We are open to new members for 2012. We will continue to charge a $50 membership fee annually. We will plan to purchase a wheelbarrow, hoses, a rocker hoe, materials for tomato cages, seed potatoes, and peas with 2012 funds. Ashley is collecting the checks this year.
5) What will we grow: Emily is taking charge of the seed starting this year. There were requests for melons, beets, kale, squash, tomatoes, broccoli raab, and beans. We floated the idea of growing sunflowers in the poison ivy patch, since they are alelopathic. Eva is donating blueberries for an area near the herb patch. Janis (who arrived at the meeting late) is interested in growing sweet potatoes.
6) Donations: Emily is going to get in touch with the IRIS food pantry re: donation of extra produce, since they are convenient to her office. She will plan to pick it up on Tuesday nights for delivery to IRIS on Wednesdays.
Did I miss anything? Send me a message, if so, and I will add it to the list.
Just thought I'd post up a quick review of the minutes from our planning session on 1/29.
1) Watering: Ashley will email Suzy to square away the watering bill from last year. NHLT funds are available to help with this. In the meantime, we'll plan to do a rainbarrel hookup for the Spring and not use the water on the property. Misha will ask if we can use water from the neighboring property in case we run into a severe dry spell this summer.
2) Meetings/Workdays: We will plan to have monthly workdays for community-building and projects. Harvesting, weeding, and weekly maintenance will take place on Mondays (generally), but we should plan for folks will come as they are able during the day/week. We should leave an ongoing list of tasks to be completed on the whiteboard in order to keep communication flowing during the week.
3) Compost: We will try to get a compost delivery this spring, as soon as possible, to fill out the beds. Misha will ask the neighbors if we can use their property as the delivery site, so that we don't need to have it dumped in the commercial driveway/parking area. Kanani will contact the NHLT and work on coordinating the compost delivery.
4) Budget: We are open to new members for 2012. We will continue to charge a $50 membership fee annually. We will plan to purchase a wheelbarrow, hoses, a rocker hoe, materials for tomato cages, seed potatoes, and peas with 2012 funds. Ashley is collecting the checks this year.
5) What will we grow: Emily is taking charge of the seed starting this year. There were requests for melons, beets, kale, squash, tomatoes, broccoli raab, and beans. We floated the idea of growing sunflowers in the poison ivy patch, since they are alelopathic. Eva is donating blueberries for an area near the herb patch. Janis (who arrived at the meeting late) is interested in growing sweet potatoes.
6) Donations: Emily is going to get in touch with the IRIS food pantry re: donation of extra produce, since they are convenient to her office. She will plan to pick it up on Tuesday nights for delivery to IRIS on Wednesdays.
Did I miss anything? Send me a message, if so, and I will add it to the list.
23 September 2011
Our brush pile is diminishing!
Emily brought her chainsaw,
Chris brought the wood chipper,
our brush pile is getting smaller!
To see more photos go to:
The New Haven Land Trusts facebook page!
Off the checklist!
The herb garden is in!
Kanani and Josh brought transplants from their own garden.
Ashley gathered bricks and stone for the border.
The chairs are painted and they look great!
Thanks Barb!
Garden Tool Shed Complete!
We had a great group work day!
Here are some pictures to prove it!
Garden members Eva
and volunteers Beth and Justin
helped to paint and roof the tool shed.
Exterior painted was donated by
Sherwin Williams!
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