Thanks for the Potluck!

I apologize for the delay.  I will get the minutes for the meeting up as soon as I can.

Summer Potluck & Planning Meeting

Join us for the

1^st Annual

Common Ground Community Garden

Summer Potluck & Planning Meeting

Thursday, August 23 @6pm

At the Common Ground Community Garden

(behind Luther Heights, 1802 Alexandra Avenue)

Potluck

The potluck will run from 6pm-7pm – please come on time.  Bring chairs or a blanket, something to drink, and a food item to share with everyone.  Add your food item to the potluck online at http://goo.gl/12qM8.  Come share your growing stories or tales of woe!

Planning Meeting

Planning Meeting will run from 7-8pm and is open to all current gardeners and gardeners interested in a plot next year.  If you have something to add to the agenda please email Jay so we can stay focused for a one hour meeting.  The agenda will be available at the start of the meeting.  If, for some reason, we do not get through all items, we will still end the meeting at 8pm and deal with any remaining items online.

Decision about Composting

From Danae:

The City of Saskatoon will be conducting a pilot project this late summer / autumn in which  they will pick up organic matter from community gardens in conjunction with the current residential green bin program.

The general criteria will be:

        Large round, former residential, garbage bins will be used as there are no green bins remaining at this time.  The bins would need to be purchased for $10 each.

        Bin must be located in a place where it is accessible to the city truck to use the automated arm.  Example: along a roadway or alley.

        There will be a fee of approximately $10 - $20 per month for this bi-weekly service.

I personally would prefer to try to compost our organic matter at the garden but I have been made aware that very few gardens in the city have been successful at this for various reasons.

Does any one have an opinion on this topic?  Should we look into participating in this pilot project or should we attempt to compost on site?

Weeds in garden space

From Gord Androsoff:

Hello everyone,

I have visited quite a few gardens in the past week and half or so.  Things are looking good and there appears to be potential for alot of produce in many gardens.

One thing that I noticed in several gardens is that small numbers of some weedy species have been allowed advance to the stage where seed structures are present.  I realize that some species (such as redroot pigweed...which looks similar to amaranth) are being used for edible purposes but I have seen a fair bit of lambs quarters and sow thistle which are in advanced stages of maturity.

Gardens on municipal land may be visited by the City weed inspector and controlling weedy species before they advance towards a seed production stage is part of the garden responsibility in the contract with the City.  I am aware of one garden on municipal property that has received a warning in this regard.

Thanks for being diligent on this.

--Gord

WE ARE MOVING
Effective September 1st, 2012 our new address is:
1120-- 20th St. W
Saskatoon, SK  S7M 0Y8

Potluck Update

I apologize for forgetting the link to the potluck planning.  The potluck and meeting will take place at 6pm on Thursday, August 23.

PLEASE CLICK HERE TO ADD YOUR ITEM FOR THE POTLUCK

Also a note from Deb:
On August 8^th I went to dig up what I thought would be ‘baby’ potatoes only to find these lovelies. One hill yielded 3.25 pounds and 9 potatoes, and they’re not even fully mature yet.  I was impressed, for a site that was quack grass and dandelions just over 2 months ago!  I chopped up the vines and dug them back into the hill to compost.  I plan to bring potato salad to the potluck!

Common Ground Potluck

After receiving 10 responses, the best possible date for everyone to come is:

Thursday, August 23, 2012 @ 6pm

I have created a potluck on LuckyPotluck.com to help keep track of everything we are bringing.  Please click on the link below to add your time some time before August 23.

For anyone NOT ATTENDING:
Please e-mail Jay with your successes, challenges, questions, and hopes for the future.  There will be work needing to be done later in the fall so this will have to be organized.  These will all be shared as part of the meeting at the end of the potluck

Free Bricks!

This was posted on the Garden facebook page by Melanie Vanderlinde:

Free Bricks!! A friend in the neighbourhood has a red dumpster full of bricks for the taking. Lots of full ones in great shape. But act fast 'cause they are sadly going to the dump in the next day or two.

Dead end where Hazen runs into Prince of Whales Ave. Red dumpster. Just pull up and load up from the dumpster.