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The best reason for getting through Monday… © Composting The Composting Crew’s Home Opener starts tonight “just after” 6 PM. If you ever wondered what was going to happen to that mountain of bagged trees leaves stacked up against the east fence in the Communal Garden all will be revealed this evening! I’m told that […] |
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The iconic late morning – early afternoon Saturday Task Festival® makes a triumphant return to the Garden! Turning Beds in the Communal Garden This is what we’re aiming for… … but there is some Quack Grass and weeds in the way. FYI here’s a diagram of the Communal Garden Bed Status as of May […] |
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The best reason for getting through Monday … again© Hey Everybody, two things: there’s so much going on I had to make up and index and there aren’t any pictures. 1. Composting Loads and loads of leaves to un-bag and mulch Search for the elusive “Green Material” See Kelly’s email below for more detail 2. […] |
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The iconic late morning – early afternoon Saturday Task Festival™ continues… Planting in the Communal Garden The East Green House is currently home to too many seedlings that are crying out to be planted! Ok, they’re not actually “crying” but even a non-gardener like Shawn can tell that they have had enough of being cooped […] |
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The best reason for getting through Monday … Hey All, Truth to tell I got caught on the bounce – the Monday Update went out before the updates to the Calendar had been posted … again. Some things like these will be happening … details to follow ASAP : Compost: mulching brown leaves, harvesting greens […]
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Rheum rhababarum Rheum rhubabarum: who knew that Rhubarb had such a mellifluous scientific name? Harvesting As it happens much Rhubarb is ready to be harvested from the planters in the Plot Rental Garden … rather than opening up a harvesting free for all … the Garden will arrange for bundles of Rheum rhababarum to be […] |
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Saturday again? … YES! What if it’s raining? The Practical Guide on Attending Work Parties may help, the guide clearly states: “Come when you can, stay as long as you want.” Received wisdom from the garden’s deep dark past also states: “If it is raining at the start of the work party, the work party […] |
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What if it’s raining? The Practical Guide on Attending Work Parties may help, the guide states: “Come when you can, stay as long as you want.” Received wisdom from the Communal Garden’s history also states: “If it is raining at the start of the work party, the work party is cancelled.” You can decide whether […]
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The best reason for getting through Monday … as always!© It’s “Bed Time…” … but not for you! Nope, its “bed time” for the 10 beds in the southernmost row of the Communal Garden. However, just before they can be “tucked in” (i.e. planted) … they need to be cleared, turned, sifted and raked. Yes, […] |
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Nobody even came close to figuring out what the two images at the bottom of this post had in common so I’m not going to tell you that for the time being. Instead I’m going to tell you about some ideas about what “might” be happening in the Garden on Saturday! Don’t stop me if […] |
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The best reason for getting through Monday … that I can think of.© The road ahead … … lies straight through these planting beds. Getting them planted is the main goal of this week’s endeavours. Turning + weeding + sifting = ready to plant I’m pretty sure … … that Donna, Carmen and Lorna are […] |
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UPDATE 1: Rain or shine the Ladybugs will be set FREE! (starting around noon) UPDATE 2: Weather permitting there will be a BBQ lunch (starting around noon) UPDATE 3: There are 10 beds ready to plant and 4 beds requiring prep in the Communal Garden, for details see the Communal Garden Planting Progress illustration The […]
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“Ladybug Ladybug fly away home” Will there be 10,000 Ladybugs set free? …NO! Will there be 20,000 Ladybugs set free? …NO! Will there be 21,000 Ladybugs set free? …YES! I don’t know much about Ladybugs except that we’ll be turning all the ones we’re buying loose over the course of the day. If you would […] |
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In case you didn’t get the memo (or read the Monday Update) … it’s a holiday. Enjoy yourself … and if that means coming to the Garden, so much the better… because on this Tuesday evening there won’t be anybody to boss you around … unless of course it’s your family! =:) Happy Canada Day! […] |
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The gentlemen from the Calgary Dream Centre are the most reliably enthusiastic volunteer group to routinely bless the garden with their efforts. With all due respect, I refer to the CDC Crews as the “Locusts of Volunteers” because they simply mow down whatever task is put in their path! Plus … they’re nice guys. If […] |
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Ok, ok … it is “later” in the week (in fact it is Saturday at the moment) and there’s still no update to the Saturday Work Party page. Truth is I was in the Garden on Friday looking for things to do and instead of finding any all I did was water veggies in the […] |
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