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Many (many) more beds in the Communal Garden need to be prepared i.e. weeded, amended and so on. A strenuous effort to “marshal” the garden and its immediate surroundings could not help but pay dividends in terms of aesthetic appeal generally and a visible demonstration of our commitment to the community.
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This In-person Orientation Session is TENTATIVELY scheduled for today: 11:00 AM to 12:00 Noon Sessions will be conducted in small groups. There will be several facilitators present and as soon enough attendees are present that group will begin. |
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Not precisely a Tuesday Work Party but something like it. Gardeners who have Adopted-a-Plot have been invited to the Communal Garden tonight to assist in adding compost to those beds that have already been weeded well enough to qualify for planting. If you are reading this you are, of course, more than welcome to come […] |
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Planting in the Communal Garden – 2016 It is that simple. Starting at 1000 hours some of the most experienced gardeners in the ICG will be on hand to assist and advise in the planting of the Communal Garden! Many (if not most) of the beds in the Communal Garden are ready to plant … […]
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There is “loads” to do in the Garden to get it ready before the Tsunami of Spring … there is still lots of “Spring Cleaning” and general tidying up to do … however – and without a shadow of a doubt – (see picture above for reference to chiaroscuro) the most fun to be had […] |
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On behalf of the St. Stephens Garden, we would like to invite you to a talk by Janet Melrose, ‘Calgary’s Cottage Gardener’ Monday May 9 St. Stephens Anglican Church on 1121 14 Ave SW We start at 6:30 p.m with a “munch and mingle: followed by the talk from 7-9 blank line blank line Click on […] |
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The first “official” Tuesday Evening Work Party of 2016! …nice. Job 1 Planting, planting, planting… which actually sounds like three jobs but isn’t. Job 2 Bed preparation, bed … nope, I’m only going to use that joke once… but there is still about 20% of the Communal Garden beds to prepare for planting. Job 3 […] |
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Job 1 Planting, planting… See? Already less planting to do thanks to the excellent effort on Tuesday Evening. Job 2 Bed preparation of the “no doubt” very few Communal Garden beds left to prepare for planting. Job 3 New Potato Patch weeding! The former “mounds” in the Plot Rentals Garden are being converted from rental […] |
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Job 1: Planting the remaining in-ground beds in the Communal Garden Weather permitting we should be able to complete planting the rest of the in-ground beds in the Communal Garden, which would, I believe, set some kind of record for earliest final planting in the CG! Job 2: Make a start on taking back the […] |
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Responses to the request for Suggestions: Weeds in Plots will be posted here regularly. The online submission form will be active until 12 Noon, Wednesday, May 25. Thank you very much for the thoughtfulness of your replies. 1. It would seem reasonable that after one or two mentions in the newsletter, plus one or two […] |
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Job 1: Finish Planting the Communal Garden … again! Yes, it’s true. We have to finish planting the CG again … as our estimates last week were, ah… on the optimistic side. Job 2. Continue Cleaning up the Squash Patch A very modest start on the Squash Patch was made last Tuesday but obviously much […] |
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Job 1: Finish Planting the Communal Garden … … only if we didn’t get it done last Tuesday! Job 2: Cleaning up the Squash Patch… … because I can’t believe that we will have gotten all that done last Tuesday! |
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Job 1: Weed the “Old” Potato Patch in the Communal Garden Starting at the east side, we hope to have the Old Potato Patch weeded so that (A) we can add compost to it and (B) so that we can move the Sifted Soil Store to its west end, beside the Bee Palace. As I […] |
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La La La La La … It’s the first Saturday Work Party of June and I am not really sure what we’ll get up to! Job 1: Add compost to the Old Potato Patch If the east side of the Old Potato Patch got weeded last Tuesday then we’ll put all the compost from the […]
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Rheum rhababarum Rheum rhubabarum: who knew that Rhubarb had such a mellifluous scientific name? Harvesting Gwenn, our Rhubarb Rhegent, informs me that there is Rhubarb rheady to be harvested from the planters in the Plot Rhentals Garden … rather than opening up a harvesting free for all … the Garden will arrange for bundles of […] |
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