Tomorrow’s GMM and Work Day
April 28, 2008 by epayseur
Hello Gardeners!
We have a very important meeting tomorrow, the GMM we were to have Saturday.
I will be at the garden between 3:30 and 4 tomorrow. We will have a regular
work day from 4 to about 5:30, when we will have the GMM. If you haven’t
completed the survey, please take two minutes and do so before tomorrow
morning. Also, please continue to bring food scraps (veggies and fruits) and
coffee grounds to compost, as well as a liter or two of water. We have lots of
stuff to plant tomorrow, and we’ll use the GMM to break up the work day. If you
can’t come before the meeting, please come FOR THE MEETING at 5:30.
Here is the TENTATIVE agenda for tomorrow.
GMM 29 April 5:30 pm
1. Blog and survey (preliminary results)
2. vision for the garden [groups and promoting a high level of collective
ownership through wider opportunities for participation]
3. constitutional issues [change membership wording and fees, Articles III and
IV]
4. purchasing and planting update [list will be posted today and I will
circulate list at GMM]
5. soil testing update
6. water tank update
7. major projects and new GM committees:
–mapping the garden
–social event coordinating
–communications/outreach
–landscaping
–construction/labour
–signs/printing
–composting
8. listserv [should it be limited to Maloca members?]
9. individual plots [interest]
10. joining the garden officially [signing people up]
N.B. Please review KAtie’s blog post of 2 april “Our Old Constitution” and be sure to
read her comment. This is very important for voting tomorrow.
For those that could not come last Saturday, I will post the etiquette here
on the blog and on the listserv, later today.
See you all tomorrow!
eric
Here is a list of what we have so far. Look it over and see if you would like to add anything; this can be discussed here in the comments section and at the meeting tomorrow.
–eric
Maloca Community Garden: Updated Seed Inventory, March 2008
Black print=Seedy Saturday purchases (all items are 1 pack each, unless otherwise specified).
Blue print=what we already have
Arugula, “Astro Organic,” 2 packs
Beans, “Pencil Pod Wax” (bush/yellow)
Beans: “Cherokee Trail of Tears Bean” (rare heirloom): 2 pks (1 opened); Hidatsa Shield Figure Bean: 1 unopened pk; plus lot’s more unlabelled beans in the office; 1 pack Scarlet Runner Beans
Beet, “Bull’s Blood”
Beet, “Chiogga”
Beet, “Golden (Burpee)”
Beet, “Lutz Green Leaf, storage variety”
Broccoli: Broccoli Raab - 1 pack, unopened; regular broccoli - 1 pack, opened (maybe half used)
Cabbage, “Danish Baldhead”
Cabbage, “Glory of Enkhuizen”
Carrot, “Danvers halflong”
Carrot, “Dragon”
Cauliflower: 2 packs, 1 opened (only 16 seeds used)
Chard, “Golden Sunrise”
Chard, “Ruby Red”
Chives, Garlic (Eric)
Cucumber, “Early Fortune”
Cucumber: Marketmore cucumber, 1 opened pk
Eggplant, “Black Beauty”
Eggplant: Little Fingers Eggplant, 1 unopened pk
Endives: Riccia Ruffec, 1 unopened pk
Kale, “Red Russian”
Kale: 1 pack, opened (maybe 5 seeds left)
Kohl rabi - 2 packs, 2 opened (red and white varieties)
Lettuce, “Buttercrunch”
Lettuce, “Selway”
Lettuce: Tennis Ball Lettuce, 1 opened pack, Black Seeded Simpson Lettuce, 1 opened pk
Veseys Baby Leaf Blend lettuce (1 pack)
Melon: Hale’s Best Melon, 1 opened pk, Canteloupe seeds from Eric, Hale’s Best seeds from Sija
Okra: 1 pack, opened, half used
Onion, “Red Creole”
Onion/Leeks: Green Onions - 5 pks, 2 opened;Sweet Spanish Utah - 2 pks, 1 opened; Onions from Evergreen - 1 pk, opened; Leeks - 2 pks, 1 opened
Parsely (Eric)
Pea, “Climbing Super Sugar Snap”
Pea, “Sugar Snap”
Peanuts: Valencia, 1 unopened pk
Pepper, “King of the North”
Peppers: yellow sweet pepper, pimento, jalepeno , banana, & various other hot peppers from Eric
Potatoes: Penta Organic (5 lb. bag)
Pumpkin, “Small Sugar”
Pumpkin: Small Sugar, 1 opened pk
Radishes: Myashige White Radish, 4pks (3 opened); Black Spanish Round Radish, 2 pks (1 opened); Easter Egg Radish, 1 unopened pk
Spinach, “Bloomsdale Dark Green”
Spinach: Winter Giant, 1 opened pk, New Zealand Spinach (Perennial), 1 unopened pk
Squash, “Little Gem”
Squash, “Red Kuri”
Squash: Buttercup squash, 1 opened pk, Waltham Butternut, 1 opened pk, Delicata squash, 1 opened pk; butternut squash from Eric Sweet Dumpling Squash (1pack)
Sunflowers: Early Russian Sunflower heirloom (1pack); Velvet Queen Sunflower heirloom (1 pack); Mexican Torch sunflower ½ pack
Tomato, “Arkansas Traveller”
Tomato, “Chadwicks Cherry”
Tomato, “Cherokee Purple”
Tomato, “Glamour”
Tomato, “Yellow Pear”
Tomatoes: Speckled Roma, 1 opened pk, Brandywine, 1 opened pk, seeds that Katie saved (medley), seeds that Sija saved (a bit of Green Zebra, Black Seaman, and an orange variety)
Turnip/Rutabaga: Purple Top White Globe Turnip, 1 opened pk; Rutabaga - 1 pack, opened (seems fairly full still)
New pack of Early Purple Top White Globe; 1 pack of York Turnip
Zucchini: 1 opened pk
Wild Flowers: Bird and Butterfly mix (1pack)
Here is the garden etiquette. Please look this over before the meeting tomorrow. These guidelines will also be posted in the shed and perhaps outside, depending on what the members decided at out GMM tomorrow. –eric
Gardening Etiquette
Welcome to Maloca and the 2008 growing season! The next few months will involve time, energy, and commitment, but through it all you will be gardening with a supportive community of gardeners and at the end, you will harvest the rich bounty of the York University grounds. Before signing the agreement, please read these few simple rules to gardening at Maloca. Over the coming months, cooperation and coordination will play vital roles in ensuring the smooth functioning, safety, and well being of the garden community. These guidelines will help you as you work through the spring and summer months.
As a member of the Maloca Community Garden, I agree to the following conditions:
1. I will pay an annual $20 fee. This fee (per person) includes:
*membership fee (entitles you to work in the in the garden and reap the benefits at harvest time)
*Maloca garden tool usage fee and a donation to the general upkeep of the garden for future years
2. I will contribute a minimum of 10 hours of work, over the gardening season, toward communal garden efforts (i.e. on scheduled communal work days). However, I understand that this is the minimum in order to share some of the harvest. Beyond this, harvest will be doled out based on time worked in the community garden (i.e. those who have worked more, will get more harvest and those who have worked fewer hours will get less harvest).
3. I will communicate often with other members of Maloca and attend meetings whenever possible.
4. If I must leave the garden for any reason, I will notify the Steering Committee. Moreover, I will return
my key to the shed at the end of the season, unless otherwise authorized by one or more steering committee
members.
5. I will garden according to organic principles. Hence, I will use no synthetic fertilizers, pesticides or herbicides. If in doubt about the organic ’status’ of a product that I wish to use in my garden, I will consult with the rest of the members.
6. I will employ basic principles of water conservation. Hence, I will not conduct overhead watering, will water during cool times of the day, and subject to availability, I will use mulch as appropriate to prevent water loss from the soil.
7. I will tend to the garden as regularly as I am able or in cooperation with other gardeners, insuring that weeds are kept reasonably controlled and that refuse is cleared. If I am maintaining an individual plot, and it becomes extremely unkempt, I understand that subject to prior warning and notification, my plot will be taken over as a communal site.
8. I will conduct my gardening in such a manner so as not to cause negative impact on other gardeners. If I am maintaining an individual plot, I will be careful to plant tall crops in such a manner that they do not deny sun to other plots, and I will ensure that wandering plants (such as melons or squash) do not invade other plots.
9. I will respect the garden’s perimeters and pathways, and will be responsible for guests that I bring to the garden. I understand that I am to avoid stepping on the garden plots and walk only on the footpaths at all times. Pets may be leashed at perimeter. Also, I pledge to ensure any guests I bring to the garden also follow these guidelines.
10. I understand that neither the Maloca Community Garden, nor the owners of the land, are responsible for my actions. I THEREFORE AGREE TO HOLD HARMLESS THE MALOCA COMMUNITY GARDEN AND THE OWNERS OF THE LAND FOR ANY LIABILITY, DAMAGE, INJURY, LOSS OR CLAIM THAT OCCURS IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OF THE GARDEN BY ME, MY FAMILY, OR ANY OF MY GUESTS.
These guidelines will be regularly reviewed by the Steering Committee and are subject to change.