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*Great group of SLUGs at the meeting!

I. Kiddos from Johnston Montessori: Thursday 9-10:30am in the garden. Taking out beds. 40 kiddos. Helpers from SLUG to give Christina a hand with the visit.

II. Compost – we need to start putting chopped up leaves on the compost. It’s getting stinky. So, take a pitchfork and dig into some leaves that grounds will be dropping off this weekend, and put a layer on the compost before and after you put the new food onto the pile.

III. Ideas for LERC Grant:

-greenhouse: location, inground so that we do not need a building permit and we won’t be letting warm air out when we enter and exit house

-vermiculture: getting brew mash from local breweries to help with this. Getting the bins and screens to get castings.

-rain barrels

-signage: sign that illustrates layout of the garden and has SLUG’s name on it so that people can know what’s going on in the garden all year long.

IV. Interest in a field trip to Growing Power in Milwaukee or with Robert Pierce in Madison.

V. Garlic planting at Kuehne farm: Tuesday, Oct. 20th at 2:30pm. People signed up: Ariel, Natasha, Will, Steve, Adam, Oren, Stacey(?)

VI. Gardening Extravaganza this weekend:

Sunday 9-11 w/ Sophie//Brunch//12-2 w/ Laura

On the agenda:

-pull big weeds out of beds

-make sure hoses are put inside

-take trays and pots inside to washroom

-cover beds with compost and leaves

Great showing of SLUGs…all seats filled. Yippee!

I. Kiddos:

Sophie L – October 23rd, children from the Academy, tentative time of 1:45pm. SLUG volunteers: Emily, Will, Neel, Adam, Adam and Julia

Christina – October 15th, children from Johnston/Montessori Elementary school, 9-10:30am. SLUG volunteers: Neel, Sophie P, Natasha, Will, Elisa, Julia

With both of these groups of kiddos, the focus will be on “putting the garden to sleep;” Christina would also like to focus on composting with the Montessori kiddos.

II. Composting has been going well, but this is not to say that the SLUG group is not very busy, and it is difficult to consistently provide the SLUGpower that is neccessary to compost. It is important to trade phone numbers and to have a set plan of action (i.e. where to meet, who gets the truck, who gets the food, who takes the bins back, who takes the truck back…etc.), especially before it starts getting colder outside. Because of this colder weather, the shed water has been turned off for the season. Thus, cleaning the bins will not be possible to do down at the garden.

III. Volunteering: did not set goal of when to be done with taking stuff down, but there is a common agreement that we need to all push through to get all the beds taken down. Volunteering shifts will continue until all have agreed to stop, and when the garden is winterized.

IV. Garlic: Tuesday of reading period week, Oct. 20th, we will plan on Steve to call Oren saying that it is okay to drive out to his farm to plant garlic. This will be a time committment – up to 5 hours. Adam, Sophie P, Annie’s “connections,” and Sophie’s mama van were mentioned as modes of transportation.

V. Money: not including money from Downer, our total income at this point is $3,800.78. Our total poundage is 1213.43.

VI. Announced LERC Grant, Annie’s scholarship, Greenfire’s “The Age of Stupid,” and Sophie P’s Powershift summit. Sophie P also introduced the idea of showing a documentary about the Greenhorns Project. Perhaps this is something that would be better for Greenfire to take on, but we will stay open to showing it.

I. Kiddos

How did it go?

It went great! Sophie, Bridget, and Stacey made sweet shirts for the event. If you weren’t Sophie, Bridget or Stacey, you were jealous.

II. May 5th 9:30am-11:00am

Megan and Stacey are going the Gardens of the Fox Cities and there is room for 3 more people. E-mail Megan if you are interested in getting a tour of the place!

III. PLANT SALE

Wednesday, May 6th 3:00pm-5:00pm

Science Hall Atrium

Tomatoes sm. $3 lg. $5

Frying Peppers $3

Eggplant $3

Basil $3

Please e-mail laura.e.streyle@lawrence.edu if you are available anytime from 3-5 on Wednesday. So far, Bridget and Leslie have signed up for 3-4 (thanks, you two!). Here’s what ‘being at the plant sale’ entails: bringing the plants up from the greenhouse, manning a cash box (that will be provided), handing plants to people who would like to purchase them.

IV. Week-end Gardening

10:30-1 Stacey and Laura in the garden

We’ll discuss Sunday plans on Saturday and send out an e-mail…for reals.

V. Stacey represents SLUG at Greenroots. Thanks, Stacey!

VI. Maria Martin got a backpack!

VII. Next meeting: Wednesday, May 6th at 8 o’clock in YOUNG 218

Happy Earth Day!

Saturday, April 25th

HANDS IN THE GARDEN

Shift leads:

9-11 Oren, (Stacey…pancakes are priority)

11-1 Tom and Stacey ?

1-3 Megan

3-5 Tove

Come down to the garden between 9 and 5 for some dirty fun!

If it rains, check out the Rec Center! (for earth day festivities, not because working out is what you should do if you can’t garden, necessarily, unless you want to…there’ll be some sweet stuff going on rain or shine!!!)

Sunday, April 26th

1) Science Expo with kiddos at Menasha High School

10-4

Dakota, Sophie, Oren, and Laura: meet 9:30am by the greenhouse

Oren will find someone with transportation…we might come back before 4.

We’ll be planting peas in pots with kids…hands on fun!

2) HANDS IN THE GARDEN

4-? Oren will be there, and maybe you will be, too. That’d be nice, if you have some time.

How did Turn Off the TV event go?

Two families to the garden. Lots of people up on Main Hall green.

Academy Visits:

First visit: Wednesday, April 29th (10 or 11 am?)

Sophie, Stacey, Bridget

Plant Sale: Wednesday, May 6th

3-5pm in Science Hall Atrium

Laura: reserve atrium

next meeting, sign up for who can work the tables

Make flyers for professors’ mailboxes and around campus

Oren and Katie will be picking up horsie poopie next Wednesday (the 29th) around 4:20.

A visit to the Gardens of the Fox Cities?

May 5th or 7th? morning or afternoon…who wants to go on a tour of the community garden?

Saturday

Tom, Maria, Stacey, Chuck, Oren, Laura, Sophie, Kate, Elaine, Emily

10-1

Beautiful gardening weather!

1) turned compost (2nd from the shed)

2) took straw off of a raised beds, weeded, and put new straw on top [which beds? I don't remember-feel free to comment!]

3) loosened a raised bed and put 1/4 in. compost layer on

4) gathered sticks for compost?

Thanks, everyone! Great turn-out!

Sunday

10-1

Oren, Sonia, James, Laura, Frederick

1) bed 4: put 1/4 in. compost layer on

2) bed 7(?) loosened topsoil/weeded, put 1/4 in. compost layer on top

3) worked on tidying up the fence posts

4) found parsnips in bed 4

5) watered greenhouse plants

+what is the layer of green stuff on the top of the chives?

+plants look good and healthy.

Garden Tutorial 1:30-2:30

Transplanted plants into larger containers:

Borage

Sale Toms

Watermelon

*water plants by removing a sqare plastic container from the flat and pouring water onto aluminum-covered flat. The plants will soak up the water from the bottom. IF transplanted plants seem to be drier than other plants, additionally sprinkle some water on top.

I. Wow! Lots of people into SLUG, tonight!

Megan, Stacey, Sophie, Rosie, Anna, Eli, Sonia, Oren, Tom, Caroline, Elaine, Leslie, Leah,

Bridget, Christina, Tove, Dakota, James, Frederick, Laura

II. Holy Volunteering Opportunities!!

A. Earth Week

April 20th

April 22nd Turn off the TV week celebration 6:45

April 25th Earth Day celebration! (basically all day…awesome time to work in the garden, listen to great music, get your hands involved in earthy things, and listening to speakers)

B. Gardens of the Fox Cities

Looking for some volunteering in the Community Garden-helping guide new gardeners.

April 13th-April 16th mornings

April 28th, May 4th, 5th, & 7th mornings

C. Community Garden Partnership (CGP)

“Celebration of Community” Event: held at Lawrence, June 7th

Looking for ~10 students to help out from 12-5pm (can do shifts!)

D. Kiddos

Sweet kids (or “kiddos”) tra la la down to the garden or greenhouse and you help them

plant veggies. This will happen a few times in early spring, and then a few times late

spring. Right now, we’re looking for interest and general schedule freedom.

Wednesday mid-mornings between 9:30am and Noon for 1 hour

III. WILL ALLEN: Can it be?

Rumor has it that Will Allen (former basketball player, 6′ 5”, Urban gardening projects)

will be speaking on campus on May 20th. We’ll keep you updated-you wouldn’t

want to miss this guy.

IV. Compost

Co-op is helping out (yay for Co-op!)

We need at least 3 people for each shift of compost pick up and dump off

(because beggies awe vewy heavy)

Every Mon. Wed. and Fri, meet at the Co-op House at 3:20

Here’s who generously signed up to do weekly compost duties:

Mon: Leslie

Wed: Tom, Sonia

Fri: James, Laura

This doesn’t include Finals Week (nice, huh?) and starts next week (4/6-4/10)

V. GARDEN WORK THIS WEEKEND!!!

Sat: 10-1

Sun: 10-1

TO DO:

A) fix fence (it is quite broken–a few run-ins with some sleds)

B) layer winter compost

C) turn fall compost

D) harvest parsnips

E) build more raised beds

VI. Introductions (many favorite kinds of plants)

VIII. Out into the cold of winter term (think warm thoughts!)

Chives 1 flat

Tomato Striped German 2x3x3

Basil Lemon 4x3x3

Wormwood 1x3x3

Lovage 1x3x3

Basil Genovese 3 flats 24x3x3

Basil Chen 1 1/2 flats 12x3x3

Borage 1/2 flat 4x3x3

Tomato Peron 1x3x3

Tomato Black Plum 1x3x3

Tomato Yellow Pear 1x3x3

Tomato Fox Cherry 1x3x3

Peppers Sweet Fry 1x3x3

Eggplant Assorted 1x3x3