Words of Wisdom From Betsy

Hi all

At our potluck this Wednesday we will have a meeting. Really, this time we will. Jan is going to bring a long table and we will talk and eat at the same time.

We need to make some decisions about how we want to lay out the garden next year (if we even want to change it at all) so that we can plant garlic - which needs to be planted now.

So here are some proposed topics:

Reflections on this year

layout for next year

Requirements for Membership for next year

Treasury Report

Scavenge List

(Other than the garlic - I think we can hold off on deciding what to plant next year - though we can definitely throw around thoughts and ideas)

If you can't be there and have ideas you want heard, feel free to email me


Betsy

ps don't forget to come out in the morning Sept. 2nd for our 15 minutes of fame - 9 am

Just sayin'

Sorry guys. We won't be down in the garden helping out on Sunday. So if someone else can cut the grass, that would be great.
We're moving two kids into their digs at college tomorrow. Pray for rainy nights and sunny days. Everything looks fantastic down there! Grayton rocks!

Pick guys!

Hey everyone. Be sure to head down to the garden and pick up some dinner. Especially the beans. If we don't pick the vines clean, they'll start going to seed and quit producing. Be sure to grab a milk crate and pick the hard to reach beans.

Trash picking

Be on the look out for:

More Barrels! (we need at least 4 more - maybe more if we can fit them)

Other kind of Barrels for potato planting

Flexible downspout thingies

Any lightweight tubing to make more movable trellises with

string

doors and windows that we can make cold frames with.

It would be nice if we could work on some of these things this September and October. As far as the rainbarrels go, we really need more now. Cold frames or hoop houses would be nice to have set up in September so we can have lettuce in October, November, March and April!.

Betsy Breckels
betsybreckels@gmail.com

The Return of the Pot Luck

Even though the Garden Tour falls on the first Wednesday, several people expressed interest in having our pot luck dinner. So we're rescheduling it for Wednesday the 12th. Bring a dish to pass and see you there around 6 p.m.