Hi All
I am very pleased to announce that we will be receiving a beautification award from the city of Grosse Pointe Park, it is a civic award.
"Your award is in recognition of the Grayton Garden Project. Hopefully, your project will become a prototype for similar area gardens."
Apparently the city has gotten a lot of questions about starting a community garden in the Park and they haven't been able to give them much direction. I agreed to help them with a seminar for others who want to start similar gardens.
There is an "Awards Night" that a limited number of us will be able to attend. While I would love it if every person involved in the garden could come, we had to go with those who put in some serious Sunday time. But it truly has been a project of the whole block and I am really pleased how everyone jumped right on board. I have really enjoyed getting to know all of my neighbors!
Speaking of the garden, there is STILL Arugula, lettuce, peas, lima beans, green beans, and beets in the garden............please help yourself!!!!!
Remember November 1st is the last day in the garden and no Sundays before then. November 4th is the first INDOOR potluck. 6:00 still okay with everyone? It will be at Jan and Rob's house. Kids, as always, are welcome.
Betsy Breckels
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Monday, October 12, 2009
Letitia's Update
We harvested what we could today and removed a lot of the plants. Please continue to pick stuff as it is ready - kale, lettuce, green beans, Brussels sprouts, beets, radishes, chard, lima beans, and parsley. There is not much to do for the next few weeks so we will NOT work the next two Sundays.
Our next work day will be November 1. We will put the garden to bed for the winter that day - harvest and remove plants, amend the soil with a cover crop or compost, and put leaves on top of the beds.
Please save your leaves!! You can bring them to the garden between now and November 1 or save them in your yard.
Our next work day will be November 1. We will put the garden to bed for the winter that day - harvest and remove plants, amend the soil with a cover crop or compost, and put leaves on top of the beds.
Please save your leaves!! You can bring them to the garden between now and November 1 or save them in your yard.
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Potluck re-cap
Hi all,
It was an especially delicious potluck last night!!!! Next month , (the first Wednesday of November, always the first Wednesday of the month - put it on your recurring dates) the potluck will move indoors to Jan and Rob's house. As always kids are welcome, and she has plenty of toys!
There will be no more meetings at potlucks!!!! Yay!!!!! Do we want food related educational food movies? (King Corn, Food Inc., Future of Food come to mind) Or do we just want to hang out?
We have a steering committe: Beth, Mark, Vikte, Jan, Tish, Meg, and myself. We will begin meeting in November. We will be the deciders! Of course we will take everyone's (who is truly involved in the garden) opinion into account and come up with what we think is feasable and what pleases most people.
We generally decided that jobs would be more spread out this year, and it would be a tighter group. I would like to include any family (on any block!) that wants to be involved and can commit to the work , limiting the number to 10 families. But I guess we didn't really decide this yet.
We all feel that any neighbor who wants to be involved, but cannot be involved in a regular way should feel free to stop by whenever they feel like it, help pull weeds, plant or water, take a cucumber or two, come to the potlucks, in general feel welcomed! This is what a community garden is all about!
So we won't bore you with details anymore. If you feel strongly about bed expansion/no bed expansion, what should be planted/not planted, what the membership requirements should be and who should be welcomed, talk to one of the committee members and we will take your view into account.
See you Sunday!
Betsy
PS Jennifer Meldrum from the city might buy the corn stalks from us. If she doesn't but them, she offered us a free booth at the market. Anida expressed an interest in manning the booth. I would be interested too. It could be good "retail experience" for the kids. Even if we don't do it this month, we might do it next year - we could make our garden self sufficient - which really appeals to m
It was an especially delicious potluck last night!!!! Next month , (the first Wednesday of November, always the first Wednesday of the month - put it on your recurring dates) the potluck will move indoors to Jan and Rob's house. As always kids are welcome, and she has plenty of toys!
There will be no more meetings at potlucks!!!! Yay!!!!! Do we want food related educational food movies? (King Corn, Food Inc., Future of Food come to mind) Or do we just want to hang out?
We have a steering committe: Beth, Mark, Vikte, Jan, Tish, Meg, and myself. We will begin meeting in November. We will be the deciders! Of course we will take everyone's (who is truly involved in the garden) opinion into account and come up with what we think is feasable and what pleases most people.
We generally decided that jobs would be more spread out this year, and it would be a tighter group. I would like to include any family (on any block!) that wants to be involved and can commit to the work , limiting the number to 10 families. But I guess we didn't really decide this yet.
We all feel that any neighbor who wants to be involved, but cannot be involved in a regular way should feel free to stop by whenever they feel like it, help pull weeds, plant or water, take a cucumber or two, come to the potlucks, in general feel welcomed! This is what a community garden is all about!
So we won't bore you with details anymore. If you feel strongly about bed expansion/no bed expansion, what should be planted/not planted, what the membership requirements should be and who should be welcomed, talk to one of the committee members and we will take your view into account.
See you Sunday!
Betsy
PS Jennifer Meldrum from the city might buy the corn stalks from us. If she doesn't but them, she offered us a free booth at the market. Anida expressed an interest in manning the booth. I would be interested too. It could be good "retail experience" for the kids. Even if we don't do it this month, we might do it next year - we could make our garden self sufficient - which really appeals to m
Monday, October 5, 2009
Garden Update/Potluck Reminder
Hi guys
We had a pretty easy day in the garden today. Lots of harvesting: basil, tomatoes, peppers, radishes, lettuce, arugula, beets, cabbage, kale, ...... yum.
We put leaves over the garlic beds.
We pulled some of the plants that we deemed done.
*****As you have leaves please bring them right over and pile them on any empty bed!!!!******* we can pile them very high.
We emptied the rain barrels so they wouldn't freeze.
We had a lot of chit chat.
We trimmed off the tops of the brussel sprout plants in hopes that they would actually produce some brussel sprouts.
We tasted a paw paw that Clem and I foraged.
Remember Potluck is Wednesday! At the Garden . 6:00 pm. If you've brought a table in the past please bring one again. Bring your own chair, a dish to pass, and whatever beverage you desire. I will bring forks, Tish can you bring plates? I will bring napkins.
Bring your ideas for the garden layout for next year, and how you think the group should be organized for next year. We will talk about that and hopefully form a "steering committee" (I guess that 's what it's called) to make decisions.
If you want to be on the committee you need to show up for this meeting and you need to have been fairly involved in the garden this year (have showed up Most Sundays).
Betsy Breckels
We had a pretty easy day in the garden today. Lots of harvesting: basil, tomatoes, peppers, radishes, lettuce, arugula, beets, cabbage, kale, ...... yum.
We put leaves over the garlic beds.
We pulled some of the plants that we deemed done.
*****As you have leaves please bring them right over and pile them on any empty bed!!!!******* we can pile them very high.
We emptied the rain barrels so they wouldn't freeze.
We had a lot of chit chat.
We trimmed off the tops of the brussel sprout plants in hopes that they would actually produce some brussel sprouts.
We tasted a paw paw that Clem and I foraged.
Remember Potluck is Wednesday! At the Garden . 6:00 pm. If you've brought a table in the past please bring one again. Bring your own chair, a dish to pass, and whatever beverage you desire. I will bring forks, Tish can you bring plates? I will bring napkins.
Bring your ideas for the garden layout for next year, and how you think the group should be organized for next year. We will talk about that and hopefully form a "steering committee" (I guess that 's what it's called) to make decisions.
If you want to be on the committee you need to show up for this meeting and you need to have been fairly involved in the garden this year (have showed up Most Sundays).
Betsy Breckels
Sunday, August 30, 2009
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
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
Saturday, August 29, 2009
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!
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!
Saturday, August 22, 2009
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.
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