31 January 2019
www.sunshinecommunitygardens.org
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The Compost is Here
Turkey compost has arrived; please limit yourself to 20 buckets for a full size plot at $1/bucket. This is on the honor system. The cash box will be in the green and white greenhouse. Please keep the pile covered given the forecast.
Plant Sale is in 4 Weeks!!!
The signup from SignUpGenius will soon be out so you can pick which job you want for the plant sale on March 2.
There are lots to do before that, though!
- One of the fun things we do at the plant sale is eat. Kathleen, who for years provided us all with a great breakfast and kept the coffee flowing, has left the garden. Although it would be difficult to replace her level of organization, we need to try. So...we are looking for someone or lots of someones to organize food. This year we'll have a sign up for people who want to bring a dish or find a business who wants to donate food.
- And also a few people willing to spend their volunteer time keeping track of that food and making the coffee. So please look for the email announcing the sign up being available.
- The Annual Plant Sale is a great way to get in some of your 2019 Volunteer Hours.
- Spread the word about sale itself (please use the postcards!)
- Come to work days as we prepare.
- Get passalongs ready for the sale.
- Checkout the plant list when posted.
- Help Mary Drake with the silent auction. She will be asking Austin area businesses and organizations to donate items and services for the silent auction. If you have items, services to donate or time to help with the auction please let her know.
- Any questions about the plant sale so far? Email jartdaht@gmail.com.
Plant Lists for 2019
Tomatoes
Peppers
Eggplants/Tomatillos
Herbs
pdf
Austin 8th Annual Beekeeping Seminar
This is a request for you to communicate to the Austin Metro Area the 8th Annual Austin Beekeeping Seminar on February 2. The one-day seminar offers over 30 classes and 17 beekeeping supply companies. For additional information email Lance Wilson at lance@beekeepinghelp.com.
Master Naturalists receive CEU's.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/280105892660770/
EventBrite: https://aabaseseminar2019.eventbrite.com
When: Feb. 2, 2019 9am - 5:30 pm
Who: Austin Area Beekeepers Association
Where: Austin Marriott North, 2600 La Frontera Blvd., Round Rock, TX 78681
Cost: $70 (Regular Registration)
Why: The mission of this daylong seminar
is to educate people of all experience levels in sustainable science-based bee
husbandry and to provide support to worthy bee charities. Most of the proceeds
are donated to the Texas A&M Honey Bee Lab, Texas Beekeepers Association
Queen's Program, the Texas Master Beekeeping Program, and other bee charities.
Description: This is a day-long seminar offering five different educational presentations running concurrently throughout the day. There will also be (28) 50-minute classes for intermediate and advanced beekeepers to choose from.
A Separate Beginner Track has been formatted covering a variety of startup topics for soon-to-be or very-new beekeepers. A beginner beekeeper will learn the fundamentals of honey bee biology and behavior, how to select the equipment you will need, where to buy bees, how to set up your apiary, how to light a smoker, feeding, colony inspection, the fundamentals of honey extraction, queen finding, requeening and annual management.
Other Sessions will include:
- Making Creamed Honey
- Queen Rearing Workshop
- Annual Management
- Queen Management
- Growing Pains: Expanding from a Hobby to Sideline Beekeeper
- Homemade Products from the Hive
- Bees as an Ag Exemption
- Marketing and Brand Development
- Honey Bee Biology and Behavior
- Top Bar Management Part 1; Top Bar Mgmt. Part 2
- Swarm capture Technics
- How to Monitor for Varroa Mites
- Pest and Diseases of Honey Bees
- Preparing for a Honey Show
- Producing Honey-Blake Shook
- Live Bee Removals from Structures
- Making Increase w/o Buying Bees
- The 3 P's in Varroa Management
- The Top 8 Best Practices in Modern Beekeeping
- Swarms, swarming and swarm management
- Honey House Planning and Development
- Honey Bee Nutrition and Feeding
Presenters:
- Professor Juliana Rangel Ph.D. - Entomology at Texas A&M
- Mark Hedley - Owner of Spiral Horn Apiary
- Blake Shook - Owner of Desert Creek Honey
- Karl Acuri - Austin Area Beekeepers Assoc. (Co-Organizer)
- Tara Chapman - Owner of Two Hives Honey
- James & Chari Elam - Owners of Bluebonnet Beekeeping Supplies
- Brandon Fehrenkamp - Owner of Austin Bees
- Ryan Giesecke - Trinity Valley Beekeepers President
- Tanya Phillips - Certified Texas Master Beekeeper
- Ashley Ralph - Vice President of the Texas Beekeepers Assoc.
- Chuck Reburn - Certified Texas Master Beekeeper
- Mary Reed - Chief Texas Apiary Inspector
- Dodie Stillman - Certified Texas Master Beekeeper
- John Swan - Owner of Wicked Bee Apiary
- Sue Ann & Scott Untied - Owners TX Rural Property Tax Consult., LLC
- Lance Wilson - Certified Master Craftsman Beekeeper (GMBP)
- Pamela Yeamans - Certified Texas Master Beekeeper
Participate in a Texas A&M Research Project
I was approached by a doctoral student from Texas A&M who would like to recruit individuals 65 years of age and older for his dissertation research. The majority of the board did approve placing it in the Weeder. Contact Marilyn F Landberg.
Weeder Content
Please email your article or suggestion to Holly Gilman by end of day Wednesday.
Officer and Zone Coordinator Contacts - Sunshine Gardens
Officers
- President - Marilyn Landberg scgpres2019@gmail.com
- Vice President - vacant
- Secretary - Noelle Letteri - nletteri@yahoo.com
- Treasurer - Caroline Limaye scgtreasurer1@gmail.com
- Director - Linda Booker - lindaruthbooker@gmail.com
- Director - Jeff Taylor - kscjtaylor@prodigy.net
- Director - Randy Thompson jartdaht@gmail.com
Email the board.
Zone Coordinators
- Zone 1, Susan Wallar swallar@gmail.com
- Zone 2, Wayne Kuenstler wckuenstler@gmail.com
- Zone 3, Ludmila Voskov lvoskov@austin.rr.com
- Zone 4, Ila Falvey ila.falvey@gmail.com
- Zone 5, Mary Gifford mgifford@austin.rr.com
- Zone 6, Charlotte Jernigan charlotte@cybermesa.com
- Zone 7, Maria and Philip Wiley m.stroeva@gmail.com, philip9wiley@gmail.com
- Zone 8, Shannon Posern sposern@hotmail.com
- Zone 9, Kerry Howell casonhowell@gmail.com
- Zone 10, Christopher Schroder
christopher.s.schroder@gmail.com &
Karl Arcuri karl.w.arcuri@gmail.com
Other Personnel
- Weekly Weeder Newsletter - Holly Gilman hollyjgilman@gmail.com
- Plant Sale - Randy Thompson & Janet Adams jartdaht@gmailcom
- TSBVI Liaison & Volunteer Coordinator - Janet Adams jartdaht@gmailcom
- Plot Assignment - Kay McMurry scg.plots@gmail.com
- Compost Coordinator - Janet Adams jartdaht@gmail.com
- Carpentry & Repairs - Robert Jarry r.jarry@sbcglobal.net
- Water Leak Repairs - Steve Schulz sschulz784@aol.com
- Tools & Wheelbarrows - Bob Easter beaster1@austin.rr.com
- Kitchen Supplies - Anita Keese
anodekraft1@msn.com
(If supplies are needed for events, contact by email or at 512-773-2178) - Compost Tea - Jennifer Woertz jen@enjeneer.com
- Micah 6 - Dana Kuykendall kuykendall@austin.rr.com
- Micah 6 - Mary Gifford mgifford@austin.rr.com
- Website Coordinator - Sharon Rempert scgardenweb@gmail.com
- Spanish language contact - Andriana Prioleau gabp8dec65@hotmail.com
Record Service Hours Online - Green Binder
