Sunshine Community Gardens

Sunshine Weekly Weeder Newsletter

5 May 2016

www.sunshinecommunitygardens.org

NEW Feature - Gardener's Picture page

If you are signed up to receive the Weekly Weeder and have not been receiving it, please let Sharon at scgardenweb@gmail.com know. Thanks.

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Bulk Compost Sale Continues!

We still have plenty of compost for purchase and use by Sunshine gardeners. We are selling it at our cost, not as a fund-raiser. To simplify the process, we are using five-gallon buckets as the unit of measure. One bucket will cost one dollar. Buckets and shovels will be available, but we ask that you leave the buckets at the pile and use a wheelbarrow to transport the compost - just fill up as many buckets as you want to buy and dump them into the wheelbarrow. Since there is plenty of compost left you can take as much as you need. There is a cash-box in the greenhouse for you to leave payment in cash or check. The compost is "Dr. Gobbler" brand turkey compost, a product that has produced good results for the gardeners who have been using it so far at Sunshine.

If you have any questions, please contact Jeff Monks (garden@jeffmonks.com).

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Gardening Events - Mark your calendar

Quarterly All Gardeners Meeting, & Board Elections

Saturday, May 14th

Will met at the trailer at 10 a.m.

Nominees

• Secretary
  • Shannon Posern
• Directors (3 positions available)
  • Bill Cason
  • Kurt Mitschke
  • Steve Uecker
  • Lori Dobbin
  • Randy Thompson

See the Sunshine website for Job Descriptions and nominee bios. We'll be serving breakfast tacos, so show up and vote!

YES, WE CAN: TOMATOES

Where: Sustainable Food Center, 2921 E 17th St, 78702
Date: Saturday, June 11th
Time: 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Website

Community gardeners are welcome to attend the demonstration part of the class and then have open access to our kitchen for canning. We will provide burners and some shared canning gear; bring your own tomatoes, jars, lids and canning gear if you want to have a dedicated station.

The class is $40 and the open access for canning your own tomatoes is $15. Community Gardeners who want to put up their harvests can pay just the $15 and observe the canning class.

If you plan to attend this class, please let Shannon Posern know so that she can track how many Sunshine gardeners will attend and possibly setup a carpool from our community garden.

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Officer and Zone Coordinator Contacts - Sunshine Garden

Officers

• President - Jeff Monks garden@jeffmonks.com
• Vice President - Jim Willmann jhwillmann@gmail.com
• Secretary - Shannon Posern shannonposern@gmail.com
• Treasurer - Caroline Limaye scgtreasurer1@gmail.com
• Director - Vacant
• Director - Kay McMurry scg.plots@gmail.com
• Director - Katy Davis katydavis@austin.rr.com

Zone Coordinators

• Zone 1, Martin Morales marmoral512@gmail.com
• Zone 2, Katy Davis katydavis@austin.rr.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, Jing Li jingli80@yahoo.com
• Zone 8, Irina Kadukova irina@austinshrooms.com
• Zone 9, Kerry Howell casonhowell@gmail.com
• Zone 10, Christopher Schroder christopher.s.schroder@gmail.com

Other Coordinators

• Weekly Weeder Newsletter - Margaret Powis purslane2013@gmail.com
• Plant Sale - Michael Hall fibercable@austin.rr.com
• TSBVI Liason & Volunteer Coordinator - Janet Adams jartdaht@gmail.com
• Plot Rental - Kay McMurry scg.plots@gmail.com
• Compost Coordinator - Janet Adams jartdaht@gmail.com
• Compost Tea - Jennifer Woertz jennifer.woertz@urs.com
• Education Committee - Shannon Posern shannonposern@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
• Compost Tea - Jennifer Woertz jennifer.woertz@urs.com
• Website Coordinator - Sharon Rempert scgardenweb@gmail.com